Programs & Events

Coming up:

  • Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6:00–9:00 pm — Membership meeting at the Jackson Community Center.
  • Thursday, December 10, 2026, 5:00–9:00 pm — Christmas Party at the Jackson Community Center, with our Fun Scrap Challenge: make anything you like from the scraps you have collected over the years, and everyone votes for a people's choice. Prizes for the top three.
  • Monthly Open Sew — second Wednesday of each month, 10 am–3 pm, at St. James Episcopal Church, 148 S. 8th Ave, West Bend. Bring what you need, including cutting mats, irons and extension cords. Charity projects are available for anyone who would like to help with kit making or construction.

Through the year:

  • January — Bring your "first or worst" quilt and the story behind it. Resolution projects from the past year are shown for the last time, and new Resolution sheets go out.
  • March — National Quilting Day sew-in at the Jackson Community Center on a Saturday, with a potluck lunch. Bring your machine, your projects and a quilting friend.
  • July — Sewing for Veterans: an afternoon and evening of assembling quilt tops and making kits, with a dish to share and Show and Tell.
  • August — Annual Salad Supper on the 2nd Thursday, with a guest speaker. Guests and area guilds are welcome.
  • September — The guild's quilt retreat, a long weekend of sewing at Mount Morris.
  • December — Christmas Party, with a potluck dinner and a favorite Christmas quilt to share.

Monthly programs — Regular meetings feature a guest speaker, trunk show, workshop or member demo, followed by Show and Tell. Recent programs have included preparing your quilt for quilting with Karen Franks of Lilynut Quilting Creations, working with panels with Sally Sorenson of Kenosha Quilting, managing your stash with Sarah from Two Rivers Quilt Shop, a trunk show by members Helen Goetz and Jeannie Heidel, bag making, and a quilting games night.

Resolution project — Members list the projects they resolve to finish in the year, and earn fat quarter rewards for the ones they complete.

Quilt Show — Our 25th show, "Harvest of Quilts", was held in September 2024 in the Ziegler Building at Washington County Fair Park. Shows feature member and non-member quilts, a featured quilter, Viewers' Choice awards, bed turnings, Seed Packet demonstrations, vendors and our Granny's Attic quilting rummage. Members take part by entering quilted items and volunteering. Dates for the next show will be announced here.

Quilt Raffle — Held in conjunction with the show. Members create blocks for the raffle quilt and each member receives 30 raffle tickets to sell.

Granny's Attic — Members may donate quilts, unfinished quilt tops and quilt-related items such as fabric, patterns and books.