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.
2019 Opportunity Quilt
"Rio de Flores"
Drawing December 14, 2019
For more information about our Opportunity Quilt please click here.
Second Saturday of the month, except July and August
Meeting Times:
10AM to Noon
Doors open at 9:30AM
Membership: 2019 membership dues: $45.00
($35 is dues and $10 is for 2 books of tickets for the 2019 Opportunity Quilt available at and after the January meeting.)
Guests are welcome at all meetings: $10.00 guest fee
Location:
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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Holiday Silent Auction
Thank you to those who have donated items for the holiday silent auction. They have been wonderful. However, we would like more items, to make this silent auction FABULOUS! Please look in your stash and see if you have something you can donate. Janna Calkins will be at Monica's on Mondays, or you can contact her to arrange for pick-up of your items. Phone 805 233-4362, email JannaSCalkins@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Holiday Luncheon
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Double Tree by Hilton Golf Resort
67967 Vista Chino
Cathedral City, CA
Doors open 9:30 AM - Meeting begins 10:00 AM
$30/person
Guests welcome
Starter:
Granola Parfait
Entree selections:
Traditional Eggs Benedict
Seafood Quiche Lorraine
Vegetarian Omelette
Includes Homestyle Potatoes & Fresh Fruit
Dessert:
Marble Cheesecake
Click here for reservation form
Programs for 2020!
Interested in our programs for 2020? We have a wonderful line-up starting in January with Lyn Brown and then Violet Craft in February and Monica Gonzalez talking about what is new at Market in March. For more information click here.
There are classes to sign up for -- make a quilt with a jelly roll and background fabric in January with Lyn Brown and/or learn the techniques of English Paper Piecing and Foundation Paper Piecing with Violet Craft in February. Start the year off right.
Jasmine from LoveCrafts would like to give our Guild members a 20% discount code to celebrate their launch of quilting in North America! Love Craft is the home for all things crafting-from knitting to stitching and, now in North America, Quilting! To access this discount you will need to log into the LoveCrafts website. ( Click here to go there.) The offer is good until December 15 and for orders over $10. You need to input the code: CVQUILTGUILD. Happy shopping!
For more information on Road to California Quilt Show being held at the Ontario Convention Center go to their website: road2ca.com Tickets may be purchased at Monica's Quilt and Bead Creations 77780 Country Club Dr. , Ste C-d Palm Desert. Cost: $16/cash only.
Guild Winners at Houston
Cheryl Quesnell -- Soar!
Judges Choice
Helen Anderson -- Around the Garden
2nd Place Small Quilt Applique
Congratulations to Helen Anderson and Cheryl Quesnell for winning awards at Houston International Quilt Festival. Helen won a second place in the small appliqué category and Cheryl won a judges choice prize. To see the complete list of winners at Houston click here.
November Meeting -- Saturday, November 9, 2019
GOT COLOUR ? We sure had colour at the November meeting compliments of guest speaker Linda Sullivan assisted by husband and designer Carl. Colourwerx is the name of the company they co own. Linda dazzled us with her personal history and a great trunk show. To learn more about this local company check out their website at colourwerx.com
Stitches For Kids are at it again!
Stitches for Kids have made two more deliveries to Olive Crest. They have donated over 350 quilts this year. They are very busy ladies!
Want a Challenge?
Between now and the beginning of 2020 there are two different challenges you can take part in. First there is the Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds Road to California Challenge. Road to California is celebrating its 25 th Anniversary in 2020. You are challenged to create a quilt that is inspired by this wonderful quilt festival and features a technique that was learned in a Road to California workshop or uses a pattern/book and/or fabric purchased from a vendor at Road to California during the years 1995 – 2019. Entries are due by November 1, 2019. Click here for guidelines and entry form.
The second challenge is for the Desert Guilds Quilt Show which is held on March 6 and 7, 2020. The theme is Out of the Box. Take this opportunity to explore an aspect of quilting new to you or make a quilt you have always dreamed about but never completed. Try a new technique or use fabric and materials new to you or use a color pallet that is new to you. Maybe you will design a quilt using an image that shows something "out of the box" like a ring, Chinese take out or ???
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
Have quilt related items you would like to donate??
Please contact Joan Vernola. Your donations will help support our guild's mission to promote and share the art of quilting.