2025 Program Plans
January 9, 2025 — Hello! My Name is…Join us for an introduction to the Pantone and Kona Cotton Colors of the Year.
February 13, 2025 — QU’s own Jeanne Brenner will delight us with a trunk show of her most recent quilts and a discussion on quilting techniques.
March 13, 2025 — Rita Verroca will thrill and entertain us with her trunk show! Rita is an internationally acclaimed appliqué artist. She lives in Colonial Beach, Virginia and teaches around the globe. She has won several AQS awards, her quilts have been on magazine covers and she has written a book Baltimore Album of Roses. Check out her historic blocks on her website. These blocks are a true work of art-as are the many quilts she has produced. You won’t be disappointed! There is no charge for this event.
April 10, 2025 — Anjali Austin, retired FSU Professor of dance, will join us to discuss The Quilts of Mrs. Gussie Beatrice Arnold Hill. Austin is the caretaker of this collection and recently developed an exhibition of these treasured quilts at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts.
May 8, 2025 — Get ready to enjoy Pam & Lyn’s Excellent Quilt Adventure. QU’s very own Pam Doffek and Lyn Geariety will treat us to fascinating tales of their recent quilting adventure.
June 12, 2025 — Quilts of Valor Presentation – Join Quilters Unlimited in honoring and celebrating our veterans as they are awarded a Quilt of Valor.
July 10, 2025 — Annual Challenge Quilt Reveal – It’s time for unveiling of the quilts in our “A Walk in the Woods” Challenge. Come to view the quilts up close and cast your ballot to award prizes to our quilt makers and hear the inspiration behind their creations as we reveal who made each quilt.
August 14, 2025 — Trivia Night – Come have some fun as we test our quilting knowledge with some easy and some not so easy trivia questions.
September 11, 2025 — Lisa Barton, Director of the Museum of Florida History, will join us to share about the Museum’s quilt collection and talk about appropriate care of these textile treasures.
October 9, 2025 — Our very own Jennifer Darnell will explain the Regency-era Huswife and provide directions for creating your own sewing kit just like Jane Austen.
November 13, 2025 — Signature quilts become popular in the mid-19th century. QU’s Kerry Cohen will explore the history of this style of quilt and showcase how and why signature quilts might need to be your next quilting project this Thanksgiving.
December 11, 2025 — It’s Party Time! Join us at a potluck dinner to celebrate another fabulous year of Quilters Unlimited. We will have a great time chatting with fellow quilters, awarding our Volunteer of the Year and passing the torch to our 2026 Officers.
2024 Program Plans
January: LInda O’Sullivan: How she does it.
February: Michele Hackmeyer: How to get a quilt ready for the longarm
March: Judy Neel and daughter Holley Curry, owners of M and M Monogramming: updates on what’s new in the Monogram world. Judy will present for a few minutes what she/our church quilt group gathers each year for the AWPC (A Women’s Pregnancy Center). (Judy does beautiful work.)
April: Martha from Sew Noles: Her story and her store
May: Janet Hughes will present the program “The Evolution of a Quilter” and will include the story and power point pictures of her quilting journey as well as some of her quilts.
June: Grace B Robinson has agreed to speak to us at our June’s QU meeting. She is the Executive Director of the Gadsden Arts Center and Museum in Quincy, Florida. She’ll speak to us about their exhibits, and the SAQA (Studio Arts Quilt Associates) show they are hosting this fall.
July: Roberta Granville, Quilts of Valor
August: Pam Doffek: Challenge Quilt Presentation
September: The September QU program will be a post Quilt Show celebration with awards and ribbons given based on viewers’ choice and other criteria. We’ll have light refreshments.
October: The Value of Value by Michele Hackmeyer.
November: Maryanne Clower of The Quilt Peddler will speak on “Trends in Quilting and Fabric for 2025.” This presentation will be helpful to new and veteran quilters as this craft has exploded in popularity. Bring your questions. Maryanne is a wealth of information.
December: QU Covered Dish Dinner and Officers Inauguration 2025
2023 Programs
January – New Year’s Resolutions: How Quilters Unlimited Can Help You Achieve Your 2023 Quilting Goals:
February – What’s Hot in Quilting — Marianne Clower
Marianne Clower of Quilt Peddlers was our featured guest in February, telling us What’s Hot in Quilting!
March – Swap Meet — members brought fabric and tools, etc. they offered for sale — there’s nothing like shopping to bring quilters together.
April – Nationally recognized fiber artist and author Valerie Goodwin presented
a program called “Mapping Narratives Using Fabric, Paint, and Thread.” Valerie is
featured in the Winter 2023 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine with an article about using
fusible scraps and sheer fabric in making collage art quilts.
May – Sheila Callahan will present a trunk show and lecture with novel ideas for those tiny bits of fabric that seem too small to use but are too precious to toss.
June – Challenge Quilt Reveal
July – Quilts of Valor — Roberta Granville — We will learn about the Quilts of Valor
program and the story of a recent local recipient of one of these quilts.
August – Soldier Quilts — Quilts made by soldiers in the 18th and 19th centuries. You will be awed by the artistry and craftsmanship in these quilts created from heavy woolen uniform fabric and ornamented with beads, braid, and buttons.
Here are links to lots of resources related to Soldier Quilts:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soldiers-military-quilts-crimea
https://hyperallergic.com/398931/wartime-quilts-folk-art-museum/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/quilts-made-soldiers-go-display-first-time-180964215/
https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/regimental-colours
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanFolkArtMuseum/videos/10154648744236260
September – Color — Debbie Sutherland from Bernina will talk to us about color—how she makes decisions about what fabrics to carry in her shop, how she advises customers who ask for help in choosing colors, and how color trends evolve in the quilt fabric industry. Even the most experienced quilter can learn new ways to think about their color choices and might be tempted to venture outside their safe zone!
October – Pincushions! — Ellen Fournier will teach us all about those tiny but necessary tools—just about the only ones you can make yourself. There will be examples of pincushions and a charming but simple pattern, and a discussion of what makes a good pincushion. Members are encouraged to bring pincushions they have made and to share their thoughts on what they love, or don’t, about them.
November – Modern Quilting — Some of us love it and others not so much, but it has become a major segment of the quilting world. Sue Isaac is presenting a program on modern quilting, including examples of modern quilts made by local quilters, and will explain what makes a quilt modern. She’ll also talk about “modern traditionalism” — new takes on traditional themes.
December – End-of-Year Celebration
2022 Programs
January – Quarantine Trunk Show
February – “I ❤ Quilting” How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways! (Heart demos)
March – Fidget Quilts by Jane Kazmer
April – By Annie Bags with Mary Stipanovich
May – Guest Speaker: Denyse Schmidt
June – “Feeling Groovy”
July – Quilting’s Triple Crown (Linda Dozier, Cynthia Seyler, and Lucy Patrick)
August – Challenge Quilt Reveal
September – Studio 180 Rulers with Gail Renna
October – “Favorite Scrap Blocks”
November – “Happy Fall Y’all!” (November’s meeting was cancelled)
December – End of Year “Celebration of Us” potluck with market-tote-bags show and tell and canned-goods donation