Join Us for Upcoming Programs and Workshops
Step 1: Sign Up
- See the specific Signup Genius link next to each workshop.
- For programs with a cost, your payment is your registration.
- There is no signup needed for Thursday lectures.
Step 2: Program Payment
- Pay online via Square on the Pay Online/Add to Cart page. The Program team is notified that you paid and will send you a confirmation and the supply list.
- By check: You can mail a check to Valley Quilters, PO Box 1180, Green Valley, AZ 85622. The program chair will match the check with your signup info (above) and contact you.
- Pay at a meeting via Square, cash, check, or directly to the instructor.
- If a program is free, or if you are instructed to pay the fee directly to the teacher, you can skip Step 2.
- Members attend lectures for free. Non-members may be asked to pay $5 at the door for special lectures.
- Please read the GVQG Workshop and Sew Day Policy, which covers attendance, cancellations, and policies for special guest events for members and for non-members.
Step 3: Receive Supply List
- After payment is received, you will receive a supply list via email. It will include any pre-workshop preparation that is needed.
Upcoming Programs and Workshops
All events are held at Risen Savior Luth. Church - 555 S La Canada Dr, Green Valley, 85614
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September 17, 2026 - after the 1pm business meeting -Susie Weaver - Susie will present a lecture/trunk show that demonstrates how small changes can make big (or not so big) differences in a quilt. This topic lends itself to showing how changing color, size, setting, or the addition of borders can significantly alter the end result of a quilt endeavor. Hopefully you will leave with a broader and more daring sense of the adventure in quilt-making. Free to members and Friday workshop participants. $5 charge for non-members attending only the lecture. September 18, 2026 -Friday Let's Make a Scene with Susie Weaver 9:30 am -3:00 pm at Church of the Risen Savior SIGNUP PAYMENT Cost is $30 for members, $35 for non-members, with class size limited to 15 people. A supply list will be sent out when the worshop is paid. Here is a link on the guild website for payment. The class will start at 9:30am and doors will be opened at 9:00am to give everyone time to set up. We are excited to welcome our September speaker and workshop instructor, Susie Weaver. Primarily known as a teacher, Susie has taught from Alaska to Wisconsin, always adapting her classes to challenge and bring out the best in each student. She builds her students’ self-confidence with the correct application of skills and the proper use of tools. In addition, Susie has published fifteen pattens, two of which have been recognized in national publications. One of her quilts appeared in the 2007 calendar of the American Quilt Society. Susie is known for her traditional-style quilts that she takes to perfection. In Friday’s workshop, Susie will demonstrate how to use her favorite (fast and easy) freezer paper reverse appliqué method to frame a fused silhouette against a pretty sky, or you can choose to frame out a favorite fabric or perhaps one of your small embroidered pieces. You can use the block in combination with others or finish it as a stand-alone piece. Susie will offer lots of information and possibilities. A ‘squaring’ demonstration will also be included. |
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October 15, 2026 - Trish Hastings-Sargent - Art and Thread Lecture after the 1pm business meeting.
October 16, 2026 - Workshop) PAYMENT LINK SIGN UP LINK
Maximum Number: 15
Cost: $40 for members / $45 for non-members
Thread Painting a Summer Meadow with Trish Hastings-Sargent
We are excited to welcome our October speaker and workshop instructor, Trish Hastings-Sargent.
Trish creates realistic landscape art from original photographs. Her favorite subjects include desert, mountain scenes, and the magnificent Arizona sunsets. Her imagery has its realistic look because she keeps some very important elements in mind: perspective, object proportion, foreground, mid-ground, background and direction of the light source. We start with a one hour talk and she will demonstrate her method. During the Power Point presentation she will share her process, tips and secrets. A handout that follows the slides to help guide you will be available. The rest of our time together is spent creating our landscapes.
You will not need to bring a sewing machine for this beginner class.
Cost is $40 for members, $45 for non-members, with class size limited to 15 people. A supply list will be sent out when the workshop is paid. Here is a link on the guild website for payment.
The class will start at 9:30am and doors will be opened at 9:00am to give everyone time to set up.
Thank you!
Location: Lutheran Church of the Risen Savior
Raised in the historic New England textile city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Trish attended Southeastern MA University. She majored in graphic design so she could minor in photography which was her love. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts degree, Trish worked in the studio of a professional Boston photographer as a designer.
Her artist's statement reads:
Since my family worked in the New Bedford textile mills, there were plenty of fabric scraps around our house. My earliest memories as a child are of playing in this fabric stash. With needle and thread, I would sit and create. As an adult, my love of fabric has not waned. I cannot resist using the wide variety of textures, colors, and patterns in my work. I also hand dye or paint fabric to achieve the look I want.
I strive to accomplish realism in my art, which is challenging with my medium of fiber. My current work starts with one of my original photographs for the inspiration and guide for my finished art. I use commercial fabrics, upholstery fabrics, satins, hand dyes, and more. Free motion stitching is the technique I use to add shading and details.
October 16, 2026 - Workshop) PAYMENT LINK SIGN UP LINK
Maximum Number: 15
Cost: $40 for members / $45 for non-members
Thread Painting a Summer Meadow with Trish Hastings-Sargent
We are excited to welcome our October speaker and workshop instructor, Trish Hastings-Sargent.
Trish creates realistic landscape art from original photographs. Her favorite subjects include desert, mountain scenes, and the magnificent Arizona sunsets. Her imagery has its realistic look because she keeps some very important elements in mind: perspective, object proportion, foreground, mid-ground, background and direction of the light source. We start with a one hour talk and she will demonstrate her method. During the Power Point presentation she will share her process, tips and secrets. A handout that follows the slides to help guide you will be available. The rest of our time together is spent creating our landscapes.
You will not need to bring a sewing machine for this beginner class.
Cost is $40 for members, $45 for non-members, with class size limited to 15 people. A supply list will be sent out when the workshop is paid. Here is a link on the guild website for payment.
The class will start at 9:30am and doors will be opened at 9:00am to give everyone time to set up.
Thank you!
Location: Lutheran Church of the Risen Savior
Raised in the historic New England textile city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Trish attended Southeastern MA University. She majored in graphic design so she could minor in photography which was her love. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts degree, Trish worked in the studio of a professional Boston photographer as a designer.
Her artist's statement reads:
Since my family worked in the New Bedford textile mills, there were plenty of fabric scraps around our house. My earliest memories as a child are of playing in this fabric stash. With needle and thread, I would sit and create. As an adult, my love of fabric has not waned. I cannot resist using the wide variety of textures, colors, and patterns in my work. I also hand dye or paint fabric to achieve the look I want.
I strive to accomplish realism in my art, which is challenging with my medium of fiber. My current work starts with one of my original photographs for the inspiration and guide for my finished art. I use commercial fabrics, upholstery fabrics, satins, hand dyes, and more. Free motion stitching is the technique I use to add shading and details.
November 19, 2026 - Sharon Visk - Trunk Show
Sharon's mom taught her to sew as a pre-teen and she fell in love with it! She sewed many of her school clothes after that. As a young adult, her life got busy and her sewing machine got older and became very cranky. So she pretty much stopped sewing, except for the occasional mending job. Fast forward to 2012 when she bought a new, fancy sewing/embroidery machine and took a quilting class. Her life changed! Fairly quickly, she found her quilting passion, raw edge applique! As they say, the rest is history. She was so proud to have been honored with Best of Show for my "Garden Party with My Cousin" at the last quilt show. I'm sure we are in for a treat.
November 20, 2026 - Sew Day - TBD
December 17, 2026 - Holiday Potluck
January 21, 2027 - Karen Fisher - Houston International Quilt Festival Exhibit
Karen will present a trunk show of some of her quilts that were in a special exhibit of her work at the Houston International quilt festival. Come see her beautiful work!
January 22, 2027 - Karen Fisher - Spice Up Your Borders Workshop
Learn two methods for making beautiful borders. Create even, perfect tucks with no measuring or marking, a technique that can add detail to any quilt design. And combine multiple coordinated fabrics into a rich wash of color with curvy, skinny piecing—a fun variation on a traditional Piano Key look.
February 18, 2027 - Schoolhouse
We need several members to volunteer to demo a skill or technique.
February 19, 2027 - Barb's Adorable Chicken Pincushions
Barbara Ringer has volunteered to demonstrate how to make her cute chicken pin cushions.
March - Quilt Show - No general meeting
April 15, 2027 - Tami Graeber - Trunk Show
Award winning quilter, Tami Graeber, will show off some of her wonderful quilts.
April 16, 2027 - Sew Day - TBD
Sharon's mom taught her to sew as a pre-teen and she fell in love with it! She sewed many of her school clothes after that. As a young adult, her life got busy and her sewing machine got older and became very cranky. So she pretty much stopped sewing, except for the occasional mending job. Fast forward to 2012 when she bought a new, fancy sewing/embroidery machine and took a quilting class. Her life changed! Fairly quickly, she found her quilting passion, raw edge applique! As they say, the rest is history. She was so proud to have been honored with Best of Show for my "Garden Party with My Cousin" at the last quilt show. I'm sure we are in for a treat.
November 20, 2026 - Sew Day - TBD
December 17, 2026 - Holiday Potluck
January 21, 2027 - Karen Fisher - Houston International Quilt Festival Exhibit
Karen will present a trunk show of some of her quilts that were in a special exhibit of her work at the Houston International quilt festival. Come see her beautiful work!
January 22, 2027 - Karen Fisher - Spice Up Your Borders Workshop
Learn two methods for making beautiful borders. Create even, perfect tucks with no measuring or marking, a technique that can add detail to any quilt design. And combine multiple coordinated fabrics into a rich wash of color with curvy, skinny piecing—a fun variation on a traditional Piano Key look.
February 18, 2027 - Schoolhouse
We need several members to volunteer to demo a skill or technique.
- 1. Cathy Baker—Designing your own Pantograph
- 2. Jane Rosenbush
- 3. Julie Wheat - Coasters
- 4. April Layher - Yoyos
February 19, 2027 - Barb's Adorable Chicken Pincushions
Barbara Ringer has volunteered to demonstrate how to make her cute chicken pin cushions.
March - Quilt Show - No general meeting
April 15, 2027 - Tami Graeber - Trunk Show
Award winning quilter, Tami Graeber, will show off some of her wonderful quilts.
April 16, 2027 - Sew Day - TBD
Past Workshops
August 20-21, 2026 - Two Day In-House Retreat
August is a 2-day in-house retreat. Bring your sewing machine and a project to work on or create a top from guild fabrics that will be available for your creating pleasure.
On the first day, Thursday, please bring a salad to share and the second day, Friday, bring your lunch. .All of the fabric from the storage unit will be available at the retreat. In addition, the pattern catalogs will be available to find a fun pattern to make. ANY FABRIC THAT YOU TAKE SHOULD BE USED TO MAKE A CHARITY QUILT.
July 16, 2026 - Thursday Charity Sew Day
The July meeting is the Holiday Stocking Sew Day. We’ll enjoy pizza and a tossed salad for lunch. 10am-3pm
Friday is not officially scheduled but the Quilt Show team and the Fab Fabrics Team are meeting at the church from 10-2 to sort through donations for the quilt show boutique and fabric donations. All volunteers are welcome.
June 18, 2026 - Quilt Fun and Games
The June meeting will be filled with games, including a variation of Left, Right, Center which requires that each person bring eight (8) fat quarters. In this variation of the game, each participant will go home with eight (8) fat quarters.
June 19, 2026 - Sew Day
June Sew Day will be making Scrappy holiday stockings. We’d love for you to come join in this fun day.
August is a 2-day in-house retreat. Bring your sewing machine and a project to work on or create a top from guild fabrics that will be available for your creating pleasure.
On the first day, Thursday, please bring a salad to share and the second day, Friday, bring your lunch. .All of the fabric from the storage unit will be available at the retreat. In addition, the pattern catalogs will be available to find a fun pattern to make. ANY FABRIC THAT YOU TAKE SHOULD BE USED TO MAKE A CHARITY QUILT.
July 16, 2026 - Thursday Charity Sew Day
The July meeting is the Holiday Stocking Sew Day. We’ll enjoy pizza and a tossed salad for lunch. 10am-3pm
Friday is not officially scheduled but the Quilt Show team and the Fab Fabrics Team are meeting at the church from 10-2 to sort through donations for the quilt show boutique and fabric donations. All volunteers are welcome.
June 18, 2026 - Quilt Fun and Games
The June meeting will be filled with games, including a variation of Left, Right, Center which requires that each person bring eight (8) fat quarters. In this variation of the game, each participant will go home with eight (8) fat quarters.
June 19, 2026 - Sew Day
June Sew Day will be making Scrappy holiday stockings. We’d love for you to come join in this fun day.
May 21, 2026 - Vicki Bohnoff - Art Quilt Journey
Vicki will take us through her quilting journey. Vicki has won many awards and ribbons. Her quilts have been exhibited at International Quilt Festival, Road 2 California, SAQA, and a quilt in the collection at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.
May 22, 2026 - Vicki Bohnhoff - 3-D Flowers Workshop - Sign-up Genius- Register Here. Pay Online
At the Friday workshop Vicki will teach how to make 3-D Flowers which can be used as embellishments on many projects. The students will learn how to create 3-D flowers from floral fabrics and panels. She will also provide a leaf fabric for each student.
Cost is $30 for members, $35 for non-members, with class size limited to 25 people. A supply list will be sent out when the workshop is paid. Here is a link on the guild website for payment.
The class will start at 9:30 and doors will be opened at 9:00 to give everyone time to set up.
Vicki will take us through her quilting journey. Vicki has won many awards and ribbons. Her quilts have been exhibited at International Quilt Festival, Road 2 California, SAQA, and a quilt in the collection at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.
May 22, 2026 - Vicki Bohnhoff - 3-D Flowers Workshop - Sign-up Genius- Register Here. Pay Online
At the Friday workshop Vicki will teach how to make 3-D Flowers which can be used as embellishments on many projects. The students will learn how to create 3-D flowers from floral fabrics and panels. She will also provide a leaf fabric for each student.
Cost is $30 for members, $35 for non-members, with class size limited to 25 people. A supply list will be sent out when the workshop is paid. Here is a link on the guild website for payment.
The class will start at 9:30 and doors will be opened at 9:00 to give everyone time to set up.
April 16, 2026 – Guild Members Vintage Quilts – Trunk Show and Panel Challenge Show and Tell
Bring your vintage quilts and share how you acquired them and any background information you have gathered. Snowbirds don’t forget to bring your vintage quilts back with you in the fall!
April 17, 2026 - Sew Day 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Come and learn how to make those cute cacti gardens. Joan has volunteered to teach. It's not too early to think about making items to sell in the quilt show's boutique!. Joan Fahning will be demonstrating how to make Cactus Planters for sale at our next Boutique during our 2027 Quilt Show.
Bring your vintage quilts and share how you acquired them and any background information you have gathered. Snowbirds don’t forget to bring your vintage quilts back with you in the fall!
April 17, 2026 - Sew Day 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Come and learn how to make those cute cacti gardens. Joan has volunteered to teach. It's not too early to think about making items to sell in the quilt show's boutique!. Joan Fahning will be demonstrating how to make Cactus Planters for sale at our next Boutique during our 2027 Quilt Show.
March 19, 2026 – Marcia Nattrass – Trunk Show
Marcia is another of the founding members of the Green Valley Quilt Guild. She is an award winning quilt artist who has been quilting over 35 years. Her work has appeared in quilting magazines and featured in quilting books. Since moving to Arizona her quilts reflect the southwestern colors and designs. Marcia's greatest awards, at quilt shows, are "first place" and "best use of color". Marcia has shared her work with the community through donating quilts to charity for the Guild's fund raisers and raffle quilts. Marcia's program will show her journey in quilting across the country.
March 20, 2026 - Fabulous Fabrics Sale
Marcia is another of the founding members of the Green Valley Quilt Guild. She is an award winning quilt artist who has been quilting over 35 years. Her work has appeared in quilting magazines and featured in quilting books. Since moving to Arizona her quilts reflect the southwestern colors and designs. Marcia's greatest awards, at quilt shows, are "first place" and "best use of color". Marcia has shared her work with the community through donating quilts to charity for the Guild's fund raisers and raffle quilts. Marcia's program will show her journey in quilting across the country.
March 20, 2026 - Fabulous Fabrics Sale
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February 19, 2026 – Judy Gauthier - An Hour with Judy Demystifying Color and Cutting for Scrap Quilting
Judy Gauthier is the owner of Bungalow Quilting and has been sewing her entire life. She learned to sew from her mother and numerous 4-H leaders. She has been on the faculty of the International Quilt Festival in Houston for many years. She is the author of six books for C&T Publishing. Judy designs fabric and patterns for Studio e Fabrics. She has appeared on a 2-part series of Quilting with Nancy with Nancy Zieman and on several morning shows on Milwaukee TV. She travels all over the country teaching. She has been married for 37 years and has 4 grown children. She resides in Ripon, Wisconsin, with her husband and golden retriever, Duncan. This lecture takes the audience through the quick cutting techniques for scrap quilting that are used repeatedly throughout her books. Judy will talk about a variety of layouts for these simple and quick cutting techniques and why you will be using even your most misfit scraps. Then, she will talk about the organized way of using the color wheel to decide how to choose colors for scrap quilts. Come be inspired! February 20, 2026 – Judy Gauthier – Blended Hexagon Workshop Judy will teach how to easily cut squares and turn them into hexagons with one easy slash. The learner will achieve easy y-seams and will also learn the derivatives of this one easy slash technique that will result in multiple blocks. |
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January 15, 2026 – Jane Smith – Trunk Show. Jane will talk about her quilting journey.
January 16, 2026 - Sew Day
January 16, 2026 - Sew Day
November 20 , 2025 -Laurie McAlpin - How Her Hobby Became a Career.
Laurie will talk about her quilting journey.
November 21 - Sew Day
October 16 -17– Michelle Watts – How Does It Get from an Idea to a Quilt?
Michelle is the author of many wonderful Southwest patterns. The lecture and trunk show features some of Michelle’s best work and takes you through her design process. She will discuss where some of her ideas come from and share her journey as a quilter, pattern designer, and artist. Come be inspired!
October 17 - Michelle Watts – Modern Edge Workshop - This workshop is an introduction to the world of improvisational piecing. Improvisation is the activity (QUILTING) of making or doing something that you have not planned (WITHOUT A PATTERN). This workshop is a simple introduction to the world of improvisational piecing. But with a little guidance. She designed it as a small project workshop so the top can be completed in a full day workshop. Even though everyone follows the same guidelines, each project will be a one-of-a-kind creation. Michelle has created a workshop that allows each student to have creative freedom to go as far over the modern edge they want. We will discuss project options, sizes, finishing techniques, quilting, colors and embellishments.
September 18 - Schoolhouse - Three (15-20 min) presentations with the following speakers :
Sue Mountford - (Demonstration) - Sewing binding on quilts by machine.
Palma Davis - (Demonstration) - Quilted zippered candy bag.
Eileen Owen - (Demonstration) - Finishing small quilts with free-motion quilting.
September 19 - Open Sew Day - We will be making "disappearing" block quilts for charity.
August 21 -22-- 2 Day in-house quilt retreat
Bring your favorite salad to share on Thursday. You will also need to bring your sewing machine and a project to work on OR choose a pattern and fabric from the huge amount of fabric that will be present. Sue will bring the fabric donations that we have gotten so far this year. If you would like to help, we need to get said donations sorted and into tubs. Sew on a project.
July 17 - Holiday Stocking Sew Day (Pizza and salad provided)
June 19 - Quilt Bingo (with prizes)
June 20 - Sew Day
Laurie will talk about her quilting journey.
November 21 - Sew Day
October 16 -17– Michelle Watts – How Does It Get from an Idea to a Quilt?
Michelle is the author of many wonderful Southwest patterns. The lecture and trunk show features some of Michelle’s best work and takes you through her design process. She will discuss where some of her ideas come from and share her journey as a quilter, pattern designer, and artist. Come be inspired!
October 17 - Michelle Watts – Modern Edge Workshop - This workshop is an introduction to the world of improvisational piecing. Improvisation is the activity (QUILTING) of making or doing something that you have not planned (WITHOUT A PATTERN). This workshop is a simple introduction to the world of improvisational piecing. But with a little guidance. She designed it as a small project workshop so the top can be completed in a full day workshop. Even though everyone follows the same guidelines, each project will be a one-of-a-kind creation. Michelle has created a workshop that allows each student to have creative freedom to go as far over the modern edge they want. We will discuss project options, sizes, finishing techniques, quilting, colors and embellishments.
September 18 - Schoolhouse - Three (15-20 min) presentations with the following speakers :
Sue Mountford - (Demonstration) - Sewing binding on quilts by machine.
Palma Davis - (Demonstration) - Quilted zippered candy bag.
Eileen Owen - (Demonstration) - Finishing small quilts with free-motion quilting.
September 19 - Open Sew Day - We will be making "disappearing" block quilts for charity.
August 21 -22-- 2 Day in-house quilt retreat
Bring your favorite salad to share on Thursday. You will also need to bring your sewing machine and a project to work on OR choose a pattern and fabric from the huge amount of fabric that will be present. Sue will bring the fabric donations that we have gotten so far this year. If you would like to help, we need to get said donations sorted and into tubs. Sew on a project.
July 17 - Holiday Stocking Sew Day (Pizza and salad provided)
June 19 - Quilt Bingo (with prizes)
June 20 - Sew Day
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