The Austin Area Quilt Guild (AAQG) was founded in 1978 and is dedicated to preserving the heritage of quilting and promoting excellence and education in the art of quilt-making. AAQG is a non-profit corporation and membership is open to anyone with an interest in quilting; no actual quilting experience is necessary. AAQG is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The AAQG general membership meeting is held the first Monday night of the month, unless a holiday interferes and the meeting is delayed, usually until the second Monday. The meeting is held at Faith Lutheran Church located at 6600 Woodrow, Austin, TX. Non-members are invited to attend twice as guests before joining.

Show and Tell starts at 6:45 p.m. If you have made a quilt, wall hanging, quilted clothing, acquired a quilt, or have anything connected with quilting that you want to share, this is the time to do it.

The business meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. or when Show and Tell ends. Old and new business is discussed at the meeting, then the program follows. Many of our programs feature nationally recognized quilt teachers and speakers.

At the general meeting you may check out books from the library, turn-in or pick-up baby bundles, sign-up for workshops, purchase raffle tickets, perhaps win a door prize or just come visit.

From time to time, we will schedule a morning meeting which starts with Show and Tell at 10:00 AM. Watch for these morning meetings, especially if you can't attend in the evening. Usually, the speaker for the evening will also speak in the morning, sometimes on a different subject. You may attend both meetings.

Upcoming Events:

June 3, 2013:    ''A Painter’s Path to Quilting'' with Patt Blair          Time: 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting

Artist Patt Blair has been involved in some form of visual or written creative expression since her mid-teens using oils, brush and pen lettering, and in the 70s, discovered the joy and spontaneity of watercolors. Patt stumbled upon a 20day painting-with-dye class in 2001. Soon as she figured out how to marry up earlier painting experiences with fabric, she was in heaven. While continuing to develop her skills using varied media and interests in 2003, she began competing and placing in local and nationally judged contests. For more information: http://www.pattsart.com/ For workshops with this speaker: http://www.aaqg.org/html/workshops.php

July 1, 2013:    ''Appliqué: One Artist’s Quilting Adventure'' with Susan Cranshaw          Time: 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting

Appliqué has been revitalized and energized! Today quilters are re-exploring and reinventing appliqué as an art form. Susan Cranshaw shares ideas and methods from her creative toolbox and highlights significant steps in developing her series of original appliqué designs. She touches on sources of inspiration in her design process and how she makes color choices and uses her signature free-motion machine-quilting style to enrich already vibrant quilts. Through lively anecdotes, she relates her life in the arts and her seemingly accidental development as a textile artist. Susan encourages us to explore with gusto our own artistic enrichment. For more information: http://www.susancranshaw.com

August 1, 2013:    ''Second Chance Boutique''          Time: 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting

Don’t become a victim of too much stuff! Go through your sewing studio and collect things that you may want to part with that someone else will treasure. Reserve a table for you or your bee. There is no charge for the table, but the number of tables is limited and will be assigned first-come, first-served. Contact Cheryl Christian, Vice-President Elect for a table. For more information: http://www.aaqg.org

September 9, 2013:    ''Get Re-Excited'' with Eileen Urbanek          Time: 10:00 am

Eileen Urbanek made her first quilt in July 1999 and loved it so much she became a Quilt Maniac, churning out some 500 projects since then. Eileen still gets excited about each quilt she makes. She will share some thirty quilts with us, telling their stories, and in turn, exciting us to turn to our stashes and create new quilts. For more information: http://www.quiltworx.com/instructors/eileen-urbanek For workshops with this speaker: http://www.aaqg.org/html/workshops.php