Keepsake Quilters Guild

Keepsake Quilters Guild is a non-profit organization founded in April 1990 for the purpose of educating its members and others in the area we serve, concentrating on preserving and promoting the area of quilting and providing for the interchange of information. Membership is open to anyone interested in quilting. The year is from June 1st to May 31... st. Yearly dues of $30 are payable in March, April, and May. (After Dec. 1st dues for new members are $15 for the balance of the guild year. A new member is someone who has never belonged or has not belonged for the previous 3 years) This year we are offering a full time student rate of $15. Guests may visit free of charge, with a $5 charge after the first visit or if any nationally known speaker is on the program. For more information contact the membership chairpersons, president, or visit our website for a membership form. Meetings consist of a business meeting, workshop show-and-tell, regular show-and-tell, program. Members are encouraged to wear name tags to the meetings. A paper tag should be purchased for 25 cents if a regular name tag is not worn. The money for these temporary tags goes to the Quilts To Share program. Each month there is a name tag drawing to reward those who remember to wear their name tags. Little blue ribbons on brass pins will be given to each member who shares quilts during Show N Tell during meetings. Only 1 ribbon per person will be awarded each month. Only completed projects will be awarded ribbons. Upon being awarded the tenth blue ribbon for Show N Tell, the 10 blue ribbons may be exchanged for a purple ribbon. Colors of ribbons are awarded as follows: Lime Green = 1 per quilt entered in the Keepsake Quilters Guild Quilt Show. The guild board consists of multiple positions elected by the membership. The guild year is June to May. All board members are elected by the guild and installed at the Annual Guild Meeting held in May. Visit the CONTACT page to see the current list of board members. Each member is expected to actively ...Read More