Quilt Show
Breakfast Guest Speaker
Krista Hennebury, Poppyprint
FRIDAY, May 10 &
SATURDAY, may 11
7-9 A.M. each day
Krista Hennebury is a geologist by training and quilter by choice. She's been quilting since 2000 in her home studio, currently located on Bowen Island, B.C. Her semi-retired blog is poppyprintcreates.blogspot.ca but these days she mostly shares on Instagram as @poppyprint.
Passionate about travel, sharing her love of quilting with others and fostering community through stitching together, Krista ran a thriving day-retreat business from 2005-2020. She is a popular educator, presenter and certified Aurifilosopher known for her patient and approachable teaching style. She’s worked with general and modern guilds all across Canada from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland and north to Inuvik. She’s taught internationally in Australia, France, Sweden, America, Scotland, England, as a featured quilter on an Alaskan Cruise and at QuiltCanada 2019.
Since 2020, Krista has taught and lectured at over 100 Zoom events around the world. She describes her work as traditionally-informed modern quilting, using designer prints, solids, linen and retired clothing. Original pattern magazine publications include Stitch, Australian Homespun, Quilters Connection, Simply Moderne and Quilt Now! magazines and quilts feature in 4 Curated Quilts editions. Fifteen of Krista’s quilts were juried into QuiltCon and Quilt Canada since 2014 and her work won awards at both shows.
Her book of retreat-inspired projects Make It, Take It was published by Martingale in 2015 and she’s twice been a guest on American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast with Pat Sloan. Krista is delighted that her quilt “Chess on the Steps” appears in Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, 2017 and her “Blackbird Fly” quilt appears in Thomas Knauer’s beautiful book Why We Quilt, 2019.
Instagram: Poppyprint
FB: Krista Hennebury
Blog: poppyprintcreates.blogspot.ca
Email: poppyprintcreates@gmail.com
Friday breakfast show: Who Gives a Flying FQ about Accuracy?
Krista discusses the why and how of cutting, piecing and pressing accuracy, then follows up with the “but when is it really important?” part. This presentation is chock full of information, myth-busting tips, many detailed photos, notion recommendations and piecing tricks. We may even get into the side vs open pressing debate!
Saturday breakfast show:
Aurifilosophy
Krista is a certified Aurifilosopher, having trained with Aurifil's owner/President Alex Veronelli and Master Thread Educator Karen Miller. She will deliver a live, professional lecture on the origin, history,
production and uses of all Aurifil thread weights with photographic samples of projects and specific threads stitched out onto quilt sandwiches for comparison. Each attendee will receive a swag bag with one small spool of Aurifil thread in a random colour & weight and a product catalogue
Price for each day is $62, price for both days is $119. Includes hot breakfast buffet, presentation and early entry into quilt show (one hour before general public).
Tickets will be available Thursday, February 1, 2024 through Tickets Alberta