OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, May 8, 2024

TIME: 6:00 PM SOCIAL HOUR
6:30 PM MEETING START

Program: Trunk Show - Kelly Young
LOCATION: BETH SHALOM

Kelly Young

At our May 7 meeting, Kelly Young, author, quilt teacher, and designer from west Tennessee, will present a lecture and trunk show. Her lecture has great ideas for making your scraps work with “structured improvisation” and she promises the mood will be light and fun! For more information, go to www.myquiltinfatuation.com.

The following day, May 8, Kelly will lead a full day workshop. Class will begin by learning how to piece your own scraps using the three methods for improv piecing outlined in Kelly’s book Scrappy Improv Quilting. These methods allow you to use plenty of larger pieces (even though all of the pieces in the finished quilt appear tiny!). Then, you’ll incorporate those happy, scrappy blocks into a fun quilt pattern called Churn, Churn, Churn. Click this link for more information and a link to the registration page.

Bloomington Quilters GUILD RAFFLE QUILT

The 2023-2024 Raffle Quilt was unveiled at the September meeting. “Alaska” is a stunning quilt created in all batik blue and cream fabrics by Sew Much More Quilting Bee members Vickie Fry, Marla Kay Holzknecht, Shannon Kane, Elaine Lucas, and Tina Stewart. Alaska measures 71 1/2” x 71 1/2” and is a pattern by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts.

If you have outstanding tickets, now is the time to turn them and the money in! The drawing is at our June meeting. If you need tickets or more information see the Raffle Quilt page.

2023-24 Membership is OPEN

If you find that you are no longer receiving emails with links to the At A Glance or the guilds Facebook posts, you probably need to pay this years dues. If you are a visitor, we invite you to two meetings for free! Our dues year begins in July and runs through June the following year. You may pay in person at a guild meeting, by check via mail, or online via PayPal. Find membership information and payment methods on the website.

Project Ideas

• Check out our Free Quilting Ideas, curated by Janice Arvesen.
• Here are a few Instructions & Tips from our members.

check out these resources

• Our list of Indiana quilt shops.
• A list of upcoming quilt shows and shop hops.
• Looking for quilting services? See our Member Resources!

The purpose of the Bloomington Quilters Guild (BQG) is to develop an appreciation for the history of quilting and quilters and to promote a continuation of the art in our community. One of our main charity activities is creating and donating community quilts to local groups. We offer many membership benefits.

We are a charitable 501c3 not-for-profit organization
with over 100 members located in Bloomington, Indiana.

Photos are courtesy of our members and speakers. Photo credit for quilts on the fence — made and donated by BQG members in 2020: Sandy Bonsib.