Bloomington Quilters Guild
at a glance: September 2025

OUR Next MEETING is Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

Time: 6:00 PM Social Hour
6:30 pm Meeting start

PROGRAM:
SHOW and TELL
Location: BETH SHALOM 3750 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47401

September Meeting and Workshop

Chris Schulte from Green Light Quilts will present a Trunk Show at the Sept 2, 2025 meeting. Growing up in an artistic and crafty family, Chris Schulte has been quilting for... a long time. Never one to follow the rules, she began creating her own patterns - and applique technique! - as well as becoming an expert free motion quilter.

An exclusive long armer and active member of her guild, Chris has turned her creative pursuit into a range of patterns - with a scrappy twist - that get people inspired to just quilt! Meet Chris, experience her upbeat personality at our guild meeting, and see her beautiful quilts firsthand. Her amazing quilt collection will showcase several techniques, including her signature applique. She and her quilts are lovely! Go to her website here: https://www.greenlightquilts.com/

On Wednesday, Sept 3 Chris will hold a workshop titled “Aunt Margaret’s Scrap Baskets” at the Monroe County Convention Center from 9-3. Workshop registration is now closed. Contact Brenda Julovich to be placed on the wait list. For those who have signed up the supply list is HERE.

Sew Day

Saturday, September 13 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church from 9:00a-4:00p. Come whenever you can and stay as long as you like. Bring your machine and all your gear OR just bring hand sewing OR just come to chat! We collect $5 to thank St. Mark’s for the use of their lovely space. Bring your lunch or plan to go out.

About 10:00 am, Susie May will offer an informal tutorial for quilt-as-you-go Hexagon “I Spy” quilts. It’s a great way to use up scraps--- not only scraps of fabric but also batting. The biggest scrap needed is only about 6”. It is a great project for immediate satisfaction, too. We will see not only how to use this technique in quilts but also for making a great sewing notions accessory.

Sharon Beach will bring another batch of small Treasure Shop scraps to inspire you!

Scrappy Sew Day at Sharon Beach’s home

Sharon is repeating her invitation to come to her home on Saturday Sept 27, 10 am to 3 pm to mine the Treasure Shop smaller scraps. Bring your own lunch, basic sewing supplies and sewing machine, if desired. Please send any questions to sharonbeach@bloomingtonquiltersguild.org.

DUES FOR 2025-2026 Quilt year

Now’s the time to pay membership dues for the 2025-2026 Quilt Year. Please be sure to pay by September 30 to be included in the membership directory along with continued access to members only activities and Facebook. You may pay online or bring a check or cash to the September meeting. The dues continue to be only $30 ($15 for seniors age 80+ or juniors age 18 and under). We have been able to maintain this membership rate for several years due to the generosity of our membership donating to and buying from the Treasure Shop during our quilt show! Thank you!

WE ALWAYS WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

As you interact with friends and attend events around the area, be sure to mention BQG and invite folks to visit our Guild Meetings or try out a Sew Day. At our next meeting, pick up a couple of BQG Bookmarks to hand out as a helpful promotional tool.

fall 2025 Retreat

The Fall 2025 retreat will be at Waycross Camp and Conference Center. The dates are Monday Oct 13 -Thursday Oct 16, 2025.A few spots remain for overnighters or commuters.

See the chart on the Fall retreat page to see the costs. Jo Ann has covered every permutation of costs for both cash/credit, number of days and the commuter options. The Register by Mail button near the bottom of the page will allow download of the PDF for registration

Community Quilts

What a generous group of people our guild members are! We continue to collect and distribute quilts to social programs throughout the Bloomington community. Between July 2024 and June 2025 we distributed 513 quilts to various organizations in the Bloomington area! Check the Community Quilts webpage to see where all the quilts go! This page also gives some indication of the sizes that are needed for each of the organizations that have received quilts.

Of course you do not need to belong to a special group to make quilts for our community quilts project. However, both the Middle Way and New Hope groups are welcoming new members! Contact Sandy Bonsib if you are interested in joining the Middle Way group and Karen Levay if you are interested in sewing for New Hope.


SAVE THE DATE!

WINTER 2026 Retreat

The 2026 Winter Retreat will be at McCormick’s Creek State Park from Saturday, January 31, 2026 to Tuesday, February 3, 2026. This will provide the weekend quilters the ability to stay all day Sunday to sew and also people can go to church or the IU Women's basketball game and still be able to sew most of the day. 

The Indiana State Parks run a special each winter,  the 2 for 1 Winter Special rate. If you stay at the Inn Sunday night, Monday night is free. Saturday night would be at a discounted rate. Example: this year for a double queen room the cost was $336 for 3 nights. Next year with the special the same room would cost about $224. This may change if the state parks raise the room rates.