VCQ - Virginia Consortium of Quilters

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Welcome!

Join us online for a class or Come Quilt With Me!

Watch for exciting classes this year in the right column under Highlights!

Our online Come Quilt With Me Zoom sessions are a lot of fun! Join us on the third Saturday of each month. Phyllis Keesee or other guest moderators are also moderating Zoom sessions on the first Tuesday of each month from 1pm - 3pm. The next session with Phyllis is Tuesday, May 2, from 1pm to 4pm. The next Saturday session will be on May 20, from 9am - noon. Join your VCQ friends from your own studio to celebrate National Quilting Day! Sew blocks for ALS charity quilts, and bassinet covers. Or work on your own projects and chat with quilting friends. Or just stop in to chat!
See the Calendar for all the dates.
Open to VCQ members only. Check our Members Only section for the Zoom link.

If you can, we invite you to make a donation to VCQ to help us navigate the many changes needed this year.

To join VCQ, fill out and mail in this application today!

We hope you enjoy our website. You may send general inquiries to info@vcq.org. If you have membership questions, please contact our membership chair at membership@vcq.org. Please send any web-related suggestions or corrections to: webmistress@vcq.org.

The Virginia Consortium of Quilters is a state-wide organization of quilters which meets three to four times a year in various parts of the state during non-pandemic years. During the pandemic, we are offering online meetings and monthly online classes. We are a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote quilting, provide community service and document quilting in Virginia. Our organization is open to everyone interested in quilting, and members come from surrounding states as well as Virginia. At each quarterly meeting held in March, May, August and November we have a choice of 4-5 workshops, lunch, and a short business meeting. In even numbered years we have a 4-day "Celebration of Quilting" retreat with national teachers at Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Center. Come join us to meet new quilting friends, learn new techniques and see the beautiful countryside of Virginia.

The Virginia Quilt Museum was founded in 1995 by VCQ members. It grew out of VCQ's documentation project of the early 1990's, which also led to publication of our book, Quilts of Virginia, 1607 - 1899.

Contents

About Us	How to Join, Newsletter, Celebration, Thinking of You, Contact Us
Calendar	Find out about upcoming events!
Guilds	Find a Virginia quilt guild near you!
Marketplace	Shops, Museums, Retreats, Services
Teachers	Virginia Teachers by Name or Location, All Teachers by Name or Location
Gallery	View pictures of members' quilts!

Highlights

Celebration! 2024

Here is our FABULOUS list of teachers and evening programs for CELEBRATION! 2024. We just can't tell you enough how excited we are about getting together at Smith Mountain Lake next year for VCQ's main event! The August 1st registration opening for members will be here before you know it!

Newsletters

May 2023 Newsletter - Read our most recent newsletter, with all the latest! Register today for our next IN PERSON meeting June 10 in Gloucester, with two fun workshops to choose from, as well as Come Quilt With Me. The workshops are "She Shed Quilt" with Amanda Lightfoot and
"Spinning Around" with Debbie Long. Details about the meeting start on page 18. We hope to see you there!
Newsletter Archive - Read past newsletters.

VCQ Online Classes

Check back soon for details on more in person and online classes we will offer later this year! We are considering several new offerings. .
Please get the word out to Virginia teachers that VCQ is now both online and in person, and is looking for teachers who live in our state to offer their classes virtually or in person. Ask them to contact Elizabeth Gibson at programs@vcq.org.

Revised Membership Forms Available Now

Be sure you are using our newest membership forms. Membership fee for 2023 is still $25, and new fee for 2024 and beyond is now $30 per year. Send them to our current Membership Chair, Faye Hannah.
Available in Word format or PDF format.

Charity Quilts

Have you finished all your UFO's? Would you like to make a charity quilt?
Instructions are available here for bassinet covers for Children's Hospitals, or for Rail Fence Pinwheel blocks for ALS Charity quilts.

Virginia Quilt Museum

The Virginia Quilt Museum is looking for donated face masks to sell in their shop. If your guild is making Face masks and would like to make a donation to the museum, please contact the museum's Executive Director at director@vaquiltmuseum.org.

Please consider a donation to the Virginia Quilt Museum to help ensure its survival through this challenging time. Click here to make a donation now!

VCQ has a Facebook Group! Sign up for a Facebook account if you don't have one, and join our group. It's so easy and fun! Share pictures, ask for help, and more! Read our easy step by step instructions.

Quilts of Virginia: 1607-1899
The book is the result of VCQ's quilt documentation project of the 1980's. Purchase from local quilt shops, Co-author Paula Golden, Publisher Schiffer Books, Amazon, Borders, or Barnes & Noble.
Read more about this wonderful book!