New date for SQC's November Membership Meeting

Our Next Membership Meetings

Corrections!!!

New date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 

The Brickhouse Art Gallery 

2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817

Membership is only $25.00 per year

Join the celebration !!

2014 Opportunity Quilt: “Lady Diaspora”

2014 Opportunity Quilt

“Lady Diaspora”

3rd Annual Quilt Exhibit

February 1st - February 15th 2014

Our 2014 theme is: “Our Stories in Quilts: Quilts That Are Inspired By the Stories in Our Lives”

                                          Raffle tickets will be available soon. Stay tuned for more details!!

Congratulations & good news for SQC's supporter Connie Horne

                                       General George Washington and Black Solders 

Congratulations to local quilter (SQC supporter) Connie Horne’s beautiful quilt featuring General George Washington and Black Solders was recently featured at “And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations”@ The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. 

The General George Washington and Black Solders quilt was one of the quilts in the Cincinnati news article. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/arts/2013/10/11/quilt-exhibit-opens-at-freedom-center-saturday/

SQC's Membership Meeting

Our Next Membership Meetings

Corrections!!!

New date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 

Thursday, December 12, 2013

2^nd Thursday of each month @

the Brickhouse Art Gallery 

2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817

Membership is only $25.00 per year

Join the celebration !!

Photos of the October Meeting

SQC's host:The Brickhouse Art Gallery

Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) is hosted by The Brickhouse Art Gallery located in Oak Park at 2837 36th St & Broadway, Sacramento CA 95817.  916-475-1240. The Brickhouse Art Gallery’s al is to create a community atmosphere which encourages participation, exhibitions, workshops, classes and demonstrations. We remain open to redefining ART as it is ever evolving.     Director  & Curator, Barbara Range. bfanta96@gmail.com or  http://www.thebrickhousegallery.net. Visit the Brickhouse Art Gallery!!

Community News & Events

·         The Sisters Quilting Collective meets the second Thursday of every month from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Next Membership Meeting:  Thursday, October 10, 2013 from 6:00pm-8:00pm @ The Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817.  Membership is only $25.00 per year. Don’t forget your show and tell item!

• Pacific International Quilt Festival XXII October 17, - 20, 2013 Santa Clara Convention Center - 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. http://www.quiltfest.com/activities.asp?id=7

• Sacramento Center for Textile Art, Art to Wear Fashion Show and Sale  11/09/2013 - 11/10/2013, 10:00 AM @ Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816 https://www.facebook.com/SacramentoCenterForTheTextileArts

• River City Quilters Quilt Show Friday & Saturday, 11/15-17/13, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. @Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H Street, Sacramento, CA.Featured Artist: Kitty Oliver, Quilts - Wearable Art, Vendors - Demonstrations, Silent Auction - Door Prizes  Admission: $7 per day, Ages 12 and under free if, accompanied by an adult http://www.rivercityquilters.org/show/

• Holiday Craft Marketplace & Fair at the Brickhouse Art Gallery Saturday, December 7, 2013, 12noon-6:00pm and Sunday, December 8, 2013, 1:00pm-5:00pm. Stay tuned for more info or call:  (916) 475-1240. http://www.thebrickhousegallery.net/

• February 1, 2014 – February 15, 2014- . In celebration of Black History Month, Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) will host its 3rd annual Quilt Exhibit: “Our Stories in Quilts: Quilts That Are Inspired by the Stories in Our Lives”. The exhibit will highlight African-American Quilters and Quilts. The 2014 program will feature: a key note address by Karen Boutte, author and noted quilter, opening and closing receptions, presentations by the 2014 exhibit quilters, quilting story circles, children’s quilting activities, presentations and fashion show by fabric and wearable artists, a presentation on the historical significance of African American quilters and quilting, raffles and a presentation and prize drawing for the 2014 SQC Opportunity Quilt.The Brickhouse Art Gallery2837 36th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817  http://sistersquiltingcollectivesqc.blogspot.com/

Save the date: SQC's presents Karen Boutte, Quilt Diva, Saturday, February 1, 2014.

Join Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC’s) @ The 3rd Annual Quilt Exhibit, “Our Stories in Quilts” Opening Reception, Saturday, February 1, 2014. Our Keynote Speaker Karen Boutte, Quilt Diva, 1:00pm - 3:00pm @ The Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. More details soon.