Celebration of Quilts 2026

March is National Quilt Month, and every year the guild puts on a Celebration of Quilts display at Great Harvest Bread on Benson! Make sure you stop by this month to see the beautiful quilts in this year's show!

2025 Quilt Show

** Click Here for a List of Quilts in the Great Alaska Quilt Show 2025**

Dec. 5th Meeting Canceled

 Due to the road conditions, the December 5th meeting and potluck have been canceled. 

Revised Education Schedule

There have been some unexpected changes to the education calendar!! 

November's session is now in person and will be a Social Sew and/or Comfort Quilt Day reprise. Please bring your sewing machine and plan to get some projects finished (holiday gifts!?) or advance a project to the next step! Lynne will be there to facilitate any Comfort Quilt needs. 

December's session is in the planning phases and I hope to announce the topic/presenter soon. 

January's session will still be Repurposed Wool Scarves! 

So, thanks for your patience and understanding! 

All the best, 

Mary Hacker 

Education Chair

2024 Great Alaska Quilt Show

 

The Great Alaska Quilt Show is happening September 14th and 15th in downtown Anchorage. It will feature a small quilt auction, a raffle quilt (photo below), and beautiful quilts made by our members. 

Admission and parking are FREE. 

Come celebrate the art of quilting with us!

Dates: Sept. 14 & 15, 11am - 4pm
Location: First United Methodist Church, 725 W 9th Ave, Anchorage

Membership Information

THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO JOIN THE GUILD!

• Show your beautiful quilt(s) at the annual show
• Socialize with others who share your hobby
• Learn or revisit quilting techniques at Program Meetings
• Shop or donate to the Free Table
• Make a Comfort Quilt - no obligation to complete all the steps

Membership renewals will be handled the old fashioned way - by completing and submitting the membership form below (also published each monthly in the newsletter).  Mail the completed form and your check to the guild PO Box as shown on the form. 

***At a minimum send a written statement with your check confirming your information in the membership directory remains unchanged.*** Make sure your email is correct as many members are moving away from the GCI hosted mail servers!

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Contact Meghan Phillips, Membership Chair, with any questions. Her contact information is in the Membership directory or email the guild at anchoragequilters@gmail.com

June 21 Show and Tell

Barbara's baby quilt will be a comfort quilt donation.

Cathy's pieced this top in a class. She donated it to the Comfort Quilt project.

Cathy made this quilt in a Judy Hopkins mystery class.

Kate's niece, a beginning quilter, made this wall-hanging from a McKenna Ryan pattern with Kate's mentoring.

Pat S. finished this UFO.

Another Pat S. showed an antique top for which her friend requests someone to finish the piecing.

This quilt is one of Robyn's UFOs.

May 17 Show and Tell

Lynnette started this hand-appliquéd quilt in 1999 before her granddaughter was born. Now it is her granddaughter's graduation gift.

Marie's friend gave her this afghan to brighten her spirits while Marie was battling breast cancer.

Mary H's friend gave her this wall-hanging.

Mary H made this wall-hanging to practice doing sashiko.

Kathy showed this quilt which Mary L. made for Quilts of Valor.

Nancy showed a quilt made by a group to which she belongs. The pattern is "Paper Beads".

Nancy made her jacket using her own hand-made fabric. At the June program  meeting, Nancy will give a presentation about dyeing fabric.

Rena made a colorful cover for her sewing machine using scraps from a project she had finished.

May 3 Show and Tell

Glenda's wall-hanging--"Into Every Dog's Life Some Cats Must Fall"--is her quilt for the guild's row quilt challenge.

Barbara made this comfort baby quilt from a panel.

Barbara quilted this comfort quilt donation that Winnie had pieced.

Barbara showed a fabric bag which she had made.

Betty R. finished this UFO--unfinished quilt object.

Regina showed this holiday themed comfort quilt.

This comfort quilt was made with "heart".

Another comfort quilt.

Gail made this small quilt for the next Teddy Bear Tea quilt project.

Glenda showed a comfort quilt which she had quilted.

Jane made this quilt from blocks donated from a deceased member's stash.

Jeanette pieced this quilt top from a comfort quilt kit.

This tea pot quilt will be donated to the small quilt auction.

Jeanette continues to use her stash to make small quilt for the guild's auction. She and her husband will be full-time RVers  this month.

New member Linda M. made this quilt titled, "Florabella Blossom."

Linda P. made Halloween quilts for her grandchildren's dorm rooms.

These jeans "bulletin boards" are for Linda's grandchildren.

Linda used 1930's fabric for the map quilt. Her husband has travelled to all 50 states.

The label for Linda's map quilt highlights their RV travels.

A glow-in-the-dark skeleton quilt for one of Linda's grandchildren.

Lynnette finished this UFO.

Marilyn had fabric left from the guild's celebration of the Anchorage centennial. She used it to make these gifts for  committee members.

Peggy's quilt reads, "Never underestimate the power of one quilter and her sewing machine."

Robyn awed us with this quilt made of Minke fabric. Her granddaughter will enjoy cuddling under it.

Rosemary finished a UFO.

Ruth created this jacket in a class. It's even lined.

April 5 Show and Tell

ALCQ guild members have been busy finishing UFOs, creating cute quilts to go with stuffed animals to the Teddy Bear Tea for distribution to social service agencies, and making quilts to donate to the small quilt auction held at the September quilt show. Members also have made comfort quilts. The committee recently distributed 201 quilts of various sizes to the Anchorage community.