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• December Holiday Party

  • When
    December 11, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO

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  Celebrate 2025 and Look Towards 2026

  You’re Invited to Our December Guild Celebration!

  Whether you’re joining us in person or on Zoom, our December Meeting will be a night to remember — filled with food, fun, and fellowship as we “Celebrate 2025 and Look Towards 2026!”

  Let’s end the year surrounded by creativity, laughter, and good company — whether across the table or across the screen.

  We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

  For In-Person Attendees

  Get ready for a feast! Nathlia, our Chef Extraordinaire, has planned a delicious dinner for us to share as we celebrate the season together.

  Evening Schedule:

  • 6:00 pm – Kick off the night with Quilters BINGO and appetizers in the lobby.

  • Dinner Line Opens at 6:30 – The Guild is providing the main dishes; please bring a side or dessert to share (sign up when you RSVP).

  • Celebration & Connection – We’ll join our Zoom friends for a special shared program, “Celebrate 2025 and Look Towards 2026.”

  • Sweet Endings – Enjoy desserts, a gift exchange, and good cheer — all wrapping up by 9:00 pm!

  ️Please register for in-person attendance so we know how much to prepare, and sign up for a dish to bring or help set up or clean up when you RSVP.

  Festive Extras

  Holiday Parade – Bring your favorite holiday-themed quilting project for a cheerful Show & Tell!
  Gift Exchange – Want to join the fun? Bring a wrapped handmade gift (around $15 value) for a creative swap — with a new twist this year!
  Community Giving – Please bring non-perishable food items to support our local food bank.

  Holiday Table Runners - If you have a special table runner for the holidays, we'd like to borrow it for our tables for the evening. You get to bring it with you that night and take it home the same evening.  We're hoping for 15-20 table runners as port of our holiday decorations. Please call Sue Ebersberger (494) 318-5988 if you have a runner top share.

  For Our Zoom Friends

  You’re part of the party too! Our virtual gathering begins at 6:30 pm with some fun icebreakers before we join everyone to “Celebrate 2025 and Look Towards 2026.”

  After the joint celebration, we’ll head to our own Zoom-only event for a small project, free sew time, and plenty of friendly conversation!

  Be sure to register for Zoom attendance so we can send your supply list in advance.

  We’re also looking for a few volunteers to act as Zoom greeters/hosts — if you love chatting all things quilting, this is the perfect role for you! Email Jen Dietz if you are interested in volunteering for this role at pastpresident@acqcolorado.org.

  
  

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• January Guild Meeting - "Kestrel's Creations" with Kestrel Michaud

  • When
    January 08, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO

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  Kestrel's Creations:  A Trunk Show 

  with Kestrel Michaud

  This presentation features a deep dive into my creative history and artistic process. My award-winning quilts are the culmination of a lifetime of artistic growth, and the first half of this presentation explains how I got to where I am today. It's a biographical look at my artistic life, from when I started drawing and won my first art show as a 9-year-old kid, through discovering fabric in High School, re-discovering fabric in art college, and finally transitioning to quilting in my late 20s. I'll share artwork I made in every phase of my life, although the focus is on the fabric.

  The second half of "Kestrel's Creations" is about my process. I've used the same fundamental creative process for every fabric picture or quilt I've ever made, although my workflow underwent a major overhaul as I transitioned from analog to digital. Using behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the makings of multiple quilts, I'll take you step-by-step through the process of my design in its entirety, from initial sketch to free-motion quilting.

  Check out Kestrel's Workshop on January 10th HERE

  About Kestrel Michaud:

  Kestrel Michaud is a classically-trained, imaginative realism fine artist with a passion for illustrating in fabric. She started working with fabric in 2004 as a Junior in high school. By the time she graduated in 2006, Kestrel had developed her own unique style and technique and had completed almost 30 unique fabric pictures. Kestrel had also won more than 50 local, regional, national, and international awards for her artwork.

  All of Kestrel’s quilts are in the style of imaginative realism. Kestrel has an entire imaginary steampunk world in her head, complete with characters, locations, and events. Kestrel combines the lessons about visual storytelling she learned in college with her talent working with fabric to create quilts that tell stories from this fictional realm in a visual style that makes the imagery look real, even though it’s not.

  Kestrel’s technical style is called fused, raw-edge appliqué, and her quilts are notably different from her early fabric pictures because the fabric pictures did not include stitching. Each quilt is comprised of hundreds or thousands of individual pieces of fabric, some even smaller than the tip of a fingernail. Kestrel cuts and assemble them like a puzzle made from overlapping pieces. Each piece of fabric is fused in place with a heat-sensitive fabric glue before being quilted at a density of 1/8”-1/16”. Kestrel stitches her designs by free-motion quilting, which means she moves the fabric under the needle of her sewing machine to “draw” lines out of thread.
  

  Today, Kestrel works as a full-time, professional quilt artist, exhibiting and selling her work around the world. She also shares her knowledge by teaching her process through Patreon, live and virtual lectures, and live workshops. Her fine art training, creative mind, inventive nature, decades of experience, and unique style make Kestrel’s work unlike that of any other artist.
  

  Learn more about Kestrel Michaud on Social Media:

  Website

  Facebook

  Instagram

  YouTube

  This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

  ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

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• March Guild Meeting "We Luv ACQ"

  • When
    March 12, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO

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  We invite you to join us for an upcoming gathering where we can connect, share our love for quilting, and grow as a community. Let’s come together to inspire one another, exchange ideas, and strengthen our bonds through our shared passion. Whether you're a seasoned quilter or just starting out, your presence is invaluable. Together, we can create not just beautiful quilts, but lasting friendships. We look forward to seeing you there!

  Check out the March SPECIAL EVENT WORKSHOP on March 14, 2026

  This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.
  

  ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

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• April Guild Meeting - "The Unknowing of Creativity" with Patricia Belyea

  • When
    April 09, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO

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  "The Unknowing of Creativity"

  with Patricia Belyea

  Patricia shares her creative approach to developing new ideas for original quilt designs.  Leapfrogging from one compositional concept to the next, Patricia takes you on a journey of exploraton with her newest series of quilts -- Big Grids with inserted curves-- made with vintage Japanese yukata cottons and other global fabrics.
  

  About Patricia Belyea:

  

  A creative quilt maker, speaker and teacher, Patricia co-owns Okan Arts with her daughter Victoria.  The small family business imports vintage Japanese textiles for adventuresome quilters (okanarts.com).  Patricia is the author of "East-Meets-West Quilts", a book about making improv quilts with Japanese fabrics.  These days, Patricia and Victoria are busy leading textile tours to Japan!

  The speaker will be presenting her lecture via Zoom.

  Check out Patricia's Workshop on April 11th HERE

  Learn more about Patricia Belyea on Social Media:

  Website

  Facebook

  Instagram

  This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

  ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

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