From Kits to Custom - Trunk Show and Presentation

I never really thought about it.

Every month, our local guild “Johnson County Quilt Guild” which meets in Joshua, TX, would have a new speaker. With each new presentation, I was impressed by the beautiful quilts sewn, interesting books written, or historic tales to tell.

Admit I must that aside for the sumptuous meal shared and rich conversation with my sisters and brothers in quilts, the speaker was my favorite part!

I never really thought about giving a presentation myself, but here I was, just last Monday giving one to our own guild. While trained as a public speaker, I was a tad nervous for two reasons.

I had little time to develop a presentation and prepare and….
This was my home guild and I really wanted to do well!

Needless to say, things went swimmingly and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

I took great care to lay out each quilt in reverse-order so it would be easy for my helpers to lift up each quilt as I talked about how it fit in my “custom” scheme.

This Trunk Show is one part “Show and Tell” and another part information on how to break free from emulating someone else’s project to the letter. My goal is to provide encouragement to create quilts that show off your own personality and skill set. By building on the concept of inspiration and breaking down the elements that comprise our quilts, I present ways to customize an existing design or go full on One-of-a-Kind!

I also present many of the tools that I use to make the concept become the reality. And YES we talk about math and how to avoid being overcome by the technical aspects of creating custom quilts.