Geneseo Quilt Guild

Please support the Annual Cleveland Car Show. They are auctioning off this quilt made by Geneseo Quilt Guild members. Bev Rosenbalm (a treasured Guild member)passed away in 2021 and her husband has graciously donated many items to the Guild. Information about the Car Show is in the comments.

Library Quilt/Wall Hanging by LaNae Reyburn, Going, Going, Gone! Don’t miss our meeting on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm. See you then!

Happy 4th of July! Enjoy this special day, then join us for our next meeting, Tuesday July 9th at 7:00 pm at Concordia Lutheran Church. Our guest speaker will be Brenda Hermes from Handi Quilter. She will be showing us how to piece and quilt (a quilt) during her “Quilt as You Go” program. You will even be able to test drive the Handi Quilter! Invite a friend! 🇺🇸❤️💙🇺🇸❤️💙💗❤️💙

Cindy Hoste’s adorable “Summer Fun” quilt is currently hanging at the Geneseo Library. Our June meeting is Tuesday, June 11th at Concordia Lutheran Church at 7:00 pm. For our program we are encouraging members to bring a quilt with a “story to tell.” It should be a great time.

Some highlights from Show and Tell at our May Guild meeting. Enjoy!

May Guild meeting is next Tuesday 5/14 7:00 pm at Concordia Lutheran Church. Sharon Davison will give the program on “Dancing with Threads-Art of Quilting.” It is an introduction to thread painting on fabric. This beautiful quilt featured here is by Christine Courter Fier is called Over& Under & Down. Hope to see you Tuesday. Anyone is welcome.

At our April meeting, LeNae Rayburn entertained us with her Quilting Journey and then wowed us with many of her beautiful quilts! Next meeting is Tuesday, April 14th 7:00 pm at Concordia Lutheran Church.

Bonnie Bandelow’s Tulips quilt is currently hanging at the library. Our next meeting is Tuesday, April 9th at 7:00 at Concordia Lutheran Church. Our very own LaNae Reyburn is telling us of her quilt journey, and we all know she is an amazing quilter! Hope to see you Tuesday night, bring a friend!

March Guild meeting TUESDAY 3/12 at Concordia Lutheran Church at 7:00. Our program is Kerri Smith from Fabric Stasher (Tipton, IA) and she going to play a fun game with us called Shaded 9 patch. Please bring 20- 4 inch blocks with medium to dark value. This month’s Library quilt is by Pat MacGowan. Please see each caption for details. Hope to see see you Tuesday, bring a friend!

One of our new members, Lori Nanninga making the back of her quilt look as beautiful as the front (almost)! Great pressing Lori! She is at a retreat at Primitive Gatherings in Larsen, WI.

Charlotte Powell’s “The Tiger” quilt is hanging in the library for the month of February! Please check it out! ***Also, please note our new meeting time and place!*** We will be meeting on the second Tuesday every month (not January), NOT MONDAYS, at Concordia Lutheran Church (316 S Oakwood Ave (Geneseo) at 7:00 pm. Guests are welcome!!! More details in the comments! Hope to see you Tuesday night.

In case you missed the Library quilt for January, here is Roy Swenson’s (Swede) Aloha Quilt. Please remember our next meeting will have a NEW PLACE AND DATE! We will meet TUESDAY February 13th at 7:00 pm at Concordia Lutheran Church (316 S Oakwood Ave). If anyone is interested in coming to the Featherweight Club Sit and Sew, it is Friday February 9th from 9-3 at Our Crafty Life. Please go to the website to sign up.

Our dear quilting sister Donna’s obituary. May she rest in peace. Visitation is Tuesday 1/23 from 4-7.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM YOUR GENESEO QUILT GUILD BOARD! Remember no January meeting and we will have a new meeting TIME and PLACE in February!

Pictures from our December Christmas Dinner. We enjoyed the music of the Bell Choir from the Methodist Church. A beautiful evening to be entertained for the Holiday Season. ❤️🎄❤️

LeNae Reyburn’s beautiful Winter Wonderland quilt is currently hanging at the Library. To get in an even more festive mood, please join us Monday night 12/11 for our Guild’s Christmas Celebration. For those who paid for the meal, we will start at 6:00 pm, if you are coming for the entertainment please arrive by 7:00. Janette is promising us a very special night, you won’t want to miss it! See you Monday night! Exchange Street Works at the South entrance. 🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄

November Guild meeting is Monday the 13th at 7:00 pm at Exchange Street Works. Our gifted President Janette will entertain us with some fun as we try and guess whose sewing room she shows us. Please check out Pat Trego’s beautiful quilt hanging at the library. Hope to see you Monday night!

Barb Beeson’s beautiful ShooFly quilt is currently hanging at the Geneseo Library. Pretty amazing for her first quilt! Please join us Monday, October 9th at 7:00 for our regular meeting at Exchange Street Works. Address is 209 W. Exchange Street. Our program will be Marsha Schroeder giving us a Trunk Show. We hope to meet our new members! Enter on Exchange Street. You can park south or west of the building. See you Monday night!

Sorry for the delayed post, but Life got in the way. Here are most of the winners (everyone was a winner). Thanks to all who came to make Harvest of Quilts our best show to date! Enjoy all of the beautiful quilts.

One day left to see all of these stunning quilts and many many more! Plus we have amazing vendors. Show is Saturday (9/16) at the Geneseo Community Center 9-3, hope you can make it. Come see the winners!

Our regular Guild meeting is Monday, September 11th at 7:00 pm. Our guest speaker will be Nancy Hook who is a long arm quilter. She will discuss what she looks for when a customer requests quilting. She will also have a small trunk show. We will also go over final details for the Quilt Show this weekend! Get ready! Enjoy these beautiful quilts from the Retreat Center of Primitive Gatherings in Larsen, WI. 🧵🪡💗🧵🪡💗

Make sure you come to the Harvest of Quilt Show presented by the Geneseo Quilt Guild on September 15 (9-5) and the 16th (9-3) at the Geneseo Community Center. This is just a sampling of the over 200 quilts you will get to see, along with vendors, Quilting Treasures, quilt appraisals, raffle quilt, bed turning, with lunch available. Admission is $5

Don’t miss seeing Janette Dwyer today on Living Local (noon on WHBF/Channel 4). Also, we so appreciate all of the love from Geneseo Current! Please see the attached article. Geneseo Quilt Show is approaching quickly on September 15th and 16th!

The Geneseo Quilt Guild’s 2023 Quilt Show will feature more than 250 quilts at the “Harvest of Quilts” Show in September at the Geneseo Community Center, 541 East North St., Geneseo.
Quilt show hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. Admission is $5. Lunch will be available to purchase.
In addition to the display of quilts on the main floor of the gym and around the walking track, the event will include featured quilter Joanne Boggs, raffle baskets, vendors from several area quilt shops, bed turning, Quilting Treasures Boutique, quilt appraisals by Janette Dwyer and a drawing for the raffle quilt made and quilted by Guild members Deb Magerkurth, Dawn Rettig and Mary Martin, and quilted by Adam C. Frommelt of Chicago.
The raffle quilt is 90” x 90” and has an appraised value of $2.200. Tickets for the quilt raffle are $1 each or six tickets for $5.

Geneseo Quilt Guild members Dawn Rettig, left, and Mary Martin are shown in front of the quilt to be awarded in a raffle drawing at the “Harvest of Quilts” Show on Sept. 15-16 at the Geneseo Community Center. Photo by Claudia Loucks

August Library Quilt is “Running Free” pieced by Dawn Rettig and quilted by Laura Sipes(Sunshine Quilting). What a beautiful way to enhance a panel! Our August Quilt Guild meeting is at 7 pm on Monday the 14th. The program will be given by Kim Rentz, tips for a perfect 1/4” seam. Certainly there is something new for all of us to learn! 🧵🪡💗Hope to see you there!

Don’t forget to get your raffle tickets tomorrow night (7/11/23) at the Geneseo City Park for this beautiful quilt! The ice cream social starts at 6:00 with the band starting at 7:00. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6/$5. Isn’t the back almost as stunning as the front?!?

Did you see Deb Magerkurth’s beautiful “Oh My Star” quilt hanging at the library? Simply beautiful! Don’t forget the July Guild meeting on Monday the 10th at 7:00 pm at Exchange Street Works. Adam Frommelt will be giving our program. It is called, “Putting it all Together.” A Graphic Designer’s Visual Exploration of Process. Adam is extremely talented, you don’t want to miss it. Invite a friend!

This is Vicki Hamilton’s Row by Row Challenge Quilt. She did a beautiful job incorporating all of her blocks. Please join us on Monday June 12th at 7:00 to see some more beautiful quilts designed and quilted by Sue Pawlouski (Glenn Ellen, IL). Sue will be giving a Trunk Show of her quilts and she remakes “small stuff “ into beautiful quilts. Meeting is held at Exchange Street Works, Geneseo. Hope to see you there!

Showcasing the raffle quilt for upcoming Quilt Show September 15 & 16, at the Geneseo Community Center. If you are interested in buying tickets and can’t make it to the show, you can contact a Guild Member or leave a comment. It is a stunning queen size quilt made by a few very talented quilt members. Tickets are $1 or 6 for $5.