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Arapahoe County Quilters

Celebrating the Art of Quiltmaking for 30+ Years

Festival of Quilts will be June 6-7 2025. Look for more information on the
Festival of Quilts home page.

ACQ Monthly Quilt Guild Meetings

Join us on the second Thursday of each month as we gather for inspiration, education and friendship. Meetings feature national and local speakers who inform and inspire us with a wide range of quilting topics. A highlight most months is Show & Tell when we share the quilts we've made.

See General Info below.

Upcoming Guild Meetings

  • April Guild Meeting "Driving in the Dark: My Journey in Fiber Art" with Lea McComas

    • April 10, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register

    Driving in the Dark: My Journey in Fiber Art

    with Lea McComas

    The journey from traditional to art quilter has taken Lea through many countries and numerous fiber medium. Beginning her journey sewing clothing at age six, she moved on to traditional quilting, spinning yarn, knitting and weaving. A decade of working and traveling overseas provided more opportunities to explore textile arts and surface design techniques around the world. She will share her “Rules of the Road” that have guided her in the creative journey to successful quilt artist, teacher, and author. Find inspiration for your own creative journey.

    This trunk show includes a peak at her Women's Work quilt that was displayed in Houston in 2023.

    Check out Lea's Workshop on April 12th

    About Lea McComas:

    With a life-long interest in fiber, Lea McComas began sewing at age 6 and quilting at age 16.  She earned an M.A. in Education and has been a public school educator for almost 40 years, including 9 years spent serving military families stationed overseas.  While living abroad, Lea immersed herself in the local cultures, learning the arts and traditions of the people with whom she lived.  This included studying carpet weaving in Turkey and fabric dying in Japan.  

    She has been featured in numerous publications and online platforms, such as Quilting Art TV & Magazine and The Quilt Show.  Lea shares the extensive knowledge and the techniques behind her award-winning quilts in lectures, workshops, magazine articles, online courses at QuiltingCompany.com, and her book "Thread Painted Portraits".

    Learn more about Lea on Social Media:

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

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  • May Guild Meeting "From Traditional to Contemporary Art Quilts" with Diana S. Fox

    • May 08, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    From Traditional to Contemporary Art Quilts

    with Diana S. Fox

    Diana presents a fun and lively 50 minute presentation highlighting her quilting journey from traditional to contemporary art quilts. Diana’s strength is her innovative and fresh approach to creating, as well as sharing stories and laughs. Her hope is to motivate and inspire others to ask “what if”. Quilts and the stories behind them are shared via a powerpoint presentation and in-person as well, followed by an informal Q & A. Depending on availability there will be approximately 20 + quilts shown during the lecture.

    Check out Diana's Workshop on May 10, 2025

    about diana s. fox:

    Who is Diana S Fox?

    An artist and creator to the core, quilting is my medium of choice. There are so many aspects to the art of quilting that I love—the richness of community, the tactile nature, learning the basics and then bending the rules.  Moving from traditional quilting, to art quilting, to a textile art focus has been a wonderful adventure.

    I was born and raised in Denver, CO within a large and close-knit family and have never lived more than 20 miles from my place of birth. I travel frequently but could never even consider calling another place home. Before fully tapping into my crea

    tive work, I graduated from Regis University and worked in local government as a Human Resources professional.

    My work has moved from flat art quilting into the sculptural realm, removing negative space and engaging the area in and around each piece. As a textile sculptress, I prefer to dye much of my own fabric for my creations. I have had numerous pieces juried into national and international shows and have mounted several successful solo exhibitions, including one currently at the National Quilt Museum. I am a Juried Artist member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) and a member of 4 Common Corners, an invitational art quilt group. I am looking forward to upcoming tapings on both The Quilt Show as well as Quilting Arts TV and I’m an avid quilting teacher.

    In addition to quilting, I am passionately committed to environmental sustainability and my creative work often tells this story. I am constantly dazzled by this amazing and beautiful place we call home – Earth. It’s my goal to be a quiet activist for our planet. Through my art, I hope to inspire us all to stop and observe a sunset, smell the flowers, and remember that we are not separate from but rather a part of nature.

    I currently live in Parker, CO with my life partner, two rescue dogs, Dolly and Lewis, and two fat cats.

    Learn more about Diana on social Media:

     Website              

     Facebook                

     Instagram 

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

  • July Guild Meeting "Fun and Games in Quilting" with Mel Beach

    • July 10, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    Fun and Games in Quilting with Mel Beach

    It's game on for this playful twist on quilting! Join me as I share my nine favorite ways to incorporate fun and games into my quilting including rolling the dice to explore new design possibilities, playing card inspiration, and of course everything is awesome when Lego bricks are involved! I'll share insights into the games I play and their fun results. I hope to inspire you to develop a game plan for adding some creative play into your day!

    The speaker will be presenting her lecture via Zoom.

    Check out Mel's Workshop on July 12, 2025

    About Mel Beach:

    Mel Beach is a San Jose, CA based quilt artist, teacher and lecturer, who breaks away from tradition by adding her own modern, beautifully textured, and colorful twists. She loves to have fun stretching her creativity through her completion of six 100-Day Projects involving dice, daily carves as part of two #CarveDecember challenges, and participation in 100+ quilt challenges at the local and international level.

    Mel is passionate about teaching/lecturing, with a focus on quilting on a domestic machine, modern, and art quilting techniques. Starting in 2016, Mel has taught for quilt shops, guilds and quilt shows around the world including several large venues: Empty Spools Seminars, Road to California, Pacific International Quilt Festival, Virtual Quilt Show, Online Quilt Festivals, Virtual Quilt Festival, QUILT 2024, and Craft Napa.

    Her quilts have been juried into national quilt shows and traveling exhibits, published in books/magazines, earned awards/ribbons, and selected as Finalists. Mel has been featured on Quilting Arts TV (series 2500 and 2600) and The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims (episode 2112 and 2808), in addition to having articles published with Quilting Arts Magazine, Curated Quilts, and The Craft Industry Alliance. From 2022-2024, Mel Beach served as President of Studio Art Quilt Associates, a global organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt.

    Learn more about Mel Beach on Social Media:

    Website              

    Facebook                

    Instagram 

    Blog

    YouTube

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

  • August Guild Meeting - "Positively Precuts" with Scott Flanagan

    • August 14, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    Positively Precuts with Scott Flanagan

    Discover the versatility of pre-cut fabric bundles with 4th & Main Designs.  Guided by the creative expertise of Scott Flanigan, this lecture dives into techniques, patterns, and tips for using jelly rolls, layer cakes, and charm packs to create stunning quilts.  Whether you're a beginner or an experienced quilter, you'll gain fresh inspiration and practical knowledge to elevate your quilting projects.

    Check out Scott's Workshop on August 16, 2025

    About Scott Flanigan:

    My quilting journey started at the age of 7 sewing alongside my grandmother making quilts for Lutheran World Relief, but I come from a family of crafters and woodworkers. I started 4th and Main Designs in 2011. Since then my patterns have been frequently found in Quilters World, American Quilter, Quiltmaker, McCalls Quilting, and Fons & Porter magazines along with solo authoring four books for Annie's Publishing. I am also a guest designer for Banyan Batiks and have designed three fabric lines with lines four and five are in the works. 

    I love the endless possibilities available when designing patterns and get super excited when putting together a project and normally end up with a sample within a day or two. As for my favorite part of quilting, really all of it! From designing, to cutting, to piecing, to quilting, to binding (OK that one may be a lie!). But it is all part of the creative process and by skipping a step it feels as though part of the project is missing. I have two strong quilting philosophies: (1) A quilt is only hard if you have been told it is hard beforehand and (2) you learn some of the best lessons from the mistakes made along the quilting Journey. With those two thoughts I strive to write patterns that no matter how hard they look a confident beginner with sewing experience could handle.

    Learn more about Scott Flanagan on Social Media:

    Website              

    Facebook                

    Instagram 

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

  • September Guild Meeting - "Photo to Fabric in the Palm of Your Hand" with Lisa Thorpe

    • September 11, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    Photo to Fabric in the Palm of Your Hand

     with Lisa Thorpe

    Did you know your smart phone or tablet is a fabric art tool?  First, I'll demonstrate, via screen sharing, how to take a photo on your smart phone or tablet, manipulate it in an app,and print the image onto fabric on a home printer or fabric printing service.  I'll share a variety of art quilts that I've created with these images as a central theme, as well as several art quilts using multiple photo images tiled together to create a stunning collaged quilt effect.

    Next, I have also devised an easy way to create a repeat printed fabric in 4 steps using your smart phone or tablet.  I will explain the process of creating and uploading your own repeat print fabric designs from photos.  

    This lecture comes with handouts detailing apps, printer info, plus fabric printing sources.  I will also show an array of beautiful fabrics I've created, along with examples of how I've used them in my art quilting, clothing, and home designs.

    Lisa will be presenting her lecture via Zoom.

    Check out Lisa's Workshop on September 13, 2025

    About Lisa Thorpe:

    Lisa Thorpe is a mixed media fiber artist and educator based in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is a master at creating unique printed and painted fabrics to use in her work. The art she creates for exhibition is both personal and universal. Driven to pique and poke, she strives to invite discussion and discovery, reflection, and wonder. 

    Thorpe has a BA in Design from University of California, Davis and an Art Teaching Credential from San Francisco State University.  Her identity is equal parts artist + educator and she loves to share what she has learned in her creative explorations.  To that end, she has published writings and art in About Place Journal and Cold Mountain Review and numerous technique and inspiration articles in Quilting Arts magazine.  

    Thorpe was a featured artist both on Quilting Art TV PBS (season 2024) and The Quilt Show in 2022.  She teaches at quilt guilds throughout the country and at national and international art quilt venues like the International Quilt Festival in Houston, the Gulf States Quilt Festival in Baton Rouge, and the SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) conference in Toronto.  

    Learn more about Lisa Thorpe on Social Media:

    Website              

    Facebook                

    Instagram 

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

  • October Guild Meeting - "Talk Color Magic" with Julia Graves

    • October 09, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    Talk Color Magic with Julia Graves

    Go beyond the basics of the color wheel and learn the secret recipes to create transparency, luster and luminosity to add depth, movement and interest to your quilts.  Transparency is the appearance of overlapping images.  Luster is the appearance of light moving across your quilt, and luminosity is when the colors seem to glow.  Includes a slide show and trunk show illustrating these concepts, along with step-by-step "recipes" on how to create it on your own. 

    Julia will be presenting her lecture via Zoom.

    Check out both of Julia's Workshops:

    About Julia Graves:

    Julia Graves started her quilting business, Special Occasion Quilts LLC, in 2007 and teaches, lectures, designs patterns, makes commission quilts, longarms for others, and sells & services APQS longarm machines.  She won "Best Longarm Machine Workmanship Wall Quilt Category" at the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, has had quilts published in many books, was an Artist-in-Residence at Empty Spools in 2019, and teaches at Empty Spools Seminars.  Julia has been sewing since she was ten and always loved fabric, needle arts and the entire creative process.  She did her apprenticeship as a quilter by making a quilt for each of her nieces and nephews (and thinks she should have counted them before making this promise...there were 32!).  She has since made more quilts than she can count...many for charity...and is partial to scrap quilts and working with color to achieve amazing results.  

    Learn more about Julia Graves on Social Media:

    Website              

    Facebook                

    Instagram 

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

  • November Guild Meeting - Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

    • November 13, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

  • December Holiday Party

    • December 11, 2025
    • 6:30 PM
    • Our Father Lutheran Church 6335 S. Holly Street, Centennial, CO
    Register


    Join the celebration of another great year of ACQ!

                   We plan to have games, gift exchange, social time, installation of new board members, show and tell and so much more! 

    Put on your holiday spirit and come join in the fun!

    This meeting will be both IN-PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.  Both meeting rooms will open at 6:15 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30 pm Mountain time. Guests are also welcome to attend this meeting for $8.00.  Please register ahead of time .  If you will be attending via Zoom, please ensure that you know how to use Zoom prior to the meeting. The link will come by email when you register.  

    ACQ Members: Please sign in and register for free—it's so helpful to know how many are coming AND you'll be eligible for door prizes when you register.  Attendees must be present at the meeting OR online via Zoom to win door prizes.

    Show details

Past Guild Meetings

March 13, 2025 March Guild Meeting "Building Community"
February 13, 2025 February Guild Meeting "Save Our Stories" with Quilt Alliance
January 09, 2025 January Guild Meeting "Leave Quilts Not Fabric"
December 12, 2024 December Guild Meeting
November 14, 2024 November Guild Meeting - "Not Just Your Grandma's Flower Garden! An Exploration of English Paper Piecing" with Teresa Walker
October 10, 2024 October Guild Meeting - "Inviting a Sense of Play into Your Quilting Life" with Monique Kleinhaus
September 12, 2024 September Guild Meeting - "What the Scrap? Ways to Manage Your Growing Scrap Pile"
August 08, 2024 August Guild Meeting - "Navigating Creative Wonderland" with Katie Fowler
July 11, 2024 July Guild Meeting “Celebrating 37 Years of ACQ”
June 13, 2024 June Guild Meeting - "Quilts of Valor" with Lori Thompson
May 09, 2024 May Guild Meeting - "Modern Traditional" with Kate Colleran
April 11, 2024 April Guild Meeting - "Artistry through Applique" with David Taylor
March 14, 2024 March Guild Meeting - "Finding Pride and Joy in Quilting: My Journey in Quilting
February 08, 2024 February Guild Meeting - "Empowering Women in Poverty" with Courtney Kimball
January 11, 2024 January Guild Meeting - "Color! An Engineer's Guide to Color Value and Color Placement in your Quilts"
December 14, 2023 December Holiday Celebration and Potluck Dinner
November 09, 2023 November Guild Meeting - Amish Quilting and it's Influence on Modern Quilting
October 12, 2023 October Guild Meeting - OPEN HOUSE with our Charity Partners
September 14, 2023 September Guild Meeting: Japanese Fabric from Vintage to Contemporary with Dana Jones
August 10, 2023 August Guild Meeting - Finding My Quilting Voice with Sheri Noel
July 13, 2023 July Guild Meeting Quilting: a Creative Journey with Margaret Willingham
May 11, 2023 May Guild Meeting - Color Courage for the Fabric Phobic by Jenny Kae
April 13, 2023 April Guild Meeting - Trunk Show with Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
March 09, 2023 March Guild Meeting - Approaching Quilting as a Graphic Designer with Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill
February 09, 2023 February Guild Meeting - Memory Quilts with Beth Sullivan
January 12, 2023 January Guild Meeting - Just Cut the Scrap with Michele Crawford
December 08, 2022 December Guild Meeting and Social - "B.Y.O.B" Dinner with Guest Speaker Ellen Palmer
November 10, 2022 November Guild Meeting - Modern Mosaic Quilts with Shelley Cavanna
October 13, 2022 October Guild Meeting - Color Theory Applied: Fabric Collecting and Usage with Swan Sheridan
September 08, 2022 September Guild Meeting - Traditional, Art, Modern: Notes from the Field with Maria Shell
August 25, 2022 August Guild Meeting - The Cutting Edge with Kelly Gallagher Abbott
July 14, 2022 July Guild Meeting - Show Me! An Online Trunk Show of Rare and Historic Quilts
May 12, 2022 May Guild Meeting - Fabric and Form with Mary McCauley
April 14, 2022 April Guild Meeting - A Look at Modern Celtic Quilting with Scarlett Rose
March 10, 2022 March Guild Meeting - Dimensional Curved Piecing with Annette Ornelas
February 10, 2022 February Guild Meeting - Pre-Civil War Quilts: The Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
January 13, 2022 January Guild Meeting - Dresden Reimagined with Candace Grisham
December 09, 2021 December Guild Meeting - An Evening of Fun
November 11, 2021 November Guild Meeting - Improv Paper Piecing with Amy Friend
October 14, 2021 October Guild Meeting - Quilts of Illusions with Karen Combs
September 09, 2021 September Guild Meeting - Seeing Double with Tammy Silvers
August 12, 2021 August Guild Meeting - Windy Wonders: A Quilt Block Grows Up
July 10, 2021 Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Social
July 08, 2021 July Guild Meeting: Show and Tell Extravaganza
June 10, 2021 June Guild Meeting: Demo Night
May 13, 2021 May Guild Meeting: Shop Hop!
April 08, 2021 April Guild Meeting: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
March 11, 2021 March Guild Meeting: Fun with Free Motion Quilting
February 11, 2021 February Guild Meeting: Quilt Remix • Heather Kojan
January 14, 2021 January Guild Meeting: Creating Art Quilts with Panels • Joyce Hughes
December 10, 2020 December Guild Meeting: How Quilters Celebrate Life with Meg Cox
November 12, 2020 November Guild Meeting: Behind the Seams with Peter Byrne
October 08, 2020 October Guild Meeting: The History & Mystery of Baltimore Album Quilts, Jaimie Davis
September 10, 2020 September Guild Meeting: Resizing Any Block with Cindy Barfield
August 13, 2020 August Guild Meeting: Smash Your Stash! with Kate Colleran
July 09, 2020 July Guild Meeting: Wildly Careening into Quilts with Kim Lapacek
June 11, 2020 June Guild Meeting: Show & Tell Extravaganza + More
May 14, 2020 ONLINE May Guild Meeting: Stitching, Symbols, Signature Style with Deborah Boschert
April 16, 2020 VIRTUAL April Guild Meeting: Improvise! Creating, Quilting and Living Courageously with Sherri Lynn Wood
March 12, 2020 March Guild Meeting: Moda and Beyond with Lynne Hagmeier
February 13, 2020 February Guild Meeting: Making Faces with Lea McComas
January 09, 2020 January Guild Meeting: Demo Night
December 12, 2019 December Holiday Potluck & Silent Auction
November 14, 2019 November Guild Meeting featuring Pat Syta and Mimi Hollenbaugh

General Info

TIME

6:15 pm • "Doors open" for socializing (doors may open early for some meetings—watch the calendar for details)

6:30 pm • Business meeting begins 

COST
Admission is $8 (free for members) unless otherwise noted. Visitors are welcome to attend. 

LOCATION
All meetings are currently online through Zoom. Those who register prior to the meeting will receive the link by email. The link is also available for members on the Members-only page. 

Physical location when we're allowed to return: Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado Blvd., Englewood, CO. Enter the front doors, bear left, turn right, head down the long hallway, and the fellowship hall will be on the right.

SHOW & TELL
Please take photos of your finished quilts to share with all of us. We enjoy seeing all quilts—from the first quilt someone has made to entries in national quilt shows. See the Members-only page (password required) for submission info and the Photos page for a photo archive. 

MONTHLY GUILD MEETINGS

Meetings held the 2nd Thursday of each month

All meetings are streamed online

In person meetings are held at:

Our Father Lutheran Church

6335 S Holly St, Centennial, CO

CALENDAR


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