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• San Diego Spring Quilt Shop Hop

  • Start
    March 06, 2026
  • End
    March 14, 2026

  
  

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• Tara Ritacco Workshop 3/9

  • When
    March 09, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

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  Indigo Dyeing Workshop

  $57, plus $20 kit fee payable by cash or check to Tara Ritacco

  Indigo Dyeing Class – Tara Ritacco

  El Camino Quilters – Lecture Tuesday, March 10, 2026

  March 9 (Monday), Wednesday March 11

  Indigo Dying Supply List.pdf
  

  $20 Kit Fee includes:

  Pre-Scoured Cloth, cotton, cotton bandana, silk scarf, quilters cotton, Lyocell knit (all

  pfd)

  Indigo Dye Vats – All Organic Indigo

  2 Indigo Iron Vats

  1 Henna Indigo Vat

  1 Fructose Vat

  String/ Poles/Clamps

  Processes:

  Vat Dyeing using Shibori Techniques– Arashi; Binding; Clamping; Some sewing

  (optional)

  Supply List:

  Wear old clothing

  Gloves that will go up your arm (dollar store has them) make sure they fit

  Apron

  Lunch

  Plastic bag to take wet items home in

  Sewing Needles – sharps with large eye to fit thick thread

  Scissors

  
  

   

  
  

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• Monthly Guild Meeting - Contemporary Textile Arts: Pushing the Boundaries by Tara Ritacco

  • When
    March 10, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Carlsbad Dove Library

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Tara Ritacco Workshop WED 3/11

  • When
    March 11, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    At Tara's home in Carlsbad

  Register

  Indigo Dyeing Workshop

  $57, plus $20 kit fee payable by cash or check to Tara Ritacco

  Indigo Dyeing Class – Tara Ritacco

  El Camino Quilters – Lecture Tuesday, March 10, 2026

  March 9 (Monday), Wednesday March 11

  Indigo Dying Supply List.pdf
  

  $20 Kit Fee includes:

  Pre-Scoured Cloth, cotton, cotton bandana, silk scarf, quilters cotton, Lyocell knit (all

  pfd)

  Indigo Dye Vats – All Organic Indigo

  2 Indigo Iron Vats

  1 Henna Indigo Vat

  1 Fructose Vat

  String/ Poles/Clamps

  Processes:

  Vat Dyeing using Shibori Techniques– Arashi; Binding; Clamping; Some sewing

  (optional)

  Supply List:

  Wear old clothing

  Gloves that will go up your arm (dollar store has them) make sure they fit

  Apron

  Lunch

  Plastic bag to take wet items home in

  Sewing Needles – sharps with large eye to fit thick thread

  Scissors

  
  

   

  
  

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• Monthly Guild Meeting - Member Spotlight!

  • When
    April 14, 2026
  • Location
    Carlsbad Dove Library

  Featuring: To Be Announced

  

  For our April guild meeting, we will host our first member spotlight during the lecture period. 

  Stay tuned for updates on content and the members who will share their quilting journeys and talents with us!

  
  

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• Monthly Guild Meeting - Guest Speaker: Katherine Redford

  • When
    May 12, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Carlsbad Dove Library

  Lecture: Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches

  A maker since childhood, Catherine Redford is an award-winning quilter 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, Love of Quilting and theQuiltShow.com. She is enjoying the resurgence of interest in handwork, teaching classes for all skill levels and writing the embroidery book Butterfly Stitches (C & T 2020). A BERNINA Ambassador, Catherine delights in finishing her own quilts on a domestic machine! The second edition of her book, Modern Machine Quilting was published by C&T in December 2025. In her lecture, Catherine will treat us to a fun, interactive “Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches”. She will take us around the globe with the quilts from her April 2017 exhibit at International Quilt Festival in Chicago. We will learn how she found her inspiration, the stitches she used and the finishing techniques she employed.

  
  

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• Walking Foot Quilting, Beyond the Ditch

  • When
    May 13, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Quilt in a Day
  • Spaces left
    5

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  Walking Foot Quilting – beyond the basics

  Learn how to finish your quilts on a domestic machine while enjoying all the control of your walking foot. We will start with a brief discussion of preparing your tops for quilting including marking and basting. Then we will make stitched samples of different styles including modern grids, matchstick quilting and spirals. Finish with a look at Catherine’s work to inspire you to go home and turn your tops into quilts.

  Walking Foot Quilting Beyond the basics supply list guilds 2023.pdf

  
  Supply List
  Catherine Redford
  Materials:
  12, 10” squares solid color fabric
  6, 10” squares low loft cotton batting
  White 50 wt cotton thread for quilting (eg Aurifil, Wonderfil, Superior….)
  Colored 12 wt cotton thread (eg Aurifil, Wonderfil, Superior….)
  Spool 8wt. perle cotton
  Equipment:
  50, size 1 safety pins
  scissors
  low-tac painters’ tape
  Ruler (12” )
  Chalk pencil
  #80 sharp (Microtex) and #100 topstitch sewing machine needles
  Size 24 chenille needle
  paper and pen for notes
  Sewing machine with walking foot and open toed appliqué foot. *(if your machine has an integrated dual feed system or similar you do not need a walking foot. Please use open toed appliqué foot that works with the system)
  Bring any acrylic surround, knee lift and instruction book you have. Don’t forget your pedal and the power cord.
  Optional:
  Kwik Klip
  Ball point stiletto

       
  

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• Glenda Wilder workshop - Granny's Secret

  • When
    June 10, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Quilt in a Day

  Registration will open in March.

  Granny's Secret Workshop Summary and Supply List.pdf
  

  

  GRANNY'S SECRET - Use precut strips and yardage OR precut squares and yardage OR all yardage OR all scraps in this popular new workshop.  

  Workshop features an alternate method to make the secondary design easy!

  Featuring a single traditional block that has been redesigned to accommodate precuts, it can be made in your choice of finished sizes. Although there are some bias cuts/seams, the workshop features a technique to minimize sewing on bias edges, making it suitable for confident beginners and beyond.
  

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