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South Carolina
The Palmetto State
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State flower: Yellow Jessamine
State tree: Sabal Palmetto
State capital: Columbia
State bird: Carolina Wren
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Quilters of South Carolina is the statewide quilt guild with over 650 members. Along with quarterly
newsetters, QSC sponsors two major events during the year. A fall Pieceable Retreat with over 30 classes and a Spring Meeting with a nationally known teacher who presents workshops across the state. Dues are $20.00 a year. Visit our web
site for more information.
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- Aiken
Carolina Pine Quilters. We have about 50 members who pay $20 a year in dues.
We meet at 7PM on the second Monday of the month at Trinity United Methodist
Church in Aiken. For more information, contact
phbrown@bellsouth.net
Banksia Quilter's Society.
The first meeting of a new daytime quilt group will be on April 20, 2009, at 11:00 AM, in Aiken SC.
The new Banksia Quilter's Society will meet on the third Monday of every month, 10:00 Am - 2:00 PM, at the Aiken County Historical Museum. Membership is open to all who want to enjoy or learn quilting, women, men, and children of any age. For more information, please contact the Aiken County Historical Museum at 803-642-2015 or Debbie Rosenbloom at
aikentoquilt2@yahoo.com.
- Anderson
Prickly Fingers Quilters Guild. We have about 65 members who pay $20 per year in membership dues. We meet at 9:30 am the second Wednesday of each month at the Anderson County Museum. We have excellent monthly programs, active philanthropy and charity quilt donations, an annual quilters retreat, and small group bees. Visit our website for more information.
- Beaufort
Sea Island Quilters has approx. 70 members who meet the first and third
Thursday of every month at 6pm at the Senior Citizens Center in Port
Royal. Third Thursday meeting is a program, show-and-tell,and
refreshments. We present a biannual spring quilt show (odd years),yearly challenge and retreat,and BOM.We do various charity projects
and have several workshops every year. Visitors are welcome. Dues are
$20/year.
- Camden
Quilters of Kershaw County. We have about 50 members that pay $20 a year in
dues. We meet at 10AM on the second Monday of the month (Sept. - May) at the
Fine Arts Center in Camden. We have classes and trips, a yearly fundraising
auction, a secret sister program, and meet the first Monday of the month to
create charity quilts. There are several quilt bees that meet various times
during the entire year to work on projects. We also have a night group.
Contact qkcguild@yahoo.com for more info.
- Charleston
Cobblestone Quilter's Guild meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, in Charleston, South Carolina, at 7:00 p.m. Over 200 members who pay $20.00 a year in dures.
Meetings include block of the month, raffle treasures, show and tell, various
programs. Quilt show every even year. Many splinter groups.
- Clinton
Loose Threads Quilt Guild meets the third Thursday each month at the Presbyterian Church Family Life Center on E.Centenniel Ave in Clinton,SC at 7PM. New members are welcomed.
Sharon Golden goldenneedle01@yahoo.com
- Columbia
The Devine Quilters meet the first Monday in each month at Shandon
Presbyterian Church, 607 Woodrow Street, in the Five Points area of
town. Mini-demonstrations are held at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts
at 7:00p.m. and ends promptly at 9:00p.m. With a membership of 55, we have a
diverse group of all skill and interest areas. Our monthly programs usually
feature a speaker or demonstration followed by show and tell, charity
updates and guild projects. Dues are $24.00 a year and monthly donations to
a door-prize fund is possible! Each year we choose a different charity
project to benefit a local group. This year's charity project is a mystery
block project that each member may choose to complete. At the end of the
year we will gather on a quilting day to assemble the quilts which will be
donated to the local cancer center to be used while patients are undergoing
chemotherapy. The Devine Quilters sponsor a yearly bus trip to a nearby
quilt and textile show as well as participating in National Quilting
Greater Columbia Quilters
Monthly meetings are at 9:30 AM on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church at 530 St. Andrews Rd. with business and show & tell followed by a program.
We offer programs, classes, community service projects, a monthly newsletter, show & tell, and, most importantly, friendship and a sharing of mutual respect and ideas.
Membership dues are $25 per year, renewable in November.
Contact gcquilters@yahoo.com for more information.
- Conway
Scraphappy Quilters. We have started a new guild in the Conway area. We
meet at 1:00 pm every other Monday. ALl ages and all levels welcome.
Currently, there is no evening group, but we would consider starting one if
there are enough people interested. Please contact goldpin@aol.com
for more information.
- Florence
Swamp Fox Quilters. We meet the first Thursday of the month, John Calvin Presbyterian Church on corner of Marsh Ave. and Third Loop Road, 9:30 am, visitors welcome. We have monthly programs and show and tell every meeting. We also have a work day on the third Thursday of the month with activities planned. We hav a yearly Raffle Quilt and Guild challenge which usually hangs in local museums. We attend and display quilts at a local Civil War reenactment yearly. Our dues are $15.00 per year. fkelley321@bellsouth.net
- Greenville
Foothills Piecemakers Quilting Guild - meets first Thursday of each month at Grace Baptist Church, 5020 Old Spartanburg Rd.,
Taylors, SC. Time: 7 PM till 9 PM. We have Block of the Month Drawings, Quilting Bees, Name Tag Drawings, Show and Share, along with special guest speakers. Guest Workshops are offered. Come join the fun! E-mail contact:
foothillsmail1@yahoo.com
- Greenwood
The Needlers Quilt Guild: We have 19 members who pay $20.00 a year in dues. Our meetings are held at 10:am, at the Turner House, located on Bailey Circle in Greenwood. We meet on the second Saturday of each month, except for November & December, our meeting are held on the first Saturday of the month. We have show & tell at each meeting. Work shops are held several times a year. Our Guild takes a trip to Pegion Forge each year to the Quilt Fest. Quest speakers and vender are invited to our meetings from time to time. We participate in the Art Guild's exhibits in Greenwood. Each year we make a quilt and raffle it off at the Greenwood County Fair. Norma Whitmire
Nwhitmire@nctv.com
- Hilton Head
The Palmetto Quilt Guild. We have approx. 180 guild members and 14 small
quilt groups. We meet the third Thursday of each month, except Aug. &
Dec. at the Quality Inn (Hwy. 278) from 12:30-3pm. Our dues are $20. per
year. We have guest speakers and classes, we provide community service
quilts to various organ., we provide a scholarship as a few of our ongoing
projects. Every other year we have a quilt show and provide a raffle quilt.
- Lancaster.
Magic Needle Quilt Guild.
We have about 22 members who pay $20 a year in dues and newsletter. We meet at 10:00am on the second Thursday of the month at the First Presbyterian Church. We do classes, have joint programs with Piecemakers Guild, and do community service for the hospital making pillow cases for the pediatric patients. We were commissioned by the hospital to make around 15 wall hangings for the newly remodled Womens and infants wing. Contact Janet Nelson (803) 289-2969 for more information.
Lancaster Piece Makers Quilting Guild.
We meet the second Monday or each month at 6:00pm at Beaver Creek Presbyterian Church, 1928 Country Club Road in Kershaw, SC and pay $20 per year for dues. We have classes, have joint programs with Magic Needle. We work on making quilts for the Crisis Pregnancy Center as our community service project. Members have free quilt lessons each month, plan shopping trips, door prizes, a quilt tip of the month, workshops and monthly programs and projects. Quilt show with the Magic Needle Guild held as often as possible. Both guilds make their own donation quilt. Together with the Magic Needle Guild we were commissioned to make quilts for the local hospital. Contact Donna Sawyer (803) 285-3375 for more information.
The Lancaster Piecemakers Quilt guild has about 15 members. We meet the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at St. Catherines Parrish Hall. Quilters pay $12 each year for membership. We make donation quilts for the Crisis Pregnancy Center as our community service project. Members have free quilt lessons each month, plan shopping trips, door prizes, a quilt tip of the month, workshops and monthly programs and projects.
Contact Janet Nelson at
jkn1010@aol.com for more information.
- Landrum
Landrum Quilters. We meet at 9:30
am monthly on the 2nd Thursday at the Gowensville Community Center on Highway
11 near the intersection with Highway 14. We have a business meeting, a
program, show and tell, and refreshments. A fourth Monday bee takes place in
the same location. Our 2009 quilt show takes place June 12-14. Our ongoing
philanthropy projects are Steps To Hope and Ronald McDonald House quilts.
- Latta
PD Patchwork Quilters meets last Thursday of each month at 7 pm at RJK
Frames and Things, E. Main Street, Latta, SC. Contact: Rebecca Grant, PO Box
1839, Dillon, SC 29536.
- Mauldin
Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild of Mauldin, SC meets the second Tuesday of each
month at Messiah Lutheran Church, 1100 Log Shoals Road, Mauldin (suburb of
Greenville,SC). Dues are $15.00 a year. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. with
a brief business meeting followed by show and tell and a quilt related
lecture. We sponsor a quilt show in October of each year, a raffle quilt,
and workshops. For more information contact hisbell@aol.com
or write NTQG, P. O. Box 756, Mauldin, SC 29662.
- Myrtle Beach
Palmetto Crafty Quilters
Meet at the Grand Strand Sr. center, 21st street, Myrtle beach SC. On Wed. Mornings at 9:30 , there are no evening meetings at this time.
- North Augusta
Pieceful Hearts Quilters. We meet on the 1st Monday night of the month at 7:00 PM and the 2nd Thursday morning of the month at 10:00 AM at St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church on Martintowne Rd. Contact Kay Lawrence at
duvalandkay@comcast.net
- Orangeburg
The Starlight quilters meet the first and Third tuesday of the month at the Edisto Gardens Art Center 6:30 - 8:30 pm during the standard daylight time, (winter) and from 7:00-9:00 during Day light savings time. All level of quilters invited. Linda Coleman
ljc6190@aol.com
- Pickens
UpCountry Quilters Guild meets at 7:00 on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Blue Ridge Electric Co-op on 183. We have about 70 members. Dues are $20 a year. We have guest speakers, block of the month, quilting bees, workshops, community service projects, and we host a quilt show every other year (on odd year). In May we host our annual quilting retreat. Contact Lori Gugan at
rlgugan@yahoo.com for more information.
- Rock Hill
york county quilters, 150 members. meeting monthly, the 3rd
Monday @6:45pm at the new life free Methodist church 2685 celanese road, rock hill, sc.
nationally known speakers and workshops, 10 or more small groups spin offs,
doing a variety of sewing ideas. visit our web site for more info.
Spartanburg
We are a varied group of quilters and quilt lovers who meet at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the Woodland Heights Recreation Center on Reidville Road. We have mini-programs, show and tell, quilt challenges, charity work, and lots of
camaraderie. Contact kja101@bellsouth.net for more information.
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