{"id":6915,"date":"2019-10-11T22:36:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T05:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/blog\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2019-10-11T22:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T05:36:56","slug":"road-2020-teacher-spotlight-gyleen-x-fitzgerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/11\/road-2020-teacher-spotlight-gyleen-x-fitzgerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Road 2020 Teacher Spotlight: Gyleen X. Fitzgerald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Author, Publisher and Award-Winning Quilter, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald<\/a>, will be teaching 4 classes at Road to California 2020-25th<\/sup> Anniversary Show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday,\nJanuary 23rd<\/sup>, 4012C \u2013 Mixology Shaken And Stirred<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gyleen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Friday,\nJanuary 24th<\/sup>, 5011C \u2013 Modern Free Wheeling Circles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gyleen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saturday,\nJanuary 25th<\/sup>, 6011C \u2013 Engaged<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And Sunday,\nJanuary 26th<\/sup>, 7011C \u2013 Trash To Treasure Pineapple<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Road<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All Quilter,\nAll the Time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Gyleen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gyleen X. Fitzgerald makes quilts that blend color, pattern and texture to provide a contemporary essence in traditional quilting. She infuses engineering tools and innovative techniques to simplify visually complex geometric quilts. A quilter since 1981, she has been teaching quilting since 1995. When asked what other hobbies she has besides quilting, her reply was, \u201cSay what? Is that allowed? Who has time? When not quilting, I\u2019m usually thinking about quilts in some way.\u201d Well, she does think about one other thing: her husband, Ray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative\nSpace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gyleen\u2019s home\nstudio is the smallest bedroom in her house. She says that she is \u201cmost\ncreative in small spaces.\u201d When she requires assistance with some projects, she\nwill move to a much larger annex studio in her basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is\nGyleen\u2019s favorite quilting tool? Her polygon series tools (Polygon, Polygon2\nand Polygon3). Gyleen says that she \u201ccan\u2019t get enough of good geometry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gyleen X. Fitzgerald loves piecing<\/strong> because when she is piecing, she is \u201cexecuting her vision.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two quilters that have influenced her work the most are Jinny Beyer<\/a> and the late, Gwen Marston<\/a> because \u201cthey do it all.\u201d Gyleen feels that they both \u201cproduce very graphic quilts and master the handwork. They are constant innovators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road to California\n2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Traveling\nover 2,000 miles to get to Road to California (Gyleen lives on the East Coast),\nshe is thrilled to be teaching. \u201cI\u2019ve only taught (at Road) once before and\nlove it. Coming back and to be a part of a historic show is very exciting. I\ncan\u2019t wait to see the quilts, vendors and special events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With her classes, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald says what she likes most about teaching is \u201cempowering students to create the vision within; I learn more from them. Their talent is amazing.\u201d Because she is a technique teacher<\/em><\/strong>, she hopes that after they leave her classes, that her students will now able \u201cto produce the quilts in their hearts with confidence and perfection. AND more importantly to have fun and enjoy the process. No one dies quilting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this innovative and technique driven teacher, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, please visit her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author, Publisher and Award-Winning Quilter, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, will be teaching 4 classes at Road to California 2020-25th Anniversary Show: On Thursday, January 23rd, 4012C \u2013 Mixology Shaken And Stirred Friday, January 24th, 5011C \u2013 Modern Free Wheeling Circles Saturday, January 25th, 6011C \u2013 Engaged And Sunday, January 26th, 7011C \u2013 Trash To Treasure Pineapple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6922,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915\/revisions\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}