WELCOME
TO ALPINE QUILTERS
We meet at 7:00
pm on the third Monday of each month, January through November, at
Rockland
Community Church
17 S. Mt. Vernon Country Club Rd.
(I-70 to Exit 254, turn north)
Golden, Colorado 80401
Our meetings
feature a different, fascinating speaker or special event each month.
We often work together to make quilts for charities such as People's
Quilts, Project Linus, Bridgeway, and Family Tree.
Membership
is open to anyone who is a quilter or has an interest in quilting, no
matter what your skill level. Our members are friendly
and our meetings are fun, so please visit
us soon!
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Quilt
made by Charlene W for her friend's family.
Show & Tell November 2011
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- DON'T
FORGET!!
The February 20 meeting is Game Night. If you plan to play Quilto,
bring one fat quarter for every Quilto card you want to play. i.e.,
one fat quarter to "buy" and play one card, five fat quarters
to "buy" five cards, etc. The fat quarters will be awarded as prizes
to the winners. (Click for details: http://www.alpinequilters.org/meetings.htm)
- The "Quilters"
performance is this Friday, Feb 17, at Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed
Drive Evergreen, CO 80439, (303) 674-4002. It is followed by a champagne
Reception, and time to view the incredible Alpine
Quilters Exhibit
- A new
project for Empower Women in Africa was introduced at the January
meeting. For information and instructions, please click http://empowerwomeninafrica.com/donate-pads/
- Textile
Art Exhibit: "Fabric and fiber will be the focus of The
State of the Art, a joint exhibition of Red Rocks Community College,
Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Surface Design Association. Opening
reception is January 25, from 4-7 p.m. and the show will run through
Feb. 29, 2012 at the Susan K. Arndt Gallery (located on the west end,
lower level of the Red Rocks Community College campus at 13300 W. 6th
Ave. in Lakewood). The exhibition is a cooperative project between RRCC
and the two associations as part of the college’s ArtSmart program,
a year-long celebration that recognizes the arts in everything around
us."
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- Alpine
Quilters' works are on display at the Center/Stage
Rotary Gallery in Evergreen. Call before you go to find out when
they're open: 303-674-4002
- Another
thing to do with your quilting buddies:
Rocky
Mountain Quilt Study Group
meeting on the 3rd Friday of every month (next - February 24) at 10:30.
It is open to all interested. Study fabric, dating, history of quilting.
Contact Toni for more information
- Before
sending an attachment with an email, please read how
to create a PDF file that everyone's computer can open
- If you
have fabric for Bridgeway quilts at home and are not going to use it,
please return it at the next meeting
- Quilts
of Valor
is held at Lakewood United Church of
Christ, 100 Carr St. in Lakewood. Contact Judi Baxter for date of the
next meeting, and let her know at least 2 days in advance
if you're coming
Email: gypsy441601@gmail.com
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A QUILTER IF
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A
recent study has indicated that fabric gives
off certain Pheromones that actually hypnotize
women and cause them to purchase ungodly amounts.
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