Colorado,
The Centennial State

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Statewide:  Colorado Quilting Council.  POB 295, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0295

• Alamosa
  San Luis Valley Quilters Guild, 6750 Juniper Ln., Alamosa,CO 81101, meets 3rd Saturday of the month at the Monte Vista Co-op Community room.  Meetings start at 1:30 PM.  We have workshops regularly with well known teachers, a yearly challenge, raffle quilts and projects for law enforcement agencies in the valley.  
• Arvada
  Columbine Quilt Guild meets the second Monday of each month at the Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr Street. Check in begins at 6:30 p.m. and meetings start at 6:45 p.m. Annual dues are $20, guests are $6 per meeting. More information can be found at our website.
• Aurora. 
  Smoky Hill Quilt Club. Dues $15 yearly. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Smoky Hill Library at 6:30 pm. We have Speakers, Demos, Block swaps, classes, trips, charity quilting, raffles, stitching sisters. Visit our website.
  
  Aurora Quilters-Group of Quilters that get together Monthly to do UFO's, our own projects, Charity Quilts, shop hops, round robins. No Membership. See our website.  
• Boulder
  Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild. Meets 3rd Thursday each month, 12 noon, at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on Lookout Road in Boulder. Yearly dues $20; $3 guest fee. We have speakers, block-of-the-month, show & tell, door prizes, and snacks are provided. We also meet twice a month to work on our community service quilts, and we have smaller geographic groups that meet monthly for quilting/fun. Please contact  or Rochelle Moore (303)938-1294 for more information.
• Brush
  calico quilters meets 4th Monday of every month at Bethlehem Lutheran Church 10 am.  Debbie pastordeb4@yahoo.com 
• Castle Rock
  Castle Rock Quilt Club meets the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Castle Rock Senior Center at 7:00 p.m. Visitors and new members are welcome! For more information visit  our website or email info@crqc.org
• Canon City
  Royal Gorge Quilt Council (celebrating 25 years in 2008). We have about 50 members who pay $15 in yearly dues. Guests are always welcome and pay a $3.00 visitor fee. We meet at 9am on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Golden Age Center, 724 Main in Canon City. We have a fat quarter monthly drawing, bi-monthly Co-Op block, lectures, trunk shows, classes and trips, a yearly raffle, and we have a show every October. Contact swright@aculink.net for more information.
• Chaffee County
  Monarch Quilt Guild Meets: 2nd. Monday of Month 9:30 AM at alternates between Salida and Buena Vista Membership: 53   For More Information: Joyce Calamia 13540 Deer Trail Road, Nathrop, CO 81236  E-mail:zlewis@amigo.com
• Columbine
  Columbine Quilt Guild meets the second Monday of the month at 7:00 pm at Wheatridge Community Center (on West 35th Avenue, between Jay Street and Pearce Street). Contact Janet Finley at j_finley@ix.netcom.com  303-422-3879 for more information
• Colorado Springs
  Colorado Springs Quilt Guild  Colorado Springs. Piecing Partners Quilt Guild. We have over 260 members who pay $20 per year in dues. We meet at 9:30am on the third Wednesday of the month at Radiant Church in Colorado Springs. We have great monthly educational programs, workshops, road trips, charity work, quilting bees, block of the month, annual challenge, door prizes, monthly drawings and a silent auction. Contact bellafilamento@comcast.net for more information.

  Piecing Partners Quilt Guild. We have about 200 members. Dues are $20 per year. We meet at 9:30 am on the third Wednesday morning of each month (exept December) at the Radiant Church located at located at 4020 E. Maizeland Road (One block east of Academy). More information regarding the guild can be found on our website.   Piecing Partners, 1111 Martin Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80925

• Cortez
  Armchair Quilters of Cortez. Dues $15.00 per year. We meet at 9:30 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Calvin Denton Room of Empire Electric Assn. We do a raffle quilt and have a quilt show show every year. We work on community service quilts, have show and tell and interesting programs at our meetings. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Contact Regina at 970-882-2614 or Barb at 970-565-4234.
• Creede. 
  Silver Threads Quilt Guild. We meet the third Tuesday of each month in Creede or South Fork, Colorado. We have a quilt show every other year put on by our 65 members. We have several group activities and do many community service projects each year. Contact ratherb@fone.net for more information.
• Delta
  Basket Case Quilters meet the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM at Bill Heddles Rec Center. Visitors are always welcome. Yearly dues are $15.00. There are speakers, Block of the Month, door prizes, challanges and always a some great snacks. If you need any additional information please call President Jan Leser at 874-9878 or email her lbl1141@aol.com
• Dolores
  Dolores Mountain Quilters. We have around 80 members so far, who pay dues of $15/year. We meet on the first Tuesday each month a 9:30 am at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Railroad Avenue. We have classes, a newsletter, and are currently doing a Shoebox Swap, after finishing a Row Robin Quilt last year. We do a show every other year in the even numbered ones. Contact Wendy at gunnywendy@yahoo.com  for more information. .
• Denver
  Arapahoe County Quilters. Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 pm at First Plymouth Congregational Church, SW corner of Hampden & Colorado Blvd. We have show and tell, challenges, workshops, charitable opportunities, yearly raffle quilt, bienniel quilt show and local, national and intenational speakers. Almost 400 members. Guests welcome! Annual dues are $25; guest fee is $6. Visit our website for more information. 
  
  Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji.  We meet:1st Saturdays of the month(2nd Saturday if holiday wkend)10am,at the Park Hill Library,4805 Montview Blvd,in Denver,Co.  We are primarily African-Americans promoting African-American quilts, and related concepts. Activities include: A nationally known Black quilter featured in Feb., Blocks of the month, an annual exhibit, challenges, round-robins and much more. 
• Dolores 
  Dolores Mountain Quilters. We have about 45 members with dues of $12/year; $10/seniors. We meet the first Tuesday of the month at 9:30 am at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Railroad Avenue, Dolores, CO. We do a quilt show every other year in even numbered years. For further info, feel free to contact Wendy Gatzke at gunnywendy@yahoo.com.
• Durango
  LaPlata Quilt Guild. Durango, Colorado. LPQG was founded in 1986 serving the Durango,Bayfield, and Ignacio area of Colorado. We meet the fourth Thursday of the month. Our membership year begins in January with dues of $20.00. Members make quilts from traditional and contemporary patterns using methods that range from hand-piecing to machine applique. Our meetings always feature informative programs on the various aspects of quilting. We also have block exchanges, door prizes, show & tell, round robins, mystery quilts, secret sisters, and the occasional guest speaker. All levels of quilters are welcome. LPQG sponsors a community show every other year and makes a quilt each year to be raffled at the County Fair. Proceeds from the raffle quilt are used to fund our educational and outreach programs. In addition, LPQG holds annual Small Quilt Benefit Auctions where members donate small wall hangings or other quilted items to be auctioned off to the public. Half of the profits from the Auctions are donated to local charitable organizations. For further information, write to P O Box 2355, Durango, CO 81302.
• Englewood
  Arapahoe County Quilters, founded in 1987 and presently near 200 members. The guild has a biannual quilt show in the late spring of even numbered years. Has numerous charitable projects, an extensive library, monthly meetings at 7 pm every 2nd Thursday of the month, which include a guest speaker usually with wonderful quilts to show, an annual members demo night for the month of January and two potluck dinner/parties, one in the spring and one at Christmas, and a bimonthly newsletter. Annual membership is $20 Guest fee varies between $3 & $6. The monthly meetings are held in the main conference hall of the Plymouth Brethren Church on the corner of Hampden & Colorado Blvd. West of I-25 Join us early for snacks at 6:30.  Arapahoe County Quilter's, P.O. Box 5357, Englewood, CO 80155
• Estes Park
  Estes Valley Quilt Guild Estes Valley Quilt Guild (EVQG) has over 70 members. Regular meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at Good Samaritan Village, 1901 Ptarmigan Trail, Estes Park, Colorado. Social time - 6:30 p.m. Program and meeting - 7:00 p.m. Yearly dues are $25. Guest fee - $5. EVQG hosts a variety of informal meetings each month including Fun Saturday, Souper Wednesday, and charity quilting events. Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 3931, Estes Park, CO, 80617. For more information contact Mary Ann Jobe, President, at (970) 577-1200 or cushjobe@aol.com.
• Ft. Collins
  The League of Northern Colorado Quilters (LNCQ) meetings are helf six times per year on the first Monday of the month. Meetings are held at the Harmony Presbyterian Church, 400 E Boardwalk, Fort Collins, Colorado. 6:30 PM Social and 7:00PM Meeting. Contact info@lncq.org for more information. 
• Glenwood Springs
  Quilters of the Rockies Meets: 3rd Monday of the month @ the Glenwood Sewing Center 822 Grand Av. @ 7pm. Our purpose is to promote the art and craft of quilting through programs and education. We put on a quilt show every year on Mothers Day weekend at the famous Hotel Colorado. For more information contact Mary Tencza at tenczame@rof.net
• Grand Junction
  Sunset Slope Quilt Guild meets the second Wednesday of each month, 9 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 3940 27 1/2 Rd. Meetings include show and tell and a program speaker. Guest fee $3.00; annual dues, $20. There are many small groups within the guild, doing wool applique, crafts, primitive quilts, miniatures, etc. There are currently over 180 members in the guild.  Colorado West Quilters Guild, P.O. Box 393, Grand Junction, CO 81502
• Greeley
  Pieceable Friends Quilt Guild meets the third Tuesday evening of every month, except Nov/Dec meeting is the first Tuesday of Dec, at 7 PM in the Cottonwood Room of the Evans Community Center, 1100 37th Street, Evans, Co. We have 95 members and each meeting is a program on a quilt related topic with a quest speaker. We have several workshops a year, many monthly block and Round Robin exchanges, challenges, incredible Show and Tells and lots of fun.
• Highlands Ranch
  Firehouse Quilts of Colorado,  (non-profit makes/donates quilts to local fire depts, hosp, victim adv.& Battered Women's Shelters; then given to children in crisis. Meet twice a month at the Northridge Rec. Center, 8801 S Broadway, Highlands Ranch. 1st Thursdays (4:30p-8p), 3rd Thursdays (12:30p-4:30p). Bring sewing machine, gray thread, scissors, pins,ripper,etc. Other supplies are shared by all the volunteers. Contact Dusty Darrah 303-683-6455, firehousequilts@qwest.net

• Hotchkiss
  S & B Quilters. Meets second Saturday of the month at Memorial Hall in Hotchkiss. Approximately 100 members; Dues are $15 a year. We have a monthly program, workshops, yearly raffle quilt, charity quilts, and a show every other year. Everyone welcome! Contact ronannperry@earthlink.net for more information.

• Lakewood
  Heritage Quilters. We currently have about 15 regular members who hand quilt quilts for the public to raise money for the Heritage Center which is a historical site in Lakewood Colorado. We meet on Mondays (except holidays) from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the old school house. If you would like more information please contact Judi Baxter-Warrington at 303-987-2797 or by e-mailto gypsy@wideopenwest.com.

• La Junta
  Prairie Piecers Quilt Guild. We meet the second Saturday of every month at the Prairie Bible Chapel in La Junta at 10am. We have about 30 some members who pay $15 yearly dues.  We have a block of the month drawing, classes, and current doing international and state block swaps.  For more info E-mail quilter@arkvi.com  or call 719-456-0565
  
  Barbara Schwindt lv2quilt@centurytel.net 
• Lafayette
  Front Range Contemporary Quilters is another group to add. Contact is Jeanne Grove, 2379 Lavender Hill Lane, Lafayette, CO 80026. FRCQ meet every other month beginning in January at 7pm at the Westminster City Park Rec Ctr. For info contact Anne Theobald 303-771-3394 or villagethreads@juno.com.
• Longmont
  Front Range Cont. Quilter's, 7133 Gold Nugget Dr. Longmont, CO80503
  
  Longmont Quilt Guild. Meeting the second Tuesday of every month. First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 803 Third Avenue Longmont, 7-9pm. We have sew and tell, mini groups, charity groups, library and block of the month. We started in Jan. 2006 and as of May we have 139 members. contact Martha Jurey (303) 678-9393 or at our website, 
• Lookout Mountain
  Alpine Quilters Guild.  We have many members who pay dues at each meeting of a few dollars. We meet at 7 pm on the third Monday of the month at Rockland Community Church in Genesse/Lookout Mountain. We have a brown bag block swap, a themed block exchange, day long classes/seminars from time to time, 
  and guest speakers.
• Monte Vista
  San Luis Valley Quilt Guild, Monte Vista Coop., Monte Vista, CO 81144
• Montrose
  Columbine Quilters, We meet a 9:00 a.m on the first Saturday of the month at the Montrose Library. The yearly dues are $12.00 a year. At this time we have 25 members. We are one of the sponsors of the annual Black Canyon Quilt Show. We have some sort of a program every month. Also do community projects for the local community. Contact cjquilts@montrose.net for more information.

  Friendship Quilters of Western Colorado meets on the forth Thursday of every month at Montrose United Methodist Church on the corner of South 1st and Park from 9:00 a.m. to noon. We have 6" square drawings, Block of the Month, programs following our meetings, door prizes, and baby quilt service projects. We are involved in the Black Canyon Quilt Show that is held in the beginning of July every year which includes a quilt raffle. We have about 80 members and welcome any visitors. For more information you may contact us at Friendship Quilters of Western Colorado, P.O. Box 3371, Montrose, Co. 81402-3371
  

• Monument
  Palmer Divide Quiltmakers meets At the Church At Woodmoor on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. We have about 60 members, and our dues are $15 per year. We have two bees that meet---one meets the second and fourth Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. in various homes, and the evening bee meets at the local library on the third Wednesday at 6:30 P.M.
• Pagosa Springs
  Pagosa Springs. The Pagosa Piecemakers meet the second Saturday of each month at 10:00 am at Mt. Heights Baptist Church (next to Rec. Center) in Pagosa Springs. Odd months are planned programs, even months are quilting bees.  Everyone is welcome. 
• Pueblo
  Pride City Quilt Guild.  We have over 130 members who pay $20.00 a year in dues. We meet from 8:00 to approx. noon on the third Monday of each month at King of King Lutheran Church, Pueblo Blvd. and Vinewood. Membership is open to all, from beginning to advanced quilters, and programs are varied to appeal to all interests. We make numerous quilts for worthy organizations. 
  
  Calico Quilters Guild: We meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the AARP, 1117 S. Prairie Avenue, Sunset Shopping Center. We have about 40 members and dues are $15/year. We have a bi-monthly newsletter, refreshments at each meeting, various programs, door prizes, and charity quilts. Open to all quilting levels.
• Pueblo West
  Pueblo West Quilters. We have approximately 40 members, who meet once a month, the first Monday, the meeting commences at 7 pm. After which we have a program regarding a variety of quilt related topics, also having a Block of the Month drawing. We have classes periodically which are enjoyable for the learning factor and comaderie shared. We are meeting at the Libery Point Recreation Center. For more information email contact is via: pueblowestquilters@hotmail.com.
• Rifle
  Anvil Points Quilt Guild,we meet at the Lovell Building, 200 E. 4th Street, Rifle on the 1st,3rd & 5th Tuesdays of the month at 1pm, also the 2nd Wednesday night at 7pm. Business meeting and program on the 1st Tuesday, others are "play days". We do BOM, challenges & exchanges, classes and retreats. Contact juniper_hill@hotmail.com for more info.
• Salida
  Monarch Quilters meets the second Monday of each month and alternates between Salida and Buena Vista. Social time begins at 9 a.m., the meeting and program from 9:30a.m. to 12 noon. There is a workshop in the afternoon. We have about 120 members who pay $24 yearly dues. We have a block of the month each year, monthly fat quarter drawings and door prizes. We sponsor a quilt show in late June every year in conjunction with Art Walk in Salida. Contact bleesley@msn.com for more information
• Steamboat Springs
  Delectable Mountain Quilter's Guild, P.O. Box 774383, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 We meet at 6:30pm on the third Monday of each month, January-November, at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. We have an annual raffle quilt, an annual guild auction, spring and fall retreats, a mystery quilt, and a guild library. Please see our website for more information.
• Wheatridge
  Columbine Quilt Guild PO Box 295, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0295. Membership is over 100 strong and growing. We meet the 2nd Monday of every month at the Wheat Ridge Senior Center at 7:00pm. Annual Dues $18.00 - Local & National speakers - Workshops - Block Exchanges - Charity Support - Challenges.. FUN, FRIENDSHIP & FAMILIARITY..