Upcoming Swarovski Art Quilting Design Contest

CREATE YOUR STYLE with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS is pleased to announce its first ever CREATE YOUR STYLE Art Quilting Design Contest for 2012.

Taking inspiration from the world of music, contestants are required to design an original quilt using SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS to express their own personal design theme.  A jury of leading industry experts will judge the quilts on the creativity and, uniqueness of the design, the successful incorporation of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS into the quilt, the quality of the workmanship and overall presentation.

Deadline - All applications must be submitted by June 1, 2012.

Submissions are not to exceed 47 inches square in dimension.

Quilt must be inspired on the theme of  “Sound”

This competition is open to residents of all countries!

Please click HERE for more details.

Incredible prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!

April 11 — Leona Ketterl jewelry designer

Leona Ketterl, a Chicago architect obsessed with jewelry making started making jewelry as a hobby to design and make something in a single sitting. This is the antithesis to working as an architect; projects often take years before they are three dimensional and can be experienced in a tactile way. Jewelry making is, in comparison, instantly gratifying. For Leona, each piece is another mini landscape: a milky way of planets, various crops on a farm, a bucolic garden, a central business district ...

There will be a bead raffle at this meeting.  Raffle tickets will be at the membership desk at the front of the meeting room.  Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.  We are always looking for bead donations.  Please contact a board member or bring it to this meeting.

The BSGC will provide coffee and tea at the meetings.  We are asking members, who’s last name begin with N-S, to bring a treat to this meeting.  We ask everyone’s assistance in setting up and cleaning up after the meeting.

Meeting 7:00pm to 9pm

VFW Park Post 3579

10 West Higgins Road

Park Ridge, IL   60068