Meetings
Next Guild Meeting: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Days Inn
French Island
Mississippi River Room
6:00 p.m. – social time
7:00 p.m. – meeting
Program: My first quilt (please bring the first quilt you made to the meeting.)
La Crosse Area Quilt Guild invites anyone interested in quilting to join us for a meeting.
Our general meetings are listed below. We hope to see you soon!
Business Meeting and Program
4th Tuesday of each Month – except August and December
7 - 9 pm, Days Hotel on French Island, Mississippi River Room
Note: We do not hold a regular meeting during the months of August and December. During
August we hold our annual Banquet. A drawing for two quilts to be given away is held that
evening. During December we hold our annual Holiday Banquet.
Annual Banquet - 2011
The La Crosse Area Quilters held its annual summer banquet on August 23, 2011 at the
Onalaska American Legion. A wonderful supper and social time was enjoyed by all. The Guild
drew the names of two lucky quilters who each won a quilt. These quilts were made by the two
winners in 2010.
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 Joyce Rugen (right) won Judy Fox’s quilt. |
 Detail of Judy’s quilt. |
 Sue Waldenberger (notpresent) won Joyce Abernathy’s quilt. |
 Detail of Joyce’s quilt. |
The theme for the Challenge Project for 2011 was “Pineapples”. Members who chose to
participate received fat quarters of a fabric that had to be prominently featured in each item they
made. Using their vivid imaginations, the entrants came up with a fascinating variety of projects
ranging from a bed-sized quilt to wall quilts, a purse, and an actual pineapple. Members of the
guild voted on the projects in four categories. And the winners were:
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Pictured left to right Kathy Bartel – best techniques in piecing, quilting, etc Macy Fordell – most unique/fanciful project Sally Knobloch – cleverest use of challenge fabric Sharon Slimmen – best representation of the theme |
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