New Mexico Quilters Association

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New Mexico Quilters Association has a lot to offer its members for just a $35 per calendar year membership fee.

Benefits include:

✔ Receive six online issues of the Quilters Quill newsletter to keep you up-to-date and in-the-know
✔ Access NMQA’s lending library with over 1,200 books, CDs, DVDs, etc. If you don’t see what you are looking for, make a written request to the librarian to purchase the item(s) for your use. Shop our sale of used books and materials.
✔ Learn quilting techniques and trends from local and internationally known guest lecturers and workshop presenters
✔ Attend monthly meetings that alternate between 9:30 a.m. meetings on odd months (January/1, March/3, etc.) and 6:30 p.m. meetings on even months (February/2, April/4, etc.).
✔ Have opportunities to see and share quilts during the ‘Show and Tell’ portion of each meeting
✔ Participate in service opportunities such as Quilt Bank and Community Service quilting needs
✔ Participate in Albuquerque’s premier event -- the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta -- each year by helping make the annual quilt, stitching crafts to sell at the event, or serving on the committee that generates a large portion of the organization’s annual operating budget
✔ Participate in the judging for the Quilt Show at the New Mexico State Fair and our own State Fair Quilt Challenge
✔ Serve on a committee for the biennial Fiber Arts Fiesta, especially the quilt portion
✔ And NMQA’s best gift to you is its members. NMQA’s members (women and men) represent quilters at all levels of expertise and every type of quilting. They are passionate. They are friendly, and they enjoy sharing the art of quilting.

What to Expect At the Meetings…

Depending on the type of meeting, it might be offered in-person, on Zoom, or both! Register in advance to receive all of the details.

At in-person monthly meetings, plan to arrive up to 30 minutes early so you have time to visit information tables to learn about upcoming guild activities and how to get involved.

Committees usually have kits prepared and ask for members' help in completing quilt blocks, tops, and quilting work, as well as quilty crafts that are sold at fundraisers.

A large group of NMQA’s library books and materials are delivered to the meetings each month. They can be checked out for a two-month period. Often excess materials are for sale for a nominal fee.

There is always a show & tell session, so bring your finished project.

This is an organized, busy group and opportunities to get involved abound!

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