Enjoy this Virtual Lecture and Fundraiser Supporting the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts from the comfort of your own home and join us along with renowned textile artist, researcher and teacher Rebecca Devaney over Zoom.

$25/ Members | $30/ Nonmembers

Rebecca Devaney’s lecture will tell the fascinating story of how luxury textiles and fashion became woven into the fabric of Paris. The intriguing history of luxury textiles and fashion is revealed through the geography of the winding streets and wide boulevards of Paris. Travelling in Paris from the elegant Opéra district to Le Sentier, once the bustling garment district, we will meet kings, politicians, spies, cloth merchants, milliners, glove-makers, feather-workers, embroiderers and the fiercely independent Midinettes.

Note: To train at the prestigious École Lesage is to be invited to share in more than a century and a half of ever-renewed enthusiasm, talent and expertise. It means getting a chance to learn the techniques mastered – and, in some cases, invented – by one of the world’s greatest embroidery houses.

This lecture will be held via Zoom only. An emailed invitation, with links, will be provided to registrants approximately one to two weeks prior to the tour.

Thank you for supporting WMQFA!

WMQFA is partnering with MKElifestyle Magazine on their launch of Makers Mingle.

Enjoy tasty appetizers and seasonal beverages while you craft and chat. The museum will guide you through a weaving activity while you socialize, and you’ll have time to tour the current exhibition.

Stitch together felted penguins, owls, hearts and other shapes to make fun, seasonal gift toppers or magnets.

Registration includes food, drink, instruction, museum admission, and all supplies. No experience needed!

WMQFA is partnering with MKElifestyle Magazine on their launch of Makers Mingle.

Enjoy tasty appetizers and seasonal beverages while you craft and chat. The museum will guide you through a weaving activity while you socialize, and you’ll have time to tour the current exhibition.

Paint a watercolor still life (or image of your choice - stencils available), then embroider. Learn several decorative embroidery stitches to embellish your painting.

Registration includes food, drink, instruction, museum admission, and all supplies. No experience needed!

$180 member    $205 nonmember

Sign up for the upcoming series Mini Designs for Hand-Embroidery Techniques. It’s easy and fun, and you will complete mini embroidery pieces! You will learn the basics such as how to choose needles and threads, use hoops, and trace designs onto fabric. You will master the chain stitch, satin stitch, back stitch, fly stitch, feather stitch, stem stitch, and the French knot. We will also work with ribbon and beads. 

Week 4: Discover techniques for creating designs. Plus, freestyle embroidery on provided pre-printed fabric.

$180 member    $205 nonmember

Sign up for the upcoming series Mini Designs for Hand-Embroidery Techniques. It’s easy and fun, and you will complete mini embroidery pieces! You will learn the basics such as how to choose needles and threads, use hoops, and trace designs onto fabric. You will master the chain stitch, satin stitch, back stitch, fly stitch, feather stitch, stem stitch, and the French knot. We will also work with ribbon and beads. 

Week 3: Explore ribbon embroidery, beading, and a specialty stitch or two with a provided design.

Sign up for the upcoming series Mini Designs for Hand-Embroidery Techniques. It’s easy and fun, and you will complete mini embroidery pieces! You will learn the basics such as how to choose needles and threads, use hoops, and trace designs onto fabric. You will master the chain stitch, satin stitch, back stitch, fly stitch, feather stitch, stem stitch, and the French knot. We will also work with ribbon and beads. 

Week 2: Learn four to five additional stitches with a provided design.

$180 member $205 non-member

Sign up for the upcoming series Mini Designs for Hand-Embroidery Techniques. It’s easy and fun, and you will complete mini embroidery pieces! You will learn the basics such as how to choose needles and threads, use hoops, and trace designs onto fabric. You will master the chain stitch, satin stitch, back stitch, fly stitch, feather stitch, stem stitch, and the French knot. We will also work with ribbon and beads. 

Week 1: Learn four to five stitches with a provided design.