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ANkeny Area Quilters Guild

Ankeny, Iowa

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Welcome to the

Ankeny Area Quilter's Guild

The AAQG is a non-profit organization open to all with an appreciation for quilting. Our goal is to developing and encourage the art of quilting through community, education  and philanthropy.   We thrive on supporting local organizations by donating quilts to those in need. Join us at our meetings the 2nd Tuesday of each month, featuring locally and nationally-known speakers, and an opportunity to meet and enjoy the work of other area quilters. 

We meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Ankeny First United Methodist Church, Uptown, 206 SW Walnut St., Ankeny, Iowa

Yearly membership   $45.00  includes all monthly meetings +

Non-members are welcome to attend meeting admission $10 


MAY GUILD MEETING


Collen Tauke is a quilter, designer, and quilt educator with 50+ years of sewing experience, of those, the last 20+ years have been centered around quilting. Early in her quilting endeavors she was challenged to piece a quilt that seemed daunting - fussy cutting, y-seams, strip piecing, hourglass blocks, a pieced border, and applique - and that was all in ONE quilt - her first bed sized quilt, that would become a quilt shop sample and win a third place ribbon at the Iowa State Fair in the "my first quilt" division. She was hooked! Quilting has become more than a hobby; it is a passion that she enjoys sharing with beginners and seasoned quilters alike.

She joined the staff of Fons &Porter Love of Quilting magazine and PBS television in April of 2013 as the Sewing Specialist. She spent her days assisting the writing staff by testing pattern techniques, preparing teaching materials for Iowa Public Television tapings, answering customer questions and creating color option blocks for the magazine. Later, she was assigned the task of presenting techniques and tools in video format, 300+videos later - when asked about a specific patchwork skill, her answer may be - I have a video for that. She was also honored with the opportunity to be a guest instructor for Love of Quilting on three occasions teaching curved piecing, fussy cutting and y-seams along with a variety of templates. Many of her own quilt designs were published in various Fons & Porter magazines such as Easy Quilts and Quilting Quickly.

Later she worked for a quilt shop in Ames and taught classes while also acting as pattern tester, creating color options and proof reading for American Patchwork and Quilting. She added longarm quilting to her services quilting for a variety of local quilters.

Life is a puzzle - quilting surrounds us with beauty and comfort as we "piece" the shapes together.


Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings Admission $10 per meeting.


Upcoming events

Learn and Share


Quilting knowledge

Our quilt guild offers the opportunity to learn quilting technique, interact with quilting experts, and hands on learning.

Sharing

Our guild encourages members and visitors to interact and meet new friends by offering dedicated time to socialize.  Attendees are also encouraged to share their knowledge and bring their completed projects to share during Show and Tell.

Community Support

Our guild is actively supporting our community by generously making quilts for those in need.  Hundreds of quilts are made each year to wrap our community in love.

Want to join us?


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or webmaster@aaqg.net


Mailing Address:

AAQG

P.O. Box 961

Ankeny, Iowa 50021

Guild Meeting:

Ankeny Methodist Church

206 SW Walnut

Ankeny, Iowa 50021


2nd Tuesday of each month

6:30 Social Hour

7:00 Meeting


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