Welcome to the Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild
Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild members enjoy a special bond that ties quilters of diverse talents and experience together. Our mission is to preserve and continue the history, traditions, and art of quilt making with education, fellowship, and community service projects. Members are drawn from Boulder, CO and the surrounding area. You are welcome to join us at our next meeting! Check out our Events Calendar for dates of all our upcoming events. Click Membership to learn more about becoming a member.
Already a Member? Go to the Members Only page to find Zoom links for the Board meetings, occasional programs by Zoom, and Zoom Bees. You can also find details about retreats, member activities (like our annual garage sale), charity projects (such as Marshall Fire quilt donations), descriptions of Guild classes, instructions and patterns for our Block of the Month, information on the annual Guild Challenge, Enrichment information, virtual Show and Tell slide shows, Small Groups, the most recent Aspen Leaf newsletters, and the list of Library Books in the Members Only section.
October ZoomBee, Thursday, October 5, 9:30am – 3:30pm
A new month brings new creative opportunities! October is crisp days and cool nights, a perfect time to stitch in our happy place. Join us for the upcoming QAQG Sew Day. It is a fun, laid back day of sewing, chatting and connecting. Please hop on Zoom and say hello or stay all day and work on your quilting projects. The Zoom session will be open all day from 9:30 to 3:30. You can join (and re-join) at any time during that period. Click here for the Zoom Links
October General Meeting, Thursday 19, 2023, 11:00pm -1:00pm, Annual Garage Sale
The Annual QAQG Garage Sale is at Boulder Valley Christian Church. For more information click on QAQG Annual Garage Sale on the Members Only Page.
November General Meeting
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 12pm-3pm
Member Spotlight Trunk Show
Our guild has some very talented and creative quilters. In November, we have invited three of our members to share their individual quilting journeys while showing some amazing quilts. We are in for a huge TREAT!
Debbie Rouse
Debbie is a longtime quilter, having begun her quilting journey in the late 70s before the advent of rotary cutters, mats, and big rulers. She is a traditional quilter but loves to try new techniques, sometimes with patterns, and sometimes by creating her own unique designs. She often rescues old quilt tops and makes them her own. Debbie recently won multiple awards for her quilts at the Boulder County Fair. She won’t brag about it, but we can!
Rochelle Moore
Rochelle is originally from New York. After graduating from the Fashion Institute in Manhattan she worked as a clothing and fabric designer until she started a family. Although she thought it insane to cut beautiful fabric into small pieces and then sew it back together, she took her first quilting class after moving to Colorado. The rest is
history. Rochelle is one of our founding members and our first president. We are thankful that she was on the hunt for quilting friends when she founded Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild just over 20 years ago. Thank you Rochelle!
Sandy Smith
Our most recent past president, Sandy Smith appreciates all types of quilts, from traditional to modern, but finds that she gravitates more and more to contemporary quilts that put new spins on traditional, time-tested blocks. She also enjoys creating her own designs with her Electric Quilt program. Putting together color palettes and arranging blocks on her design wall are her favorite parts of the quilting process. Those of us lucky enough to sew with her from time to time know just how creative and talented she is.