FLORENCE, Wis. — The Wild Rivers Quilt Guild invites all area quilters and guests to join them for their upcoming meeting Tuesday, beginning promptly at 5:30 p.m., at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 900 Central Ave.at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Highway 101 in Florence.

They will welcome presenter Judy Gauthier, owner of Bungalow Quilting & Yarn in Ripon, Wis., author for C&T Publishing of five books, including “Quilts for Scrap Lovers,” “Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers,” “Sew Cuddly,” “Tantalizing Table Toppers” and “Sensational Scrap Quilts.” She is also a fabric designer at Studio e Fabrics.

The topics Gauthier will cover are color selection for quilts and modern quilting. She will tell explain what makes a quilt modern and touch on the Modern Quilt Guild, a nationwide guild that specifically focuses on only modern quilts, and is the sponsor of Quilt Con, which is a nation/worldwide quilt show that occurs once in a major city in the U.S. each year that only displays quilts that meet the modern quilt criteria. She will also have a lot of modern quilts to show attendees. 

The monthly guild meeting will follow.

For more information about the Wild Rivers Quilt Guild or to contact the group, go to the website at www.wildriversquiltguild.org.