ABOUT US
2025-2026 Guild Officers & Executive Board
President - Heidi Kestner Kuchta
Vice President - Judy Parson
Secretary - Coleen Weil
Treasurer - Sue Brittingham
Parliamentarian - Mary Ann Genech
Past President - Heidi Kestner Kuchta
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Officers are selected by a nominating committee and then voted into office by the membership at the guild meeting.
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Additional nominations are accepted from the floor.
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Voting takes place at the July meeting.
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Officers are installed at the September meeting.
2025-2026 Committee Chairs
Communication Chair - Sandrah Pederson
E-blast Coordinator - OWQGEblasts@gmail.com
Facebook - Vacant
Newsletter Editor - Emma Miller
Publicity Coordinator - Sandrah Pederson
Website Manager - Louise Finn/Mary Shepherd
Community Service Chair - Marilyn White
Angel Gowns - Melissa Sopko
Comfort Quilts - Darlene Jack
Duffle Bags & More - Mary Shepherd
Glade Quilters - Terry Cassanelli
Heart Pillows - Carol Fisher
Patriotic Quilts - Rita McConnell/Kathy Varga
Pillowcases of Love - Denise Cunningham
Quilts of Love - Pat DeVoll
Teddy Bears - Daria Ewanik
Tiny Tots - Mary Martinez
Education Chair - Janet Denson
Block of the Month - Suzanne Worrall, Karen Guyer
Bus Trips - Wendy Feranti, Karen Guyer
Challenges - Linda Grigsby
Classes - Helene Bergeron-Smith
Joanne Hammen
IT Support - Janet Denson
Quilt in a Box - Irene Chandler
Retreat - Irene Chandler, Linda Grigsby, Monica Chmielewski
Speakers - Wendy Ferranti
Challenge - Anne Rogerson
Fundraising Chair - Barb Ignatius
Second Time Around - Barbara Ignatius,
Katie Teague, Donna Holmes.
Cheryl McCann
Fundraising Coordinator - vacant
Quilt Show Coordinators - vacant x 3
Membership Services Chair - Linda Bruce
Bee Coordinator - Mary Ann Genech
Historian - Rachael Straus
Hospitality - Linda Bruce, Elaine Stine
Membership Coordinators - Anne Caple
Mindy Patton
Quilt Buddy Coordinator - Pat DeVoll
Sunshine - Judy Elrod
Yearbook - Janet Denson, Valerie Yingling
Ocean Waves Quilt Guild
P.O. Box 63
Lewes, DE 19958
For general information about the Guild ~
President ~ Heidi Kestner Kuchta
For class or program information ~
Helene Bergeron-Smith
For membership information ~ Linda Bruce
To contact the newsletter ~ Emma Miller OWQG.Newsletter@gmail.com
To donate fabric, quilts, notions, etc. ~
For community service project information ~
Marilyn White
OWQG.CommunityService@gmail.com
The Sunshine Chair; for cards to be sent ~
Judy Elrod
Webmaster to submit information ~
Louise Finn owqgweb@gmail.com
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Who We Serve & Sew For
Our History
Ocean Waves Quilt Guild is celebrated it's 25th birthday in April, 2022
On April 7, 1997, Ocean Waves Quilt Guild came to be. Ocean Waves quilt Guild began as a conversation among three members of a guild that met in the evening, which was at a distance from their homes. It was a long drive and difficult to always attend with family responsibilities. They felt there was interest in starting a daytime quilt guild. A group of 18 friends, looking to have fun and expand their quilting knowledge and learn new skills - closer to home and meeting in the morning.
The logo of the Ocean Waves Quilt Guild is a blue and white Monkey Wrench or Snail's Trail quilt block. It was chosen by the charter members because it resembled a rolling wave.
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