Marj Sweeney and Rene Schultz-Hein showed us their stunning art quilts.

Marj's art quilts

Rene's art quilts

Show & Tell

Dawn Spurling showcased the January-March Block of the Month.  Our members shared their beautiful works of art. They were:  Rene Schultz-Hein, Theresa Dapiran, Debbie Strickler, Linda Debolt, Alice McCombs, and Gretchen Moore.    

This month, we showcased some of our member's mystery quilt blocks.  UFO by Susanne Lee, Susanne Scholz, and Leanne Harvey.  Show and Tell by Tina Maldonado, and Quepha Arnold,.​

We started 2025 at a new location, the United Christian Parish in Lakeport.  Kerry Hershey showed us her quilts with binding made with bias tapes.  Kerry also did the demo on how to make continuous binding tape with only 3 stitches on the sewing machine.

short video clip specifically on how to fold and stitch to make "continuous binding tape". ​ 

We had special guests joining us at our annual Christmas party, the owners of the Blue Wing restaurant and Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake, Bernie and Lynne Butcher.  In May 2024, Bernie had contacted us to make a quilt out of his old silk neckties and we had formed a project team of 12 people to work on the project.  Collectively, we had decided on the New York Beauty quilt block pattern; Marj Sweeney created the pattern, templates, and we met once a month for 6 hours since June with Marj's guidance to make the quilt blocks. Marj also did the quilting with silk threads, Lynn Goos and Kris Nelson finalized the quilt layout, Barbara Peebles did the perfect borders, and Lan Ali-Adeeb finished the binding.  Lan also made the matching decorative pillow out of the extra 4 quilt blocks.  The project was educational, fun, and filled with friendship.  The quilt top was made with 100% silk neckties and fabric, cotton batting and backing.  Bernie gave a clever name to the quilt: "Ties Died".   ​Bernie, we really appreciate your support to our guild!!!
We had lot of good food made by our members for the party and we swore-in our 2025 officers... Another memorable event.
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Bazaar sales in November.

Show and Tell:  Rene Schultz-Hein, Jane Smith, Leanne Harvey, Suzanne Lee, Marj Sweeney, Shery Loewen, Suzanne Hoyt.  2024 Best of Show quilt from Lianna Burger

It is in three weeks and we are READY for the Quilt Show!!!!  In this month meeting, we showed case quilts with stories and histories from our member: Clair Grieve, Cindy Martelle, Suzanne Lee, Theresa Dapiran, Suzanne Hoyt, Kitty Jones, Kris Nelson, Betty Fessler, and Christy Bengston

Show & Tell

Chris Ceresa was our speaker for August meeting.  Chris showed us her works that she had done in the past 4 years and taught us how to make the Disappearing Pinwheel block.

This month, we got to enjoy the jaw-dropping antique quilts from 1770-2020. Our speaker, Arlene Arnold, delivered amazing stories about women of the past related to each quilt; and with humors, she gave us a fantastic presentation.  

UFO:  Suzanne Lee, Susanne Scholz, Barbara Peebles, Cindy Martelle, Theresa Dapiran, Jane Ahrens, Sue Kresler

Show & Tell:  Debbie Strickler, Gail Coyle, Linda Mulligan, Jane, Smith, Elsa Meyers, 

What a fun, interactive, and engaging June meeting we had with Lianna Burger, our long time guild member.  Lianna shared with us a unique style of quilt making... full of humors and on top of that she had prepared fabrics, threads, and everything ready for us to make embroidered quilt blocks.  Thank you and we love you Lianna!