Arapahoe County Quilters upcoming events

January Guild Meeting "Leave Quilts Not Fabric" (January 09, 2025)

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:30:00 GMT

Leave Quilts Not Fabric

Jenny Kae reflects on a poignant moment from her time at a local quilt shop before providing a range of actionable strategies for completing UFOs (UnFinished Objects) and organizing your fabric stash. This heartfelt narrative resonates deeply with quilters and is an invaluable addition to any quilting enthusiast’s repertoire.

Check out Jenny's Workshop on January 11, 2025

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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.

February Guild Meeting "Save Our Stories" (February 13, 2025)

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:30:00 GMT

Save Our Stories

Amy Milne has been the executive director of the Quilt Alliance since 2006. She has over two decades of experience as a nonprofit administrator, educator and artist. Amy has overseen the expansion of the Quilt Alliance’s oral history projects, including the creation of the Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! project, as well as Quilt Alliance events: Quilters Take Manhattan/a Moment and the Not Fade Away: Sharing Quilt Stories in the Digital Age conference.

Quilt Alliance is a nonprofit 501c3 organization established in 1993 with a mission to document, preserve, and share our American quilt heritage by collecting the rich stories that historic and contemporary quilts, and their makers, tell about our nation’s diverse peoples and their communities.

The project was co-founded in 1999 by a dedicated group of Quilt Alliance board members and volunteers who identified an extraordinary gap in the quilt world: no one had ever created an oral-history project to capture the history, craft tradition, and personal experiences of America’s quiltmakers. They envisioned QSOS as a grassroots effort and designed the interview process in ways that would make it accessible to interviewers and quiltmakers at all skill levels and backgrounds, allowing them to explore the central question: “if this quilt could talk,” what would it say? Now, twenty-five years later the collection includes over 1,200 recorded interviews with quiltmakers from novices to professionals.

Our speaker will be presenting their lecture via Zoom.

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March Guild Meeting "Building Community" (March 13, 2025)

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Building Community: Nationl Quilting Month

We invite you to join us for an upcoming gathering where we can connect, share our love for quilting, and grow as a community. Let’s come together to inspire one another, exchange ideas, and strengthen our bonds through our shared passion. Whether you're a seasoned quilter or just starting out, your presence is invaluable. Together, we can create not just beautiful quilts, but lasting friendships. We look forward to seeing you there!

Check out the March morning Workshop on March 15, 2025

Check out the March afternoon Workshop on March 15, 2025