https://ashevillequiltguild.org/programs-meetings Asheville Quilt Guild upcoming events Asheville Quilt Guild Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:11:39 GMT Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:11:39 GMT Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT <p align="center"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Round Robins</strong></span></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>with Karen Stockwell</strong></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"><a href="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/Karen%20photo.jpg" title="" target="_blank"><img src="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/Karen%20photo.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="241" height="276"></a></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 20px;"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif">An award-winning artist,&nbsp;Karen has been making art for most of her life, but the love of color and texture became her passion and she turned to textile art, often using her own hand-dyed silks and cottons in her pieces.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 20px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/Round%20Robin%201.jpg" title="" target="_blank"><img src="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/Round%20Robin%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="218" height="214" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;"></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/Art%20Round%20Robin.jpg" title="" target="_blank"><img src="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/Art%20Round%20Robin.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="228" height="211"></a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20px;">Her work has been in major national and international shows as well as being in corporate and private collections, books, magazines, calendar.&nbsp;&nbsp;She teaches &amp; lectures around the U.S., writes articles and designs patterns.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has also been a guest artist on many cruise ships, teaching jewelry, quilting and making teddy bears, most notably as&nbsp;artist-in-residence on Crystal Serenity for almost 5 months.&nbsp;&nbsp;Loving the travel, the colors and ethnic elements of places she’s visited have influenced her work.&nbsp; Lately, her art alternates between realistic wall pieces—landscapes, people, animals—and colorful graphic contemporary pieces.&nbsp;</font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20px;">A Michigan transplant who was in FL for 40 years, she now lives in the mountains of Western NC, an area rich in creativity and art, with her husband, Van, and Sheltie, Rocky.</font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 20px;"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size: 18px;"><br></p> https://ashevillequiltguild.org/event-6663245 https://ashevillequiltguild.org/event-6663245 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT <p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#000000"><strong><font color="#7030A0" style="font-size: 20px;"><font color="#000000">Mosaic Quilt Making</font></font></strong></font></p> <p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><strong><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20px;">With Heidi Proffetty</font></strong></font></p> <blockquote style="line-height: 30px;"> <p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;" align="center"><img src="https://ashevillequiltguild.org/resources/Pictures/headshot%20500x500.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="360" height="360"></p> <p style=""><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 20px;"><strong style="">Heidi Proffetty</strong> <strong style="">is</strong> a nationally recognized mosaic art quilter, quilting and sewing educator, and content contributor for Janome Sewing Machines. Known for her distinctive mosaic quilting style, Heidi combines her own original digital artwork with innovative quilt-making techniques. She shares both digital and traditional mosaic quilt making techniques with fellow quilters through classes, publications, and online platforms.</font></p> <p style=""><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 20px;">Her unique artistry and teaching expertise have been featured in <em>AQ Magazine</em>, <em>Quilting Arts Magazine</em>, <em>Patchwork Professional</em>, as well as on <em>Quilting Arts TV</em> and <em>The Quilt Show</em>.</font></p> <p style=""><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 20px;">Heidi lives in Massachusetts and when she’s not designing or teaching, she enjoys spending time with her two daughters, flying with her husband, relaxing by the ocean, baking, and beekeeping.</font></p> <p style=""><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 20px;">To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.heidiproffetty.com"><font color="#0000FF">www.heidiproffetty.com</font></a> or reach out via email at <strong>heidi@heidiproffetty.com</strong>. Follow Heidi for creative inspiration and educational content on Instagram and Facebook: <strong>@heidiproffetty</strong>.</font></p><font style="font-size: 20px;"><font color="#000000" style="">Heidi’s Motto: <em>“Creating works of art one tiny piece of fabric at a time.”</em></font></font> <p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;" align="center"><br></p> </blockquote> https://ashevillequiltguild.org/event-6712574 https://ashevillequiltguild.org/event-6712574