Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild
Activities
Programs
Each monthly guild meeting features a program or speaker to enjoy. Visit the calendar for details.
Show and Tell
After the program at our monthly meetings, the guild members host an impromptu "Show and Tell" session. This gives the members a chance to see other members completed projects.
View our guild show and tell photos!Community Service
The AAQG sponsors a variety of projects in which members use their sewing and quilting skills to contribute to the greater Ankeny area.
Our guild members have generously made and donated over 100 quilts to Children & Family Services of Iowa and Child Serve in 2008. These beautiful quilts will be on display at our quilt show in July.
Look at all the donation quilts for Children & Family Services
The Ankeny Area Quilt Guild has had the opportunity to send quilts to two African orphanages this year. The first orphanage is The Pines in South Africa, a past Ankeny resident, Lois (Cain ) Niehoff and her husband Brian are general managers at The Pines providing health care and building construction. The second orphanage is in Nigeria, Cornerstone of Hope you may have seen it's founder Eric Idehen on WHO tv last week. In total we have sent 23 twin size quilts to these two organizations.
Eric Idehen, founder of the orphanage, Cornerstone of Hope, in Nigeria and Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild member Debbie Pierschbacher with donated quilts.
A child from The Pines orphanage in South Africa with her new quilt made and donated by Ankeny Area Quilter's Guild.
Additionally, each year the guild donates many gently used suitcases to the local women's shelter.
Workshops
The Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild hosts several workshops throughout the year. Please check the calendar for complete details on future workshops.
Challenges and Series Quilts
Our annual guild challenge was held during May, 2008.
Congratulations to all of our creative quilters!
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Retreat 2009
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The 2009 Quilt Retreat is scheduled for Thursday March 26th through Sunday, March 29th at the Christian Conference Center in Newton. More details will be available in January 2009!
Join the fun and spend lots of time sewing, doing some shopping (we have discounts arranged at local shops for retreaters), a little dancing and having a great time with fellow quilters. The retreat is also an opportunity to improve your quilting skills as there are so many quilters at the retreat who are willing to help if you get stuck on one of your quilting projects.
Come and join the fun, you'll get hooked on retreating!
Quilt Show
Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild Presents:
Quiltfest 2008
Pieceful Days and Pieceful Nights
July 11, 2008, 9 am—6 pm
July 12, 2008, 9 am—4 pm
Be sure to get your tickets for our 2008 raffle quilt!
Admission: Adults $5.00, 12 and under $2.00
Same great location as last year!
Faith Baptist Bible College
1900 NW 4th Street
Ankeny, IA 50021
Raffle Quilt—Merchant Mall—Refreshments—Country Store
10 quilt categories—Viewers Choice Quilt Show
Register for Door Prizes
Wow—the quilt show team has scheduled 2 rooms full of lectures and events for us!
Friday 10:00 am— Grinnell Fiber Works presents Embellishments for Quilts-Beading
Sue Kluber shares her love of adding embellishments, focusing on beading, to her fabrics. Sue is a self taught artist with emphasis on collage and raw edge appliqué work.
Friday 2:00 pm— Grinnell Fiber Works presents Embellishments of Quilts-Painting
Sue Kluber explains her process of adding embellishments—Angelina fibers, yarns, beads and making her own "fabrics" from the same using hot and cold water solubles. Shiva oil paint sticks are another tool she uses for embellishments.
Saturday, 10:00 am—Platte Branch Design Company presents "3 x 3 – Shuffling The Deck"
Belinda Rinehart and Jan Heddinger present a lecture and demonstration of their 3 x 3 concept. Shuffling The Deck, is the first in a series of booklets that teach you how to create your own designs using one block, multiple layouts and three border options. We've done the hard part – so you go straight to the fun! In addition to the 3 x 3 concept, we will present a trunk show of our designs and a few family heirlooms, including a century-old crazy quilt.
Saturday, 2:00 pm—Adel Quilting & Dry Goods Co. presents New Tools of the Trade
Jacque Johnson will present "Tools of the Trade". Based on personal experience and customer favorites, Jacque will demo several quilting tools and present a trunk show of resulting quilts. The rulers Jacque will demo are The X-Ruler, The Fussy Cutter and The Wonder Ruler. In addition to several favorite notions, she will also show using fabric as a "tool" to make kaleidoscope quilts. Among the many quilts in this trunk show, some will come directly from the pattern designers.
There's lots to learn and try—come hear our vendor presentations on Friday & Saturday!
Friday, July 11
10:15 a.m.-Prairie Rose Quilts and Bernina Too, Jewell, Iowa
"Dangerous Curves Ahead with Maple Island Quilts"
11:15 a.m.-Quilters' Cupboard, Ankeny, Iowa
"Must Have Notions"
1:15 p.m.-Adel Quilting & Dry Goods, Adel, Iowa
"T-Shirt Quilt Tips & Techniques"
2:15 p.m.-Stitching Place, Indianola, Iowa
"Embellishments for the 21st Century" Learn about modern machine and modern thread techniques.
3:15 p.m.-Harvest Table, Norwalk, Iowa
"A New Flower/Christmas Pattern"
Saturday, July 12
10:15 a.m.-Quilters' Portables, Mallard, Iowa
"Machine Maintenance and Cleaning Tips"
11:15 a.m.-Grinnell Fiberworks, Grinnell, Iowa
"Embellishments 101" Learn about painting, dying, beading and other hand techniques.
1:15 p.m.-Quilting Connection, Ames, Iowa
"New Products and Machines from Huskvarna Viking"
2:15 p.m.-Quilting on Main, Pocahontas, Iowa
"Tessellating Pinwheels"
THANKS to our 2008 show sponsors!
Adel Quilting & Dry Goods—Adel, Iowa
The Sampler—Chariton, Iowa
Quilting Connection—Ames, Iowa (including Ankeny Sewing Center—Ankeny, Iowa)
Quilters Cupboard—Ankeny, Iowa
The Quilt Junction—West Des Moines, Iowa
Prairie Rose Quilts and Bernina Too—Jewell, Iowa
The Stitching Place—Indianola, Iowa
Tracey's Tables—Waubek, Wisconsin
2008 Quilt Show Entry Form
Entry Forms must be postmarked by June 9th, 2008.
The (pdf) is two pages and contains the AAQG Quiltfest 2008 Entry Form and Instructions.
For more show information email Anne Kruse at quiltshow@aaqg.net
Awards
The Ankeny Quilters' Guild wants to recognize our members for quilting and quilt-related awards and accomplishments. If you have won an award or published an article or pattern please let us know so we may feature you.
The Mary Conkel Award began in 2002 and is given annually to any guild member who embodies the following characteristics: Volunteers for jobs "behind the scenes" for the guild, including making donation quilts, volunteering for shifts at the guild show, and in other ways throughout the year. May be modest about their talents, although they may be considerable, and shares that knowledge and enthusiasm of quilting with others. May be involved in other community service activities. May have offered a number of years of service to the guild.
Left to right: Mary Conkel, Lucille Wartburg, and Joyce Romick
Mary Conkel Award Winners
| Year | Name |
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| 2007 | Linda Schlenker |
| 2006 | Gloria Ross |
| 2005 | Pat Tschantz |
| 2004 | Joyce Romick |
| 2003 | Amy Leonard |
| 2002 | Ruth Chitwood |