The mission of the California Heritage Quilt Project was established at its inception in 1984 and remains relevant to this day.  Its mission is:  to seek out and record the history of California quilts and quiltmakers; to foster conservation and preservation of California's quilt heritage; to increase public awareness and appreciation of quilts; and to […]

How would you like three days of uninterrupted, non-stop sewing without the hassle and expense of driving or flying to a distant city?  Or having to clean your project off the dining room table each night at home? Not only that, but you'll have the comfort of sleeping in your own bed each night!  And […]

Lilo Bowman has worked as a floral designer, translator, tour guide, wedding planner, and is now editor-in-chief of TheQuiltShow.com. Her work has been varied, often challenging, but always creative. Since early childhood, she has been instilled with the desire for and love of doing something with your hands, learned by observing the varied and beautiful […]

For twenty years, Shelley has been creating Cathedral Window Quilts entirely by machine.  In this workshop you will learn to make a Cathedral Window quilt completely by machine using three-dimensional piecing.  First you will learn the basic elements: squares, triangles, and an X and O block.  Then we will put it all together in the […]

Shelley's trunk show is a collection of approximately forty quilts that represent work done over the last 25 years.  In 1998, Shelley developed a technique for constructing Cathedral Window quilts using layered piecing techniques and featuring rolled bias curves.  She discovered there were unlimited ways to use elements of this technique creating some fabulous results.  […]

How would you like three days of uninterrupted, non-stop sewing without the hassle and expense of driving or flying to a distant city? Or having to clean your project off the dining room table each night at home? Not only that, but you’ll have the comfort of sleeping in your own bed each night! And […]

Since we don’t have an official workshop scheduled for this month, we’ve set up a Sunday Sew Day at Sewing Machine Warehouse for Sunday, May 5, 2024, from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The cost is $15. Bring your UFO’s, projects for holiday gifts or upcoming boutiques or quilt shows, any projects that might be giving you […]

Officer elections and an evening of socializing.  Details TBD.

Stitchery artist Lola Newman will describe her quilt journey with a focus on embroidery, reproduction projects, dolls, and more.   Her interest developed when she started researching her own family tree.  Her original patterns will take you on a journey through history. A time remembered. Come stroll along the riverbank to the past. More details […]

Tim Brown of Kingdom Sewing Machine Center in Simi Valley is teaching a basic sewing machine maintenance workshop.  This workshop is for all machines Tim bought Kingdom Sewing in Northridge back in the 80's when they sold mainly vacuums, but he started to sell more sewing machines than vacuums which is still the case today. […]