Guild Happenings . . .
The Guild is hosting a special Sew Day on Wednesday, October 11, at Traders Village RV Park Community Center, from 9am to 4pm. (The Community Center is just north of where you will see the RVs parked.) Join us for a fun day of sewing! Map
The speaker for the September 10 Guild Meeting is Teresa Duryea Wong, giving her lecture, The Calling of Quilt Collectors. (via ZOOM)
It’s hard to believe we’re already talking about the Last Things of 2023, but the last Day Retreat is coming up in October. It has become one of our favorite events offered by the Guild. The October Day Retreat is already full, but if you want to be on the Wait List, see Debra Ware.
- Are you looking for a longarm quilter? Click on the Marketplace Page.
- Do you want to promote your quilting-related business on QGOA.org? Do you have something quilting-related to sell? Email [email protected] for details about listing your business or quilting items on the Marketplace Page on this website.
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Donation Quilt Tickets are available online or at meetings. Please support the Guild by purchasing tickets.
Calendar of Events
The Quilters’ Guild of Arlington meets on the second Tuesday of each month at:
Bob Duncan Community Center (in Vandergriff Park)
2800 South Center Street,
Arlington, TX 76014
Social time begins at 6:30 pm with the business meeting and program beginning at 7:00 pm. Most meetings include a short business meeting, guest speakers with lectures, trunk shows or demonstrations, show and tell, challenges, and door prizes. Guests are always welcome.
If you are unable to meet in person, meetings are also available on ZOOM.
This is the ZOOM LINK for ALL of our meetings.
If you have ANY Zoom problems during the meetings: TEXT Tina Griffin at 682-551-0957
Back-up Zoom Person: TEXT Ed Borton at 214-543-9233
To Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3239000165?pwd=REtPWE9IVkl1OVFMNDA4UCtzNUJYZz09
- Meeting ID: 323 900 0165
- Passcode: 147059
Go to the Programs page for information on our programs, speakers and workshops. Go to the Community page for information on our other activities and Community Outreach, including Stitch Groups, all of which welcome new members.
Many speakers lead workshops on the Wednesday following the Tuesday General Meeting. Workshop location and time will be announced before each workshop.
2023 Executive Board and Standing Committees
QGOA History
In the early 1980s, Shirley Brix and Becky Zook gathered 75 students and began holding classes at the Fielder Museum to encourage quilters to form a guild and talk about opening a quilt shop. In August of 1984, the first meeting of the Guild was held at the First Christian Church, forming the Quilters’ Guild of Arlington, with 35 charter members.
The guild was organized as a 501(c)3 charitable organization to:
- preserve and encourage the art of quilting,
- provide instruction for Guild members,
- educate the public,
- and to promote a gathering of people with this common interest.