New Mexico Quilters Association
"We're Enchanted With Quilting!"
Join NMQA's Community Service Committee every Tuesday to cut, sew, & quilt! Pick up kits and drop off work! Stay the entire time! Everyone welcome!
NMQA members donate more than 500 quilts per year to Albuquerque’s sick and needy children and adults. Community Service is a cornerstone of the organization! Our mission is to give the gift of warmth and love through beautiful handmade, lap-sized quilts.
We meet every Tuesday from 9:30 - 1:30. Bring your machine and favorite tools. We have the fabric. There are two restaurants at either end of the mall or you can bring your lunch to the refrigerator in our area.
Join the Quilt Bank Committee, a respected NMQA tradition!
We meet the third Monday of each month. Members work together to create stunning quilts for not-for-profit groups in the Albuquerque metropolitan community to raffle for their own fundraising and outreach efforts.
See our website for details:
https://abqshophop.com
Entering Quilts in Shows:
What a Judge Sees
featuring Maribeth Schmit - NQA/NACQJ
NMQA's 50th Anniversary celebration continues, with Maribeth Schmit, an accomplished fiber artist, quilting instructor, author and NQA Certified Quilt Judge.
Ever wonder how quilts are judged in competitions? Want to know what takes a quilt out of ribbon contention? Learn about quilt judging standards and processes. Hear about the common mistakes quilters make and how to avoid them. Become a savvy exhibitor and increase your chances of success at any show!
Offering a variety of quilting and fiber-related workshops and lectures, Maribeth actively judges quilt competitions across the country. Her art quilts have been exhibited in museums, national shows and fine art galleries.
We'll also have Show & Tell at the meeting! If you're attending in person, bring your item with you and if you're attending through zoom, send your photos to Kris Lange, klange@email.com at least 48 hours before the meeting.
"Pick Up Stix Wall Hanging" Workshop
with Maribeth Schmit
Learn this technique which creates a dynamic, complex design. You’ll be amazed how easily this technique can be applied to other designs. Modern quilting design at its best! Works best with low-volume and solid fabrics. Stunning results.
Skill Level: Confident Beginner and Up.
Cost: $45 Member/$65 Non-Member, no extra pattern or kit fee required!
NMQA Cancellation Policy: If NMQA cancels a workshop, you will receive a refund of the workshop fee via U.S. mail. However, due to contract obligations with instructors, NMQA is unable to provide refunds if you cancel your participation in a workshop and the Guild is not able to fill your place from a waiting list.
"Textile Totems" Workshop
with J. Michelle Watts
Textile Totems are a fresh, new idea. The totems combine easy piecing techniques with your favorite embellishments. Students will work on a one of a kind quilted wall sculpture. Michelle will share a variety of different creative design ideas,as well as discuss and demonstrate the basic layout and assembly process. She will share some of her favorite decorative embellishments, including decorative machine stitches, quilting, beads, buttons, and yarns. Students will work on a single totem during class. Feel free to work on a small collection (3 or more) if you prefer. Projects can easily be completed during class.
A Challenging Year for Two Friends
featuring J. Michelle Watts
This new lecture and trunk show shares the creative process and completed quilts of two longtime friends. Michelle has known Alice for many years, and they encourage and support each other creatively. They decided to challenge each other each quarter. The rules for each challenge are different and they have created some wonderful projects through these creative challenges. Their hope is to inspire other quilters to step out of their comfort zone and explore new techniques and colors with their friends.
About Michelle: Michelle is a quilt artist that creates quilts and wearable art inspired by the beauty of the southwest. She has been designing quilt patterns for over 36 years, focusing on southwestern pieced, applique and embroidery quilts. While currently living in Texas, her quilting career started and matured in New Mexico, where she lived in Roswell and was active in the Pecos Valley Quilters Guild. Read more at her website: https://www.jmichellewatts.com/
"Scrumptious Star Stitchery" Workshop
with Gail Garber
It's NMQA's 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend and the perfect time to Stitch a Star Today! This class, held at The Quilt Works in Albuquerque, is especially tailored for the novice paper foundation-piecer. Working with one of Gail’s designs, learn the ins and outs of this fascinating technique that enables the student to stitch very complex designs with ease and best of all, accuracy. $15.00 pattern fee includes both the 30.5″ octagon and the 39″ square.
Cost: $45 Member/$65 Non-Member, plus $15 pattern fee payable to instructor.
Skill Level: All levels
50th Anniversary Celebration!
featuring Gail Garber
NMQA's 50th Anniversary Celebration is here! You're invited to join us at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque to celebrate with a special luncheon and lecture featuring Gail Garber. Besides the lunch and lecture, we'll have a display of quilts from NMQA's history, as well as door prizes and giveaways!
Schedule:
10:30 - Doors open & registration. Come early to browse the many quilts we'll have displayed
11:00 - Welcome & Introductions
11:30 - Luncheon
12:15 - Presentation: "What Goes Around Comes Around," featuring Gail Garber
1:15 - Wrap up and door prizes
Cost: $25 for members and former NMQA Presidents
$45 for non-members
About Gail: Bold, colorful, and stunning geometric designs with flying geese galore – that’s how you know you’re looking at one of Gail’s quilts! Her style has become immediately recognizable because of her talent for combining vivid colors with intricate piecework. Her geometric star quilts and pictorial quilts have won awards at shows throughout the U.S. and have been featured in publications worldwide. For Gail, quilting began as a whim, when friends convinced her to take a hand-quilting class. Quiltmaking quickly became a passion. Gail’s early quilts are traditional with conservative fabric choices. By 1984, she began exploring original design. In 1987, she was NMQA's President.
"Little Goose, Little Goose, Fly Away Home!" Workshop
Top off NMQA's 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend by taking this workshop where you can learn how to create this charming house block with a flying goose insert in a fun, one day class. The class is designed for students of all skill levels who wish to learn Gail’s creative design and piecing processes and techniques in a low stress, easy to finish class! Students will get an introduction to original design concepts and have detailed instruction in freezer paper piecing techniques and curved seam piecing. There is a $15 pattern and workbook fee. Fabric kits are available for $30.
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