Shiner Heritage Quilt Guild

You are in for a treat when you attend the Shiner Heritage Quilters meeting on Tuesday, February 3rd at the Shiner Methodist Fellowship Hall. Members are going to show some of their favorite quilts in a “Big Show & Tell”! In addition, a sign-up for upcoming classes will be available and of course, there will be a lot of talk about the “2026 Spring into Quilting Show” scheduled for March 20 and 21, at the Shiner KC Hall. This is a NEW LOCATION!

Plan to come around 5:30 to enjoy light refreshments and socialize. The meeting begins at 6:00. Visitors and new members are always welcome! For more information log onto www.shinerheritagequilters.org.

Remember, quilt entry forms are due by February 6th. Entry forms are available at The Square Quilter, 807 Ave. D, Shiner.

Pictured around the table at the Shiner Heritage Quilters Jan. 6th meeting are members (l to r) Carol Daniel, Helen Stafford, Lisa Stafford, Christine Kell and Peggy Moore. In all, thirty-eight ladies attended the meeting. The guild welcomed new member Elizabeth Novosad, and guest Christine Kell.

The program featured the MJ Kinman Trunk Show, “Gems & Joy", via the internet, using the monitor and sound system in the meeting room. Kinman is a textual artist and author who teaches how to capture the brilliance of colored gemstones in gallery-ready work comprised of hand-painted fabric finished with traditional quilt making techniques.

At the meeting quilts were collected for Norma’s House and area nursing homes. Members showed their recently made quilted items in "Show and Tell". Plans for the 2026 “Spring into Quilting” show were discussed. Hostesses who provided delicious refreshments and door prizes were Yolande Byrnes, Rhonda Orsak, Margo Henderson, and Nola Bohuslav. www.shinerheritagequilters.org

Forty-two members of the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild enjoyed a festive Christmas party on Tuesday, December 2nd at the Shiner Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Wilma Williams and Brenda Fisseler chaired the event. Lisa Berckenhoff Catering from Hallettsville served a delicious meal of chicken parmesan, lasagna and sides including charred vegetables. Various scrumptious cakes and pies were served for dessert. The tables were decorated with cups filled with candy for each member. A potted plant was placed in the center of each table, and these were given out as door prizes.

At the meeting Kathleen McBride was welcomed as a new member. Toni Rogers reminded everyone that there are 102 days left before our “Spring into Quilting” Show scheduled for March 20 and 21 at the Shiner KC Hall.

A high light of the evening was the drawing to win groups of Christmas blocks sewn by members using selected fabrics. Margo Henderson chaired this event. A lively game of gift sharing followed. In the spirit of the holiday season, the guild gave a monetary gift to the Shiner Food Pantry at the Methodist Church.

The next meeting is on January 6th. For information log onto shinerheritagequilters.org, Visitors and new members are always welcome!

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.