Program Notes
updated 11/06/09
Newsletter
updated 07/25/09
Quilt Show
Guild Officers 2010
Library Books
Challenges
Links |
The Old Church Gallery Quilters Guild meets in Floyd,
Virginia, usually on the first and third Mondays of each month. Our meetings are
held at the Jacksonville Center,
on Route 8, less than 1 mile south of the stoplight.
Meetings begin at 10:00am. Remember, if the Floyd Schools are canceled
or delayed due to inclement weather, our meeting is canceled. You may get
information on the Floyd Schools by calling 745-9495 or go to www.wsls.com or www.wdbj7.com
for online school closing news. Do use your own judgment and do not come to meetings if
the weather in your area is bad. |
See Photos from Past Meetings,
visit the PROGRAMS page
News Flashes!
The 2009 Quilt
Show was held on October 3 & 4
2009 Quilt Show Winners
Updated with Photos!
10/15/09
Yahoo Group
The Guild has an email group at Yahoo Groups. The group enables us to keep in touch between meetings and share ideas.
If you would like to join the group please contact Susan Brittingham, by email
and ask her for an invitation. If you are a current member of the OCGQG then you are eligible to
join the group and will be very welcome!
Library Quilt Blocks
The three quilts are finished!
The quilts hung at the 2009 Quilt Show.
I hope everyone was able to see the quilts and admire their work.
See some of the blocks: Library Quilt
About the Guild
On July 7, 1986 a meeting was held at the Old Church Gallery to
consider setting up a quilt guild. Catherine Pauley gave an outline of things to
be considered and the following was adapted as our "purpose":
The Old Church Galley Quilting Guild shall come together as a
group whose main purpose shall be to:
- Establish a framework within which experienced and beginning
quilters may learn from one another, sharing techniques and quilting advances.
- To foster within the community, an awareness of quilting as both a
historical and a living creative contribution to our lives as a community.
There were approximately 12 members in the beginning.
Meetings were held monthly at the Old Church Gallery, which at that time was in the
OLD Presbyterian Church on Main Street.
Programs
We have a featured program each month, either a guest
speaker, a lecture, demonstrations or hands-on activity. Our speakers have included both
regionally and nationally known teachers, some of whom are members of our own guild.
The guild is currently working on a Raffle Quilt which
will be donated to our meeting place, the Jacksonville Center.
Visit the Programs
page for the latest information on recent and upcoming programs.
Show and Tell
Each month we also have an opportunity to present our
quilting accomplishments at show and tell. It is always fun and exciting to see what
members of the guild have been doing.
Annual Activities
Each year the Old Church Gallery Quilter's Guild
sponsors a Quilt Show, which is held in
conjunction with the Woman's Club annual Arts and Crafts Fair. The show displays over 150
entries from across the US which include every sort of quilt from traditional to
contemporary, and ranging from large bed quilts, to miniature quilts, with an always
impressive display of wearable art. Each year we also have a featured quilt artist.
The bi-annual Blue Ridge Quilt Festival
offers classes, vendors and a quilt show in nearby Blacksburg, VA.
Quilt Challenges
Old Church Gallery
Our quilt guild is affiliated with the Old Church
Gallery of Floyd, Virginia. Please visit their website, by following the link above.