Upcoming Meetings/Activities

If you are interesting in attending a meeting, guests are always welcome!

Our meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month at Ebenezer Church of Christ in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 3215 Saemann Avenue (Mar-Dec) or online ZOOM meetings (Jan, Feb).

Meetings generally alternate between afternoon and evenings: January and February meetings are online ZOOM meetings starting at 6:00 pm. Our March, May, July, September, and November meetings are scheduled at 1 pm and our April, June, August, meetings are at 7 pm. October, and December evening meetings start early and include a potluck (see meeting details below for times). The morning before each 1 pm meeting, there is a Sit and Sew for all guild members to come and enjoy community with your fellow members. At several Sit and Sew there is a "Learn" opportunity with one of our guild members sharing a quilting technique, especially helpful for new quilters.

At a typical meeting, we have an invited speaker that will give a lecture on a quilt related theme. We invite talented quilt and fiber artists from across the country to give a lecture and/or a trunk show of their quilts. We also have a short business meeting to review guild activity and a show and tell of our guild members most recent quilts.

Several times a year, usually coincident with a guild meeting day, the guild hosts a quilt workshop with an educator. We also have guild member teaching events. Links to upcoming workshop registrations and events can be found below when registration opens.

Several times a year we have UFO (UnFinished Objects) sewing days, 9-4. You can leave your sewing machine and supplies in the locked up building overnight (Ebenezer Church). See below for dates and registration link. (Contact: Carol Carriveau)

We also host two quilt retreats per year, typically in February and October. See below for the latest dates and registration form link. (Contact: Diane Liebenthal)

If there is enough interest, we host a bus trip to the Madison Great Wisconsin Quilt Show on the Friday of the show in early September. Pickups and dropoffs in Sheboygan and Plymouth and sometimes Fond du Lac. See links and more information below. (Contact: Irene Taylor)

The 2024 Raffle Baskets

It's raffle time! For the March, June, September and December guild meetings, we will have a delightful basket of goodies, both edible and usable by quilters. Please stop by the raffle basket table to purchase some tickets. Help support your guild and secure a chance to go home with a basket of goodies! Come and join in the fun! Tickets are 3 for $1.00 and the money goes to our Guild for our program activities.

See Guild Calendar Below!

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2025 SCQG UFO Challenge Instructions

Need help finishing up those UFO’s (aka unfinished quilted projects)? The Sheboygan County Quilters Guild’s Program Committee has the ultimate challenge for you!

List and turn in no later than March12, 2025, UFO projects that have been started prior to 2025 that you are challenging yourself to finish. Once your UFO list has been submitted you cannot change the Challenge list. Payment to the Guild is $1.00 for each project and funds must be turned in with the Challenge form. When completed, present quilted project(s) (quilts must be quilted, bound and labeled), at “Show & Tell”. You will receive one free fat quarter AND your name will go into the basket to win one-half of the Challenge money with the other half going to the Guild. The more Quilters who participate, the bigger the pot! The Challenge ends with the drawing at our Christmas social event on December 10, 2025.

For questions, contact Betty Price or Kathy Wiesman or see us at one of our monthly meetings. We are always there!

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Meetings and Sit and Sew Upcoming Dates:

April 9, 2025 7:00 pm Deanna Springer Lecture “What’s New with Nancy Ziemann Productions” and Quick & Easy Quilt Projects

2025 Board Meetings

January 2 at 6 PM on ZOOM

April 3 at 6 PM at The Sewing Basket

July 10 at 6 PM at The Sewing Basket

October 9 at 6 PM at The Sewing Basket

January 8, 2025

@ 6 pm online ZOOM Mary O. Gregg Trunk Show entitled" Travel the World with 3D Art Quilts"

Make sure you get your 2025 Membership in before the meeting to access the ZOOM.

February 12, 2025

@ 6 PM online ZOOM June Colburn Lecture and trunk show entitled "Textiles Treasures of Bali Batiks"

Make sure you get your 2025 Membership in before the meeting to access the ZOOM.

March 12, 2025

9-11 Sit and Sew Precision Piecing with Half-Square Triangles Workshop with Penny Ten Pas - limited to 12 participants

WORKSHOP FORM AND DETAILS

1:00 pm Guild Meeting - Elayne West from The Sewing Basket will present Quilt As You Go (QAYG) techniques

Elayne West is the owner of our favorite local quilt shop in Plymouth, WI. The store was established in 1996 as a small craft store and has grown to a full-scale quilting and sewing specialty shop. The shop carries over 4000 bolts of high-quality cotton, batiks and flannels, along with the latest in Brother sewing/embroidery machines and quilting tools.

April 9, 2025

7:00 pm Deanna Springer Lecture “What’s New with Nancy Ziemann Productions” and Quick & Easy Quilt Projects

Deanna Springer is the Vice-President of Marketing of Nancy Zieman Productions, LLC and the Host and Producer of Stitch-it Sisters. Deanna Springer stitched her first doll quilt when she was just six years old. Deanna’s love for all things sewing was nurtured by her mom and grandmothers, and later in 4-H. Deanna started working for Nancy Zieman companies in 1989 and is celebrating 34 years with NZ companies. Nancy and Deanna started Nancy Zieman Productions, LLC. (NZP) in 2007. Deanna worked alongside Nancy as marketing coordinator, business manager, co-director of video production, and in product development and project design. Over 12 exciting years, Nancy, Deanna, and the NZP Team launched a new BLOG, social media channels, 40+ sewing and quilting products including tools, patterns and books.

**Sign up for the May 28 - 30, 2025 UFO. The registration form is online. Cost is $5/day You can sign up for one or two days or all three days. Bring your projects to finish or start a new one!

May 14, 2025

9-1 Sit and Sew

1:00 pm Meeting with Patti Hellenbrand of Creekside Stitches

Patricia Hellenbrand is the creator and author of quilt patterns. Patricia owned Village Creek Quilt Shop which she closed in October 2022 but continues to write quilt patterns under the name Creek Side Stitches. Many of the patterns use precuts such as Layer Cakes, Charm squares and Mini Charm squares. Patti has been quilting for more than 35 years. She took her first quilting class through the local Technical College back in the 70’s. She put quilting on the back burner to raise 3 daughters but kept up with sewing by making clothes and items for local craft shows. In the late 1990’s, she got back into quilting and has not stopped since.

3:30 pm Quilt Show Committee Chairs Meeting - Walk Through at Lutheran High School (after regular guild meeting)

June 11, 2025

7:00 pm Judy Zoelzer Levine Presentation “Silks, Satins, and Other Stuff – Taking the Fear Out of Handling Other Fabrics

“I learned to sew at age 10 and I have had a very close relationship with my sewing machine ever since. Quilting to me is a personal expression. My quilts are now abstract original designs that evoke a personal response in each viewer. Each quilt develops intuitively allowing me the artistic freedom to create. I start with an idea, then allow the quilt to evolve as the texture of each new fabric is added. I produce my quilts by machine using a variety of techniques and fabrics. This sense of freedom in both uses of fabric and construction makes every quilt both a challenge and an adventure. I enjoy creating my quilts and look forward to each new experience.”

**Splashesof Color” Quilt Show Registration forms and registration information and entryguidelines will be available at this meeting. Quilt Show volunteer lists and times will beavailable at this meeting.

**Sign upfor the bus trip to Madison for The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show on Sept 5. Thedue date is Aug 1st.

**QuiltShow Raffle Tickets are available at our June meeting. A pack of 18 tickets for $15.00.

**Raffle Basket Drawingat our June meeting. Be sure to haveyour tickets.

**Sign up for the August 6- 8, 2025 UFO. The registration formis online. Cost is $5/day You can sign up for one or twodays or all three days. Bring your projects to finish or start a new one! Forms are available on our website.

July 9, 2025

9-1 Sit and Sew with Betty Price for a Rare Bear sewing extravaganza! Come and join in the fun!

1:00 pm Chris Lynn Kirsch lecture and trunk show “Going Round and Round”

Enjoy this trunk show of quilts while learning many different ways to add arcs and circles to your quilts! Piecing, appliqué and fusing will all be covered, plus a few surprises along the way. Having had no formal art training, Chris understands the delightful discovery of creative talent. She taught quilting and design at Wisconsin’s Waukesha County Technical College for 23 years. She also teaches for guilds, shops and shows throughout the United States, including American Quilter’s Society Shows, Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, Minnesota Quilters Show, and the Vermont Quilt Festival. Chris also is the author of five books, a fun and educational blog, and she’s hosted exciting, international quilt excursions.

**Sign up for Birgit Ruotsala’s French Braid Workshop on August 13, 2025, and the August UFO at Ebenezer.

**Sign up for the August 6 - 8, 2025 UFO. The registration form is online. Cost is $5/day

You can sign up for one or two days or all three days. Bring your projects to finish or start a new one!

**Sign up for the bus trip to Madison for The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show on Sept 5. The due date is Aug 1st.

August 13, 2025

7:00 pm Welcome back Birgit Ruotsala Fiber Artist, Illustrator and Storyteller will be presenting about French Braid Quilts (with workshop next day)

Birgit grew up in a home with fiber artists. Both grandmothers taught traditional handiwork and sewing and her mother was a professional seamstress. Birgit spent many years in the 80’s traveling and teaching her techniques. She soon developed a passion for art quilting and developed an interesting combination of techniques. Birgit’s award-winning work has been exhibited internationally. In 2017, she began illustration work to tell stories. Her first book was published in 2019.

September 10, 2025

9-1 Sit and Sew at Ebenezer Church

1:00 pm Program TBD

**Have you signed up for the October Retreat in West Bend yet? Contact Diane Liebenthal.

**Sign up for the November 5 - 7, 2025 UFO. The registration form is online. Cost is $5/day You can sign up for one or two days or all three days. Bring your projects to finish or start a new one!

**Raffle Basket Drawing at our September meeting. Be sure to have your tickets.

October 8, 2025

5:30 – 8:30 PM Potluck

Hospitality Committee is Nimble Thimbles. The contact person is Terri Koch. Beverages will be provided by the hospitality committee. Last names starting with A - M should bring a main dish and N - Z should bring a salad or dessert. “Splashes of Color” Quilt Show Success Celebration.

November 12, 2025

9-11 Sit and Sew and Learn with Darryl Ottman from the Sewing Machine Shop.

Learn how to take care of your sewing machine or serger

1:00 pm Leah Evans Lecture “Science in Quilting”

Leah is a textile artist who works out of her Madison, WI home. Her quilted wall hangings consist of layers of applique, reverse applique, piecing, natural and synthetic dyeing, needle felting, hand printing and a variety of embroidery stitches. Her current thematic focus is the ways in which people impact their environment. Elements of her work demonstrate the influence of nature on our constructs.

https://www.leahevanstextiles.com

December 10, 2025

5:30-8:30 Christmas Social. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

The Hospitality Committee is Needle Smiths. The contact person is Betty Price. Beverages will be provided by the hospitality committee. Each guild member is asked to bring 6 to 8 servings. Last names beginning with A – L brings cookies and bars and M - Z brings appetizers. Raffle Basket Drawing at our December meeting. Be sure to have your tickets.

Workshops: August 14, 2025 Birgit Ruotsala French Braid Quilt Workshop at Ebenezer

August 14, 2025

French Braid Workshop

It looks complicated but Birgit assures us it isn’t. Sign Up form TBD

UFO Sewing Days: next dates are May 28-30, 2025 at Ebenezer Church 9-4 each day

9-4 each day at Ebenezer Church $5 per day (you do not need to go to all three days) Registration form available closer to each date

May 28-30, 2025 Registration Form

August 6-8, 2025

November 5-7, 2025

Retreats: next dates are October 2-5, 2025 (see Gallery page for pictures from previous retreats)

Save the Dates for Upcoming SCQG Retreats

The following dates have been booked for retreats at Cedar Valley Retreat Center in West Bend.

The first date listed is an optional start of the retreat on Thursday.

Mark your calendars, watch for more information and plan to attend!

2025 October 2-5 Registration Form (SCQG members only until February 27, then open to members and non-members)

2026 February 5-8 Registration form available closer to the date

2026 October 1-4 Registration form available closer to the date

Great Wisconsin Quilt Show (Madison) Bus Trip September 5, 2025

Registrations for the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show bus trip are due to Irene Taylor by August 1 for September 5 bus trip

FORM LINK - TBD

Price $TBD - includes transportation and Expo Admission Ticket

SCQG bus leaves at 6:30 am from Michael’s (formerly Office Max) parking lot and 7 am from the McDonald’s parking lot in Plymouth for the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison. We will load the return bus at 5 PM. Drop off in Plymouth’s McDonald’s parking lot approximately at 7 PM first then to Sheboygan’s Michael’s parking lot by 7:30 PM

We might add a Fond du Lac pickup and drop off (time/location TBD)