What’s Happening at TCQG 2026

February Meetings:

ABC Work Night: Tues, Feb. 10 at 7:00 pm at Lifelong. Contact Cora Yao for information.

Second Meeting: Tues, Feb. 24, 7:00 pm at Lifelong. Show & Tell: Valentine Colored Quilts.

Quilts and Coffee: Every Tuesday at 9:30 am, Wegmans Upstairs Cafe.

Next Virtual Retreat: Fri and Sat, Feb 27 and 28, 10:00-5:00. Contact Bronwyn Mohlke.

Next Firehall Retreat: March 7 and 8, 9:00 am - 6: 00 pm, 77 Main Street, Newfield. Contact Fran Welch.

Zoom Presentation: March 10, Sylvia Schaefer presents on “Modern Quilt Design”

Everyone welcome.

Who We Are

The Tompkins County Quilters Guild is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1974 to provide education in the art and history of quilting, and to support and encourage the practices and pleasures of quilt-making amongst our members and the local community.

What We Do

We meet twice monthly, mostly in person, occasionally online, for programs that showcase quilters’ work, quilting styles and techniques, perspectives on the social value of quilting and many other aspects of the art. We welcome anyone to join us at a meeting.

Every two to three years we hold a two-day quilt show presenting over 300 beautiful quilts of all sizes and styles, the work of a featured artist, vendors of fabrics and sewing wares, quilting books for sale and much more. We make a deluxe queen-size raffle quilt and sell tickets for the drawing that ends the quilt show.

We hold numerous quilting retreats at local venues and online, allowing time away for sewing together in an environment of encouragement and creativity.

We enjoy group projects—block exchanges, “Round Robin” quilt-building, various challenges—that inspire creativity beyond our customary ideas.

We make quilts for local and national charities.

Once or twice a year, we offer workshops giving participants a hands-on introduction to a wide range of quilting techniques and practices.

We hold occasional social events where quilting friends meet and share fun, stories and ideas. We publish a monthly newsletter and maintain a library for members.

We maintain an archive of Guild history, presentations, events and members' work.

Quilting retreat

“Iron Quilters” contest

2025 Raffle Quilt

Crib quilt, one of “50 Quilts for 50 Babies”