Opening Reception
Thursday, October 26, 7:00 pm
(This event requires preregistration.)
Share dessert and wine while getting a close up look at the art and quilt exhibits.
Lecture tickets are limited and require show admission. Advanced tickets ($10 each) are available by mail-in and online registration through October 19. At-the-door lecture tickets are $12.
Lecture Schedule and Content
Quilts from 1920 to 1950
Friday, October 27, 12:00 pm
Quilt style has many influences, including fabric options, social context, and economic restraints. Allison Rainboth will show many samples of depression years quilts and transition to WWII era quilts and “midmod” 50s fabrics.
Back Talk
Friday, October 27, 3:00 pm
There are a variety of ways to complete the second side of your quilt, whether your style is modern or traditional. Colleen Carlson will review quilt back options, hangers, labels and more.
Choosing Quilting Designs
(Sponsored in part by Mary’s Quilt Market)
Friday, October 27, 6:30 pm
Allison Rainboth will share many samples demonstrating how scale, proportion, density, theme and color can impact your project.
Wide Open Spaces
Saturday, October 28, 11:00 am
Do wide open spaces on quilt tops intimidate you? Are the words “quilt as desired” like swear words to you? Clem Buzick will provide tips and tricks to make it easier. She has learned to make the decision process less daunting and more fun.
Common Sense Quilts—Designs for Your Stash!
Saturday, October 28, 2:00 pm
Katie Hennagir believes fabric choice is the most important part of the quilt design process. That is why her patterns have been referred to as “common sense quilts.” Katie will share a trunk show of her quilt designs and offer tips for using stash and selecting fabrics.
Meet Our Presenters
Allison Rainboth Berlin, Wisconsin
Allison owns Sisters Choice Quilting Service; she has been longarm quilting for others since 2003 and has completed more than 3,000 pieces to date. She has a strong interest in antique and vintage quilts. She is a Certified Quilt Judge and an AQS Certified Appraiser of Quilts and Quilted Textiles. Allison lives in Berlin in a 100+ year old house with two Scotties, five cats, and her husband Walter who recently retired after many years as a professor of biology. Born in the Los Angeles area, Allison learned to drive in the Rose Bowl parking lot. In her spare time, she loves to cook and read fantasy and mystery novels.
Colleen Carlson Grand Forks, North Dakota
Colleen has been sewing since her 4-H days in Cavalier, ND. She graduated from NDSU and has been a pharmacist for 35 years. She started quilting in 1999; she has shown original quilts at national shows and brought home two ribbons. Colleen and her husband Ken live in Grand Forks and have two grown children.
Clem Buzick Moorhead, Minnesota
Clem was a hairdresser for years and was asked to take a quilting class with some clients. In 2007, she purchased her first long arm quilting machine. After 26 years, she hung up her hairdressing shears, picked up the sewing scissors, and never turned back! She quilts for clients full time in her Fargo studio. She has competed in many quilt shows and has won more than a few awards along the way! She loves to share her skills, her crazy story, and to encourage others!
Katie Hennagir Perham, Minnesota
Katie has been quilting and designing for over 20 years. Her pattern business, Katie Hennagir Designs, started as part of her mom’s store, Bay Window Quilt shop, in 2000. She has since designed five fabric lines with another in the works. She purchased Bay Window Quilt Shop in 2020 and in 2022 added the Stitch Studio where she offers Janome sewing machines and services as well as a large dedicated classroom and day retreat center.
