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

 

For Directions Click Here


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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. 

https://www.rachelderstinedesigns.com/

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. 

https://www.rachelderstinedesigns.com/

Download
Keep It Simple But Pack a Punch Supply List
Keep It Simple - Supply List.pdf
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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.

www.Trishtacsew.com

 

More details here.


Friendship Group -- Stitches For Kids

Olive Crest is delighted to see Natalie come with so many quilts.  Last year we made and donated over 600 quilts to Olive Crest who serve foster children and Coachella Valley Rescue Mssion New Life program.
Our Stitches group comes together every Tuesday from 8:00 to 11:00 at Indio Senior Center.
Each week we hold our show & share at the Indio Senior Center Stitches group in a quilt turning fashion, one quilt stack upon another with everyone gathered around for viewing pleasure.   
This summer we had a surprise challenge.  We each took a bag with an unknown panel and each participant was challenged to complete a 40” x 60” child’s quilt.
Retired teacher Dorothy made the cutest school bus.  Margarita sewed a “Let’s Get Outdoor” quilt, Peggy pieced an alphabet quilt, Natalie made the cutest  placemats, Terry enjoyed sewing her “Life is Better in a Tutu” quilt, Elida and Linda also made alphabet quilts, Nora had fun sewing her “ Benjie Engie” train quilt, Ruth added bumble bees to her Bee Happy quilt, Gloria helped with the Circus lion. Sandy received lots of Ooos and Awws for her “The Circus” quilt.

 


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.


Looking for quilt shows in the Southern California area?

Click here.


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.


Want to sign up for our email list?  Sign up by clicking subscribe.  SUBSCRIBE


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.

Information on finishing a quilt by tying:

How To Tie A Quilt

Machine Tack Stitch to Tie a Quilt


Philanthropy Quilt Drop Off

 

TrishTacSew

 

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

10am to 11am

 

 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!


We Are Social
We now have an Instagram page!  If you seek quilting inspiration from Instagram from your favorite designers, you can now follow the guild too. Look for our CVQG logo for the profile picture on Instagram to find us easily. Tag us on your Instagram postings by tagging @coachellavalleyquiltguild or using the hashtag #cvqg. Don't forget we also have a Facebook page. Robert Tucker continues to run our Facebook page.   
Follow us at coachellavalleyquiltguild on Instagram and Coachella Valley Quilt Guild on Facebook.

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