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 Programs:

June 2, 2008:    ''Quilting With an Attitude-How a Non-Sewer Became an Art Quilter'' with Pamela Allen          Time: 10:00 AM Morning meeting
	Pamela Allen is an amazing quilt artist who is known for her use of figurative references in her fabric constructions. Pamela will present a trunk show of her creations and lecture revealing the hows, whys, and trials of her work. This former laboratory technologist quit her career and entered art school at age 30. Her development into an art quilter will be the subject of a humorous and interactive lecture. For more information: http://pamelart.homestead.com/titlepage.html For workshops with this speaker: http://www.aaqg.org/html/workshops.php
June 2, 2008:    ''Quilting With an Attitude-How a Non-Sewer Became an Art Quilter'' with Pamela Allen          Time: 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting
	Pamela Allen is an amazing quilt artist who is known for her use of figurative references in her fabric constructions. Pamela will present a trunk show of her creations and lecture revealing the hows, whys, and trials of her work. This former laboratory technologist quit her career and entered art school at age 30. Her development into an art quilter will be the subject of a humorous and interactive lecture. For more information: http://pamelart.homestead.com/titlepage.html For workshops with this speaker: http://www.aaqg.org/html/workshops.php
July 7, 2008:    ''Second Chance Boutique'' with AAQG Members          Time: 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting
Bring your UFO's, Works in Progress, left-over fabric, mystery tools, magazine back issues, extra books... anything that you would like to pass on to your fellow quilters for a reasonable price. Bring plenty of cash so you can adopt some of the 'treasures' offered by your fellow-members. For more information: http://www.aaqg.org/html/publications.php
August 4, 2008:    ''Dear Jane'' with Brenda Papadakis          Time: 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting
	Approximately one hour of Jane Stickle information: quilts, slides, stories about Jane and about my travels to Vermont researching her life. Civil War and nineteenth century women's history included. For more information: http://www.dearjane.com