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2025 Schedule
2025 Schedule
January 7, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Founding Members
Program: Remembering out past
February 4, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Tami Sikkema
Program: Making Memories
February 20-23, 2025
Quilt Retreat
Newton Christian Conference Center
March 4, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Lila Turnbull
Program: A Presentation of Redwork
March 15, 2025 - 9a-3p
Program: National Quilting Day, bring your things for day quilting
Location: Third Church, Rm 101
April 1, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Fern Stewart
Program: It's all Fun
April 29, 2025 -6pm. ***At Pella Memorial Building***
Presenters: Quilt Show Pre-view
April 30-May 3, 2025 - 10am - 6pm daily
June 3, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Sew Sew Joyful
Program: Trunk Show
July 1, 2025 - 6pm
Bring: Annual Summer Picnic; Last Name A-M Desserts, Last Name N-Z Salads
Presenters: Julie Doy
Program: Bunches of Bags
July 2, 2025 - TBD
Bag maker workshop with Julie Doy
August 5, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Eva Marie Evans
Program: Experimentation
September 2, 2025 - 6pm
Annual Anniversary Dinner
Presenters: TBD
October 7, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Marilyn Rowley
Program: Not Your Grandma's Doily
October 23-26, 2025
Quilt Retreat
Newton Christian Conferene Center
November 4, 2025 - 7pm
Presenters: Aleta Gustavson
Program: Entering Your Quilt into a Show
December 2, 2025 - 6pm
Holiday Potluck; Last name A-M bring Salads, Last name N-Z bring Desserts
Click on any underlined word and see the presenter's webpage!
Click on any underlined word and see the presenter's webpage!
2024 Schedule
2024 Schedule
2024 Project Tracker Make a copy and print to track your quilting, or make a copy and save it to your files. Digital Quilt Tracker
January 2, 2024 - 7pm
Presenters: Guild Members Carol Jankowski, Lori Lourens, & Katie De Jong
Program: Ruler Demonstration Stations
Members bring: Quilts for show and tell, bring a ruler and the quilt you made learning to use it
February 6, 2024 - 7pm
Presenters: YOU! Program: "My 1st Quilt" Show
Members bring: Members are encouraged to bring their first quilt and a short story about it.
February 29 - March 3, 2024
Spring Quilt Retreat at Newton Christian Conference Center (map here)
***registration required***
March 5, 2024 -
Presenters: Karen Gibbs, Director of Design, Batiks, Riley Blake Designs Program: "Custom Batiks"
March 16, 2024 - 9am
National Quilter's Day
Project TBD
April 2, 2024 - 7pm
Presenters: Pieceworks Quilt Shop Program: "Outside the Box"
April 31, 2024 - 6pm
**May meeting** Place: Pella Memorial Building
Program: Finalize Tulip Time Quilt Show
May 1-4 10am-6pm Quilt Show Wednesday - Saturday
Tulip Time Quilt Show at the Pella Memorial Building (Click here for more info)
Members: Two 2-hour shifts expected, Quilt pick-up at 6:15pm Saturday
June 4, 2024 - 7pm
Stay tuned! TBD
July 2, 2024 - 6pm
Activity: Annual Picnic Last Names A-M bring salad, Last Names N-Z bring dessert
August 6, 2024 - 7pm
Presenters: Iowa Quilt Museum
September 3, 2024 - 6pm
Activity: Anniversary Dinner
Presenter: AQS Quilt Appraisers Location: Graham Conference Center, Central College
President's Challenge Quilt Display
***registration required for dinner***
September 4, 2024
AQS Quilt Appraisers will be available by appointment.
October 1, 2024 - 7pm
Presenters: Barb Zelhart & Gail Maddy from Albia Quit Guild Program: "Funny Faces"
October 24-27, 2024
Activity: Fall Quilt Retreat, Newton Christian Conference Center (map here)
***registration required***
November 5, 2024 - 7pm **CORRECTED DATE*
Presenters: Guild Members
Program: Ruler Demonstration Stations
Members bring: Quilts for show and tell, bring a ruler and the quilt you made learning to use it
December 3, 2024 - 6pm
Activity: Holiday Potluck, Last name A-M bring dessert, Last name N-Z bring salad
2023 Schedule
2023 Schedule
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Click on any underlined word and see the presenter's webpage!
January 3, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: Katie De Jong Presentation: "Using EQ"
Members bring: My Favorite Quilting Things
February 7, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: Members Presentation: "What to Quilt Where?"
February 23-26, 2023
Spring Quilt Retreat at Newton Christian Conference Center (map here)
***registration required***
March 7, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: Laura Strickland Presentation: "Approaching Quilting as Art"
March 18, 2023 - 9am
National Quilter's Day
Sew Day at Third Church
April 4, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Melanie McNeil Presentation: "Medallion Quilts" Instagram link ***Rescheduled for July***
April 9, 2023
Tulip Time Quilt submissions due! Guild member submit your quilts
May 2, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Quilt Show Early Look Place: Pella Memorial Building
May 3-6, 2022 10am-6pm Wednesday - Saturday
Tulip Time Quilt Show Pella Memorial Building (Click here for more info)
Members: Two 2-hour shifts expected, Quilt pick-up at 6:15pm Saturday
June 6, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: The Bitsy Chicks Presentation: "Bitsy Chicks on Parade"
July 11, 2023 - 6pm ***Date change***
Presenter: Melanie McNeil Presentation: "Medallion Quilts" Instagram link
Activity: Annual Picnic Last Names A-M bring salad, Last Names N-Z bring dessert
August 1, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: Carol Bidrawn Presentation: "50 Years of Quilts"
September 5, 2023 - 6pm
Activity: Anniversary Dinner
Presenter: Ana Blickenderfer Presentation: "QuiltWorx"
President's Challenge Quilt Display
September 27-30
October 3, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: Deanne Eisenman Presentation: "Fabric Scraps and Random Threads"
October 26-29, 2023
Activity: Fall Quilt Retreat, Newton Christian Conference Center (map here)
***registration required***
November 7, 2023 - 7pm
Presenter: Catherine Redford via Zoom Presentation: "Lessons Learned while Quilting"
President's Challenge
December 5, 2023 - 6pm
Activity: Holiday Potluck, Last name A-M bring dessert, Last name N-Z bring salad
2022 Schedule
2022 Schedule
January 4, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Andrea Van Wyk Presentation: Principles of Design
President's Challenge: *Stretch it*
February 1, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Karen Spencer Presentation: A Retrospective
President's Challenge: *Make it Asymmetrical*
March 1, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Nova Montgomery Presentation: A Century of Progress
President's Challenge: *Use Repetition*
March 4-6, 2022
Spring Quilt Retreat at Newton Christian Conference Center (map here)
***registration required***
March 18-19, 2022
National Quilting Day March 19 - Community Caring Sewing Days will be held. First Reformed Church basement 9-4.
April 5, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Jenny Harmeling-Messer* Presentation: My Art Quilt Journey
*This is a change from the original schedule.
President's Challenge *Change Part of It*
April 10, 2022
Tulip Time Quilt submissions due! Guild member submit your quilts
May 3, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Quilt Show Early Look
May 4-7, 2022 10am-6pm Wednesday - Saturday
Tulip Time Quilt Show Pella Community Center (Click here for more info)
June 7, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Creative Painting/Dying (see newsletter for location details)
President's Challenge *Combine It*
July 5, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Annual Picnic Last Names A-M bring salad, Last Names N-Z bring dessert
President's Challenge *Change the Shape*
August 2, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Jessica Plunket Presentation: No More Boring Backgrounds
President's Challenge *Eliminate Parts of It*
September 6, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Anniversary Dinner
Presenter: Carl Hentsch 3 Dog Design Co Location TBD
President's Challenge Quilt Display
September 7, 2022 - 9am-4pm
Activity: Workshop with Carl Hentsch (see newsletter for location details)
***registration required***
September 14-17, 2022
Activity: AQS Quilt Show, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Events Center (map)
October 4, 2022 - 7pm
Presenter: Sue Penn
President's Challenge: *Add Ingredients*
October 28-30, 2022
Activity: Fall Quilt Retreat, Newton Christian Conference Center (map here)
***registration required***
November 1, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Memories of Quilts with residents of the Cottages in Pella
Location: The Cottages Community Room
President's Challenge: *Split It*
December 6, 2022 - 6pm
Activity: Holiday Potluck, Last name A-M bring dessert, Last name N-Z bring salad
President's Challenge *Make it Part of Something Else*
2021 Schedule
January Program
Date: January 5, 2021 at 7 P.M.
ZOOM meeting
February Program
Date: February 2, 2021 at 7 P.M.
ZOOM Meeting
Event: Winter/Spring Retreat
Dates: February 26 - February 28, 2021
Where: Newton Christian Conference Center in Newton, IA
March Program
Date: March 2, 2021 at 7:00pm
ZOOM Meeting
March 20, 2021
National Quilters Day
Charity Sew - will happen later in the year
April Program
Date: April 6, 2021 at 7:00pm
ZOOM Meeting
Finalize Tulip Time Quilt Show
Date: May 4, 2021 at 6 P.M.
Pella Community Center, Room 206
Tulip Time Quilt Show
Where: Pella Community Center, Room 206
When: May 5-8, 2021 10:00am-6:00pm
Admission: $5.00
Raffle Quilt
Raffle tickets can be bought at the show or from any of the quilt guild members
*Quilt Pick up after show is at 6:15pm Saturday May 8, 2021
June Program
Date: June 1, 2021 at 7 P.M.
First Reformed Church - Coffee Room
"Accept the Challenge and Win the Prize"
Diane Murtha
July Program
Date: July 6, 2021
“Seven Secrets of Scrap Quilting”
Cathy Busch
Annual Picnic, 6:00 pm
Last Name A-M brings Desserts
Last Name N-Z brings Salads
August Program
Date: August 3, 2021 at 7 P.M.
Garage Sale
September Program
Anniversary Dinner
Date: September 7, 2021 - 6 p.m.
*This event must be signed up and paid for by August Meeting.
Presidents' Challenge Quilt Display
“My Journey – 50 Years of Quilting”
Joyce Franklin
October Program
Date: October 5, 2021 at 7 P.M.
"The Wonderful World of Mandalas"
Kyra Reps
Event: Fall Quilters Retreat
Dates: October 22 - 24, 2021
Where: Newton Christian Conference Center in Newton, IA
November Program
Date: November 2, 2021 at 7 P.M.
Tips
Voting for 2022 Board, Budget
December Program
Date: December 7, 2021 at 6 P.M.
Holiday Potluck
Last Name A-M brings salads
Last Name N-Z brings desserts
********If any of the programs are cancelled, members will be notified by email and newsletter.**********
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