About Beach Cities Quilters Guild
The Beach Cities Quilters Guild is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization established in October 1992 to promote quilting and other fiber arts in California's Southern Orange County area. The guild offers opportunities to share experiences with other quilters in an atmosphere of fellowship, as well as offering programs to enhance the skills of its members.*
NEXT MEETING
May 8, 2025
Please join us in person at the Norman P Murray Community and Senior Center, or on Zoom.
Guest Fees $5.00
7:00 pm Business Meeting
May 8, 2025
In May we’ll welcome Gwen Weedon to our guild meeting. She has been Quilting for over 25 years on the Central Coast of California and started teaching Quilting workshops 20 years ago. She’s taught at San Luis Obispo Adult Ed. quilting classes, local quilt shops and many California Quilt Guilds.
Gwen is an artist who has attended art schools and Long Beach State University. She was a professional graphic artist for 10 years and has won several ribbons for her quilts throughout the years. Her lecture will feature a trunk show and the story of her quilting journey.
The workshop, “Ocean Art Quilt” is a free motion curved piecing advanced technique
All students will have one on one assistance in learning this new technique Gwen developed over the years.
By the end of class all students will have successfully finished a quilt top.
President's Message - May 2025
Spring is in the air and I have been enjoying our wonderful southern California weather. Makes me want to get out and do some hiking. There are so many trails to enjoy in Orange County, from a nice stroll to more strenuous. I’m afraid I am starting to like the nice strolls more than the strenuous ones.
Suzy Nash was a kick. Her workshop was equally as funny and informative. I started the sewing machine and should be able to finish it at my retreat this week. The Laura Heine method is so quick and easy, making for a completed project in a jiffy.
Next month is Gwen Weedon who will share her many ocean inspired quilts.
I am still looking for someone (or two) to chair the Quilt Show. This is a very important event for us as we make all our money to fund two years of speakers and rent of our awesome Murray Center. Please dig down deep and see if you can’t chair this with a friend or two. Once you get your “staff” it is just a matter of coordinating meetings. The Opportunity Quilt is almost done (a beauty) and I have already had people telling me they will head certain committees.
Donna Wester
President 2024-2025
“If any quilter tell you they work on one project at a time, they’re either lying, or being held hostage and trying to signal for help.”
Lorelai Kuecker