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)

Tentative Schedule of “Artsy Group” Meetings

We have reserved the following dates for Artsy Group meetings in 2024. Highlighted links will take you to photos from the meetings that have already taken place.

January 16 – Choose 2025 Challenge
February 6 – Making Custom Quilt Labels
March – No meeting (quilt show week)
April 2 –
May 7 –
June 4 –
July 2 – (no meeting?)
August 6 –
September 3 – “Big Reveal” of Recipe Challenge projects-in-process
October 1 –
November 5 – (location change? – Elmira not available due to Election day)
December 3 –

2024 Artsy Challenge: Inspired by the Alamance Rose

[Sorry! Too late to begin the challenge now! Attend the Quilt Show to see them all.]

Other Artsy Notes

To see what else has Artsy Group been doing, enter “Artsy” in the search bar in the margin of any page of our website, and you will see a list of pages and blog posts that mention Artsy activities.

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