ANkeny Area Quilters GuildAnkeny, Iowa |
2025 Programs Non members are welcome to attend our meetings $5.00 admission at the door. |
| January Meeting : Recycling old quilts into new Projects Presented by: Diana Weirich Diana Weirich will be speaking on ideas of what to do with old quilts that are worn and tattered in places but still have some good areas. She will be talking about the process of making the quilt jacket she entered in the state fair and other things you can do with those old quilts besides making jackets from them. |
| February Meeting : Quilts of Valor Presented by: Kathleen Jones She is the Iowa State Coordinator for QOV. She made her first Quilt of Valor in 2017, and awarded it to her father-in-law who had served in the Phillipines during WW II. That began her QOVF journey which eventually led to the QOVF State Coordinator role, beginning in 2019. |
| March Meeting : Cover them with love Presented by Danille Curtis She will be speaking about quilts and other homemade items she sews and donates to the Midwest Mission, a non-profit organization based in Springfield, IL. with a branch location in Jefferson, IA. www.midwestmission.org. |
| April Meeting: Canuck Quilter, Ames, Ia. Presented by JoAnn Kerton She enjoys playing with shapes, colors and layouts, and figuring out the math that goes with them.She has been dabbling in quilt design for at least 15 years, She started sharing them as patterns in 2013 and have published almost 70 stand alone patterns. She has had designs published in American Patchwork and Quilting magazine, have patterns in quilting catalogs, collaborate with various fabric companies and enjoy speaking and teaching about quilting. |
| May Meeting: Presented by Colleen Tauke |
 | June Meeting: Presented by Judy Martin One of the world’s foremost quilt designers, Judy Martin has long sought to bridge the gap between the traditional and modern. In the wake of the Bicentennial Quilt Revival, Judy was an enthusiastic proponent of machine piecing and helped bring pattern presentation into the modern era. Her work remains rooted in the shapes and styles of traditional quilts but feels fresh and original. Judy’s inventive plays on Log Cabin and Lone Star Quilts—each the subject of multiple books and a dazzling array of variations—have become two of her hallmarks. Over the course of her prolific four-decade career, Judy has inspired and empowered quilters to do their best work. |
 | July Meeting: Community Sew Day This is fun day where we invite others to come sew with us. You can either bring your own project or join forces with others and work on a charity quilt. Enjoy sewing with friends or come and meet new quilting friends. |
| August Meeting: Quilt Journey Presented by Gloria House |
| September Meeting: Paperpiecing Presented by Chris Hobbs of Story City |
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 | October Meeting: 3 Dog Designs Presented by Carl Hentsch |
| November Meeting : Speaker is Missie Carpenter from Traditional Primitives. Check out patterns and videos https://traditionalprimitives.com/pages.php?pageid=6 |
| December Meeting: Christmas Celebration |
2023 ProgramsJanuary 10th - "Collage Quilting"
February 14th - "Flying Geese: Let me Count the Ways"
March 14th - "Make it your own" April 11th - "I Love Chocolate"
May 9th - "All about the All Iowa Shop Hop"
June 13th - "Effervescent Applique"
July 11th - "All Day Sew & Pizza Party"
August 8th - "Batiks Go Modern"
September 12th - "Coloring and Embroidery" Presented by: Jackie Heckathorn
October 10th - "Community Service Program"
November 14th - "Top Tens Tips for Magnificent Medallion Quilts"
December 12th - "Christmas Party"
2022 Programs January Lynn Doyle Bloomin Minds Council Bluffs, Iowa
February Deanne Eisenman Snuggles Quilts "Scraps & Color" March Jean Nolte Winterset, Iowa "Real Quilters Have Curves" April Dorothy Faidley Iowa State Fair Fabric and Thread Superintendent "20,000 Later" May Linzee Kull McCray "The Story of Feed Sacks" www.linzeekullmccray.com June Sara Hardwig "Exploring Embroidery & Wool" Blueberry Backroads www.blueberrybackroads.com July Chris Hoover "Possibilities" Whirligig Designs www.whirligigdesigns.com August Mike Ellingsen www.etsy.com/shop/MikeEllingsenQuilts September Sue Penn Designs "Sue Penn - From Art to Fabric" https://www.freespiritfabrics.com/sue-penn/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/Suepenndesigns October Julie Letvin, Me & My Stitches "No....I don't want a sewing machine" www.meandmystitches.com November "Baby Shower" Let's "shower" the NICU at Mercy Hospital & Blank Children's Hospital with our baby quilts! |
