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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Officers for 2025-2026

The following officers were elected for the 2025 - 2026 year at the April meeting. They will be installed at the May meeting.
President - Treese Pflum
Vice President - Janna Calkins 
Co-Vice President - Heather Grocock
Secretary - Nadine Gilfillan
Treasurer - Kate Baron
Chairperson for Program - Judy Block
Co-Chairperson for Program - Cheryl Taylor
Chairperson for Membership - Kate McCarthy
Chairperson for Opportunity Quilt - Naomi Rivera
Co-Chairperson for Opportunity Quilt - Suzanne Woodward
Chairperson for Philanthropy - Hilda Koning-Bastiaan
Co-Chairperson for Philanthropy - Sara Bush
Parliamentarian - Carmen Goldstein

May Meeting -- Saturday, May 10, 2025

Pat Speth

 

Five Inch is a Cinch  -- How Nickel Quilts Are Created

 

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker on Zoom

Meeting starts at 10:00am 

Program starts at 11:00am

 

Pat Speth began quilting in 1988 when she purchased a wool quilt batting from her Grandmother's auction. "I checked out a stack of quilt books from the library and fell in love with the patterns and designs, I knew I could not stop with just one quilt."

 

Pat started working with 5 inch squares as a basis for her quiltmaking in 1993 after attending her first retreat. Pat started on the book, Nickel Quilts in 1998 and was able to have it ready for the publishers in June 2001.

Pat's trunk show is sure to get quilters fired up about using 5" squares of fabric and many of the ideas can also be adapted for using other precuts; such as 2 1/2" strips and layer cakes.  She'll show a great assortment of quilts from her collection and will  focus on the blocks in the quilts and the simple components they are made from.

 

 

Quilts for all skill levels will be shown. One of her favorite things to do is to design a quilt using simple piecing and have the result look like a much more intricate quilt! 

 

 

https://patspeth.com/

May 10 --Pat Speth Lecture guest Fee

$10.00

  • Available
  • Ships within 1-3 days

Bus Trip to Hoffman's Fabric


Members' entries

Riverside County Date Festival -- Feb 13 to Mar 2


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 Saturday, May 31!

 

There are several sewing machines still for sale and a sewing center.  One of the sewing machines is a Brother Hand Cranked machine!  We will have pictures of all available machines/furniture at the April meeting. 

 

Please remember the Sew What Table for any donations (fabric, notions, machines, books).  We will pick up from you.  

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?

Click here.


 

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, May 10, 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 May meeting.


See what members have been working on! Click here or go to PHOTOS -- Show and Share on the menu!


We Are Social
We now have an Instagram page!  If you seek quilting inspiration from Instagram from your favorite designers, you can now follow the guild too. Look for our CVQG logo for the profile picture on Instagram to find us easily. Tag us on your Instagram postings by tagging @coachellavalleyquiltguild or using the hashtag #cvqg. Don't forget we also have a Facebook page. Robert Tucker continues to run our Facebook page.   
Follow us at coachellavalleyquiltguild on Instagram and Coachella Valley Quilt Guild on Facebook.

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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