Golden Triangle Quilt Guild

Walking Foot Quilting: Beyond the Basics
2025-03-21 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
Christ Covenant Church 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, United States

Walking Foot Quilting – Beyond the Basics.

A comprehensive class in walking foot quilting. Learn how to finish your quilts on a domestic machine while enjoying all the control of your walking foot. We will begin with a brief discussion of preparing your tops for quilting, including marking and basting. Then, we will make stitched samples of different styles including matchstick quilting, grids, combined stitches, and serpentines. Add hand stitching to your walking foot quilting for maximum impact. Next, elevate your technique with beautiful organic curves. Learn how to execute sharp turns and make accurate straight line polygon spirals. Circular spirals round out the workshop. Catherine will have suitable threads, needles, notions, needles etc. all available for sale at reasonable prices so people don’t have to spend hours online trying to find things they don’t already have!!

Finish with a look at Catherine’s work to inspire you to go home and turn your tops into quilts.

To sign up, contact Julie Reid at julie@thestitchinshed.com

Cost is $25 for members; $35 for non-members.

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Lecture: Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches by Catherine Redford
2025-03-20 10:30
Christ Covenant Church 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, United States

Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches

Join Catherine in this humorous, educational, and interactive event including a game with prizes! Catherine will take you on a trip around the globe with her quilts. Learn how she found her inspiration, the stitches she used, and the finishing techniques she employed. Go home inspired to embark on your own creative journey.

Catherine Redford was born in England where she learnt to knit and sew as a young girl. After relocating from London to Naperville, Illinois, she learned to quilt and never looked back. She’s an award-winning quilter, an active member of her local guilds, and a popular teacher at the local and national level. Catherine is a frequent magazine contributor and has enjoyed being a guest on Quilting Arts TV and theQuiltShow.com. She is enjoying the resurgence of interest in handwork with an embroidery book, Butterfly Stitches, published Fall 2020, and, with two DVDs and a book on Modern Machine Quilting techniques, Catherine delights in finishing her own quilts on a domestic machine!

Sonja's Windows
2025-02-21 09:00 - 15:00
Christ Covenant Church 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, United States

Candace Hassen will present a workshop where you will learn an easy, versatile strip-piecing technique, great for any skill level. You will learn how to choose the right fabric and colors for your project.

To sign up, contact Julie Reid at julie@thestitchinshed.com

Cost is $25 for members; $35 for non-members.

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There is an additional $7 fee if you wish to purchase the Southern Winter pattern from Candace.

Lecture: Candace Hassen
2025-02-20 10:30 - 12:00
Christ Covenant Church 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, United States

By Candace Hassen:

I have been fascinated by yarn and fabric since I was 6 years old. As I was growing up, I tried every kind of needlework I could get my hands on. It was natural that I ended up in the textile department in college. For decades, I wove room sized rugs for Lyn Sterling Montagne, who made custom rugs for interior designers. During this time I wove scarves, blankets and tableware on my own time. 25 years ago I took up quilting, and immediately fell in love. I have since realized how much being a weaver for decades has had an effect on my quilting. Both weaving and quilting rely on color interplay and repeated geometric design. Color has always been one of my favorite things, and years of hand dying yarn has given me an extensive foundation in working with color.

Currently, I design quilts, and publish patterns from them. I love scrap quilts-the more fabrics and colors-the better. I enjoy working with traditional fabrics and blocks, as well as contemporary fabrics and approaches. I like to explore design ideas from a variety of places such as, nature, other textiles and art forms.

I have a Bachelor’s degree in Art.

I am very proud to have been named the Quilter Laureate of Porterdale, Georgia, where I currently live. I can’t believe I am lucky enough to live in a town that wanted to have a Quilter Laureate, much less to get to BE that Quilter Laureate.

I love to share my designs by presenting guild programs, teaching, and making custom quilts. I love to travel around the country, and meet other quilters, and share my designs and tips with them.

You can view my work at:

quiltdesignsbycandace.cometsy.com/shop/quiltdesignsbycandacquiltdesignsbycandace.blogspot.comInstagram.com/quilts_by_candace

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Show & Tell of Auction Quilts
2025-01-16 10:30 - 12:00
Christ Covenant Church 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, United States

Christmas Luncheon
2024-12-19 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States

Workshop: Harmony and Light (ZOOM)
2024-11-22 10:00 - 16:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Learn to tap into your own color intuition, as well as picking up some truly useful and unique piecing techniques and options for free-motion quilting this design.

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$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Christina Cameli (ZOOM)
2024-11-21 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
The Modern Wedge

A mother, a nurse-midwife, a paddle boarder, and a teacher and lecturer, Christina Cameli has been sewing since she was a child. Since discovering quilting in 2003 she has authored 5 quilting books, created many helpful online videos and classes, and has designed patterns and fabric from her home in Portland, Oregon. Have a look at some of her videos on YouTube!

In this lecture Christina will show us that wedges are simple shapes with unlimited potential for patchwork. You will see how she uses this simple tool for stunning results.

Christina’s Website

Workshop: Borders Galore
2024-10-18 00:00 - 2024-10-19 23:59 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Is making a wonderful borders quilt on your bucket list? Winnie Fleming is the best teacher you could hope to have for this type of challenge. Thanks to her tips and tricks, Winnie makes it easy to create something that looks so complex. This two-day workshop is the perfect class for learning how to make a borders quilt.

On day 1 you will arrive with a center medallion plus pieces cut for the next 3 borders. The medallion will be put on-point, and off you’ll go adding the borders. This involves learning a formula for ensuring your chosen border pattern will fit correctly around your medallion, among other tips and guidelines.

On day 2 Winnie will cover mitering and a floater border in addition to other piecing tips. You’ll make four borders in this phase, for a quilt which will ultimately measure roughly 68” x 68”.

Supply List

$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Winnie Fleming
2024-10-17 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Borders Bonanza

Winnie will identify and talk about all the different types of quilt borders. The program is a great big show and tell of about 35-40 quilts ranging from simple to intricate borders. You will also see many quilts with multiple pieced borders like medallion quilts and Round Robin quilts. Don’t forget to bring your camera!!!

About Winnie:

Winnie has been quilting for over 40 years and teaching more than 35 years. She is a quilt book author, quilt judge, Craftsy Instructor, quilt, teacher/lecture, and pattern designer. Quilting is her passion….. and therapy. Winnie loves scrap quilts and quilts that have a lot of piecing, which led her to Pieced borders. She is always trying to break down and simplify a piecing technique. Winnie loves teaching and visiting guilds with her programs and workshops and loves teaching at retreats.

Winnie’s Website

Workshop: TBD
2024-09-20 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States

Quilters' Book Club
2024-09-19 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
So many books, so little time!

Members of our guild present interpretations of their favorite books. They’ll share the many varied techniques used to convey what is great about each book. You’ll get some “how to” information from these presentations., and you might even get a whole new “books to read” list.

GTQG members are encouraged to create a book quilt. No rules, no limitations on size, just the fun of creating a quilt that makes you think of a book, or one part of it, that you enjoy.

Workshop: Vintage Log Cabin Quilt
2024-08-16 09:00 - 15:00
Dot will teach us how to incorporate vintage embroideries, laces and other ephemera into a classic log cabin quilt.

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UPDATE: This class will take place at

Stone Creek Retreat Center

2918 Haynes Lp. Kountze, TX 77625

(409) 926-1222

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$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Dot Collins
2024-08-15 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Making Quilts that Incorporate Vintage Pieces

Dot was still working at her day-job as a petrochemist in 1985 when she became a member of this guild. She loved the guild activities and community so much that she never missed a night meeting for that first two and a half years. In 1986, having developed her own patterns and techniques, she began to teach, and she hasn’t slowed down since.. Dot is known for her many unique patterns, designs, and techniques, particularly for innovating the most efficient way to get to her desired result. In this talk she’ll show how she has merged her love of beautiful vintage textiles and embroidery with the classic quilt blocks.

Workshop: Gilded Tree Skirt (ZOOM)
2024-07-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
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PLEASE NOTE: PATTERN PURCHASE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS CLASS.

A discount of 50% for the DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (not printed) is available to you as a student for this class if you use this code – GCGT -on the order form.

Gilded Christmas Tree Skirt Digital Download | Krista Moser

If desired, you may order the individual fabrics or kits from Krista’s website if still available.

Kits are available if anyone wants to buy fabrics in advance. Krista will not be restocking them once all are gone. You can find the options here: https://www.kristamoser.com/kits

$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Krista Moser (ZOOM)
2024-07-18 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Diamonds are a Quilter’s Best Friend

Come learn from Krista all the tips and tricks for cutting and piecing diamonds, triangles, and hexagons in an easy, fast, and precise way. If you have been wanting to break out of the same old quilting routine and try something different, her classes will inspire confidence and equip you with new techniques.

KRISTA MOSER: The Quilted Life

Workshop: Baskets on a Crazy Quilt
2024-06-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Within perfectly squared up blocks are the patches as individually shaped as they were in antique quilts. Make a crazy quilt with a fool proof method, without using foundation fabric and minimum waste of fabrics. A beginner friendly block which can be useful for art quilters and intermediate quilters for many other applications with endless possibilities, including as a base for improv baskets.

How can you make a crazy quilt crazier? Add a few scrappy baskets on top of it!

In this workshop, early on the focus will be on fabric selection and design development. You will go through the exercise to find balance with textures and colors of small to large scale prints. Working with solids, the emphasis will be on value and contrast. You will learn to make crazy patch background with freeform blocks and string pieced baskets and their handles. Not interested in baskets? Try bowls, vases or something else. This workshop is a place to learn about scale, contrast, value, and selecting just the right fabric to brighten up the space.

Technique – Machine Pieced, Improv Piecing

Skill Level – Experienced Beginner

Supply List

$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Sujata Shah
2024-06-20 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
The Root Connection: My Journey as a Quilter

A graphic designer in her native India, Sujata always loved color, pattern and textures. As a young bride in the 1960s America, her delight in these lay dormant until discovering quilting in the 1990s. She is now known for both her hand-quilted Kawandi works as well as her award-winning free form quilt designs in bright colors. Her book, Cultural Fusion Quilts, sets out many of her joyful patterns which reflect the influences of many cultures. We’ll learn all about the evolution of her quilted art in this talk.

The Root Connection Website

Workshop: Suns and Moons
2024-05-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Suns and Moons is a machine appliqué workshop based on the circle motif. Using Jane’s appliqué techniques and experimenting with our decorative stitches, we will begin by making a series of colorful fabric discs which will then be arranged into a dramatic and contemporary composition.

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$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Jane Sassaman
2024-05-16 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Jane’s Textile Treasure Garden

This is a glimpse into the inspirations and process of designing fabric. From dreaming to drawing, coloring and cutting. This is a colorful journey through the creative process. Jane will also bring many quilts and accessories made with her FreeSpirit fabrics. Enjoy seeing how to use these contemporary prints to make dramatic quilts.

About Jane:

Jane’s nature inspired art quilts have won numerous awards, have been in many national and international exhibits, and her quilt “Willow” was named as “One of the One Hundred Best American Quilts of the Century”. As you can see in her book, The Quilted Garden, Jane’s mastery of decorative arts is overflowing. Her Free Spirit fabrics for quilts, wearables and home decor have been called “William Morris on anti-depressants”. Her latest book, Patchwork Sassaman Style, illustrates her glorious fabric “in action”.

Jane Sassaman Website

Workshop: The Village, aka Quilters’ Scrap Houses
2024-04-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
A great class for beginners as well as the experienced quilter, Barbara says “These adorable 5” paper-pieced house blocks are such a fun way to learn paper-piecing. A “Dorito” block – you just want to keep making them”! Use small scraps to make a neighborhood.

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Kit fee ($10) includes papers for eight houses and masters for more. Add a sky filled with easy-to-make 4” stars to complete your neighborhood.

$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Lisa Johnson at lisajohnson@gt.rr.com

Lecture: Barbara Black
2024-04-18 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Time Management for Quilters

With only 24 hours in a day, we need all the tips and tricks we can get to make the most of our valuable time. Barbara will talk about ways to rethink your sewing space, storage and files to make the most of the time you have for quilting. Barbara says, “BY FAR, the most popular lecture I present.”

About Barbara:

Renowned quilter Barbara Black loves to share her knowledge. Quilting since 1985, her classes are full of tips and shortcuts to get to the result the fastest way possible. You may have seen her Joyful Journey exhibit at the Houston Quilt Festival, or her “Red and White – By the Numbers” quilt featured on festival bags, or walking viewers through The Quilt Show’s Block of the Month. Barbara’s goal is “to inspire others to make gifts for generations yet unborn”. To accomplish this she delights in sharing her vast experience with quilters at all levels.

Barbara’s Blog

Workshop: Laura Foulk- Quilt Coat Class
2024-03-22 00:00 - 2024-03-23 23:59 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Join the latest craze when Laura Foulk will teach us how to make a coat from quilt!

This is a 2 DAY CLASS. 9am-3pm each day!

You MUST purchase this pattern: Patchwork Chore Coat PDF Pattern – Patchwork and Poodles

Class Prep and Supply List

This is a 2 Day class; $60 class fee paid directly to Laura Foulk.

Lecture: Teresa Duryea Wong
2024-03-21 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
The Calling of Quilt Collectors

What makes a quilt collectable? How significant is it to the quilt-maker, to the history of quilting, and to the value of a quilt, to have work considered collectable?

This lecture will explore the collections of a number of major antique quilt collectors and will delve into their vision of the importance of, and responsibility for, preserving this work.

Quilt collectors play a critical role in the circle of life of art. When museums and collectors purchase a quilt, the work of the artist is immediately validated, and the quilt obtains a monetary value that didn’t exist before. The collector also has a critical role in preserving quilts, and ideally, presenting them to viewers, either by hanging it in their home, or loaning it for exhibitions. This lecture will explore the collections of major antique quilt collectors such as Joanna Rose, Eli Leon, and Robert & Ardis James — and why their vision and passion are so important to quilt preservation. In addition, you’ll be introduced to the collections of contemporary quilt collectors, Robert & Helen Cargo, Frank Klein, Jack Walsh, and Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. Hear the stories of how these collectors came to own hundreds, even thousands of quilts, and learn how their passion kept them hunting for more. Teresa will also bring a trunk show featuring part of her antique quilt collection, plus antique quilt tops she has collected and finished on her longarm machine.

About Teresa

A talented quilter in her own right, Teresa is also an excellent researcher and author. Her five authoritative books cover various aspects of quilting, from the history of cotton and indigo from Japan, and modern quilting in Japan, through the story of cotton growing in America and the history of the Houston Quilt Festival, to the history of native American quilting. Her work is always impeccably researched and engagingly presented. A member of the Board of Directors of the International Quilt Museum. Teresa’s knowledge of all things quilt is widely recognized.

Quilt Show & Market
2024-03-15 00:00 - 2024-03-16 23:59

Lecture: Isabel Johann
2024-02-15 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Unique Moments and Memories in the Life of a Quilter

As a sewist all her adult life, Isabel put her talents to use creating unique garments needed in her professional life. Quilting came to her later, and she has poured her creativity into it. Isabel enjoyed the guild in its early days, and returned to it in this past decade, constantly illustrating that there are no boundaries to imaginative expression when working with textiles. Join us for a uniquely fascinating story in the life of a very creative quilter.

Workshop: Easy Peasy Applique
2024-01-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Loving the look of finished edge appliqué, it wasn’t until she came across this freezer paper method that Jo was able to get the results she wanted. She will share the basics of this technique and believes that even a beginner will see fabulous results.

Kit is $10

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$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Susan Cornell at secornell48@sbcglobal.net

Lecture: Jo Caraway
2024-01-18 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Partnering with a Professional Quilter: What You Need to Know

Jo bought her first longarm in 2008 and began quilting for the public in 2010. She has developed the philosophy that there is a partnership between the piecer and the quilter. Having quilted hundreds of quilts, she will be sharing information that will help quiltmakers prepare their quilts for the best possible outcomes.

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Christmas Luncheon
2023-12-21 10:30 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
The guild will provide brisket, but please bring a side or dessert to share. We will have a fun day of fellowship!

Workshop: Free Motion Quilting on Domestic Machines
2023-11-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, TX, 77713, United States
Class Description Would you like to learn how to free motion quilt using your domestic sewing machine? This class is for the Beginner to Intermediate quilter who wants to learn the basics or to expand on their quilting skills.

I will share different design techniques to get you started, such as feathers, crosshatching, pebbles, and more. Keeping the design smooth and making even stitches can sometimes be a difficult task, but with practice and my guidance you will feel much better about your quilting.

The big questions I get:

Where do I start?

How do I come up with a design?

I have been quilting and teaching for many years and I want to make your quilting experience less stressful and more enjoyable. So let’s get started!

Free Motion Quilting on Domestic Machines

This is an 8 hour class filled with information about free motion quilting.

Supplies

1. Your domestic machine

2. You must be able to drop the feed dogs on your machine. This makes it easy for the quilt to move freely under the needle.

3. It’s good to have a needle down button.

4. Foot attachment required for free motion quilting. Any of the following will work depending on the requirements or your machine:

Hopping foot

Darning foot

Free Motion Quilting foot.

5. Fabric – choose a fabric that does not have a busy print

Top -20”x20”

Batting-22”x22”

$25 Members / $35 Non-members

To sign up, contact Melinda Stanton at melstan3@yahoo.com
