Appleseed Quilters Guild
January 7, 2025
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Appleseed Bees plus Raffle Quilt reveal and ticket sales
Want to join a quilting bee or two? Then our evening presentation is for you. Meet members of the various Appleseed bees and see some of their projects.
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We will also be presenting a new guild challenge. Don't miss this jam packed informative meeting.
Fall Festival
SPECIAL EVENT FOR APPLESEED QUILTERS GUILD MEMBERS!
Meet the Fall Festival teachers and see a sample of what each will be teaching!
You can register for the Fall Festival at the guild meeting.
There are registration forms you can download here.
Septmeber 3, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

Cartonnage
Claudia Squio from Grand Haven, Michigan, will be our guest speaker and vendor for the evening. She will introduce us to her cartonnage projects in which we can use our beautiful fat quarters and/or scraps to make hardboard items. If you go to her website (ColorwayArts.com) you will see many examples of her craft. She will also be teaching TWO workshops.
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Christmas Party
Our meeting is all about socializing and having fun! Bring a dessert to share and be prepared for some fun games. There will be no free table, Show-n-tell or other tables at this meeting but we will be having our Shriners quilts on parade.
Bring your Shriners quilts!
December 3, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)
November 5, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)
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Color Challenge Reveal
Just as nature will reveal a show of colors this fall season, our program for October is the color challenge reveal! Bring your color challenge projects.
To qualify for prizes, the project must be completed. If you are making a quilt, at least the top needs to be completed.
October 1, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

At the July meeting we are excited to bring you Mary Miller, a Regional Sales Executive with Riley
Blake Fabrics. Mary is energetic and full of wonderful stories to share with us.
July 2, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

Join us for a full-day workshop on making a stylish three-zipper crossbody bag, taught by Lynn
Girard from The Cork Emporium. The workshop will be held from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Mizpah Shrine.
Choose from a variety of cork fabrics in a kit when you register. The $65 member fee ($75 non-guild members) covers the class and the complete kit for your purse. If you have any questions visit the Programs Table at a guild meeting or email programs@appleseedquiltersguild.com. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to create and learn! Sign-ups begin at the June guild meeting.
August 6, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

Programs is happy to welcome Chad Kohli, of Edwards Sewing Center to give us much-needed information on machine maintenance! We love our machines and this will help us love them even longer.
https://www.edwardssewing.com/
Tammy Miller will also introduce a new guild challenge and Susan Benesh will provide information on how all our members can easily fundraise with Raise Right.
April 2, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

Our May program will consist of an afternoon workshop, evening lecture, trunk show, and vending! The workshop name is Cotton Daisies and is from 1-4 pm at the Mizpah Shrine Center. Karen Walker of Laugh Yourself Into Stitches will present the workshop. After April Showers we will all want some May Flowers. Workshop information is found HERE.
At the evening guild meeting, Karen talks through many quilting techniques used in her quilts and speak about ‘Piecing Tiny Pieces’ … taking the fear out of ‘smalls’ while enhancing one’s quilting skills. Karen also offers a beautiful trunk show of her personal quilts, sharing the inspirations behind her designs and the funny stories that follow.
Karen Walker

The AQG program for the evening in June will be a spokesperson from Shirners. We will learn about the services Shriners provides to our community and how we can help by making baby quilts.
June 4, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)
May 7, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

We are excited to announce that we have a National Speaker booked for our March, 5, 2024, guild meeting!
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Diane VanDiver created the pattern company and website called Butterfly Threads Quilting. She has published dozens of patterns, created templates, and was a regular contributing writer to the Craftsy Quilting website for 5 years. Since 2015, Diane has been traveling the country teaching quilt techniques and sharing her love of scrap quilts!
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The Evening Lecture/Trunk Show will feature Scrap Quilt Secrets. Learn how to avoid the “jumbled mess” look and create quilts you can live with and love. Featuring the quilts from Diane's book SCRAP QUILT SECRETS (plus many more)!
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For complete details and information on the daylong workshop, CLICK HERE.

February will be a month for bargains! Be ready to shop for great deals at the Guild Garage Sale. The Appleseed Quilters Guild members will be clearing out their extra stash of fabric and sewing items.
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The sale will be from 7pm - 9pm.
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Tell your friends!
There’s sure to be some amazing bargains!
February 6, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)
March 5, 2024
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
(at the Mizpah Shrine Center)

Kira Hartley Klinger is the owner and curator of DodOddity who hunts for vintage fabrics from all over and sources them for her store. For the quilts that get handed down that need some care or finishing, this is a great place to look.
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Kira will be our guest speaker and talk about how she finds the fabrics and the stories that come with the search. She will bring a selection of her fabrics for sale. Her book “Fabric Wars”, will also be available for purchase. Check out her Etsy page at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DodOddity