Programs, Workshops & Mentoring
Programs
The Guild offers guest speakers at many of our meetings. These programs are designed to educate, encourage, and inspire our members in the many and varied areas and types of quilting techniques. We invite both well-known lecturers from around the country and accomplished quilters from among our members to provide programs for us.
We also love to party and do so at least several times a year. Once a year we have a potluck dinner where we distribute our comfort quilts to the charities we support. During the summer we enjoy an ice cream social. And our Christmas parties offer games and fun activities as well as delicious Christmas themed sweets to share.
Workshops
We offer workshops, which are "hands-on" opportunities to learn, under the supervision of a well- qualified instructor, specific technique(s) related to quilt construction in its many forms, They will be either be outside instructors with expertise in their specific field or technique or accomplished quilters from among our members. These are fee-based sessions and generally include demonstrations as well as written step by step instructions. You will be provided with a list of supplies and fabrics well beforehand.
Colin Gockley, who recently joined the Guild after retiring, immediately took advantage of the mentoring program to better his quilting skills. He is pictured next to his beautiful quilt-in-progress.
Mentoring Sessions
These are small group sessions that occur every other month. They are a special time to bring a project you are struggling with and get help from several of our experienced members. You work one-on-one with the member. You must sign up due to space limitations. They are free of charge and are very popular. They meet in the Community Room located in the Hybrid 1 Building at 1500 Wisteria Drive, Lititz on the Landis Homes campus.
A DESCRIPTION OF RRQG 2025 PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, MENTORING AND RETREAT
Barb Winter & Carol Maynard– Vice Presidents of Programs
Our regular Guild meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month. Unless otherwise indicated, these meetings take place at High Auditorium in The Crossings Building, Landis Homes, 1001 E. Oregon Rd., Lititz PA 17543
The doors open at 6:30 pm with a time for visiting each other. Our business meeting begins at 7:00 pm. Following the business meeting, our featured program begins. The meeting ends with a period of “Show and Tell.”
January
Program: Jan 14, "The Modern Wedge" – Zoom call
Presenter: Christina Cameli
Workshop: New Year’s Day - Jeanne’s Amazing 2 ½” Squares
Mentoring: Jan 18, Landis Homes Hybrid Community Rm (1500 Wisteria Drive) 9-3 pm
Zoom Board Meeting: Jan 21
Studio: Jan 28, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
February
Program: Feb 11, Potluck / Comfort Quilt Distribution
Presenter: Jennifer Funck
Workshop: Feb 15, Free Zoom “Sew-In” from home & Quilt Class
Studio: Feb 25, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
March
Program: March 11, Wonky Birds Presentation - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Rebecca Penniston, creator of Razbeca Wonky Birds
Mentoring Session: March 15 - Landis Homes Hybrid 1 Community Rm (1500 Wisteria Dr) 9am -3 pm
Workshop: March 22: Wonky Bird Mini Quilt
Board Meeting: March 18
Studio: March 25, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
Lancaster-Lebanon Quilt Show, Expo Center Lebanon, March 26-29, 2025
April
Workshop: April 8, Weaving a Quilt with Me! / Eleanor Levie
Program: April 8, Ways To Rock Your Quilting - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Eleanor Levie
Guild Spring Retreat April 10- 13 -Camp Kirkenwald
Studio: April 22, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
May
Mentoring: May 3, Landis Homes Hybrid Community Rm (1500 Wisteria Drive) 9-3 pm
Program: May 13, The Questioning Quilter: Every Crumb – An Adventure in Scrap Quilting- Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Brita Nelson, The Questioning Quilter
Board Meeting: May 20
Workshop: May 24, From Crumbs to Quilts, Brita Nelson
Studio: May 27, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
June
Program: June 10, Modern Batiks of Bali & Java - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Kim Oleson
Workshop: June 21, Mondo Bag with Linda Hikes
Mentoring: None
Studio: June 24, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
July
Program: July 8, Ice Cream Social - Fun & Frolic with Friends - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Program Chairs
Mentoring: July 12, Landis Homes Hybrid Community Rm (1500 Wisteria Drive) 9-3 pm
Workshop: July 19, Mystery Quilt-Woven Star
Presenter: Kim Loar or Bonnie McClun
Studio: July 22, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
Board Meeting: July 22
August
Program: Aug 12, Color Changes Everything - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Mary Anne Fontana
Workshop: Aug 16, Daisy Class
Studio: Aug 26, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
September
Program: Sept 9, Utilitarian Lecture / Zoom
Presenter: Linda Martin-Mills
AQS Show - Sept 10–13, 2025
Studio: Sept 23, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
October
Guild Fall Retreat October 9-12
Program: Oct 14, Comfort Quilt Workshop - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Jeanne Riley
Studio: Oct 28, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
November
Mentoring: Nov 8, Landis Homes Hybrid Community Rm (1500 Wisteria Drive) 9-3 pm
Program: Nov 11, Got Colour?
Presenter: Linda Sullivan
Workshop: Nov 15, Make It & Take It Workshop
Presenter: Various presenters
Board Meeting: Nov. 18
Studio: Nov 25, Landis Homes Westview Community Room 1-4 pm
December – Merry Christmas
Program: Dec 9, Christmas Party - Landis Homes High Auditorium
Presenter: Christmas Committee
Workshop: None
Mentoring: None
Studio: None
A DESCRIPTION OF RRQG 2024 PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, MENTORING AND RETREAT
Barb Winter & Carol Maynard– Vice Presidents of Programs
Our regular Guild meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month. Unless otherwise indicated, these meetings take place at High Auditorium in The Crossings Building, Landis Homes, 1001 E. Oregon Rd., Lititz PA 17543
The doors open at 6:30 pm with a time for visiting each other. Our business meeting begins at 7:00 pm. Following the business meeting, our featured program begins. The meeting ends with a period of “Show and Tell.”
August:
Mentoring: August 24, Landis Homes, Hybrid 1 (1500 Wisteria Drive) Community Rm, Free 9-3
Mentors - Jeanne Riley and Bonnie McClun
Bring that project that needs some assistance to get you going and we will help you out. This is a great time of friendship and learning (also lots of laughter). We meet in the Community Room of Hybrid 1 (1500 Wisteria Drive, Lititz) on the Landis Homes campus. Please let us know what you will be working on by signing up with an email to Bonnie - bonnie@mcclun.com. Space is limited so do drop her an email.
Studio: August 27, Landis Homes – West Community Room, 1-4 pm
September:
AQS Show - September 11 - 14
Program: Sept 10, A Tribute to Jane and Bill, Landis Homes West Community Room,
6:30-8:30 pm
Presenter: Jeanne Riley and Bonnie McClun
Many of you remember the huge contribution of fabrics, patterns, and UFO’s we received last year from the estate of Jane Hoar. We plan to do a tribute to her as our September 10th program meeting, with her husband Bill as our special guest. If you are working to finish one of her UFO’s or have made a quilt from some of her fabrics or her patterns, please let me know (Jeanne.riley1@gmail.com), and be sure to bring it for this meeting, so Bill can see that her fabrics are being used. This includes any of the string quilt projects started at our free Strings Workshop on New Year’s Day! Your project doesn’t have to be finished to be shown.
Studio: Sept 24, Landis Homes, West Community Room, 1-4 pm
October:
Program: Oct 8, Comfort Quilt Workshop, Landis Homes High Auditorium, 5:30-8:30 pm
Presenter: Jeanne Riley
This annual workshop starts an hour earlier than our other meetings to give us more time. It's famous among our members as "the shirt factory meeting" or "the sweat shop meeting", due to its assembly-line format. We start by pairing quilt tops with backs. These are then layered, machine-stitched around their edges, trimmed and turned right side out. After "faux binding" (topstitching around their edges), they are ready to be tied (or Fit To Be Tied, as we're fond of saying), or machine quilted.
Our assembly line has 8-16 sewing machines whirring constantly, with quilts at all different stages of completion everywhere in a sort of controlled chaos of members working and chatting. By the end of the meeting about 20 quilts will be completely finished, with many more ready for our members to take home and tie or quilt in the coming weeks.
Prospective members, this is a fantastic meeting for you to attend! There is something to do for every skill level, and great opportunities to get acquainted with lots of our members. We'll suck you right in...We all leave with a wonderful sense of having accomplished a great deal working together for a common cause, while playing with our favorite thing- fabric! What's not to like??
Workshop: Oct 12, End of Sew Along with Cathy and Linda, Landis Homes High Aud, 9-3
Retreat: Oct 17 – 20, Camp Kirchenwald, Contact Cathy Mead
Studio: Oct 22, Landis Homes West Community Room, 1-4 pm
November:
Program: Nov 12, The Art of Applique, via Zoom
Presenter: Kathy Wylie
Workshop: none
Mentoring: Nov 2, Landis Homes, Hybrid 1 (1500 Wisteria Drive) Community Rm, Free 9-3
Studio: None
December:
Program: Dec 10, Christmas Party & Sew Along reveal, Landis Homes High Aud, 6:30-8:30 pm
Presenter: Christmas Committee
Studio: None