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September 20, 2022
PAT FRYER - Villa Rosa

Pat’s retirement from the quilting business has been impossible for her to achieve. Not long after closing up shop and moving to a beautiful hillside in Northern California, which she calls Villa Rosa, she came up with the idea for quilt patterns on a card.

Now, besides publishing patterns, running an online shop and doing shows, she also has a retail store in an industrial area of Grass Valley. Her staff includes local talent, and family members and designers from across the country.

Pat has been sewing since the age of ten and got her degree in Textiles from UCDavis. She has owned quilt shops for over 30 years. Pat taught quilting at her shops and the local college

Villa Rosa patterns by their nature are simple and easy to finish. They are fun to make and the projects get done—great for giveaways and donation quilts. “Fun and done” is Pat’s motto.​
September 21, 2021 - Monthly Meeting

Patricia Belyea - The Alluring World of Japanese Yukata Quilts
Join Patricia Belyea took us on a virtual tour of the Tokyo Quilt Festival. Then we got swept away to a chusen-dyeing workshop with elaborate hand-dyeing process. Patricia finished with a trunk show of her quilts made with Japanese cottons and talks about how the fabrics inspired her quilt compositions. Bio: A creative quilt maker, speaker and teacher, Patricia co-owns Okan Arts wit her daughter Victoria. The small family business imports vintage Japanese textiles for adventuresome quilters. Patricia is the author of East-Meets-West Quilts, a book about making improv quilts with Japanese fabrics. 
January 2021
​Lyric Kinard Workshop
Check out these projects submitted by workshop participants.
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Susy Nash
Sara Goer
Sara Goer
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Lauretta Crites
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Katie Pasquini Masopust
Lisa McKissick
Lisa McKissick
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Carol Ziogas, Sashiko
Jennifer Rapacki Quilt
Jennifer Rapacki
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Laurel Anderson
Colleen Pelfrey
Colleen Pelfrey
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Linda Ballard
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Christine Barnes
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Sujata Shah