Shiner Heritage Quilt Guild

Shiner Heritage Quilters member Nola Bohuslav is pictured with her unique quilted wall hanging that she brought for "Show and Tell" at the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild meeting on October 14th. Thirty- three members and one visitor enjoyed the program presented by Darcy Curtain that featured slides of quilts entered in the Houston International Quilt Festival, the largest annual quilt show in the U.S.

At the business meeting donation quilts for Williamsburg Place in Hallettsville and Our House in Shiner were collected. The Guild has reached its annual goal of providing 70 quilts for area nursing homes. The Norma’s House annual goal is 60 but so far 90 have been donated. This makes a total of 160 quilts that were donated this year. Hostesses who provided refreshments and door prizes were Carolyn Hilscher. Laura Kaspar, Toni Rogers, and Irene Cerny.

The next meeting will be Tuesday, November 4th. For information log onto www.shinerheritagequilters.org and find us on Facebook at Shiner Heritage Quilt Guild.

Shiner Heritage Quilters members are pictured with Poppy Seed quilt blocks that the guild made. My Fabric Friends quilt shop in Victoria is collecting these blocks and will take them to Kyle, TX where they will be made into quilts for Camp Mystic families. The project is ongoing and the pattern is available at The Square Quilter shop in Shiner.

Forty-seven members and one guest attended the SHQ meeting on Sept. 2nd. Linda Parr, Annette Meyer, Annie Havel, and Mary Ann Matusek were hostesses. Members were treated to a beautiful trunk show presented by the award-winner quilter, Ann Moore. She also taught two workshops on making intricate and unusual corded bindings for quilts and ruler-work for creating unique machine quilting designs.

The next meeting will be on October 14th and will feature members’ experiences at the 2025 International Quilt Festival held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on October 9 – 12.

Investigator Brent Gindler, board member of Norma's House Advocacy Center, is pictured holding a quilt that was donated by the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild. The Guild has now met its goal to give 60 quilts to the Center in 2025.

Shiner Mayor Fred Hilscher was the guest speaker at the July 1, 2025, meeting of the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild. He is pictured with (l to r) President Linda Parr, 1st Vice Pres. Darcy Curtin, Treasurer Karin Filipp, Secretary Debbie Novosad, and 2nd Vice Pres. Annette Meyer. Mayor Hilscher told how he and the city council work together to promote Shiner businesses, give support to the police and fire departments, and provide public services. He urged everyone to tour the Wolters Museum and learn about Shiner’s rich history and visit the library to enjoy reading the many books available.

After a short business meeting everyone enjoyed a delicious meal of barbeque and all the trimmings prepared by On Point BBQ.

Five students attended the annual Youth Quilt Classes sponsored by the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild on June 23 – 26, 2025. Students pictured from the left are Carter Gibson, Allison Joiner, Gemma Spring, Kateri Spring and Olivia Thompson with their “Disappearing Nine-Patch” quilts.

Guild members who assisted are in the back row from the left: Rose Mary Havlik, Tara Raskob, Nola Bohuslav, Bennie Gerdes, Annette Meyer, Janet Zabransky, Debbie Novosad, Mary Shafer, Bernadette Kresta, and Irene Cerny. Wilma Williams, Margo Henderson, and Suzanne Sestak are not pictured.

The Guild recognizes the Shiner Methodist Church for the use of the Activity Center, The Square Quilter for donating supplies and South Star Bank of Shiner for providing bags that the guild members decorated with quilt blocks.

Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild has donated ten quilts to residents at Paradigm at Stevens in Yoakum. Pictured from the left are first row: Residents Lily Vecera, Vernon Brown, Jo Ann Byrn, Johnny Alvarado (center, back row), Mable Pierman, and Anthony Hights.

Back row: Guild members Theresa Belicek, Janet Zabransky, Suzanne Sestak, and Beni Gerdes.

Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild has donated eight quilts to Norma’s House, a Children’s Advocacy Center. Pictured from the left: Staff members Kim Richter, Kathy Gonzales, Laisha Rangel, Laura Kaspar (Guild member), and Erika Anderson. Norma’s House is located in Gonzales and Hallettsville and serves the communities in Gonzales and Lavaca Counties.

Rose Mary Havlik (pictured) gave a short talk about quilts and clothing that were made from feed sacks long ago at the Shiner Heritage Quilters meeting on June 3rd. She is wearing a vintage bonnet made of feed sack material. At the business meeting Laura Kaspar collected quilts for Norma's House and Bernadette Kresta collected quilts for area nursing homes. Block-of-the-Month and Show and Tell followed. Then it was on to "fun and games" as thirty-five members enjoyed playing bingo and winning quilting supplies. Hostesses Barbara Michalec, Lillie Schumacher, Gladys Muehlstein and Marilyn Schroeder provided delicious refreshments and door prizes.

June 2025-- June workshop "Lecture" is postponed

MJ Kinman, textile artist and award-winning quilter who has shown her unique work in galleries, museums, and national juried competition, will give a lecture and trunk show at the Shiner Heritage Quilters meeting on Tuesday, June 3rd. She specializes in creating larger-than-life portraits of colored gemstones using fabric and paint. She has said, “When people ask me what I do, I like to tell them I make the biggest diamonds in the world…but instead of using the hardest substance on earth I use the softest—cloth!” Her website is mjkinman.com

Members gather at the Shiner Methodist Church Fellowship Hall around 5:30 to socialize and enjoy light refreshments. The meeting begins at 6:00 and includes block-of-the-month, show and tell and door prize drawings.

May 2025

Rose Mary Havlik (left) and Janet Zabransky enjoy competing for an item while Annette Meyer (center) looks on during the very popular Swap Meet held at the Shiner Heritage Quilters meeting on Tuesday, May 6th. Attendees included thirty members and a new member, Barbara Michalec. Hostesses who provided refreshments and door prizes were Tommie Clayton, Linda Parr, Hope Cummins, and Diana Henk. The June 3rd meeting will feature a trunk show and lecture by MJ Kinman. Her quilts are outstanding and have been exhibited in galleries, national juried competition, and private collections.

April 2025

Vicki Woodard (left) and Deborah Bradley, who is the Managing Director of the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange, presented a program about the museum at the April 1st meeting of the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild. Deborah showed many slides of quilts from ancient to modern times. She explained how an historic building in La Grange, that once served as a furniture store, was transformed into the museum that opened in 2011. She told about the Koval Antique Textile Collection that is part of the Library and Material Culture Study Center at the museum. Vickie assisted and passed around framed pictures of historic fabrics.

At the meeting, quilts for Norma’s House and area nursing homes were collected, followed by Show and Tell. Hostesses Rae Nell Janak, Joyce Machicek, Nola Bohuslav and Kathleen Schacherl provided door prizes and delicious refreshments. The very first “Swap Meet” will be the focus of the May 6th meeting. For information log onto www.shinerheritagequilters.org.

Deborah Bradley, Managing Director of the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange, will be the guest speaker at the Shiner Heritage Quilters meeting on Tuesday, April 1st. She will talk about the Koval Antique Textile Collection that is part of the Library and Material Culture Study Center at the museum. This collection of fabric allows the study of textile samples from 1775 – 1875. To learn more log onto to texasquiltmuseum.org/library.

Members gather at the Shiner Methodist Church Fellowship Hall around 5:30 to socialize and enjoy refreshments. The meeting begins at 6:00. Visitors and new members are always welcome.

March 2025

Pictured from the left: Deane Novosad (Norma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center) Glady Seifert (Shady Oaks Nursing and Rehab Center-Moulton) and Methodist Pastor Darin Zumwalt (Shiner Food Pantry) who were guest speakers at the March 4th Shiner Heritage Quilters meeting. They talked about the good works of their organizations and thanked the guild for the quilts and money donations.

Thirty-four members and six guests attended the meeting. Hostesses Margo Henderson, Alice Janak, Lisa Stafford, and Helen Stafford had decorated each table with a colorful St. Patrick theme and provided delicious refreshments.

Bernadette Kresta collected 10 nursing home quilts and Laura Kaspar collected 14 Norma’s House quilts that were sewn by the members. Margo Henderson handed out the next “Block of the Month” pattern. The popular “Show and Tell” followed. The meeting ended with door prize drawings given by the hostesses. The next meeting is April 1st, and will feature a program on the Texas Quilt Museum.

February 2025

Shiner Heritage Quilters member Mary Ann Matusek is pictured filling her plate with delicious refreshments provided by the hostesses: Carolyn Whitmire, Brenda Fisseler, Wanda Williams, Betty Kloesel, and Bernadette Kresta at the Feb. 4th meeting.

Quilts for Norma’s House and area nursing homes were collected and those who participated in the Block of the Month showed their completed blocks. After the business meeting everyone was entertained with a “Big Show and Tell” program featuring special quilts that members displayed. The meeting adjourned after the door prize drawings.

The next meeting is March 4th. Log onto www.shinerheritagequilters.org to learn more about the guild and click on “Newsletters” to get current information.

January 2025

Pictured are Shiner Heritage Quilters Debby Novosad (left) and Darcy Curtin, who demonstrated the art of hand quilting at the January 14th guild meeting . Forty-two members eagerly took part in practicing this traditional method.

Margo Henderson handed out the "Block of the Month" information. She reported that the guild won third place in the Yoakum Heritage Annual Christmas Tree Forest exhibit. Quilts for Norma's House and area nursing homes were collected. The popular "Show and Tell" followed. Hostesses who provided refreshments and door prizes were Debbie Novosad, Annette Meyer, Linda Parr, Karin Filipp, and Darcy Curtin.

The February 3rd meeting will feature a special "Show and Tell". To learn about the guild log ontowww.shinerheritagequilters.org and be sure to click on "newsletters" to get current information.