Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild

Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild at Bridges Church, 387 1st St., Manistee, MI.

We preserve, promote and publicize the quilting arts and crafts form, seek to improve our skills and develop new creative abilities

We meet the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 10 a.m.

The Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild met on Thursday, June 26 for its second meeting of the month. Mary B inspired us ...
06/27/2025

The Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild met on Thursday, June 26 for its second meeting of the month.

Mary B inspired us all with her quilt as you go, sew and flip demo. This technique is perfect for the Staircase Youth Service quilts.

The Guild voted to invite an instructor who teaches Gel Painting to the guild sometime this fall. We are currently determining the best possible date and location. More info to come. Julie D showed some samples from a class she attended. This is an exciting opportunity for our guild to learn new skills.

Nancy S will do a demo at the July 24 meeting.

A few reminders:
The July Spool Block of the Month colors are Red, White and Blue.
The Annual Summer Potluck Picnic is Thursday, Aug. 28 at Jan Timm's location. More info at the next meeting regarding time, directions and other details.
Mark your calendars for Sept.30-Oct 2 for the Fall Quilt Retreat at Camp Little Eden. Deposit for this fun event is due in August.
It appears as if we have all the tree blocks we need for the Festival of Trees Christmas quilt. Thanks to all who made blocks.

Show and Tell featured many donation quilts and quilted items today. We are a prolific guild that provides warm and comfort to our community with our quilted creations.

Our next meeting is Thursday, July10, 10 a.m. at Bridges Church, Manistee. We welcome anyone who is interested in fiber arts to join us.

Gentle reminder: Dues are past due for the year. Please contact Nancy Brown to renew your membership.

Happy 4th of July to all our members and Friends.

The Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild met Thursday, June 12 for our monthly business meeting. Dues for 2025 are past due...
06/13/2025

The Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild met Thursday, June 12 for our monthly business meeting. Dues for 2025 are past due. Ask Kathy if you have a question about your dues.

The donations for Tight Lines for Troops were very well received and we need to begin thinking about next year.

The Festival of Trees pattern for our quilt can be found in the Feb 27 emailed minutes sent by Julie. However, Julie has agreed to send it again so that we can finish our blocks.

Kathy informed us of two quilting travel opportunities: one to the Netherlands and Belgium in April 2026 and a bus trip to Wisconsin with stops along the way. A primary destination is Primitive Gatherings. See Kathy for more information regarding both of these trips.

The spool block colors for June were yellow and white. The July colors are red, white and blue.

Marge was the lucky winner of the "Pink" Fat Quarter Frenzy.

We are continuing to make more twin size quilts for Staircase Youth Services. 54" x 85"-96" sized quilts are preferred.

Lot's to "show" for Show and Tell today. Our members have been busy making donations and other beautiful work.

Our next meeting is Thursday, June 26 at Bridges Church in Manistee. We enjoy a short social time and treats prior to our meeting which begins at 10 a.m. Anyone who is interested in quilting and fiber arts is welcome to join us.

The Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild met on Thursday, May 22 at Bridges Church at 10 a.m. for its monthly business meet...
05/25/2025

The Manistee Victorian Quilters Guild met on Thursday, May 22 at Bridges Church at 10 a.m. for its monthly business meeting. The Quilt Til You Wilt event on May 8 was a great success with food, demos and lots of fun. Our next Quilt Wilt will be held in the Fall.

A big thank you from Tight Lines for Troops for our donations to that very worthy cause. The weather was less than cooperative this year, but the veterans were honored none the less.

The Michigan Shop Hop begins June 1. Quilters can pick up passport booklets at participating shops. Check out https://allmichiganshophop.com/

Deb reminded us that the Fiber Shed at Grow Benzie has some great deals for quilts on Wednesday and Saturday. More Info at https://www.growbenzie.org/mifibershed

Becky is looking for 100% cotton fluff.

We are still working on the Christmas Tree blocks for Festival of Trees. The Spool Block color this month was purple and June is white.

AT&T discontinued my text to email file transfer this week, although they were not supposed to do that until June 17. And now, unfortunately, I'm only allowed to email three photos at a time and it takes about 10 minutes to do each group. So, sorry about the delay of this post in trying to expedite the transfer of photo files. It has literally taken me three days along with the events of the holiday weekend. However, I hope to remedy the problem before our next meeting when I kick AT&T to the curb. Hopefully, problem solved!

Our next meeting is Thursday, June 12 at Bridges Church in Manistee. Come early for some social time. The meeting begins at 10 a.m.

MVQG met for the second meeting of April today. We have more than 320 items to donate to the Tightlines for Troops gift...
04/24/2025

MVQG met for the second meeting of April today. We have more than 320 items to donate to the Tightlines for Troops gift bags. Way to go Guild Members! We have twelve "tree blocks" complete for the Festival of Trees quilt but we still need more. The patterns for this block and for the spool block are available at meetings. The spool color for May is purple.

We are all looking forward to our next meeting which is also our " "Spring Quilt Til You Wilt" Day on May 8 at 10 a.m. until ? at Bridges Church fellowship area.

The exciting highlight of that day will be a 10 a.m. presentation of 12 quilts made by Guild members to Rita Cusack of Staircase Youth Services Manistee County. She will also be happy to accept gently used luggage and duffle bags. We are so excited to be a part of this project in service to area youth.

Bring your projects to work on and also bring the following:
A dish to pass
Snacks for the snack table
3 fat quarters if you'd like to participate in the Left, Right, Center activity
A sewing item for the table drawing
And if you are cleaning out your sewing area, a freebie for the "Bring One, Take One" table.
Three demos are scheduled during the day.

Other discussion included application for Guild 501c3 status and scheduling a rug making class in the fall.

Reservations are being accepted for the Fall Quilt Retreat at Camp Little Eden Sept 30-Oct 3. We do not yet have 25 people registered to get the group discount, so make sure to register soon.

The Fall Quilt Till You Wilt is scheduled for October 23rd.

The Guild met Thursday, Apr 10 for the business meeting at Bridges Church in Manistee at 10 a.m. Lots of good stuff hap...
04/10/2025

The Guild met Thursday, Apr 10 for the business meeting at Bridges Church in Manistee at 10 a.m. Lots of good stuff happening at the Guild.
We need 90 more give away pot holders, mug rugs or bookmarks for Tight Lines for Troops. Last call for these items is the first business meeting on May 8. Also donated are five large items for the drawing: three quilts and 2 crocheted afghans.

Mary Totch won the April Fat Quarters.

May 8th is our business meeting and Quilt Til You Wilt sew in at Bridges Church beginning at 10 a.m. Three of our members will do demos. Bring your projects, give aways for the "drawing" table, snacks for the snack table and a lunch potluck dish. The theme this year is Bees. Bring three fat quarters of bee or floral fabric for the Fat Quarter Drawing. Ask Sally W to do her "bee impression." It is buzzy.

Also on this day, we have invited Rita Cusack from Staircase Youth Services to join us for a quilt project presentation. Our guild is donating more than a dozen twin quilts, laundry bags and pillow cases to SYS for the displaced youth it serves. We are so proud to support this worthy organization.

We are also collecting our tree blocks to prepare our Sleighbell Weekend Festival of Trees quilt, and members are sharing their Spool blocks.

Deb Cole has patterns available for a mystery quilt.

A possible quilt trip and a quilt retreat are on the horizon. The Wisconsin trip will be an Xpeditions Travel Bus Tour in Fall 2026. Let Kathy S know if you are interested. The annual quilt retreat will be held at Camp Eden Sept. 30-Oct 3, 2025. There are several options for meals, day quilters and those who wish to spend the night. Kathy S has details regarding cost.

Our next meeting this month is Thursday, April 24 at Bridges Church at 10 a.m. We welcome all visitors or anyone who is interested in fiber arts to join us.

And as usual, Show and Tell is inspiring!

The Guild met at Bridges Church in Manistee at 10 a.m. on March 13, 2025. We are collecting "tree blocks" for a future ...
03/13/2025

The Guild met at Bridges Church in Manistee at 10 a.m. on March 13, 2025. We are collecting "tree blocks" for a future project and members are working on their "spool blocks." It appears as if we will be able to meet the need 12 quilts for Staircase Youth Services soon. We also accepted a sensory quilt for the ISD students from a member. The April fat quarter Frenzy will feature spring colors.
Show and Tell is always spectacular. Several members are making bibs and burp clothes for one of the local groups we support, along with a quilt for Tight Lines for Troops. We meet the second and fourth Thursdays at 10 a.m. at Bridges Church. We will resume our sew in days next week at Lakeside Church on the first and third Thursdays. Please join us if you are interested in the sisterhood and fellowship of fiber arts, making new friends and making a difference in your community.

01/23/2025

The Manistee Victorian Quilt Guild meeting is cancelled for Thursday, January 23, 2025 due to weather and road conditions. Stay warm, stay safe and use the snow days to SEW!!!!

Next scheduled meeting is Thursday, February 13, 2025 at Bridges Church on First Street (former United Methodist Church) at 10 a.m.

01/12/2025

A few notes from the first meeting of 2025 on January 9. A friendly reminder that dues are due! We have three current requests for quilts, so it's time to get those UFOs out of the closet and finish them to donate. Staircase Youth Services would like 60x80" quilts or 65x90" quilts. Munson Infusions Services in Manistee needs lap quilts for patients and Lighthouse Pregnancy Center needs burp clothes. We are so happy to receive these requests.

Open Sew is the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10 am to 3 pm at Lakeshore Church, Manistee (previously First Baptist Church) Bring your lunch or something to share and your projects for some fun and fellowship.

Our next meeting is Thursday, January 23 at 10 a.m. at Bridges Church, Manistee (previously United Methodist Church). Sandy V will provide a demo on machine made cathedral window hot pads. Bring at 10-12" piece of cloth and a 10" scrap of batting along with your machine and regular sewing supplies.

Our meetings are open to anyone interested in quilting and associated fiber arts. Please join us.

Photos from the first meeting of the year in our new location, now Bridges Church, Manistee, formerly United Methodist C...
01/09/2025

Photos from the first meeting of the year in our new location, now Bridges Church, Manistee, formerly United Methodist Church. Come join us the second and fourth Thursdays at 10 a.m.

11/19/2024

The Manistee Guild met Thursday, Nov. 14 for a busy business meeting.

Our guild will once again decorate a tree for the Festival of Trees during Sleighbell Weekend. Those who would like to decorate should meet Wednesday, Dec.4 from 3-6pm at the Ramsdell's Hardy Hall.

The Guild is moving our meetings (second and fourth Thursdays) to Bridges Church (formally The Methodist Church) at 387 1st St., Manistee. The first meeting there will be Thursday, January 9 beginning at 10 a.m.

Sew in days will continue on Thursday opposite of Guild meetings (first and third Thursdays) at Baptist Church beginning at 10 to whenever everyone gets tired.

Jan T won the fat quarter frenzy for November.

Upcoming dates for 2025 include the summer picnic Aug. 28th Jan’s club house and the AQS show in Grand Rapids, Aug.20-23rd

The next meeting is the annual Christmas luncheon on Dec. 12. at 11 at the First Baptist Church, Manistee.. Bring a dish to pass and unwrapped gifts (babies to teens) for ECHO & extra gift bags.
We will play the 3 fat quarter game. If you want to play bring 4 Christmas fat quarters- 3 for game and 1 for drawing.

11/04/2024

We have received a request from the Manistee ISD for play mat quilts for children with visual impairments. The request is for all black quilts with white binding 30 to 40 inches square. Bring them to the guild meeting if you are able to fulfill the request. Just one of the many projects our guild does to meet the needs of those in our community.

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