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Georgia
The Peach State

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State flower: Cherokee Rose
State tree: Live Oak
State capital: Atlanta
State bird: Brown Thrasher
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Georgia Quilt Council, Inc. serves all of Georgia and neighboring states.
Business meetings are on the second Friday of every other month at 11:00 am at quilt
shops. Yearly dues are $15. For more information, contact JTucker201@aol.com
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- Acworth
The Allatoona Quilt Guild meets at 10 a.m on the second Tuesday of every month at The Roberts School Community Center, 4681 School St., in downtown Acworth. Membership is open to anyone interested in quilting, be it a novice or expert
quilter. in addition, the guild offers a stitch-in on the other Tuesdays of the month at 9:30 a.m. at the community center. For more information, contact nancy Draheim at 770-516-4413 or at
nk4u@bellsouth.net.
- Albany,
Albany, Tifton, Fitzgerald. The Wiregrass Quilter's Guild covers a section of southwest Georgia. It meets the second Thursday of each month. Sit & Sew--5-7 p.m. Meeting and Program--7-9 p.m. The meetings are rotated between the three cities. Yearly dues are $20. For information contact: Dianne Morgan
E-mail--qltrdianne@yahoo.com
Phone--229-883-5895
- Alpharetta
Chattahoochee Evening Stars. We have about 80 members who pay $15/year in dues. We have social time from 6:30-7 and our meeting from 7-9 on the first Monday of the month at Alpharetta North Park/Senior Center on Cogburn Road. We have a block of the month swap, guild challenge, brown bag drawing, classes, trips, raffle quilt, and a show every other year. Visit our website for more information.
- Athens:
The Cotton Patch Quilters
meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lyndon House Art
Center on Hoyt Street. We have nearly 100 members, and offer a variety of
bees so members can learn new techniques. Our civic service projects
include making small quilts for Project Safe and some local senior
centers. We hold a quilt show in odd years, and sell tickets to raffle off
a quilt at the end of each show. Yearly dues are $20.00. Visitors are
welcome. Contact cottonpatch85@yahoo.com.
- Atlanta
Atlanta In-Town Quilters Guild meets the 4th Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in members homes.
404-892-5702.
Ben Hill Quilting Circle. We meet at 9:30 a.m. the second and fourth Saturday of the month at Ben Hill United Methodist Church,
2099 Fairburn Road, S.W. Atlanta. We have a block of the month, classes,
workshops, make baby quilts for hospitals and shelters. For more information, please contact Annette Procter
AMPROC0929@aol.com or 404-344-2309.
Southern Magnolia Applique Stitchers. We meet the 3rd Saturday each month at 1030 a.m. If you love applique and would like to visit or join the group contact Joany at 770-597-8630
- Augusta
Sew Perfect Quilters of Georgialina. We have under 30 members with no dues. We meet at 10am on the first Thursday of the month at the Lumpkin Road Baptist Church. We are starting several round robins for the new year. We will be doing fat quarter swaps and are talking about starting a show. Contact
bud-n-shel@juno.com for more info.
- Blairsville
Misty Mountain Quilt Guild meets at 1:00 pm (socializing and goodies), 1:30 pm (General Meeting, Program, Show & Tell) on the fourth (4th Monday of the month at the First United Methodist Church of Union County, Blairsville, GA. We have classes, well known speakers, smaller quilting groups, and a quilt show every other year. Jean Meadows
jeanmead@aol.com
- Blue Ridge.
Pieceful Mountain Quilters
is located in the North Georgia mountains of Blue Ridge. Made up of about 25
members, the dues are $25 a year and meetings are held at Mountain Holly
Quilters in downtown Blue Ridge. Activities include Block of the Month, fat
quarter swaps, monthly demos, charity quilts, and an annual retreat. See our
website for more info. We welcome visitors and new members who are interested in the art of quilting. Cathy Pilvinsky pmq@piecefulmountainquilters.com
- Chamblee
Chamblee Star Quilters Guild meets the second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the
Northwoods Baptist Church, 2605 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Chamblee. 404-261-5093.
- Calhoun
Scrappy Quilters meets the 2nd Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and the 4th
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.(work) at Calhoun-Gordon County Library, 100 N. Park Ave.
706-602-0978.
- Canton
Cherokee Crazy Quilters Guild meets every Wednesday from 10:00am until
2:00pm at the Historical Rock Barn in Canton located on Old Highway 5. The
first three Wednesdays of the month are sew-ins used to work on charity quilts
and/or your own projects. We do not have rules or requirements for “must do”
projects. The fourth Wednesday of the month is our business meeting followed
by a potluck luncheon. November and December the schedule is altered to
accommodate the holidays.
- Carrollton
West Georgia Quilters Guild meets the 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
Carrollton Community Activities Center. 770-832-0671.
- Cartersville
Etowah Valley Guild meets the 3rd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at
Cartersville Civic Center, 435 W. Main St. 770-387-5625.
- Cataula
GALA Quilters Guild covers the hattahoochee Valley, Georgia and Alabama
meets at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2100 Hilton Ave, Columbus
1:30 PM every third Saturday. For more information, contact suecham@gateway.net. GuildSize: 40.
Guild Address: Vivian Ehman, President, 51 Jones Rd, Cataula, GA 31804
- Clarkesville
Mountain Laurel Quilters Guild meets the third Tuesday of each month at 1 pm. Meetings are in the Fellowship Hall of the
Clarkesville United Methodist Church on Washington Street (historic 441). Dues
$20 per year.
- Columbus
Columbus and Phenix City area
GALA QUILT GUILD meets the third Saturday of the month at the Phenix City Arts Center at 1:00 p.m. We usually have a workshop at 9:30 in the morning of the same day. Dues are $20.00 per year. Contact
wawmama@aol.com for more info
- Conyers
Early Bird Quilters
meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 9:00 to 11:30 AM at the Epiphany Lutheran Church, Hw 20, Conyers, Georgia. Activities include, block of the month, show and tell, raffle door prizes. Lots of learning, fellowship and sharing. Speaker at meetings. For more information, contact: e-mail earlybirdquiltguild@yahoo.com
- Covington
Cotton Boll Quilt Guild. We have approx. 80 members who pay $15 a year in
dues. We meet at 7pm on the fourth Tuesday in August through May at the
United Methodist Church in Covington. We have secret sister, a yearly raffle
quilt and we have one major money making project to benefit charity. Our
meetings are geared to have fun and to learn. The best part is shown and
tell. Contact stumlin@yahoo.com
for more information.
- Cumming.
The Cumming Sunset Quilt Guild meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at the
Forsyth Northside Hospital in the 1400 Administration Building in Classroom A
(first floor). Meetings include BOMs, mystery quilt, show and tell and other
fun items. Hazel L. Metcalf hmetcalf@bellsouth.net
Piecemakers Quilt Guild We have about 25 members who pay $15 a year in
dues. We meet at 9:30 am on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at
the Kiwanis building on Pilgrim Mill Road in Cumming. We have a block of the
month, classes, and inspirational speakers. Contact karat1049@aol.com
for more information.
The Cumming Piecemakers have a membership of about 50 quilters. We meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Dues are $15.00 a year. We meet 12:30 PM at Christ the King Lutheran church located on Tribble Gap Rd. Contact Graceethel@bellsouth.net for further information. We have classes, raffles and participate in the Annual Cumming Fair in the Quilt Cottage.
- Dahlongea
The Golden Stitches Quilter's Guild was established January 2001 and has approximately 25 members who pay $20 a year in dues. Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the Lumpkin County Library. Social hour begins at 6pm with the business meeting following at 6:30pm. We have bees, programs, block-of-the-month, annual block exchanges, field trips and community projects. Contact by email:
goldenstitches@hotmail.com
- Dawsonville
Heart-in-Hand Quilt Guild. We have 32 members who pay $30 a year in dues. We meet at 6:30 pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Bowen Center for the Arts (old rock school)in Dawsonville. We meet at 6:30 pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Bowen Center for the Arts. We also have a work day on the Saturday of the week following our business
meeting. We make quilts for various charities, and community art events and have a quilt show each year.
- Decatur
The Brown Sugar Stitchers are a dynamic group of African American Quilters
in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The group was formed in Fall 2000 through
the efforts of Nancy Franklin and Jocelyn Carter, as a means to cultivate
the expression of this historic craft. We participate in community service
projects such as donation quilts for children in long term care at the
Carrie Steele-Pitts Home for Children, Inc. in northwest Atlanta. At our
monthly meetings we feature speakers, "mini-classes,"
Block-of-the-Month and fellowship after the business meeting. The group meets on the Third Saturday morning of every month at 10:00 AM at
the Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library in DeKalb County, located at 2861
Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur, GA 30034. Anyone with an interest in African
American quilting and needlework combined with sisterly fellowship is
cordially invited to attend. The library's phone number is 404.286.6980.
For futher information contact the Publicity Chairperson, Belinda Pedroso @ auntbequilts@bellsouth.net.
- Douglasville
Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday at 9:30am and
the 4th Thursday at 7:00pm. Meetings are held at the Lithia Springs
Community Center. For information call Doreen 770-439-8216.
- East Ellijay
Apple Country Quilt Guild meets every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 75 McCutchen Street in downtown Ellijay. Business meeting is 2nd Tuesday of every month. All quilters welcome.
- Fairburn
Old Campbell County Quilters Guild meets Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. at the First Bank of Georgia, Community Room. 770-306-2711.
- Fayetteville
Organizational meeting! Quilters' Guild of the Southern
Crescent (Atlanta, Georgia). Thursday, January 29, 1998, at 7:00 pm at
Fayetteville Public Library Meeting Room. Questions? Call Quilters Corner Quilt Shop, 660
North Glynn Street, (770)716-9500.
Quilters Guild of the Southern Crescent. We have 120 members and meet the 4th Thursday
night of each month at the Fayette Presbyterian Church, Highway 92 in Fayetteville, Ga at
7 p.m. We have programs,
speakers, BOM, great quilt library and many exciting quilts for our show and tell.
Visitors are welcome. Yearly Dues are $25.00 and include
a membership list, Block of the Month booklet, library and video list.
- Forest Park
Church Mice of St. Timothy meets the 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at
St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 5241 Ash Street. 770-968-6812.
- Gainesville
Hall County Guild 5845 Hidden Cove Dr. Gainesville, GA30504
- Grayson
Needle Patch Guild meets the 1st Monday at 7:00 p.m. 770-962-8978.
Quilters In Stitches Quilt
Guild.meets the 3rd Monday of every month
6:30 Pm
Highlands Presbyterian Church
830 Grayson Pkwy.(Hwy 84)
Grayson, GA 30017
- Griffin
Iris Quilters meets Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. at the home of Mary
Ross, 1315 MacArthur Dr. 770-227-9510.
- Gwinnet
The Gwinnett Quilters Guild meets the third Tuesday of every month.
Meetings start at 9:45 am. We meet at Cannon United Methodist Church. The
church is located on Webb Gin House Road at Ronald Regan Parkway. Our quild
has over 100 active members. Some activities are month raffles, we support
many community projects such as quilts for at risk children and Cannon Cares
projects
- Hamilton
Quilters Guild of Harris County meets the 4th Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.
at the Harris County Public Library. Write to 494 Lee Rd, 342, Salem, AL
36874.
- Hartwell
Quilters for the Hart. We have about 30 members. suzilamble@yahoo.com
Hiawassee
Misty Mountain Quilters Guild PO Box 1144 Hiawassee, GA30546
Hinesville/Ft Stewart
The Stars & Stripes Quilt Guild meets at 7:00 PM on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the Senior Citizen Center in James Brown Park in Hinesville. We have 25+ members who pay $15 a year in dues. For more information call Marsha Cross, 912-369-2252 or Tessa House,
luvtocrft2@hotmail.com
- Jonesboro
Helpful Friends meets Mondays at 1:00 p.m. at Prime Insurance Plaza, Community Room.
770-471-2240. Helpful Friends Quilt Group 7292 Cardiff Place
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Tara Quilt Guild Of Clayton County C/O Diane M Warren 320 Moseley Crossing Ct Stockbridge,
Ga 30281. Tara Quilt Guild of Clayton County meets the 2nd & 4th Mondays at 7:30
p.m. at the Jonesboro United Methodist, Main St. & Church St. 770-996-1669.
Undercover Quilters meets at random times in members homes. 770-478-5617.
- Juliette
Plantation Quilters meet the 3rd Saturday of every month at 10 am at the Jarrell Plantation, 711 Jarrell Plantation Road,
Juliette, GA 31046 (478)986-5175
Dues: $10 per year. Email Plantationquilt@bellsouth.net
- Kennesaw
Kennesaw Quilters Guild. An evening quilt guild of about 20 members that meet at the Living Hope Luthern Church, located at the corner of Mack Dobbs and Stilesboro Roads. Our main focus is to share our collective quilting skills with each other and the community, to further the art of quilting, and to have a good time too! We meet on the second
Thurday of the month at 7pm and the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm.
Our programs include mini workshops, demonstrations, guest speakers, community quilts, block of the month, and more. Your participation level is your choice! Contact us at
Kennesawqg@yahoo.com for more information and put KQG meeting in the subject line. Visitors are welcome to our meetings, Please let us know ahead of time in case of a church holiday--thank you.
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- Kingsland
The Camden County Quilt Guild meets at Pretty As A Peacock, a new quilt shop
in Kingsland. For information on meeting times please contact quiltmaker@eagnet.com.
- Kingston
Quilting With Mulinix meets the 1st Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at the
Mulinix home, 100 Mulinix Rd., NW. 770-336-5269.
- Macon:
Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild. Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild meets at 9:30 AM 3rd Thursday except Nov and Dec which will be on the 2nd Thursday, at Howard Community Club, 5645 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA 31210. No business meetings in June, July or August. Contact person: Jean Godwin, 215 Joycliff Circle, Macon, GA, 31211, 478-742-7219
dgodwin@att.net
Patchwork Pals. We have about 27 members who pay $20.00 a year in dues. We meet at 7:00pm on the 2ne and 4th Tuesdays of the month at Wesley United Methodist Church in Macon. We have fat quarter swaps, annual retreat, classes, charity project, and more.
Visit our website for more info.
Piecemakers. We meet on the first Wednesday at 10 AM at the State Farmers
Market on Eisenhower Parkway in Macon, GA. For further information, call Joan Evans,
912-953-5053
- Marietta:
East Cobb Quilters Guild meets last Friday of each month at 9:15 am.
Contact president@ecqg.com or visit the website for more information.East Cobb Quilter's GuildP.O. Box
71561 Marietta,GA 30007
Georgia Peach Quilters/IQE meets 4-6 times per year on Saturday mornings at
Peachtree Dunwoody Baptist Church. 770-429-0314.
Georgia Friendship Guild meets at the Mable House Cultural Arts Center on
Floyd Road in Mableton. We have not met at Bethany UMC for many years. Thanks,
Sandra Clarke, 770-948-7183. Sandra Clarke
chclarkejr@aol.com The president is Jean Martin, 770-436-5864.
- McCaysville
Mountain Bees Quilting Guild meets the 2nd Monday at 6:00 p.m.
at the Fabric Center, Highway 5. 706-492-2503.
- McDonough.
Busy Needles of Henry County. We are a new daytime guild and we have about 25 members.Dues are only $15.00 per year. We meet at 1pm on the first Thursday of each month at A Scarlet Thread Quilt and Fabric Shop, off I-75 on Jodeco Rd. We have a Monthly Mini program, yearly challenge, annual raffel quilt for charity, yearly charity activity, classes and more. For information contact crazyquilter@charter.net
- Newnan
Common Threads Quilters Guild meets every 4th Monday of the month (3rd Mon. of May, Nov. & Dec. due to holidays)at the Senior Activity Center, 29 Hospital Rd., Newnan, GA at 7:00 pm. Meetings each month include a program with guest speakers, or techniques or projects, and a BOM, Fat Qtr swap, Show & Tell and more. We have 4 Friendship groups formed that meet outside the monthly meeting. Quilters of all skill levels are Welcome! Come visit, come join us! Anyone interested or needing more info, please email: SharonSewsInGA@yahoo.com
- Norcross
Georgia Quilt Council, Inc. Georgia Quilt Council, Inc. Yearly dues are $20.00. Meetings are the second Tuesday of odd numbered months in Quilt Shops around the State. There are two yearly Conventions. Check the web-site for location of meetings, Convention dates and Speakers.
- Oakwood
Hall County/Gainesville
The Hall County Quilt Guild meets the first Monday of every month at 10AM at the Chestnut Mountain Presbyterian Church on Rt 53 in Oakwood. great speakers,workshops every month. Our service project is the Eagle Ranch children's home. We also meet the third Monday of the month to baste large quilts on a frame. Contacts: Jagarland@bellsouth.net or htmonroe@ipa.net
- Perry
CROSSROADS QUILT GUILD PERRY, GEORGIA 31069 meets the 2nd. Thursday of the month at 6:00
P.M.at the Georgia ExtensionOffice, 733 Carroll Street, Perry, Georgia.
For more information, contact Georgiaquilter@aol.com
- Rentz
Laurens Happy Quilters meets the 4th Monday at 7:00 p.m. at Rentz Baptist Church. 912-275-3493.
- Rome
Lavender Mountain Quilt Guild meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday at 7:00pm at the Rome Senior Citizen's Center, Kingston Road 706-234-1735
- Roswell
Bulloch Hall Quilt Guild, 180 Bulloch Ave Roswell, GA 30075. 770-973-5714.
Meets in the cottage at Bulloch Hall every 1st Thursday at 9:30a.m.for coffee and 10:00
meeting. Have about 45 members of all skill levels and welcome visitors and new members.
Shirley Deuchler, 770-992-1731 for more info. EMail for guild info:Joan
dfcady@IX.Netcom.com
- Rossville
Battlefield Piece Makers. Our dues are $25.00. $10.00 for our guild and $15.00 for
TVQA. We meet every third Tue. at Rossville Civic Center next door to the Rossville polic station on McFarland Ave., Rossville, GA.We have 52 members. We averrage 35-40 members per
meeting. We have block of the month, fat quarter swap, and show and tell. A program each meeting covering a quilt technique or pattern is given by a guild member. For
more information contact nsidetrk@bellsouth.net.
- Savannah
Calico Stitchers Quilt Guild meets every 3rd Monday of each month at the Woods of Savannah, 7364 Hodgson Memorial Drive on Savannah's Southside. Quilters of all skills are welcome. Anyone interested in quilts should contact JoAnn Rusden at 912-272-4748 or email at
JRusden@comcast.net. Meetings are 7 p.m - 9 p.m. beginning with a short business meeting and followed with Show and Tell and a monthly Program. See you there!
Calico Stitchers P.O. Box 13414 Savannah, GA31416
Geechee Quilters Guild meets Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Citizen's Center, Bull St. 912-927-4609.
- St. Simons Island
Undercover Quilters meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. at the Stepping Stones Quilt Shop, 301 Skyland Rd. 912-638-7128.
- Statesboro
Staying in Stitches Quilt Guild meets the third Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Honey Bowen Rec Ctr on Fair Road. Weekly bees are held in the same location on Wednesday and Thursday at 9 a.m We welcome all quilt lovers!
- Stone Mountain
Yellow Daisy Quilters, P.O. Box 912, Stone Mountain, GA 30086-0912. Meetings are
held the 3rd Wednesday of every month, 7:00 PM, St. Timothy's United
Methodist Church, 5365 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain. Dues are $25/year;
Seniors $20/year. Nimble Fingers is a small group of Yellow Daisy members
who meet the 4th Tuesday of every month at Rock of Ages Lutheran Church,
5135 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain. We invite all interest persons to
attend.
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Summerville Stitch In Time Quilt Guild. Our guild meets the second Tues. of every month at 6:30p.m. We have projects going on, like round robin, operation armor up, trips, bring and brags, fat quarter swaps and a guild store. Contact
hrc421@bellsouth.net for more information.
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Thomaston Cherokee Rose Quilt Guild is a small (approximately 25-30 members presently)
group of ladies and men who meet on the first Tuesday of each month at the Civic Center. Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Come at 6:30 for refreshments and fellowship. All levels of quilters from beginners to advanced are welcome. Dues are $15 a year. We do many exciting projects each year and love to promote quilting to newcomers. We feel it's important to keep this artform alive and thriving.
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Valdosta Withlacoochee Quilter's Guild
Monthly meeting second Monday
7:00 p.m.
401 East Park Ave.
Valdosta Georgia
For more info about membership and our Bees contact President Carla Goldie
goldcarla@alltel.net
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