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Oregon
The Beaver State

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State flower: Oregon Grape
State tree: Douglas Fir
State capital: Salem
State bird: Western Meadowlark
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- Astoria
Oregon north coast. We have 40 members who pay $12 a year in dues.
Meetings are at 7pm on the second and fourth Monday of the month at Grace
Episcopal Church in Astoria. We have block of the month pattern exchanges,
do surprise swaps, secret sisters, classes and make a yearly raffle quilt
to benefit local charities. We have an annual quilt show on the third
Saturday in October.
- Bend
Mount Bachelor Quilt Guild meets the second Monday of each month at 7pm at the
Mountain Country Mercentile quilt store. We have a yearly raffle quilt and a show
each August. Many activities including mystery quilts, monthly raffles and guest
speakers.
Material Girls Quilt Guild meets every Monday from 10am to 2pm at the Mountain Country
Mercentile quilt store. Group support and classes offered. Block trades and birthday
fat quarters. Good time!
- Benton
Marys River Quilt Guild meets on the
last Thursday of each month at the Benton County Historical Museum, 1101 Main Street,
Philomath. A "Social Half-Hour" begins at 7:00 pm; programs and business meeting
start at 7:30 pm.
- Brookings
Azalea Quilters Guild. We have 60 members. We meet the 4th Monday
of the month for a daytime "Fun Day" and an evening meeting and program. We have Block of the Month, Charm Swaps, Fat Quarter
swaps and an annual Challenge Project. We have several classes during the year and an annual bus trip to a
quilt show.
- Camp
Sherman
Pine Needlers of Camp Sherman. We are a quild of great friends that
meet every Tuesday during the winter and every other Tuesday during the
summer. We have about 15 members who pay $1.00 a month in dues. We do a
raffle quilt each year and also baby quilts to give to community members and
family. We offer two quilt shows each year. One in February and another in
July. We plan special "sew-ins" held on Sundays when we wish to
learn a special new technique from a quild member. Please contact Denise at firemommy1@excite.com
for more information.
- Coos Bay
Coos Sand 'N Sea Quilters
Coos Bay
Our guild meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m., September through June of each year. Meetings are currently held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church located at 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay, Oregon. Included in the meetings are: quilt block of the month, show and tell, a raffle of member-donated items, and an educational and informative program, etc.
Our membership has grown from the original 19 members, who established the guild in 1991, to approximately 125 members. ,Our numbers continue to grow with each new meeting. ,Dues are currently $15.00
peryear.
Members receive a monthly newsletter to keep apprised of all upcoming guild events and news as well as participating in the Quilt Block of the Month and our annual quilt show. We are a non-profit organization.
We are very proud to host an annual quilt show on the third weekend of September each year. We typically display a little over 200 quilts and quilt-related items. We would love to have you come and join us and to share in the joy of quilting. If you would like more information please E-Mail us at:
coossandnsea@yahoo.com
Or, if you need to "Snail Mail" us, you may write us at: Coos Sand n' Sea Quilters, P.O. Box 1206, North Bend, OR 97459
- Corvallis
Quilts from Caring Hands is a
non-profit association dedicated to making quilts for
children-at-risk such as foster care, abused, drug-addicted, sight-impaired and infants of
teen mothers. We meet each Wednesday at the a local church from 9:30 am -
2 pm. All levels
of quilters are welcome. Quilts are made from donated fabric, batting and caring hands.
Quilts are given to local social service agencies in the
area. QCH donates an average of 350 quilts each year. Contact
mail@quiltsfromcaringhands.com for more information.
- Eugene
Emerald Valley Quilters.
The Guild meets the third Thursday of each month at the Masonic Lodge across from Autzen Stadium, 2777 Centennial/Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Eugene, Oregon-GUEST FEE $3.00-- MEMBERSHIP $30.00/YR-JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP $15.00/YR
At 6:30 p.m. We have social time, with the meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. We often have famous quilters speak and offer workshops to our members. We have over 250 members whose efforts support satellite groups, a lending library, challenge blocks, BOMs and swaps, secret pals, and birthday clubs. We have a quilt show every other year in even-numbered years and a quilters' retreat in the odd-numbered years. Every year we create a raffle quilt as our major fund raiser to support our community service projects. Come join us!
- Grants Pass
Three Rivers Quilt guild. We have about 25 members who pay $10 a year dues.
We meet from 10:00 to 12:00 the third Saturday of each month in the Franklin
Building 1601 6th street Grants Pass, OR We have a secret sister block
exchange, a fat quarter exchange, mystery exchange, classes, trips and
retreats. We have a quarterly all day work session. Contact delta@quickcodes.com
for more information.
Rogue Valley Piecemakers. We meet the first and third Monday from 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Fruitdale Grange 1440 Parkdale Drive, Grants Pass, Or. 97527 We have approximately 85 members with annual dues of $15. We enjoy sit and stitch, demonstrations, professional teachers, workshops, block exchanges, and a monthly newsletter. We make comfort quilts for the community and an Opportunity Quilt annually to benefit local charities. We have holiday parties and potlucks. Every meeting we have show and tell and door prizes.
- Hillsboro
We are a new guild located in Hillsboro, Oregon. We meet the second Monday of each month at 7 PM at Cornell Estates, 1005 NE 17th Ave., Hillsboro. We have a program each month, are involved in charity quilting projects and assist in a quilt show to benefit the Oregon Alzheimers Foundation.
Roni Andrews roni@soldiersong.com
- Hood River.
Columbia River Gorge Guilters' Guild. We have about 110 members who pay $25 a year in dues. We have regional meetings quarterly Feb, May, Aug, Nov)at
various locations throughout the Gorge with an educational lecture,
demonstration, or trunk show presented by a Northwest quilt teacher. Some of
our Guild programs are Round Robin, Fat Quarter Swap, classes, "Feel Good"
Hospital Quilts (our charity quilt program), show-n-tell, and an annual fall
Quilt Show. For more information visit our website.
- Jacksonville
Museum Quilters Guild
No charge to members ~ everyone welcome
We gather at the "Quilt Room" located above the U.S. Bank in the Historic 1880 U.S. Hotel 3rd & California. We work closely with the Southern Oregon Historical Society which includes keeping the, "Quilt Room" open for the public to view quilting in action and to view our vast collection of hand-quilted quilts. We are a guild that specializes in fine applique and hand quilting, but all techniques are used and shared in our friendly meetings. We have a Quilt Show every year. We make quilts for seeing impaired children. Demonstrate quilting at Antique shows and Museum Events. Contact
jvillequilt75@aol.com for more information
- Klamath Falls.
Heart of the Basin Quilters & Needle Arts. We are a newly formed group of dedicated, energetic quilters. We meet the 2nd & 4th Mondays each month at the Suburban Heights Baptist Church on Homedale Road. Our first meeting is for business, the 2nd is for fun.
Pelican Piecemakers. We meet every Wednesday morning from 10 to 12 noon. Our dues are 10.00 a year. We have a yearly raffle quilt which is hand quilted, and benifits the County Museums.
Meeting at 1451 Main in the back on the Klamath County Museum.
contact masufa123@yahoo.com for more information
- LaGrande
We met at 7pm, the third Wednesday of the month at the Island city City Hall building. Dues are two Dollars a month. We make quilts for Shelter From the Storm and the Hospital. We have classes and do mystery quilts, block of the month, and we meet the last Saturday of the month to do UFO's or work on projects.
- Lebanon
Santiam Scrappers Quilt Guild, Est. 2002. About 50 members, Linn & Benton Counties. Dues $25. Meetings—St Martin’s Episcopal Church, 1461 Grove St, Lebanon OR, Main meeting—1st Thursdays 7PM–9PM; Saturday SewIn—3rd Saturday 9:30AM–3PM.
Quilt Shows—Mother's Day; Strawberry Festival (1st weekend June); Annual Guild Show (3rd weekend October). Contact—(541) 451-4910, PO Box 844, Lebanon OR 97355.
- McMinnville
Piecemakers Quilt Guild. We have 25-30 members. Annual dues $6. Meetings 6:45 PM, second Monday, September through May in the Alterra Villas Senior Living Center, 775 NE 27th St, 2nd floor. We have a Block of the Month Program, an annual Silent Auction and an annual quilt show. We actively contribute to the Willamette Valley Medical Center Layette Project, providing well over 100 baby quilts per year.
- Newport
Lincoln County. We have 150+ members from all over the county. We meet the second Thursday of the month in Newport. Many activities, programs, workshops and an annual Quilt Show the first weekend in August. Contact - OCQG PO Box 382 South Beach, OR 97366
- Ontario.
Treasure Valley Quiltmakers. Approximately 30-40 members, paying $5 annual
dues. Meeting 3rd Thursday of month at St Paul Luthern church in Ontario. Round
robin, challenge blocks, charity projects. There is also a weekly group that helps
members hand quilt projects. Oregon. Ontarion. Treasure Valley Quiltmakers,
P.O. Box 1198, Ontario, OR 97914
- Philomath
Marys River Quilt Guild meets on the last Thursday of each month at the
Benton County Historical Museum, 1101 Main Street, Philomath. A
"Social Half-Hour" begins at 7:00 pm; programs and business
meeting start at 7:30 pm. There are about 200 members who pay $20 a year
in dues. We have many ongoing programs such as block of the month, fat
eighth swaps, FQ drawings, museum raffle quilt, secret sister, and round
robins. We have a program each month and a show every two years.
- Portland
Northwest Quilters. We have about 500 members who pay $20 per year
in dues. We meet on the second Monday of each month, alternating between 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sellwood. We
have programs at each meeting, including at least one nationally-known speaker each year, along with a workshop. We have had a quilt show
each year since 1974. Other highlights of our guild: a BOM; two retreats each year; we make charity quilts; have monthly UFO meetings;
have a lending library; many small quilt groups meet weekly; and we publish a monthly newsletter, the "Patchword".
- Prineville.
Crook County Quilt Guild. We have about 40 members who pay $10 a year in
dues. We meet every Monday from 9:30AM to 12:00Noon at the Crook County
Library in the Broughton Room. We have guest speakers on the 4th Monday of
every month and have a friendship block exchange on the 2nd Monday of the
month. The 1st and 3rd Mondays are "free sew" days to allow
members to bring projects to work on and get help with. We make quilts each
year to raise money for local charities, we're using an Americana theme this
year. We are also making several lap quilts to donate to a local hospital
for chemotherapy patients. Contact mjmalloy@coinet.com
or gnhykn@aol.com
for more information
- Rogue River.
Mountain Stars Quilters
Guild. Mountain Stars Quilters Guild.
We meet at 9:30 a.m. Business meeting at noon includes a nationally known speaker. Guild is held on the second Sat. of the months of Jan., March, May, Sept., and Nov. In July we meet the third Saturday. We meet at the Live Oak Grange, 120 Gardiner St. We publish a newsletter for members and share info. and activities on our website. Every odd year we hold a quilt show. Contact:
quiltsrus@charter.net
Rogue Valley Piecemakers meet the 1st and 3rd Mondays from 9a.m. to noon at the Live Oak Grange, 120 Gardiner, Rogue River. We have sit and stitch, show and tell, demonstrations, workshops by members, comfort quilts and professional teachers. We hold a quilt show the last weekend of June every year that includes an opportunity quilt and a silent auction as well a display of over 100 quilts. Ardis Bucy ardisjo@earthlink.net
- Roseburg
The Umpqua Valley Quilters' Guild meets September thru June at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center, 1624 W. Harvard. Day meetings are the 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 10:00 am. Evening meeting is the 1st Thursday at 6:00 pm. Annual dues are $20. At meetings, we enjoy a short business meeting, demos, door prize, block of the month, and fat eighth drawings. The 2nd meetings is a quilting get-to-gather with a sharing of ideas and techniques. We have an annual quilt show in April. Contact: Dolores Williams at
gingerkat@qwest.net.
- Salem
Mid-Valley Quilt Guild. We have approx. 300 members who pay 25.00 a year dues. We meet at 9:30am and 7:00pm the last Tuesday of the month at Morningside Methodist
Chruch, on Se 12th Street in Salem. We have a variety of guild activities and wonderful programs for all to enjoy. Contact: Carol Magnuson at
caroljmagnuson@juno.com
- St. Helens.
Columbia River Piecemakers. We have about 30 members who pay $25 a year dues. We meet at 6:30 p.m. on the 1st Wednesday of the month at the Columbia River
PUD, 64001 Columbia River Hwy (Hwy 30), Deer Island. We do a chairity raffle quilt, and have an annual quilt show, and also at least one workshop a year. Contact
Pellaprose@aol.com for more information.
- Sherwood
Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild was started in 2006. We meet at 7pm on the third Tuesday of the month at Sherwood United Methodist Church. We have a speaker each month,
BOM, and of course, show and tell. We plan to do a quilt show every other year.
Erin Davis institchesquilting@onlinenw.com
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