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Welcome Quilting Friends!
The Pella Area Quilter's Guild is a group of dynamic people promoting an appreciation of the heritage and art of quilts by educating its members through instruction and mutual support, presenting quilts to the public and providing quilts to charitable causes.
Membership in the PAQG is open to anyone interested in quilts. The quilt members represent a wide array of styles (modern to traditional), quilting and piecing experience from beginners to professional quilters and fiber artists. Find more membership information here.
Message from our President: Kristi Van Ee
2025 Theme: A Ruby Celebration: It is our 40th Anniversary!
My love for sewing and making quilts began when I was a little girl watching my grandmother sew with a treadle sewing machine. She made a small quilt for my doll, out of scraps of fabric. It was tied with pink yarn and had a wide purple binding sewn on by hand. I still have that quilt, and those memories are very special to me.Â
How did your quilting story begin? The Pella Area Quilters Guild's story began 40 years ago, in 1985. A few quilters got together to work on their projects and decided to start a quilt guild. Their first official meeting was on September 3, 1985. There were more than 40 charter members and about 20 of them met for organizational meetings to plan out all the details of the quilt guild.
I wonder what their ideas, hopes and dreams for the PAQG were? As current members of the quilt guild, what are each of your ideas, hopes and dreams for the next 40 years of the guild? Pass on your love of quilting to others, so they will have special memories!
Anniversary Dinner Quilt Challenge
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"Ruby Anniversary"Â
This challenge takes place every September at our Anniversary dinner. In celebration of PAQG's 40th Anniversary, let's incorporate some Ruby Red color into our quilted project of any size, shape, or form.
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Meeting Time & Location
***See program here for exact dates and times***
When: First Tuesday of each month
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Third Church, 708 E 13th St, Pella, Iowa. Room 101. MapÂ
Note: Meetings are canceled if Pella Community Schools are cancelled due to inclement weather. During the summer we will try to post to this site and Facebook if a meeting is cancelled. We want you to be safe, so even if we don't post that a meeting is cancelled, make choice that is safest for you.  Â
If you would like to contact us, please e-mail: paqgpresident@gmail.com.
This image from Google Maps and from Third Church.
2025 OfficersÂ
President:
Kristi Van Ee
Vice President:Â Â Â Â Â
Open
Secretary: Â Â Â Â Â Â
Deanne Sytsma
Treasurer:Â
Janice Klein
2025 Program:
Aleta Gustavson, Open Â
2026 Program:
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Publicity:
Amanda Rauch
Library:
Aleta Gustavson
Quilt Show:
Pam De Bruin, Bev Ayers, Open
Newsletter
Lori Lourens
Website
Katie De Jong
Historian:
Deanne Sytsma
Retreat:Â
Megan McCall, Heather RothÂ
Community Quilts:Â
Lila Turnbull, Kristi Van Ee