Welcome to the Coachella Valley Quilt Guild
Our Purpose
Guild Meetings
Centrally located in the beautiful Coachella Valley of Southern California. The Guild shall be a non profit organization established to promote appreciation of quilting, to share and to uphold the heritage of a timeless folk art, and to further the education and skill levels of the members of the guild.
2024 Opportunity Quilt
The Sum Of Its Parts
Original Design by Loretta Duffy
Pieced by Loretta Duffy
Machine Quilted by Kelley Bachli
Drawing on December 14, 2024
Tickets $1 -- 6 tickets for $5
Second Saturday of the month
Check out our Hybrid (In person and Zoom at the same time) meetings!
Meeting Times:
10AM to Noon
Doors open at 9:30AM
Membership: 2024 membership is $35 and includes 2 books of raffle tickets for The Sum of Its Parts. Click here to join.
Guests are welcome at all meetings: $10.00 guest fee
Location:
We are holding hybrid meetings -- in person at UCR and Zoom January to May and September to November.
June, July, and August are Zoom only.
University of California, Riverside
Palm Desert Campus
Auditorium Building
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
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MEMBERSHIP
The time is here to renew your membership or join the CVQG for 2025!!
New memberships for 2025 include free attendance to the October and November 2024 meetings. And, of course, you are welcome to attend the Holiday Party on December 14! (Cost and reservation information for the party can be found on the Guild website.)
Membership renewals for 2025 that are received by midnight December 13, 2024, will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift basket at the Holiday Party. (You don’t need to attend the holiday party to win the drawing.)
Membership dues can be paid in person at any of our meetings as well as at the Sew What Table on December 7, 2024. You can also pay your membership dues on our website using your PayPal account, credit card or debit card -- click here. Or mail a check for $35 payable to CVQG to:
CVQG Membership
PO Box 3121
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Click here for new member/renewal form.
November Meeting -- Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
Rachel Derstine
Keep It Simple But Pack a Punch
Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker on Zoom
Meeting starts at 10:00am
Program starts at 11:00am
A PowerPoint lecture presentation demonstrating the idea that quilts do not need to be complex to be compelling. Rachel Derstine shares her thoughts on how to choose great fabrics and simple designs to create amazing quilts. Rachel shows some work from artists who have inspired her and also speaks about how her background has informed her work.
Guest Fee for November Lecture by Rachel Derstine
$10.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
November Class -- Note this is a two part class
Sunday, Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 17
Rachel Derstine
Keep It Simple But Pack a Punch
Zoom Class
9am to Noon -- both days
Two 3-hour workshops working on designing works to showcase simple but effective quilts. We will discuss color, values and design concepts, then sketch out a rough design on paper, keeping in mind that “simple” often makes more of a powerful statement than “busy”. This class will involve mostly improv quilting without a ruler. Alternatively, a very simple fused quilt will also be taught. Bring your hand dyed or commercial fabrics: various values in other hand dyes, batiks, silks or prints. Gradient fabrics are always fun. We will cut and piece or fuse our quilts. Quilting and facing will be demonstrated and discussed.
November 10 & 17 Class Fee Members -- Rachel Destine
$30.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
November 10 & 17 Class Fee Non-Members -- Rachel Destine -- Includes Saturday Lecture
$40.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
Holiday Party
Saturday, December 14
10am - Noon
Desert Willow Golf Resort
38995 Desert Willow Drive
Palm Desert
Cost -- $34/person
Click here for more details and registration form!
Call for Entries SCCQG 2025 Special Exhibit
“Tradition with a Twist”
Road to California Quilters Conference January 22-25, 2025
Entry due December 14, 2024
Zoom Meeting with more information August 28, 2024
Click here for details.
Need a ride to
Road to California?
Join Trish Tac Sew on Friday, January 24, 2025.
More details here.
Friendship Group -- Stitches For Kids
Interested in learning more in the area of quilting?
Check out our upcoming classes by going to Programs 2024 and Programs 2025
Sew What Table Finds!!
The Sew What Table has received donations of two sewing machines and an embroidery module. Pictures and whatever details we could find are on the Sew What Table page. Click here to see them. Please contact Stephanie Beasley if you're interested.
NEXT
SEW WHAT TABLE
SAT., DECEMBER 7
Doors opened at 9am.
Joslyn Senior Center
73750 Catalina Way
Palm Desert
Mark your calendar and
check out the fun!!!
Make a Block for the Guild's President!
Due at the November 9th meeting
CVQG President Tony DeZego has chosen a 9 patch block with a RED square in the center surrounded by other squares to give it a scrappy look. All the squares should be 2 1/2 inches with an unfinished block of 6 1/2 inches (finished block of 6 inches). For more details and to see how the seams should be pressed, click here. Blocks need to be turned in by the November meeting to VP Facilities Janna Calkins.
Looking for quilt shows in the Southern California area?
December Retreat -- Dec. 6 to 8, 2024
Interested in a few days of interruption free quilting with some other members of our guild? Let Alena Callimanis know by August 30. For more information and to download a registration form go to the Retreat page or click here.
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Project FTF--Finish the Flimsy*
A few weeks ago the guild received a donation of approximately 35 quilt tops that needed to be made into quilts. These tops in addition to others that have been received by Philanthropy, created a large backlog of 45+ quilts to complete. As a result Treese has created kits with tops, batting, backing and binding of lap size or smaller quilts. She needs help from guild members to finish these charity quilts.
There are larger size quilts that are available for the long arm quilters in the guild as well.
- Kit includes top, batting, backing and binding
- Can be hand tied, machine tacked or machine quilted
- Can easily be completed using a home sewing machine
- We have volunteers who can bind the quilts
- When finished, please wash
- Return finished tops to Hilda Koning-Bastiaan, Philanthropy Chair, or Treese Pflum, President at drop off date and locations or guild meetings
Hilda Koning-Bastiaan email: hildkb@yahoo.com
Treese Pflum email: 2quiltnutz@gmail.com
*A FLIMSY is an un-finished quilt top.
Philanthropy Quilt Drop Off
TrishTacSew
UCR Palm Desert
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Bring in your quilts and placemats (12" x 18") and burp cloths
and fidget quilts.
Pick up a burp cloth kit complete with instructions!
NEW Instructions on making story pillows. Go to the Philanthropy page.
(If you need another time, contact Hilda Koning-Bastiaan -- hildakb@yahoo.com)
For more information on Philanthropy Quilts click here.
Join Us For Block of the Month
Click here to go to the page to download the directions to do the Block of the Month. It is a great
way to collect blocks and try something different. Instructions for this block will be available online and due at the November meeting.
See what members have been working on! Click here or go to PHOTOS -- Show and Share on the menu!
If you or any guild member you know have won a prize at a recent quilt show, we would love to acknowledge your accomplishment. Please send an email with a photo and details to info@cvquiltguild.org
