Welcome to the Coachella Valley Quilt Guild
Our Purpose
Guild Meetings
Centrally located in the beautiful Coachella Valley of Southern California. The Guild shall be a non profit organization established to promote appreciation of quilting, to share and to uphold the heritage of a timeless folk art, and to further the education and skill levels of the members of the guild.
2025 Opportunity Quilt
Whimsical Leaves
Inspired by Pinterest Nancy Lou and Carole Gold's Quilted Art
Pieced and Appliquéd by Paul Reiss
Quilted by Treese Pflum
Winning ticket will be drawn Saturday, December 13, 2025.
Second Saturday of the month
Check out our Hybrid (In person and Zoom at the same time) meetings!
Meeting Times:
10AM to Noon
Doors open at 9:30AM
Membership: 2025 membership is $35 and includes 2 books of raffle tickets for Whimsical Leaves. Click here to join.
Guests are welcome at all meetings: $10.00 guest fee
Location:
We are holding hybrid meetings -- in person at UCR and Zoom January to May and September to November.
June, July, and August are Zoom only.
University of California, Riverside
Palm Desert Campus
Auditorium Building
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
For Directions Click Here
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April Meeting -- Saturday, April 12, 2025
Sue Bouchard
What If? - Thinking Outside the Box
Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker In-Person
Meeting starts at 10:00am
Program starts at 11:00am
Sue Bouchard has been quilting since she was 12 and sewing since she was 4. She began quilting before rotary cutters and self healing mats! Sue spent over 25 years at Quilt in a Day. She loves making and designing modern quilts. Her passion is teaching and inspiring others on their creative journey!
In this lecture, Sue shares with you her journey and insights she discovered while being confined at home during Covid. By finding solace in her sewing room, she realized the possibilities are endless. Explore ways to combine styles, techniques and colors to create your own one of a kind quilts. Special emphasis is the use of directional fabrics for effective design elements.
Come see over 35 samples to inspire you!
April 12 -- Sue Bouchard Lecture guest Fee
$10.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
April Workshop -- Sunday, April 13, 2025
Sue Bouchard
Moondance
In person class at UCR Palm Desert
9am -- 4pm (6hrs w/ 30 minute lunch)
Combining Triangle in a Square patches with Pieced Triangle Squares gives the illusion of curves without any curved piecing. The Stars are brought together with Quarter
Square patches. Your patchwork will dance across the Background!
You will get to select your colorway, as Sue will custom pre-cut kits (both finish at 27” x 38”) for us that with include all fabrics, pattern and templates to complete the quilt top including the binding.
More information on that in the Supply List below. Kit Fee to pay Instructor - $45.
April 13 Class Fee Members -- Sue Bouchard
$45.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
NonJanuary 12 Class Non Fee Members -- Sue Bouchard (Includes Saturday Lecture)
$55.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
Members' entries
Riverside County Date Festival -- Feb 13 to Mar 2
Join other Guild Members on a Bus Trip!!
As a reminder with your limit of 35, (set by Hoffman Fabrics, to keep the tour manageable for their warehouse).we will be charging $82.50/pp members/ $85.00pp for non-members (includes tax and 15% tip). We will have website signups and at the Programs Table in March. We will take 35 paid attendees and then offer a small waitlist.
Lunch and Shopping on your own, we will provide bottled water and snacks for the trip. Games and prizes!!
April 16 -- Hoffman/M&L Tour -- Member
$82.50
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
April 16 -- Hoffman/M&L Tour -- Non- Member
$85.00
- Available
- Ships within 1-3 days
Lunch Bunch -- Friendship Group
For years, Jer Williams has been making dog beds stuffed with scraps collected by members of The Lunch Bunch Friendship Group. Borrowing an idea from Needles & Pins, the 20 or so Lunch Bunch members present decided to set aside one weekly session for a group dogbed production day. 11 beds were completed that morning, and Jer finished another 10 over the following 2 weeks. On 2/13, 4 of us delivered these, plus some cat privacy curtains and other supplies to the Palm Springs Animal Shelter, the area's only public no-kill shelter, where we got heartfelt thanks, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the shelter. Many agreed to repeat this day periodically.
END OF THE YEAR REPORT 2024
BY ROBERT TUCKER -- GUILD HISTORIAN
Want to read what the guild has been up to in 2024? Click here or go to Year In Review button in the menu.
Sew What Table
Coming in May!
Date will be announced at the April guild meeting.
Friendship Groups
There are a number of Friendship Groups that are associated with the guild that meet on a regular basis. If you are interested in learning more click here.
Interested in learning more in the area of quilting?
Check out our upcoming classes by going to Programs 2025
Looking for quilt shows in the Southern California area?
WANTED
Baby Quilts for first time military moms.
Please drop off at Philanthropy at the locations below.
Thanks.
Philanthropy Quilt Drop Off
Trish Tac Sew
Hwy 111, Palm Desert
Joselyn Senior Center
Tuesdays
10am - 12pm
UCR Palm Desert
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Bring in your quilts and placemats (12" x 18") and burp cloths
and fidget quilts.
Pick up a burp cloth kit complete with instructions!
NEW Instructions on making story pillows. Go to the Philanthropy page.
(If you need another time, contact Hilda Koning-Bastiaan -- hildakb@yahoo.com)
For more information on Philanthropy Quilts click here.
Join Us For Block of the Month
Click here to go to the page to download the directions to do the Block of the Month. It is a great way to collect blocks and try something different. Instructions for this block will be available online and due at the April meeting.
See what members have been working on! Click here or go to PHOTOS -- Show and Share on the menu!
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If you or any guild member you know have won a prize at a recent quilt show, we would love to acknowledge your accomplishment. Please send an email with a photo and details to info@cvquiltguild.org
