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TENNESSEE VALLEY QUILTERS ASSOCIATION GUILD. For more information about a specific TVQA guild, email Beverly Greeson at bgquilts@VoyagerOnline.net

• Alcoa
  Blount County, Foothills Quilters Guild, Meets the first and third
  Thursday of each month at Calvary Baptist Church. 100 S. Rankin Road Alcoa,
  Tn from 10:00 to 2:00. Bring a sack lunch. Dues are $12.00 for the year.
• Athens
  Heritage Quilt Guild. Dues are $25 a year, which includes membership in the Tennessee Valley Quilters Association. First Tuesday of every month at 7:00p.m. at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum near downtown Athens.We have an Opportunity quilt, a silent auction, block of the month, classes, trips, a Challenge, and Cuddle Quilt charity project every year. We also help put on the annual quilt show held at the Museum. 
• Barbourville. 
  The Redbud Trail Quilt Guild is open to anyone in southeastern Kentucky. We meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Knox County Extension Office, 215 Treuhaft Blvd., Suite 7.Meeting time is 5:00 pm, unless prior arrangements are made. We have quilt raffles, block of the month, special speakers and are co-sponsoring the Redbud Trail Quilt Festival and Workshop. Yearly dues are $20. Contact belinda.prichard@yahoo.com for more info.
• Bristol
  The Holston Quilters Guild meets third Saturday of each month at 1000 am at the First United Methodist Church, 322 Vance Drive, Bristol, TN. Our members are from both VA & TN. Visitors or new members are welcome. Dues are $12.00 per year. Contact wanda.c@juno.com 
• Chattanooga
  Chattanooga Quilters Guild, 808 Windy Hill Dr, Chattanooga 37421.  We have approx 30 members. We share ideas, help new quilters, enjoy guild programs that include demonstrations and "Show and Tell". Our guild was the first TVQA Quilt Guild formed in Chattanooga. Meets at 10:00 AM the 3rd Tuesday morning of each month, St Alban's Episcopal Church, 7514 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN.   Visitors and new members are welcome.
  
  The Choo Choo Quilters are a friendly group of thirty to forty women, from
  beginners to experts, who meet one night a month for a program, show and tell, and fellowship. Our guild was established in January of 1992. Member, TVQA. 
  Crazy Quilters, Member TVQA.
  Pioneer Quilters. We have demos at guild meetings such as foundation piecing, stippling, trapunto, and color workshops. We also have a block-of-the-month project and we exchange 6" charm squares each month. We have quilted at the Hamilton County Fair for two years. Our group holds weekend workshops and mystery quilt events. Our service projects is cuddle quilts for Room-At-The Inn. We are one of four Chattanooga guilds which host the "Festival of Quilts" Quilt Show every to years in Chattanooga, TN. Member, TVQA. Contact: Beverly Greeson, e-mail: bgquilts@VoyagerOnline.net
• Clarksville
  Tuesday Needlers Quilt Guild meets at 9 AM every Tuesday morning at the New Providence United Methodist Church.  We are a group who promotes hand quilting and machine quilting working at all levels from Professional to beginners.  We do a lot of charity work and enjoy good fellowship.
  
  Country Quilters Guild meets at 7pm on the first Monday of the month (2nd Monday if the 1st is a holiday) at Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1410 Golf Club Lane, Clarksville, Tennessee. Contact cmcclaskey@bellsouth.net for more information.
• Cleveland
  The Cherokee Blossom Quilt Guild - Tuesday @ 6:30 p.m. North Cleveland Baptist Church Fellowship Hall - 2815 Ocoee St. 1st Tuesday - Helper Bee. 2nd Tuesday Program Night - Machine quilting, Landscape quilting, Dyeing, etc. 3rd Tues. bring your projects. 4th Tues.business meeting w/ Trunk show, demonstration & exchange strips. 5th Tues. sew cheaters to be give away. 4 trips out of town are coming. Cost is $25 for the bus. We welcome all to come join us. Member of TVQA Membership fee $25 a yr.  For more info, contact meleeis2@charter.net
• Collierville area. 
  Faith Quilters. We have about 20 members. We are NOT a guild so there is no dues. We meet to sew and have fun from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month at Faith Baptist Church in Barton/Byhalia, MS, located about 1/2 mile south of the TN state line on Byhalia Road. It is about 20 miles from Memphis, TN. All are welcome.
• Columbia
  Maury Quilters. Contact: Karen Combs; karen@karencombs.com.   
  Our guild has approximated 40 members, a diverse group of beginners to
  advanced quilters, professional quilters, shop owners, a national known
  teacher and quilt lovers of all types . Maruy Quilters' is active in community
  projects such as making quilts for a local women's shelter, making "comfort"
  pillows for the local cancer center and making seasonal wall hangings to hang
  in our new Children's Room of the local library. Member, TVQA
• Cookeville
  COOKEVILLE CRAZY QUILTERS, Member, TVQA.
• Cordova
  Pickin' Up The Pieces Quilt Guild  We have about 30 members. Our dues are $20.00 per year. We meet the fourth Tuesday night at 6:30 pm at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 2000 Germantown Parkway. We have a block of the month, used to make committee quilts, classes, classes, trips, and a retreat every two years. We make small quilts for the hospital for babies that are still born or death shortly after birth. Contact Beaver Long at beaverlong13@bellsouth.net or call 901-465-6027
• Crossville
  Cumberland County Piecemakers. We have over 100 members. Dues are $20 a year. We meet the lst and 3rd Wednesdays at 10 am at the First Methodist Church of Crossville. The first meeting of the month is our business meeting followed by a program or demonstration. We have our block of the month at that meeting. The second meeting of the month is a "sew-in" for ongoing projects. Contact: kak2@charter.net for more information.
  
  Crossville. Cumberland County Piecemakers. We have about 100 members who pay $20 a year in dues. Business Meeting 1st Wednesday of each month; Sew-in 3d Wednesday of each month. Meet at 127 South Senior Center @ 10:00 am for both. We hve a block of the month swap, fat quarters given for monthly birthdays, make 'comfort quilts' for local charities and have a show every other year. Contact ccpiecemakers@yahoo.com for more information.
  
  Quilters on the Mountain meet the first 2 Mondays of each month at Trinity Tabernacle Assembley of God Church at 6:00. The first meeting is a business meeting and the second meeting is a stitch in or project meeting. All levels of quilters are welcome or those who want to learn to quilt. Annual dues are $12.00. Those interested may contact dcantwell@frontiernet.net
• Dickson
  COURTHOUSE QUILTERS' GUILD. We meet the 2nd Monday of each month at White Bluff Church of Christ, 4416 Hwy. 70, White Bluff, TN, at 6:30 p.m. We do projects each month, charity quilts, Show n' Tell, retreats and have a fun time together. Everyone is welcome to come and join our guild.
• Dyersburg
  Dyersburg Cup Ups Quilt Guild. We are a small group who quilt in a big way! Visitors and new members are welcome to join us on the second Tuesday of each month at the Family Living Center of First United Methodist Church at 6:30 pm. So far we have had a weekend retreat, a Saturday workshop led by Jean Shaw, a brown bag challenge, share time of finished projects (and some Unfinished). We have a monthly program supplied by one of our members after our business meeting. Contact us for more information-mdmoore@cableone.net
• Elizabethton
  Sycamore Stitchers. Meetings are held at 9 a.m. on the second Thursday of the month at Sycamore Shoals State Park. Dues are $12 per year. There is project instruction and a fat quarter drawing for members at regular meetings. WE have stitch-ins, our quilt show in October, a Christmas luncheon/gift swap. We make baby quilts for new moms attending parenting classes and quilts for St. Judes. Visitors are welcome. Contact egkominek@aol.com
• Englewood
  Heritage Quilters, 121 Valley Lane, Englewood 37329
• Erwin
  Unaka Piecemakers. We have about 25 members how pay $15 a year in dues. We meet at 9:30 am on the first and third Tuesday of the month at Grace United Methodist Church in Erwin. We do a quilt show every other year. Contact carri_haumiller@hotmail.com for more information.
• Fayetteville
  The Lincoln County Piecemakers are an active guild located in southern Middle Tennessee. We enjoy making quilts for several charitable organizations as well as our police officers who use these quilts at the scene of an accident to calm and comfort any injured or traumatized children. January 2006 brings us a new president, Mrs. Muse, with a new vision and ideas for the guilds future involvements. New members are welcome to this ever growing guild. We meet at the Election Building on the second Thursday of each month. Our social hour is at 6 PM with the business meeting starting at 6:30. Meeting information or directions can be obtained by call our local quilt shop at (931) 433-1886.   C. Anderson hoq@hookedonquilting.com
• Franklin
  Cumberland Valley Quilters Association has 150 members and meet monthly. We are very involved with making quilts for injured soldiers returning fro Iraq and Afghanistan as well as our local charity quilts. 
• Gainesboro
  GOLDEN NEEDLES. Member, TVQA
  SILVER THREADS . Member, TVQA
• Germantown
  Uncommon Threads. We have approximately 120 members who pay $25 a year in dues. We meet at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month at United Germantown Methodist Church in Germantown (a suburb of Memphis). We have a block of the month drawing, and actively work on community quilts that are donated to a new local charity annually. We have an annual retreat in the fall, and have national speakers one to two times a year. We have a library available for members.  Linda Leake  LLeake765@aol.com
• Hendersonville
  Lakeshore Quilters guild meets on the second Monday of the month at th United Methodist Church, 9 AM. We have 60 members; dues are $30 per year - half going to the state organization and the other half to the guild. Contact person - Sehoy Welshofer - slw4quilts@comcast.net
• Jackson
  Peace by Piece Quilt Guild, established in 1993. We have over 60 members and meet the first Tues. of the month at the Evangelical Community Church on Pipkin Rd. at 6:30 p.m. Dues are $24 per year. A morning sewing group from this guild meets at Hobby Lobby on the second and fourth Tuesday mornings starting at 9 a.m. and ending around noon. Contact dberryman@charter.net for more information.
• Johnson City
  Blue Ridge Quilters Guild has about 70 members, who meet at 10 am on the first Wednesday of each month at Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Johnson City. We have classes by local, regional and national teachers; block of the month and fat quarter exchanges, and we donate quilts to the local abused children's center.we also have a lending library of books, patterns, and DVD's. Dues are $20 per year. PO Box 3831, Johnson City, TN 37602 Contact anneandbenhike@yahoo.com
  
  Johnson City Our guild has about 70 members. We meet on the 1st Wednesday of the month at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Sunset Drive. There is a social time at 9:30 AM and a meeting at 10. We have block of the month, fat quarter swaps, classes, show trips, and a yearly retreat. Our Small Comforts group makes quilts to give to local children's organizations. The group has all levels of quilters. Everyone is welcome and the guild is very friendly. anneandbenhike@yahoo.com
• Jonesboro
  Old Town Quilters. We have about 25 members who pay $12.00 a year in dues. We meet the second Thursday of the month at 6:30pm, usually at the Jonesborough Library. We have a fat quarter drawing each month, a quilt show once a year, which is usually based on a "challenge" of some sort, and we have programs each month. We also make quilts for "Caring Comforts", a charity organization that gives them to children. We also create items to sell as fundraisers to pay for our programs.  Jody Palm  jpalm37743@yahoo.com
• Kingsport
  First Frontier Quilters of Kingsport. We meet the third Tuesday of every month at 10:00 am at Bethel Presbyterian Church, 1593 Waqrpath Drive in Kingsport. We have a block of the month, fat quarter drawing and nametag drawing. We currently have about 85 members. We have a yearly challenge and a yearly weekend retreat. We make and donate quilts to a local domestic abuse shelter.  John Plutchak   john@paraisoenterprises.com 
• Knoxville
  Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee has about 140 members who meet on the second Monday of every month at the Messiah Lutheran Church on Kingston Pike. We have access to an extensive collection of quilting books, videos and periodicals. The SMQ hosts a quilt show every spring. We also have informal bees, quilt challenges, block drawings, quilt classes, and donate small quilts to Ronald McDonald house. For more information please visit our website.
• Lebanon
  Piecemakers quilt guild meets the second Thursday night of each month at First United Methodist Church at 415 West Main Street in Lebanon, Tn. at 6:30pm for social gathering and meeting at 7:00pm.
• Loudon. 
  The Village Quilters meets the 2nd Friday of ea month at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church on Hwy72, Loudon except for Jun and Dec. Meeting time is 9:30am. We have 230 members of all skill levels. Members enjoy programs w/professional spkrs, classes, wkshops, blk exchgs, bus trips & more. We have sml groups "Bees" which meet monthly too. Our Quilt Show is every 2 yrs in even yrs & a Challenge in the odd yrs. Check our website for Contact info & all activities.
• Martin
  Tennessee Volunteer Quiltists Guild, 901-587-3523.
• McDonald
  Cherokee Blossom, 1420 Brymer Creek Rd SW, McDonald 37353
• McMinnville
  HEARTH & HOME. Member, TVQA
• Memphis
  UNCOMMON THREADS. Member, TVQA
  The Cotton Patchers Quild Guild.  Meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at Buntyn Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Prescott and Southern Ave. in the University of Memphis area. The times are 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; also please bring a sack lunch. We are guild of approximately 55 members, all ages and levels of quilting ability who come together for workshops and both group and individual projects. We would enjoy having visitors and\or new members.
  
  Uncommon Threads. We have approximately 125 members who pay $20 a year in dues. We meet at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Germantown Presbyterian Church in Germantown (a suburb of Memphis). We have a block of the month drawing, actively work on community quilts which are donated to a new local charity annually. We have an annual retreat in the fall and have national speakers one to two times a year. We have a library available for members. 
  
  Faith Quilters. We have about 20 members. We are NOT a guild so there is no dues. We meet to sew and have fun from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month at Faith Baptist Church in Barton/Byhalia, MS, located about 1/2 mile south of the TN state line on Byhalia Road. It is about 20 miles from Memphis, TN. All are welcome.  

• Monterey
  Cumberland Cove Quilters, Monterey, Tenn. We have around 16 members who pay $15.00 a year dues. We meet at 10am the 4th monday of the month at the Cumberland Cove Welcome Center. We have everyone donate 16 fat quarters a year and each person gets a bag of fat quarters for their birthday. We are making Lap Quilts in Red/Whi/Blu Friendship Star for Habitat For Humanity Homes. We are only a year old and plan to have classes throughout the year. For info on joining contact Joanna Walker jwquilts@frontiernet.net
• Murfeesboro
  Heirloom Quilters, 1918 Battleground Dr, Murfreesboro 37129
  FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS GUILD, formed on My 13th, 1995. We participate in Pioneer Days at Cannonsburg. Our community projects include making tote bags for the local domestic violence center, baby quilts for Nashville's Mercy ministry Home for unwed mothers, and children's quilts for Nashville's Ronald McDonald house. Member, TVQA. Contact: Nancie Dockery; E- Mail: bdoc@ix.netcom.com
  
  The Quiltings Bees. Our guild was formed in September 2006 & we now have about 30 members who share their quilting knowledge & skills. We meet the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month 10:00-12:00 AM at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 708 W. Clark Blvd. in Murfreesboro. We enjoy workshops, programs, block-of-the-month, door prizes, & games. We welcome visitors to attend our meetings & are accepting new members of all quilting levels & interests. Please see our website or contact quiltingbees@gmail.com  for additional information.
• Nashville
  Iris Quilt Guild, Meets the 3rd Monday of every month at 6:30 pm. Associated witht the Tennessee Valley Quilters Association. Show and Tell, mini programs each month. Regina Baker  regina@flooramerica.com
  
  MUSIC CITY QUILTERS. The Music Quilters' Guild was organized in 1986. We hosted Assembly Day in 1990 and the White Glove Show in 1991. We are continuing to participate in service projects for the community--baby quilts, educational quilts and pillows for mastectomy patients. There are many talented people in our guild and every meeting is a source of inspiration. Member, TVQA
  
  SEW MUCH MORE THAN QUILTERS. The Sew Much More Than Quilters meets every third Sunday at Sew Much More Quilt Shop in Brentwood, TN, 615-376-9761.  We participate in service projects for the community--children quilts for the Leukemia Society and pillows for mastectomy patients. There are many talented people who enjoy sharing their skills.  Dues are $12 a year.  Beth Sims bsims@girlscoutsofcv.org 
• Norris
  BITS N' PIECES QUILT GUILD....We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month...Jan. through October. (November's meeting is on the 3rd Wednesday). Social time begins at 6:30pm followed by our meeting at 7:00pm. We offer fabric and block exchanges, workshops, show and tell, retreats, as well as our Quilt Show held every July 4th. We meet in the Norris Community Center. Dues are $10 per year. Contact sthamm@comcast.net for more information
• Oak Ridge
  Smoky Mountain Quilters of TN is affiliated w/ NQA and American
  Quilt Study Group. Send checks and correspondence to:
  Smoky Mtn. Quilters of TN, 1345 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Suite 114, Oak Ridge, TN 37830  
  
  Ritzy Thimble Quilters meet the third Monday of each month at the Oak Ridge Civic Center. Meetings start at 6pm. Programs, sharing time, challenges, classes and charitable work are all part of what Ritzy Thimble is all about. A friendly guild of about 45 quilters that all enjoy the love of quilting.
• Pigeon Forge
  Sevier Valley Quilt Guild. We meet the First and Third Tuesday of each month at the First United Methodist Church -220 River Rd. in Pigeon Forge,TN. Our Guild hosts the annual Pigeon forge A Mountain Quilt Fest This Quilt Fest is held in March and showcases antique quilts as well as new talent of today. We quilt for children in need. We do classes , retreats and educational seminars on quilt history. We do a block of the month and mystery blocks and we have work on your own project meetings as well. Contact Paige Vest at vest4@bellsouth.net for more information
• Pleasant View
  Our guild meets every saturday ant the Pleasant View City Hall. $2.00 weekly donation. For more information contact Kim at kmcelfresh@charter.net.
• Pulaski
  MILKY WAY QUILTERS, Member TVQA
• Sevierville. 
  Piecemakers. We have about 50 members and no yearly dues are collected, just a one time $10 when joining the quild along with the membership requirement to make one challenge quilt to be donated to Safe Space and to help with Quiltfest. We meet every Monday at 9am to 12pm at the Sevierville Senior Center. Piecemakers is the original guild that started "A Mountain Quiltfest" Quilt Show in Pigeon Forge,TN in 1994. The Quiltfest is held every March in Pigeon Forge,TN. Contact bonnie@funnelcake.com for more information.
• Soddy Daisy 
  Red Hat Quilters: Meeting 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. 10100 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy. We meet at the Stone Light Studio Shoppe, owned by member, Dee Nash.(We are a small group and limit the size of our guild.) VIsitors are welcome!  Phyllis Gatto e-mail: prgatto@volstate.net
• South Pittsburg. 
  Marion County. Stitchin' Sisters Quilt Guild. We have a core group of 20 or so members who pay $25/year in dues with $15 used to secure membership in TVQA. Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at 5:30 p.m. central time at the Sequachee Valley Electric Co-op Community Meeting Room. We have a fat quarter lotto, gift exchange, member led classes, guest instructors, annual participation in National Cornbread Festival and three quarterly day trips to local quilt shops or museums and one annual major trip or retreat. Contact gaylegrier@bellsouth.net for more information.
• Sparta
  Stitch Show and Share Quilt Guild. We meet on the third Saturday (1-3 p.m.) and the third Monday (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) of each month. Dues are $5 per year. We host quarterly full day workshops, annual shop hop, biannual retreat and quilt show. Contact sallyLs@frontiernet.net for other activities

• Tullahoma
  Girls Night Out Quilting Society meets the 4th Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Tullahoma Presbytarian Church on East Lincoln St. We have about 25 members and always welcome guests and new members. Dues are $22 per yr. ($15 for TVQA and $12 for the guild) We have monthly programs / classes, a 5th Saturday Sew among many other exciting things. We have a small meal/snacks at each meeting.  Julie Morgan morgan8073lynchburg@yahoo.com 

• White Bluff
  Courthouse Quilt Guild, We started in July 1997. Our dues are $25.00 per year, with $10.00 to the local and $15.00 to TVQA. We meet the 2nd Monday night at the White Bluff Church of Christ on Hwy 70 in White Bluff, at 5:00 pm, business at 6:30 pm. There is a all day working for projects or UFO's on the 4th Saturday of each month. We have a project at each monghly meeting. Usually there is someone at the building on the 2nd Monday or the 4th Saturday by 9:00 am. The phone number is 615-797-9037 if you wish to check to see if anyone is there. For more information email address bsquilts@bellsouth.net
• Winchester. 
  Material Girls. We are 30+ strong with a yearly membership dues of $20.00 which $10.00 pays our TVQA dues. We meet the second Tuesday of Each Month at 6:30 p.m.. Our usual meeting place is the Church of Christ, College Blvd, Winchester TN. Please visit our web site for additional information and directions.