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The Quilting Party offers lots of opportunities to engage with the art of quilting and with each other. These opportunities are offered many ways, including: monthly meetings; in-person quilting bees; first friday food & friends; and, seasonal retreats & workshops.
The Quilting Party offers lots of opportunities to engage with the art of quilting and with each other. These opportunities are offered many ways, including: monthly meetings; in-person quilting bees; first friday food & friends; and, seasonal retreats & workshops.
More details on each opportunity are located below our overall calendar view.
More details on each opportunity are located below our overall calendar view.
Monthly Meetings
Monthly Meetings
We meet on the first Tuesday of every month, both in person and also through Zoom.
Note: Not all monthly meetings will be offered in a hybrid format.
2025 Monthly Meeting Topics
2025 Monthly Meeting Topics
January 7 Leah Day video on Free Motion Quilting **
February 4 "Beauty of the Southwest" with J. Michelle Watts
March 4 Balance for Life, Jan Notter | Learn balance exercises to keep us moving *
April 1 Fork Mtn Quilting/ Buyers' Spree - Melissa and Todd Cassell of Fork Mountain Quilting in Rocky Mount will be bringing the latest babric catalouges and putting TWP members in the role of buyers for the store. *
May 6 Sew Biz / Sewing Machine Maintenance - Donna Worrell from Sew Biz in Radford will be discussing sewing machine maintenance, as well as any new and interesting developments in the shop. *
June 3 Annual Picnic. This will be in lieu of our regular montly meeting. The annual picnic will feature a Silent Auction and Flower Pounding Activity.
July 1 Round Robin - TQP members will do rotating 15 minute demonstrations of different quilting techniques. Presenters and specific quilting techniques TBD. If any member has a technique they would like to demonstrate, please contact Sharon Chickering.
August 5 There will be no meeting due to renovations at the Blacksburg Community Center.
August 9 Paula Golden has organized a trip to the Virginia Quilt Museum for a private tour of their new facility at Silver Lake Mill in Dayton, Virginia. In addition to the tour, the group will also stop at a Mennonite General Store, have a bag lunch outside the VQM, and visit Patchwork Plus and the Quiltery fabric shops.
September 2 Annual Yard Sale
October 7 Quilt Block Transformation Techniques - Ruth Rosborough and Oma McReynolds will each present a half program on transforming quilt blocks.
November 11 Joselin Landry will do a program on visible mending and other mending trends. This meeting will take the place of our usual second Tuesday of the month meeting in order to accommodate Election Day.
December 2 Holiday Party
* Presenter will be presenting in person
**Meeting will be held via Zoom only
2024 Monthly Meeting Topics
2024 Monthly Meeting Topics
January 2 Quilt Block Trails, Suzi Parron
February 6 Decorative Southern Arts and Va Quilts, Jeff Evans
March 5 Quilters’ Treasure Sale
April 2 “Fur-Real, An Animal Portrait Lecture”, Tina Freudenberger and Carol Monti
May 7 Charity Bags and Quilts – TQP Charity Committee
June 4 Picnic
July 23 * Round Tables
August 6 “Quilting Journey”, Kathy Gabrysch
September 3 Quilt Loose Ends Project
October 1 “Quilting Journey”, Kathy Gabrysch
November 12* Quilt Care, Paula Golden & Annual Meeting
December 3 Holiday Party
*Meeting held outside of our regular 2nd Tuesday of the month schedule
In-Person Quilting Bees
In-Person Quilting Bees
More information regarding our in-person quilting bees can be found on our Outreach page.
First Friday Food & Friends
First Friday Food & Friends
This group meets on the first friday of every month at 11:45. The location alternates monthly and information regarding this meeting is sent out through our listserve. Please contact Sandi C. at dscurd32@gmail.com for more information.
Retreats and Workshops
Retreats and Workshops
TQP annually hosts both a spring and fall retreat, as well as a spring and fall workshop.
Details for current planned events are below.
Quilted Wall Sculptures: Textile Totems
Quilted Wall Sculptures: Textile Totems
March 4th | 12pm - 5pm
J. Michelle Watts, a quilt artist who has lived in the southwest for almost 40 years, will be leading us in a workshop on creating textile totems, or quilted wall sculptures. Textile totems, Michelle says, are a fresh, new idea. The totems combine easy piecing techniques with your favorite embellishments, while using 5-6 scrap fabrics in coordinating colors. So, you can make them as bright and sunny as the southwest or as green and beautiful as an emerging spring in Virginia! Michelle will share a variety of different creative design ideas while demonstrating the basic layout and assembly process, as well as how to finish the wall sculpture and get it ready to hang.
To register, complete the form below and return to Sharon Chickering (rkelaw@aol.com).
The registration fee is $35 for members and $45 for non-members.
Spring Retreat 2025
Spring Retreat 2025
March 21 | 11:30am - 7:00 pm
March 22 | 9:00am - 7:00pm
Location: Blacksburg Presbyterian Church
2025 Fall Retreat
2025 Fall Retreat
TBD
Special Events
Special Events
Check back often for special events!
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