Maryland
The Old Line State

• Annapolis
  The Annapolis Quilt Guild meets every first Monday at 7 pm at St. Martin's Luthern Church, 1120 Spa Road, Annapolis. Yearly dues are $20 with discounts for seniors. Membership entitles you to a monthly newsletter, discounts at local quilt shops, lectures and workshops, quilt retreats and much more. For more information check out our website. 
• Baltimore
  African-American Quilters of Baltimore. Meet the 1st Saturday of each month, 11:00 to 2:00P.M. at the Waverly Branch, Enoch Pratt Library, 33rd and Barkley Street. Yearly dues: $30.00. For more information visit our website at www.aaqb.org or aaqb_quilts@yahoo.com
  
  Baltimore Heritage Quilters' Guild. We have about 200 members who pay $20 in dues. Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Woodbrook Baptist Church on Stevenson Lane. And dues are $25. We have show and tell, national speakers, challenges, a yearly raffle quilt, a bi-annual quilt show, a yearly charity project, two weekend quilt retreats a year, bus tours to quiltshows, workshops, newsletter, library etc. Contact: admin@baltimorequilters.com for more information
  
  Friendship Quilters has a membership of approximately 120. We meet from September through June, on the second Thursday evening of the month from 7-9p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 300 W. Maple Road. Our meetings usually feature a well known guest lecturer or a demonstration of a new technique by one of our members. We join with our sister guild to do a quilt show every other year and a quilt bingo in the alternate year. Throughout the year we give back to our community by making quilts for charity. See our web site for more information.
• Bel Air
  Flying Geese Quilt Guild P.O. Box 1894, BelAir, MD 21014-7894. We have approximately 200 members who pay $20 plus a fat-quarter, to renew their membership; new members pay $25 plus a fat-quarter. Dues entitle members to monthly newsletters, access to the large guild library, discounts to workshops, and much more. Visitors are welcome at the general meetings for a fee of $5 per meeting. The guild offers well known speakers, challenges, Show and Tell, workshops, bus trips, a weekend quilting retreat, challenges, and a quilt show every other year. General meetings are held every 3rd Monday night of each month at the Fallston Volunteer Fire Hall, on Carrs Mill Road, in Fallston, MD, from 7-9 p.m. For more information, e-mail the guild at FlyingGeese@att.net or visit our website.
• Bethesda
  Chesapeake and Potomac Applique Guild. We have about 30 members who pay $20 a year in dues but it is voluntary and we encourage visitors! We meet at the Little Flower Library on Massachusetts Ave the third Wednesday of the month from 1-3PM. We have speakers occasionally and members do trunk shows but basically we applique, solve members problems and learn new techniques from each other. Contact Eleanor@EleanorBalaban.com
  
  Bethesda Quilters. We have about 60 members. We meet at 1pm on the first Tuesday of the month at the Kensington Library on Knowles Ave. We have monthly speakers, workshops, a semi-annual show (coming up in Sept 07), have a Christmas and summer pot-luck and do a lot of charity work for local and national concerns. Contact donmart.mail@verizon.net.
• Bowie
  Southern Comforters of Bowie. Our active group of over 150 members meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenings at 7:30 at the Christian Community Presbyterian Church at 3120 Belair Drive. Visitors welcome!  Carolyn Martel cemartel512@comcast.net
• California
  Pax River Quilter's Guild, P.O. Box 768, California, MD 20619.  Meetings are held the Monday at 7:00pm at Loffler Senior Center,  Chancellor's Run Regional Park on Chancellor's Run Road. The guild consists of  new as well as seasoned quilters with vast knowledge to share. We  have a Block of the Month drawing, Secret Pals,Monthly Mini raffle, door prizes, show & tell and refreshments at each meeting. Membership dues entitle you to a monthly newsletter, discounts at local fabric stores, a large guild library, and many other opportunities. You are welcome to "come share an evening of camaraderie" and share your experience and love of quilting with others who "are hooked on quilting!" For information, contact the guild at prqgpres@hotmail.com 
• Caton
  Village Quilters of Catonsville, Maryland.  They meet the third Thursday of the month at 10:00 a.m. at the The Lodge, Nine Mile Circle at Frederick Road, Catonsville/Oella/Ellicott City.  Membership is about 85 and includes nationally famous Mimi Dietrich who is one of the founding members.  Visitors are welcome for a small fee of $2 per meeting.  Guild offers well known speakers, block of the month, challenges and quilt shows every other year.  A covered dish luncheon is shared by all at each meeting.  Members outdo themselves creating tasty dishes. Dues $20 per year ($18 if paid by June for the following year); Contact cassiekt@earthlink.net for more information
• Chesapeake City
  Upper Bay Quilters guild. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Good Shepherd Parish House, 310 George St, Chesapeake City. Meeting starts at 7:00, doors open at 6:30 for demos and fellowship. Members pay $20 a year in dues.
• Clinton
  Uhuru Quilters Guild We have about 90 members who pay $24/year in dues. We meet every third Saturday of the month from 11am - 2pm at the College Park Community Center. We seek to promote the work and accomplishments of African American quilters, and to preserve the tradition, culture and history of quilting. Our membership reflects the diversity of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and the quilting population. Skills range from beginning quilters to award-winning advanced fiber artists and professional quilters. Each meeting includes show and tell, door prizes, workshops, and lively discussions of issues relevant to the quilt world in general and Uhuru Quilters in particular. Please see our website for more information.
• Columbia
  Columbia Faithful Circle Quilters. Our guild has a day group and an evening group. The day group meets every Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm and the evening group meets every Monday from 7pm to 9pm. . We meet at the First Presbyterian Church at Route 29 and Route 108. Visitors are always welcome - stop by for a visit and see what you think. Membership is $15 yearly. This is a very friendly group and we welcome beginners and experts alike. Faithful Circle sponsors classes and lectures by local and nationally known quilters. We have a bus trip to the Lancaster Quilt Show and a shopping trip to some regional quilting stores. Our biennial quilt show is always a treat and every meeting is a mini quilt show in itself! For more information, go to our website. 
• Cumberland
  Schoolhouse Quilters' Guild. Our guild meets at 9:30 a.m. the 3rd Monday of each month at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at the corner of Smallwood and Washington Streets. We have door prizes, a 6 1/2 inch charm swap, a yearly raffle quilt, a yearly show, classes and demonstrations by members and by visiting teachers, trips to shows and quilt events, and a service project called "Happy Huggies." The Huggies are given to the pediatric ward of the local hospital and to the local State Police and Sherrif's Departments. Contact kherriott@mindspring.com for more infromation.
  
  Creative Needle Quilters meets the 4th Thursday, September to June, at the LaVale Library. We have 58 members and pay $10 dues. We have a round-robin, block swaps, demos and great fun at our meetings. Please join us.  jtarleton@mail.gcnet.ne
• Denton.
  Heartland Quilters Guild Meets the first Thursday of the month at Choptank Electric Meeting Room, 7 p.m. Monthly programs and workshops.  Heartland, Box 356, Ridgely, MD 21660
• Easton
  Bayside Quilters. The Bayside Quilters meet the second Wednesday of each month at 9 am at the Days Inn, Rt 50 East in Easton. Exceptions are August and December when luncheon meetings are held offsite. Our programs and classes focus on building our skills and are presented by well-known quilters as well as some of our members. A variety of monthly bees, field trips, and ongoing outreach projects for local charities round out our activities. Bayside Quilters membership number over 110 and annual dues are $30. New members and guests are always welcome. For more information please contact us at BaysideQuilters@netscape.net.
• Elkridge
  Elkridge Evening Quilters. We are a small NQA registered guild located in central Maryland. Our dues are $12 a year. Guests are always welcome with no charge. Our membership ranges in age from 8 to 80+. We welcome all ability levels. Our meeting are held at 7:00 pm the first and third Thursday of the month at the Elkridge Baptist Church. Activities consist of show-n-tell, fat quarter swaps, group block Christmas raffle, NQA Day celebration, quilt 'till you drop pizza party, UFO event, shopping and quilt show trips, a yearly raffle quilt to benefit a local cause and many more fun events. Contact pool@bcpl.net for more information.
• Ellicott City
  Baltimore Appliqué Society.  We meet 7pm on the third Wednesday, September - June.  BAS supports preservation of quilts, textiles, and related documents in museums and historical society collections, and promotes the art of appliqué and quilting.  Members all over the world include quiltmakers, collectors, historians, nationally known teachers, lecturers, appraisers, and museum curators. 
• Fort Washington
  Sewful Sisters Quilting Bee A Real Working Bee We meet every 1st Saturday of the month. Our annual quilt retreat in scheduled for the second weekend in August. During this retreat we have classes,block exchanges and many other events and learning opportunities. We meet once a month to work on projects, share ideas and lend a helping. The Bee is a group of quilters both beginning and experienced. We teach and help each other. There is no membership fee. For more information: joan.redfearn@worldnet.att.net
• Frederick
  Four County Quilt Guild. We have about 80 members. We meet at 7pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Calvary United Methodist Church, Mount Airy. Our dues are $20/year. We sponsor the Rose Hill Manor Quilt Show annually. We have various programs each month, yearly raffle quilt and service projects. We have 
  
  Clustered Spires Quilt Guild. We have about 85 members who pay $20.00 a year in dues. We meet at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick. We have an annual Opportunity Quilt. We co-sponsor the Rose Hill Quilt Show with the Four County Quilters. Contact clusterspires@hotmail.com
• Gaithersburg
  Friendship Star Quilters Guild of Montgomery County, MD.  Friendship Star Quilters Guild of Montgomery County, Maryland generally meets on the first Monday of the month at 7:30pm at the Gaithersburg Church of the Nazarene. Our guild is incorporated to foster fellowship and support for beginners as well as advanced quilters. We cover topics from piecing to appliqué, machine to hand quilting, etc. Membership is $20/ yr. ($10 for Senior Citizens (62+)) payable at the June meeting. For more information e-mail fsq@his.com  or mks@his.com  or sending snail mailto: Friendship Star Quilters, P.O. Box 8051, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20898
  
  Chesapeake and Potomac applique Guild Now meeting at Capitol Quilt shop on Luanne Ave off Shady Grove Road. We just love to applique and most of our meetings are just work sessions and problem solving. Dues are annual @$20 Third Wednesday of month at 1:30. Occasional speakers and workshops. Contact Eleanor Balaban 301-229-7990
• Gettysburg
  Mason Dixon Quilt Professionals' Network meets 4+ times a year at the Gettysburg Quilting Center 523 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, PA 17325.  For more information, contact Ann Holte 717-338-0665 or 800-676-2658 holted@cvn.net Mason Dixon Quilt Professionals' Network is an organization that supports, promotes, and encourages quality professional quilt services, goods, and programs and acts as a resource for members to market their talents.
• Glen Burnie
  Eternal Quilters is a day group meeting the 2nd Thursday from 10 to 2 at St. Alban's church in Glen Burnie, MD. We hold a Quilt Show and Quilt Bingo in alternate years with a sister quilt. For more information contact us at pcjjsk6@gmail.com
• Hagerstown
  Friendship Quilters Guild. We have about 75 members who pay $20 a year dues. We meet at 7pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Robinwood Drive in Hagerstown (across from Hagerstown Community College.) We have show-and-tell and a guest presenter at each meeting, several workshops, trips and classes throughout the year. Every other year we hold a quilt show. Contact corrine.pierce@myactv.net for more information. Visit our website. 
• Laurel
  The Laurel Piecemakers meet on alternate Saturdays at Deerfield Run
  Elementary School on Rt. 197 at 10:00 am. Dues for 1997 are $12.00. Newcomers and beginners welcome. Email:  PIECEMAKERS@HOME.COM
• Linthicum
  Friendship Quilters meets from September to June, on the second Thursday evening of the month from 7-9p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 300 W. Maple Road. Meetings feature a well known guest lecturer or a demonstration of a new technique by one of our members. We join with our sister guild to do a quilt show every other year and a quilt bingo in the alternate year. Throughout the year we make quilts for charity. See our web site.
• Potomac
  Nimble Fingers Quilt Group. Nimble Fingers Quilters meets at 10 AM at the Potomac Recreation Center on Falls Road the first Wednesday of every month from September to June. Dues are $20 annually. Meetings usually feature a speaker, followed by a one or two day workshop that Guild members and non-members may attend for a fee. Other activities include: charity quilting, quilt shows, a monthly bee.
• Prince Frederick
  The Calvert County Quilt Guild meets the second Wed of the month at 7:00 pm St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 25 Church St, Pr Frederick, Md. Our annual dues is $20. Currently we have 62 members. We offer monthly programs, block-of-the-month, and workshops. We have also had mystery quilts and quilt challenges. Contact calvertquiltguild@yahoo.com.
• Rockville
  Nimble Fingers Quilters has approximately 150 members, both traditional and art quilters, drawn mainly from Montgomery County, Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The guild sponsors nationally known speakers, workshops, and a quilt show, and participates in a variety of charitable quilting projects. Meetings are September through June on the first Wednesday of the month, at 10:00 a.m. at the Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Visit our website for more information.
• Waldorf
  The Quilter's Guild of Southern Maryland meet every third Wednesday from 7 pm to 10 pm at the Calvary Methodist Church, located on Rt.5 in Waldorf. Yearly dues are $20, which entitle you to a monthly newsletter, discounts at local quilt shops & fabric chain stores, lectures & workshops from Celebrity Quilt Teachers & designers, opportunities to go on Quilt Retreats, great meeting activities, and of course, the company & fellowship of other quilters & quilt lovers. We are a very friendly bunch & would love to help you with your latest project or just give you a pat on the back for a job well done! Please join us!
• Westminster
  Everybody's Quilt Guild. We have approximately 45 members who pay $24 a year in dues. We meet at 7pm the first Wednesday of the month . Every month we have a block-of-the-month; a speaker or demonstration; and show and tell. On the even year we have a quilt show and on the odd year we have a miniature quilt bingo. Our guild produces comfort pillows for our local hospital and Linus blankets. Contact olliedog@myshorelink.com for more information.