2025 Program Calendar
Non-members - $10 fee for meetings with * & $30 additional charge for workshops.
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Jan 23 – Monthly Meeting: Trunk Show by Carol Chapin. St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm. Carol will be giving a trunk show featuring her handmade sweatshirt jackets, wearables and tote bags. Carol is a retired teacher who taught home economics for many years. We can’t wait to see all of her creations!
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Feb 27 – Monthly Meeting: “Those Things You Do” – St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale – 6:00 pm. This is an opportunity for guild members to share their quilting favorites. Is there a favortite quilting book or pattern that leaves you giddy? What about a notion or tool you can’t live without? Have you discovered a website or shop that’s become your “go-to?” Secrets don’t make friends! Be prepared to come to the February meeting armed with your quilting favorite and share it with your guild friends. (Members should bring the item(s) they are sharing with them to the meeting if sharing information about a physical item.) And don’t forget to bring a notebook to jot down any new information.
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March 1– Super Saturday Sew Day: Carol Chapin – “For Old Bags”. Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fayetteville– 9-3 pm. In this class, Carol will provide information about the various ways embellishments may be made and added to tote bags and sweatshirts. She will also teach attendees how to transform an ordinary sweatshirt into embellished jackets using a variety of techniques. $15 for members; $25 for non-members (if space available)
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March 27 – Monthly Meeting: Trunk Show by Ileene Kelly and Angelia Guest. St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm. Our own mother and daughter award-winning quilters, Ileene Kelly and Angelia Guest will do a trunk show of their beautiful quilts at the March meeting. Ileene began sewing as a young girl when she began making accessories for her Barbie doll. This gravitated into making her own personal fashions and clothing for her children when they were younger, including making prom dresses for her daughter. When the kids decided handmade clothing was “not acceptable”, Ileene began quilting. Her very first quilt was made for her friend out of scraps from her friend’s wedding dress. Ileene enjoys challenging herself with different techniques and blocks, and there are a few on her bucket list that she’d still like to try.
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Angelia recalls some of her earliest quilting memories as watching her paternal grandmother and a neighbor make quilts. Angelia’s first foray into quilt-making was at the age of 19 when she made a tied rail fence quilt for her newborn son. After taking a quilting break for several years, she began making memory quilts. (Angelia is also a crafter at heart. Besides quilting, her interests include woodworking, crocheting, embroidery, cross-stitch, stained glass and much more.) Angelia’s proudest achievement in quilting was her Elysian Flight of Fancy quilt, for which she won numerous awards including two “Best of Show” awards at two different quilt shows.
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​​April 4 & 5, 2025 – Quilt Show at Benton County Fairgrounds
Hundreds of quilts, bed turning, vendor mall, guild store, small quilt auction, quilt appraisals, raffle quilt and food! Registration starts January 2025.
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April 24- Monthly Meeting: Nancy Swanwick presents “Still Quilting After All These Years” - St Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm. Nancy grew up surrounded by fabric in their family store called Kirk Austin’s Fabrics in Parsons, Kansas. She is a former high school teacher and present quilter/teacher/show off. After taking her first quilt class, the teacher asked her to take her place and she has never looked back, teaching in five states and to hundreds of students. After fifty years of making quilts, she stills gets excited about making the next one. Her quilting enthusiasm has never dwindled and in the five years since her dear sidekick passed away, her love of designing, creating, and quilting has kept most of the blues away. You’re sure to enjoy Nancy’s trunk show!
May 10– Super Saturday Sew Day: Robin Bodishbaugh – “Tea Towel Collage”. Emmanuel Lutheran Church from 9-3 pm. Create a small, no-sew quilt collage (20” square or your choice of size) using Wonder Under, one or more towels, and coordinating fabrics. Use vintage and/or new tea towels made of linen or cotton. Tea towels offer colorful, large-scale graphics and can create a retro, homey, or elegant result, depending on what you put on them. This is a fast project that most people can finish in a day. Embellishments like buttons, doilies, yo-yos, and other items will be discussed and can be added at home after the piece is quilted. $15 for members; $25 for non-members (if space available).
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May 22 – “Airing of the Quilts” – Location to be determined. We will be honoring our past Presidents and Installing New Officers.
*June 26 – Monthly Meeting: Charisma Horton presents “My Journey as a Designer” – St. Thomas Episcopal Church at 6:00 pm. Charisma Horton is a powerhouse quilter who’s published 500 quilt patterns and three fabric lines, while also teaching, running an online store, and offering longarm services. She and her husband recently renovated an old horse barn on their Deer Park acreage, and now, her “Pink Barn” studio houses her fabric stash, three longarm machines, and a recording studio. “I have dreamed about a place like this since I was a child,” she said. “I am so blessed.” Quilting since she was in her 20’s, she has also been published in numerous publications including: QuiltFolk, Quiltmaker, American Patchwork and Quilting, Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, McCall’s Quilting, Simply Moderne and many more. $10 fee for non-members for tonight’s program.
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​June 27 – Workshop “Brilliant Quilt” with Charisma Horton: St. Thomas Episcopal Church from 9:00-4:00 pm. Create this color wheel quilt using your scraps and stash. Finished size is 60” x 60”. Quilt uses both piecing and applique techniques. Pattern required for workshop. $40 members, $70 non-members (if space available).
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July 24 – Monthly Meeting: Amanda Castor presents “Modern Traditionalism in Quilting”. Amanda will discuss how she takes traditional quilt patterns and gives them a modern flair with fresh colors and patterns. Amanda is a fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs. She has run a successful pattern business since 2015. $10 fee for non-members for tonight’s program.
July 25 - Workshop “Hexaround Quilt” with Amanda Castor: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 9:00-4:00. Come create this fun hexagon quilt. Items needed to make the pictured quilt include: 2 Jelly rolls or 72 2.5” x WOF strips and a 60 degree triangle ruler. (Amanda prefers Creative Grids.) $40 members, $70 non-members (if space is available).
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Aug 28 – Monthly Meeting: Trunk Show by Helen Hefner. St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm.
Sept 25 – Monthly Meeting: Linzee Kull McCray - “Feedsacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric” - St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm. Long before “sustainability” was a household word, people reused the fabric bags that once held everything from animal feed and seed to sugar and flour to ballots, hams, and even laxatives. Linzee is the author of the book “Feedsacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric”. She will share with us both the beauty of feed sacks and their importance in the social and economic history of the times in which they were made and used and will feature actual sacks and clothing, quilts and other items made from them. $10 fee for non-members for tonight’s program.
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Sept 26– Workshop “Signs of String” with Linzee Kull McCray: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 9:00-4:00. “Signs of String” is a bold quilt with graphic appeal. You can use a four-color line of fabric or lots of scraps. String piecing on a paper foundation means that less-than-exact cutting and stitching still results in a perfectly square block. Once you’ve honed your skills making Signs of String you’ll be ready to use the technique to create designs of your own making. $40 members, $70 non-members (if space available).
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Oct 23 – Monthly Meeting: Trunk Show by Julie Feinstein (Charter Member). St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm.
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Nov 1 – Super Saturday Sew Day: Sheila Bayles and Jeanette Arnhardt – “Quilted Denim Jackets and Such”. 9:00-3:00. Learn how to incorporate new and vintage quilt pieces into denim jackets. In addition, Sheila and Jeanette will teach attendees how to embellish wearables (such as hoodies and jeans) using fun techniques. $15 for members; $25 for non-members (if space available). Location to be determined.
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Dec 4 – Monthly Meeting: Q.U.I.L.T. Holiday Party, St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale at 6:00 pm.
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Contact Wanda Eash at (479) 445-2312 or wandamariaeash@yahoo.com to sign up for Workshops & Super Saturday Sew Days or sign up at the monthly meetings. Payment for workshops and Super Saturday Sew Days is required to hold your spot.
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How to register for classes:
Contact Wanda Eash at wandamariaeash@yahoo.com - registration is not final until payment is received - class fees not refundable.
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Board Meetings:
2nd Monday monthly - 6:00 pm. All members invited, please notify President if you have something to add to the agenda (at least 1 week in advance).
2025 Quilt Show Committee Meetings:
Meeting monthly until the April 2025 Quilt Show. Refer to your monthly newsletter for dates and times.
Contact Wanda Eash or Helen Hefner for more information.
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More events & information may be added throughout the year. They will be listed here, on Facebook & Instagram, and in the Guild Newsletter.
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Contact:
Q.U.I.L.T. Guild of NW Arkansas
PO Box 1364
Springdale, Arkansas 72765
General Inquiries: quiltguildnwa@gmail.com
