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 NMQA's Fundraising Committee every second Saturday of the month! Everyone welcome!
NMQA's fundraising committee coordinates all the plans for our major fundraiser at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and NMQA's famous balloon raffle quilt, as well as other fundraising opportunities throughout the year.
We meet once a month, plus host sew-ins to work on crafts for sale.
Join your NMQA friends for Thursday's Zoom Sew-In! Join at any time and stay as long as you wish!
See you on line!
Call for Entry - Fusion — Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council
Follow link for additional information and entry form
Sept 1 deadline - There are no size requirements, made by date or fee. The exhibition will be displayed at the Fusion Gallery in Albuquerque for the month of December. Anything that brings light to our beautiful southwest would be appropriate.
Ice Cream Social
Following a few short updates, enjoy a sweet treat! Bring your favorite toppings and the Guild will provide the ice cream! Then employ your sugar-fueled creative energy on behalf of the Fundraising Committee, which has an exercise for members to help design some new wall hangings for next year's Balloon Fiesta!
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 Diane Bourg, quilterdiane@comcast.net at least 48 hours before the meeting.
Membership Meeting & Shop Hop Redux
Attend the meeting in September to get the latest updates and plan to share your thoughts and talents as we get ready for 2026.
Are you finished with your blocks from the August Shop Hop and looking for ideas to help you finish? Are you curious about the Shop Hop but weren't able to attend? The quilt shops who participated in the August Shop Hop have been invited to attend and share the finishing quilts and/or projects that their shop designed to highlight their block (and the other blocks) used in the Shop Hop. Plan to come and learn about the design process for 2025 and how each shop developed its finishing kits/projects for the Shop Hop. There may even be Shop Hop patterns and kits to purchase!
If you're working the NMQA tent during Balloon Fiesta in October, training will be held immediately following the general meeting cleanup. Bring your lunch and plan to stay until 1:30 or so.
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.
Back by popular demand, this live ONLINE meeting features an All-Star cast of quilt teachers who will demonstrate some of their favorite quilting techniques over two different days. It’s a showcase of a wide variety of styles and techniques, from traditional to modern and art quilting techniques with something to please everyone!
NMQA paid the fee, so you get it free!
"Graveyard, Coffin and Mourning Quilts"
with Cindy Kurey
Prepare for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos by attending this lecture, all about graveyard, coffin, and mourning quilts! The term "coffin quilt" covers a couple different quilt styles and ordinary quilts have served the same purpose as a coffin quilt. It will be a fun and eye opening topic. Cindy will bring some examples of mourning and coffin quilts, do a slide show and have time for your questions.
Audience participation is encouraged! Bring your own coffin quilt, Halloween quilt, or Day of the Dead quilt for Show & Tell!
We'll 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.
Join NMQA for a fun evening of food and friendship at the annual NMQA Holiday Party!
This will be a dinner potluck. Please bring either an appetizer, main dish, salad or a dessert, for sharing. NMQA will supply plates, cups, plastic ware, and drinks.
Bring a holiday themed quilt for display. This can include a table runner, wall hanging, or pillow.
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