Guild Activities

Q.U.I.L.T. Guild of Northwest Arkansas

Quilters United In Learning Together

Guild Activities

Workshops

Workshops are offered for a fee. They are taught by the guest speaker, the Friday or Saturday following the meeting. See the newsletter for the most update information.

Show And Tell

Each month you are welcome to come before the group and share your latest find, or your work in progress or your completed quilt. This is often the most eagerly awaited event of the evening.

As soon as we adjourn our monthly meetings, members hurry to line up with their Show And Tell for the evening. Members take the microphone and tell who they are and a little something about their quilt. This sharing often challenges us to start a new project or finish one we have already started.

Airing of the Quilts

Years ago women planned extensive spring cleaning projects. Often this included the airing of their quilts after a long winter of use. QUILT has continued this tradition by bringing our quilts to the "Airing of the Quilts" held each spring.

We bring our quilts and share a potluck supper. From these suppers the guild has compiled a Guild Cookbook sold as a fundraiser. Not only are our members great quilters, they are also great cooks! At the picnic, we get together to share great food, awesome old and new quilts, and in general just have a good time. This is an open meeting, all are welcome. After we eat we look at the quilts and share the story of each quilt. Often there are hundreds of quilts on display. Please join us.

Mini-Lessons

Mini-lessons are offered at each regular meeting as well as at the Baby Quilt Workshops. A volunteer member of the guild demonstrates a quilting technique or a block to all who are interested in attending. This is free to members and a large group attends each month. No sign up, just show up. The mini-lesson is held from 6-6:45pm on guild meeting night and is a wonderful source for the new, and not so new quilter, to pick up tips and techniques.

Super Saturday Sew In

On a regular basis, the guild sponsors a Super Saturday Sew In. A member of the guild teaches interested quilters a class for the day. The class is available to guild members for the low price of $10. It is a day filled with fun, learning and camaraderie. Super Saturday's are better than a Super Bowl!

Retreat to the Hills

If you want to get away from all of the things that keep you from quilting... then, RETREAT... to the Hills. Our retreat is a weekend packed full of quilting, friendship, and fun activities. What could be better? Maybe great food! (Oh yeah! There will be great food, too!) Spend the weekend, from Friday evening thru Sunday afternoon, at the Ozark Natural Science Center. Contact Sheila Bayles at sheilabayles@cox.net for additional information.

Pat Anglin Baby Quilt Workshop

Baby, oh Baby – February is time for our annual Pat Anglin Baby Quilt Workshop. Every year members gather for the Guild’s big community project workshop. We spend the evening making baby or youth quilts to give to children in crisis. Pat Anglin, in the mid 90s, saw the need to supply charitable organizations with baby quilts. The members of QUILT voted to sponsor the project and committed to devote a meeting each year to making baby quilts. Several years later, after Pat's death, the project was given her name to honor her commitment.