Upcoming
Events
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
April 5, 2025
Quilting Inspirations - Registration link here
Our keynote speaker is Ilene Bartos from Urbandale, Iowa. Check out her website: https://ilenebartos.com/ for a sneak peek.
April 7, 2025
Ilene Bartos workshop -
Workshop with Ilene Bartos on April 7th at the Poynette Village Hall.
Learn how to enhance a simple leaf shape with fun techniques. Techniques in this class include: raw-edged appliqué, satin stitching, herky-jerky quilting, foiling, beading, and making a copper wire hanger. Your choice of six leaf patterns (approximately 13”x14”). Kits with hand-dyed leaf and background fabrics available.
9:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $45 - members $55 for non-members CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
February 3, 2025 (virtual)
Jen from "Loose Ends"
Loose Ends is a wonderful nonprofit organization that matches projects with finishers with projects of individuals who have died or are unable to finish a project due to health concerns or disability. Check out their website at https://looseends.org.
March 3, 2025 (in-person)
- President's Challenge reveal (show and tell) (finish UFO quilting projects)
- Elections for Board positions
- Show & Tell
April, 2025 (Quilting Inspirations Event)
no meeting, Quilting Inspirations Event
May 5, 2025 (in-person)
Guild meetings are held at United Methodist Church in Lodi, WI on the first Monday of each month (second Monday if the first is a legal holiday) at 7:00 p.m. Meetings are open to everyone. Members come free, non-members may come for free to their first meeting, $3.00 per meeting after that. At times, there may be a higher fee charged to non-members due to the program, speaker, or event. ZOOM meetings are for Members only and are held December - February.
PAST EVENTS
2025
January 6,2025 (virtual) Aimee Newell - "A Stitch in Time - Quilts by older women 1820-1860"
2024
January 8, 2024 (virtual) Roxane Lessa Making Quilting Decisions
February 5, 2024 (virtual)
March 4, 2024 (in person) Marilyn Foreman Quilt Moments/Twister Sisters
April 6, 2024 - Rita P (at Quilting Inspirations event)
May 6, 2024 (in-person) President's Challenge Celebration
June 3, 2024 (in-person) Trish Urben: Textile Trip to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
July 2, 2024 (in-person) Cathy Glover: Fun With Poly & Ester
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August 5, 2024 (in-person) Lena Owen: owner of BlueBelle Designs Bilingual Sewing Studio
September 2024
October 2024
November 4, 2024 Ruth Green from "Green Glass Designs" Visit her website: https://greenglassdesigns.square.site
December 2, 2024 (virtual) Kim Oleson - "Ice Dying", Quiltaholics Anonymous, Facebook - https://quiltaholicsanonymous.com
2023
January 2, 2023 (virtual) Jenny Smith: "Liberty of London"
February 6, 2023 (virtual) Christine Barnes: Color Your Quilts (website) "Magic Fabric/Special Effects"
March 6, 2023 (in person) Leah Evans"Combining What We Love: ( Land & Cloth"
April 3, 2023 (in person) Lisa Binkley: "Continuous Threads"
May 2023 (in person) Jane Sassaman: "Under The Influence"
June 2023 (in person) - Color My World Challenge Project Celebration!
July 2023 (in person) Sandy DeSelle of Sandy Creek Quilts in Lodi, what it is like to own a brick and mortar quilt shop.
August 2023 (in person) Sarah Maylath: Checker Distribution
September 2023 (in person) Membership renewal - conversation and fun - show and tell!
October 2023 (in person) Linda Halpin Borders on Parade
November 2023 (in person) Marilyn Foreman, Quilt Moments/Twister Sisters (moved to March 2024)
December 2023 (virtual) Lilo Bowman"Love Where You Create: It's not a One Size Fits All Solution"
2022
January 3rd: Julia McLeod, "Everything but the Cotton"
February 7th: Kena Dorsey, "The Bold & Beautiful - Using Vibrant African Wax Prints"
March 7th: Canceled Due to Weather
April 4th: Jane Sassaman, "Textile Treasure Garden"
May 2nd: Bill and Barb Gover of Thread and Timber, "The T&T Roadshow"
June 6th: Deanna Springer of Nancy Zieman Productions
July 11th: Phyllis Fay of Stitchin' in the Ditch, "Studio 180 Designs"
July 11th: Phyllis Fay -Phyllis Fay's Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star Workshop
August 1st: Mary Schmidt: "Judging Quilts: What a Quilt Judge Sees"
September12th: Member party/Show & Tell
October 3rd: Misty Cole: "My Quilting Journey"
November 7th: Kaitlin Esche-Lyon - Quarter Life Leap: The Journey to Quilting
December 5th (virtual): Dana Jones - Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Coahagen Island
2021
January 4: Birgit Ruotsala, "Accidental Quilter featuring Mandala Designs"
February 1: Teresa Duryea Wong, "American Cotton, Farm to Quilt"
March 1: March Mystery Meeting!
April 5: Ellen Lindner, "Confessions of a Fabric Whisperer"
May 3: Carrie Zizza, "Deep Dive Into Needles, Thread, Batting, and Fabric"
June 7: Patricia Belyea, "The Alluring World of Japanese Yukata Quilts"
July 12: David Owen Hastings, "Minimal Design, Maximum Impact"
August 2: Andi Stanfield, "The True Blue Quilts Lecture: Monochromatic Quilts"
September 13th: Patti Hellenbrand, "Have Your Cake and Make it Too"
October 4th: Natalie Santini, "Climbing Expectations and Quilting Stories"
November 1st: Cheryl Schenck, "Bindings, Labels, and Sleeves, Oh My!"
December 6th: Maria Shell, "Patchwork to Artwork - Journey of an Alaskan Quilter"
2020
January 6: Beth Ferrier, "Will you make me a quilt?"
February 3: Joanie Zeier Poole
March 2: Gudrun Erla
April 6: Maria DeGroot, "Quilting with Precuts"
August 3: Jini MacAdam, "Quilted A.F." (Absolutely Fearlessly)
September 14: Amy Friend, "Intentional Piecing"
October 5: Nina Clotfelter, "THREADS - What's the BIG deal?"
November 2: Gloria Loughman, "Quilted Landscape"
December 7: Susan Carlson, "Collage Quilts"
2019
January 7: Kim Lapacek, "Accidentally on Purpose"
February 4: Natalie Santini, "Just Go For It, No Fear Sewing"
March 4: Jen Carlton Bailly, "Fear, Failure, and Creativity"
April 1: Catherine Redford, "Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches"
May 6: Nicole Neblett, "Making of a Modern Quilter"
June 3: Sam Hunter, "The History of Word Quilts"
July 1: Carol Butzke, quilt appraiser and historian, "Paisley"
August 5: Trish Frankland, "Modern? Or Not?"
September 9: Linda Halpin, "1 x 1: Quilts Using 1" x 1" Half Square Triangles"
October 7: Lori Dickman, "Successful Strategies for Machine Quilting"
November 4: Kipp Inglis, "A Botanical Dyery"
December 2: Member show and tell and mini workshops
2018
January 8 - Chris Lynn Kirsch, "Compass Capers"
February 5 - Sara Lawson of Sew Sweetness, "Purses & Totes"
March 5 - Peggy Aare, paper piecing trunk show
April 2 - Amy Milne of the Quilt Alliance
May 7 - Laurie Ceesay of Artsy Chick Quilts, "Portrait Quilts"
June 4 - Cathy Geier, "Landscape Quilts"
July 2 - Heidi Parkes, "Mending and Reuse Philosophy"
August 6 - Phyllis Fay, "Rescue My Studio"
September 10: Mickey Mowry, "Quilts With Lots of Tiny Pieces"
October 1: Ruth Ann Berry, "Bargello"
November 5: Guild Party!
December 3: Tess Imobersteg, "Zentangle"