About
the
Brookings Area Quilters Guild
The
BAQG was formed in January of 1995. Our purpose is to encourage a wider
appreciation of quilting, to raise and maintain standards of design and
individual ideas and expressions, and to keep interest alive by
promoting local quilt projects and programs and by doing charitable
works. Current officers are:
President:
Karen Spurgeon
Vice
President: Jeri Nelson
Secretary:
Marilyn Eighmy
Treasurer:
Belinda Kruse
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Some of the 2008 Fabric Challenge Quilts displayed at the Quilt Show |
Monthly
Meetings
The
Guild
meets the third Monday of each month (except in December) at 7:00 p.m.
at the Extension Building next to the Swiftel Center, Brookings, SD
(use the entrance on the east side of the building). Meetings usually
include guild business, a program or special speaker on quilt-related
topics, social time and show and tell. The guild also sponsors
workshops, quilt shop or show tours, quilt challenges, and morning and
afternoon quilt groups. All are welcome - beginners and expert quilters
alike. We share our experiences and learn more about making quilts.
Dues are $15.00 yearly. Please join us and share in the fun!
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Community
Service Projects
Members
have fun at work days and weekend retreats creating quilts for Habitat
for Humanity, Quilts of Valor, and victims of fires and other
disasters. In 2005 we gave 25 quilts to area people and sent off 21
quilts of valor to the wounded soldiers. At the present there are
another 20 quilts of valor being made.
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One
of
our
Quilts of Valor
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