WELCOME TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY QUILT GUILD
The San Luis Valley Quilt Guild was founded in 1991 to promote the art, skill and appreciation of quilts and quilt making. We love having new members interested in quilting. Whether you are a novice, beginner, experienced or expert quilter, this guild has something for you. Ask questions of anyone at the guild, you will find us all willing to help.
The Guild meets the third Saturday of every month from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm or later at the Monte Vista Community Methodist Church located at 215 Washington in Monte Vista. Occasionally we have an all-day meeting, work session, or class with a potluck lunch. Meeting dates, details, and programs are published in the newsletter.
Annual dues are $25 due in June of each year. New members joining after January will pay dues of $10 until the next yearly cycle in June. Membership dues support the newsletter, morning coffee, and the general fund of the guild.
Committees & Activities of the Guild include:
Facility: assures that a responsible person has a key to the meeting location each month.
Membership: Welcomes new members and makes available a "welcome kit", including the bylaws, welcome letter and pattern for a name tag and a pin cushion. Ensures the new member's name and contact details are added to the roster.
Charity projects: One or more members coordinates the making and collection of quilts, stuffed animals, or other comfort items to distribute to groups in the community that help others.
Librarian: Tracks all books, magazines, or patterns that may be checked out to members for a 2-month period.
Projects/Challenges: presents ideas for a small project at most meetings, such as block of the month, challenge, block exchange, or pattern for a collective quilt.
Programs: arranges teachers for workshops or classes and offers some type of activity at most meetings.
Hospitality: tracks and purchases, as needed, supplies for morning coffee or potlucks for each meeting.
Quilt show: organizes the location, date, publicity, staffing and other related details for a large or small quilt show.
Retreat: organizes the location, date, meal sign-ups, and other details for one or more quilting retreats per year.
Fund raising: suggests and coordinates ways in which the guild can produce an income, if needed, to supplement all activities.
Other activities need member volunteers at times such as publicity, newsletter, courtesy cards, supply purchase, sorting and cutting donated fabrics, and many others. We welcome everyone's ideas for new and different guild activities. We look forward to having you involved.
Revised July, 2025 by Rhonda Borders Approved July 19, 2025
The San Luis Valley Quilt Guild was founded in 1991 to promote the art, skill and appreciation of quilts and quilt making. We love having new members interested in quilting. Whether you are a novice, beginner, experienced or expert quilter, this guild has something for you. Ask questions of anyone at the guild, you will find us all willing to help.
The Guild meets the third Saturday of every month from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm or later at the Monte Vista Community Methodist Church located at 215 Washington in Monte Vista. Occasionally we have an all-day meeting, work session, or class with a potluck lunch. Meeting dates, details, and programs are published in the newsletter.
Annual dues are $25 due in June of each year. New members joining after January will pay dues of $10 until the next yearly cycle in June. Membership dues support the newsletter, morning coffee, and the general fund of the guild.
Committees & Activities of the Guild include:
Facility: assures that a responsible person has a key to the meeting location each month.
Membership: Welcomes new members and makes available a "welcome kit", including the bylaws, welcome letter and pattern for a name tag and a pin cushion. Ensures the new member's name and contact details are added to the roster.
Charity projects: One or more members coordinates the making and collection of quilts, stuffed animals, or other comfort items to distribute to groups in the community that help others.
Librarian: Tracks all books, magazines, or patterns that may be checked out to members for a 2-month period.
Projects/Challenges: presents ideas for a small project at most meetings, such as block of the month, challenge, block exchange, or pattern for a collective quilt.
Programs: arranges teachers for workshops or classes and offers some type of activity at most meetings.
Hospitality: tracks and purchases, as needed, supplies for morning coffee or potlucks for each meeting.
Quilt show: organizes the location, date, publicity, staffing and other related details for a large or small quilt show.
Retreat: organizes the location, date, meal sign-ups, and other details for one or more quilting retreats per year.
Fund raising: suggests and coordinates ways in which the guild can produce an income, if needed, to supplement all activities.
Other activities need member volunteers at times such as publicity, newsletter, courtesy cards, supply purchase, sorting and cutting donated fabrics, and many others. We welcome everyone's ideas for new and different guild activities. We look forward to having you involved.
Revised July, 2025 by Rhonda Borders Approved July 19, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: Peg Collins [email protected]
Retreat FAQ
Download the following file for retreat information.
| retreat_faqs.pdf |
Name Tag Instructions
Download the following file for the pattern and instructions to make your name tag.
| san_luis_valley_quilt_guild_name_tag.pdf |
Helping Hands Guidelines
| helping_hands_quilts_for_donation_guidelines.pdf |
| oncology_quilt_and_tote_bag_guidelines.pdf |
BYLAWS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY QUILT GUILD
ARTICLE I: NAME
The name of the organization shall be the San Luis Valley Quilt Guild.
ARTICLE II: PURPOSE
The purpose of the guild is to stimulate an interest in quilts, to promote and advance the art of quilt making, and to conduct educational programs in the design and techniques of quilt making.
ARTICLE III: MEMBERS
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in quilts.
ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, DUTIES AND BUDGET
The elected officers shall be the Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Member-at-Large. Terms of office will be one year. At the end of her term, the Co-Chair automatically succeeds to the office of Chair for a one-year term.
Section 1: The Chair and/or Co-Chair presides at all meetings and appoints committee chairs. They shall be ex-officio members of all committees except the nominating committee.
Section 2: The Secretary shall take and keep accurate minutes at all board and guild meetings. She shall conduct any guild correspondence and make it available for review as needed.
Section 3: The Treasurer shall collect and record all dues, funds, and expenses of the guild. She shall keep a written record of all transactions and present the membership with itemized reports. She shall keep a current membership roster. Expenditures by the Guild will be proposed and voted on by members present at a regular meeting.
Section 4: At the end of her term, the Chair automatically succeeds to the office of Member-at-Large. The Member-at-Large takes the pulse of the general membership to present to the Governing Board.
Section 5: A Governing Board comprised of the elected officers as noted above provides guidance to committee chairs and approves and oversees Guild finances. The governing board shall meet at least annually to review the organization's goals, activities, and needs for the upcoming year.
ARTICLE V: ELECTIONS
In April, the Chair shall appoint two members to a nominating committee. The nominating committee will solicit volunteers for guild offices and present a slate of candidates at the May meeting. Officers will be elected by a majority vote of the members present.
ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS
The regular meeting shall be on the third Saturday of each month. The bylaws of the Guild may be changed by presenting the changes at one meeting and the members present will vote at the next meeting.
SLV Quilt Guild Bylaws, rev. 12/16/2007, 7/19/2025, by Rhonda Borders
