Artsy Group

Artsy Group meetings are generally held at Elmira Community Center on the “1st Tuesdays” of each month, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

Connie G demonstrating the technique she called “Appli-Piecing” (at June 2023 meeting)

“Artsy Group” Challenge Quilts

Artsy Group designs a challenge of quilts to be displayed together at our Joint Quilt Show in March.

2027 Artsy Challenge: Make a quilt on the theme of “Trees.” Maximum size is 36 inches in either direction.
2026 Artsy Challenge: 8″ x 32″ Quilts – These can hang either vertically or horizontally. Must be “faced” (not bound). Must contain a bit of black fabric.
2025 Artsy Challenge: Recipe Challenge

2024 Artsy Challenge: Inspired by the Alamance Rose

[We were honored to have the completed quilts displayed again in a special exhibit at Piedmont Arts in Martinsville, VA (from Nov. 9 to Jan. 11, 2025).]

2023 Artsy Challenge: “Blue Stripe” Challenge – Participants were given a strip of solid blue fabric to be incorporated into the quilt from one edge all the way across to the opposite side. Quilts were displayed in such a way that the blue stripe appeared to run continuously across all the quilts on display.

Notes from past Artsy Group events and projects

Click on Highlighted text describing activities below to see pictures from that activity.

2023 Topics

January 3 – Make a double-sided Log Cabin block (Quilt as you go). Bring your Blue Stripe Challenge quilts-in-process for a preliminary viewing.
February 7 – Explore Beading. Bring completed challenge quilt tops. We will start arranging the show! We will stay and complete the show ribbons that afternoon.
March 7 – NO MEETING. (We were hanging quilts for the Quilt Show!)
April 4 –
May 2 – Log Cabin Variations by Linda R & hands-on play time with templates
June 6 – “Appli-Piecing” demo by Connie G
July 4 – no meeting
August 1 – 3-D Elements in quilts by Connie G, making YoYo’s, and Show & Tell of projects using YoYo’s
September 5 –
October 3 – no meeting
October 31 (at Elon Community Church) – Fancy Finishes by Linda R + Show & Tell of Halloween quilts
December 5 – Preview of 2024 Artsy Challenge projects (Inspired by the Alamance Rose) and sharing our Christmas Village Play Time projects

2022 Topics

Highlighted links below will take you pictures of those events.

April 4 – Improvisational Piecing Techniques. (The linked blog post also answers your general questions about “What is Artsy Group?”)
May 3 – Make a Mini Ornaments (paper pieced)
September 6 – Reverse Dyeing Experiments #1
October 4 – Reverse Dyeing Experiments #2
November 1 – Bias tape applique (at Elon Community Church)
December 6 – Embellishments