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.
Finish up NMQA's 50th Anniversary year with a fun evening of food and friendship (and maybe a game or two!) at the annual NMQA Holiday Party!
NMQA will be providing drinks along with plates, cups and silverware, but it's a dinner-time potluck, so bring something to share. Appetizers, main dishes, salads and holiday cookies/desserts are all good!
Bring a cherished holiday themed quilt or wall hanging we can display at the meeting for everyone's enjoyment. Quilts with sleeves will be hung and others can be shown during a holiday show and tell -- come at 6 pm if you bring a quilt so there is time to hang it.
In addition, there will be lots of door prizes this year, so plan now to attend!
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.
"Friendship Forever" Workshop
with Virginia Walton
Using the Creative Curves Rulers, you'll learn to make curved patterns based on a square, half-square triangle, quarter circle and the matching inside curve – with seam allowances included. There are a wide variety of curved shapes that that can be created using either individual curved pieces or by doubling (or more!) the number of squares that are the basis for these Rulers.
Virginia Walton is the inventor of the rulers for the CREATIVE CURVES QUILTING SYSTEM, which substitutes curves for half-square triangles (circular curves) or half-rectangle triangles (oval curves). The following rulers have been designed by Virginia: the CREATIVE CURVES RULERS, the CREATIVE CURVES ELLIPSE RULERS, the KALEIDOSCOPE RULER, and the MULTI-ANGLE, WEDGE RULER. In addition there are numerous BOOKS, PATTERNS, and DVD’s that include patterns for the different rulers. As a lecturer and teacher, her specialties include easy sewing machine techniques (machine piecing curves without pins in particular) and color or fabric selection (how to combine fabric to create the effect desired in a quilt). As an international teacher, Virginia regularly teaches in the US, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Her original blocks and quilts are featured in many national and international quilt magazines. All of that, and she was a former NMQA president too!
Celebrate NMQA's 50th Anniversary Year by treating yourself to this fun workshop! Appropriate for Beginner to Advanced quilters!
Cost: $25 Member/$45 Non-Member, plus $35 Kit Fee payable to Virginia Walton.
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.
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