AQG upcoming events

Applique the Jillily Way Workshop Registration (Wednesday, October 21, 2026)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Applique the Jillily Way

a WORKSHOP by

Jill Finley

Special AQG discounted kits
include the workshop!
There's no fee to register, but you must register to get the link to the special pricing page.

This workshop is an introduction to "Appliqué the Jillily Way".

It is a turned turned-edge appliqué technique in which the seam allowance is prepared around a template using starch and heat before the appliqué is stitched to the background. The result is a smooth, clean edge with no raw fabric showing. It features Jill's new pattern, Around the Town.

This workshop kit includes the option to make just the center block of the quilt (18" x 18" - $50) to learn Jill's appliqué technique or to make the whole quilt which is 52" x 52" ($100). You will learn turned-edge appliqué, how to create bias stems, circles, and how to attach them all to your block and stitching so that none of your stitches show!

Jill will show you how to create the hourglass background in her lecture, and the applique will be taught in class. There is additional piecing for the houses surrounding the center that will all be explained in the pattern for the whole quilt option. The piecing is simple, using traditional techniques.

Date & Time: On demand so you choose when!

Registering for the workshop will get you the special link to Jill's website. This is the ONLY way to receive the special discounted AQG prices for the kits, tools, and backing. The workshop is included in that pricing and the links will be sent to you directly from Jillily Studio.

Learn More about Jill Finley

Jill Finley is the owner and designer behind Jillily Studio. She has been designing quilt patterns for over 30 years and currently designs and sells quilt fabric, patterns, kits and notions. Her quilt designs show off her fresh style using high contrast fabrics and usually have a bit of appliqué to soften and finish each design.

Her designs have appeared in many quilt magazines. She designs fabric for Riley Blake and has designed several thread collections for Aurifil, is a BERNINA Ambassador, and a CutterPillar affiliate.

Jillily Studio produces the popular notions: Appli-Glue, Poke-A-Dots, Maker Paper, Starch Brushes and Quilter's Digits along with numerous kits and patterns. Jill is the author of several books on quilting, including: Home Sweet Quilt and Stitched Together.

https://www.jillilystudio.com/

Registration

Members:

Log into your account on AQG's website to register for this event at no charge!

Access to this event is complimentary as part of your 2026-2027 membership.

Registration is required to gain access to purchase
the special kits for AQG members only at a discounted price and to receive the links to the workshop.

You MUST use the special link that comes only in the registration confirmation email to get the kits and the discount!

Registration ends Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2026

Registration is limited to AQG members only!

If you need more information email: Education@aqgmail.org

Scrap Cities Workshop with Cathy Perlmutter (Saturday, November 14, 2026)

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Scrap Cities Workshop
with
Cathy Perlmutter

Saturday, November 14, 2026

10:00 am to 4:30 pm (Arizona Time)

$45 for members

Create the city of your dreams!

Whether you want to honor a real place; or a fantasyland – or, like Cathy, do both in the same quilt -- this class will give you the techniques you need to have a blast doing it, with lots of improvisation. (Improvisation actually makes city scenes MORE realistic!). During the six-hour class, students finish up to six different buildings.

The class segments include:

How to turn edges as you piece.
How to incorporate perspective using geometric prints, like stripes, to create a 3-D "wow" factor.
Quilting techniques that create architectural effects, and architecture that looks like quilts. We'll build the "Hotel Bargello", a "stitch-and-flip" condo tower, and brickwork that lends itself to Seminole techniques.
A half-dozen ways to make windows, rectangular and arched.
Build first, arrange later.

With Cathy's improv approach, you make a bunch of freestanding buildings, and not worry too much about background or arrangement. And only AFTER you’ve made them, you audition backgrounds and try different layouts. So you don’t have to know in advance what your quilt will look like—and you’ll enjoy the surprises as your city evolves!

	Supply List

Learn more about Cathy Perlmutter

My lecture takes you on my journey, which started accidentally (I never thought I had the drawing ability to make a cityscape), when I was put up in a hotel room high over midtown Manhattan. For the first time, I looked at the city like a quilter and an artist, instead of just a tourist or a resident! And what I saw launched an obsession!

You’ll learn about how I look at buildings, and brainstorm the most fun way to represent them, to make a compelling scene. People tell me that after this lecture or class, they never look at buildings the same way again!

I've been quilting for 35 years, but have never had more fun than with the cityscapes I've has been making for the last eight. I've made city quilts, small and large, inspired by buildings in New York City (where I was born), Los Angeles (where I live now), Chicago, plus individual buildings around the world, and a half dozen fantasy-land quilts. I have also written two books about making quilted cityscapes.

Cathy is generously offering a 20% discount on everything in her Etsy shop! Use the link below or the coupon code: GUILDS20

Link to Cathy's Etsy Shop

Registration

Members:

Log into your account on AQG's website to register for this event!

Eligibility to register for this event is part of your membership.

Non-members may attend for an additional $10.

Registration is required for admission.

Registration ends November 9, 2026

Registration is limited to 20.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations must be made online (no emails).
Cancellations 5 days (120 hours) or more before the scheduled event will receive an account credit. The credit can be used for future AQG events.
Cancellations less than 5 days before the event are not eligible for a credit.
Refunds are not offered.

Zoom Details

The reminder emails will contain the ZOOM link to the event.
Be sure that you have the link. We cannot guarantee monitoring of our email on the day of the meeting.
The lecture will begin promptly at the listed start time.
Please join 15-30 minutes early and ensure that your full name appears in the bottom left corner of your photo in the Zoom meeting. If you don't know how to change that, click on the three dots next to your name or ask for help in the waiting room chat.

If you are unfamiliar with ZOOM:

A PDF is available under the HELP! tab for AQG Members. https://arizonaquiltersguild.org/resources/Documents/HELP%20DOCUMENTS/ZOOM%20Instructions.pdf
Video training is available on the Zoom website. You may wish to watch "Joining A Meeting" and "In-Meeting Navigation".
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials

If you need more information email: Education@aqgmail.org

AQG Chapter Chat (Saturday, November 21, 2026)

Sat, 21 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Ask Questions & Offer Advice

* ALL AQG Members Welcome *

Hosted by Celeste & Kimm

9am on Fourth Saturday of each month

Register to receive Zoom Link

November 21: Chapter Fundraising

December: Holidays (no Chat)

January 23: To Be Determined

Questions? ChapterChat@AQGmail.org

Introduction to 3D Illusion Quilts Lecture (Wednesday, December 09, 2026)

Thu, 10 Dec 2026 02:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, December 9, 2026
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Arizona Time)

Ruth Ann is an award-winning quilt designer, teacher, and author, known for her beautiful quilts that create amazing three-dimensional and optical illusion effects through color, value, and geometric design.

In this lecture Ruth Ann will share her expertise in 3D Illusion Quilts, showing us how these eye-catching designs come to life. After this lecture we’ll all come away inspired with new ideas for our own quilting.

Learn More about Ruth Ann Berry

Ruth Ann Berry is the author of four books published by C&T Publishing, “Bargello Quilts in Motion”, “Braided Bargello Quilts”, “Stunning 3D Quilts”, and “3D Illusion Quilts”, plus two self-published books, “Simplified 3D Quilts” and “The Six-Yard Bargello
Collection” . She designs patterns for fabric companies and major distributors. She owns and operates a small-town quilt shop and online business, the Quilter’s Clinic and quiltersclinic.com and travels extensively to exhibit and teach at guilds and festivals.

https://quiltersclinic.com

Registration

Members:

Log into your account on AQG's website to register for this event at no charge!

This event is complimentary as part of your 2026-2027 membership.

Non-members may attend for a $10 fee

Registration is required for admission.

Registration ends Monday, December 7, 2026

Registration is limited to 500

Zoom Details

The reminder emails will contain the ZOOM link to the event.
Be sure that you have the link. We cannot guarantee monitoring of email the day of the meeting.
The lecture will begin promptly at the listed start time.
Please join 15-30 minutes early and ensure that your full name appears in the bottom left corner of your photo in the Zoom meeting. If you don't know how to change that, click on the three dots next to your name or ask for help in the waiting room chat.
If you are unfamiliar with ZOOM:
- A PDF is available under the HELP! tab for AQG Members. https://arizonaquiltersguild.org/resources/Documents/HELP%20DOCUMENTS/ZOOM%20Instructions.pdf
- Video training is available on the Zoom website. You may wish to watch "Joining A Meeting" and "In-Meeting Navigation" https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials

If you need more information email: Education@aqgmail.org

3D Illusion Quilts Workshop (Saturday, December 12, 2026)

Sat, 12 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT

3D Illusion Quilts

Saturday, December 12, 2026

10:00 am to 4:30 pm (Arizona Time)

Registration has been suspended due to a technicality and will be restored by 11/13/26. If you are interested, please join the waiting list to be notified when it re-opens.

In this interactive Zoom workshop you will create the illusion of 3D with color, value, and contrast using measured strips cut at 60° angles and assembled in vertical rows.
Learn how to use an exciting new template to achieve the “wow” effect of 3D faster than ever before without the need to cut and piece all triangles. Master the tips and tricks for
maintaining straight columns and matching one column to the next. Build confidence in a whole new technique that’s transferable to any project designed on a 60° grid

Important information for the workshop:

Buying one of her patterns from the list below is mandatory.
Patterns are down-loadable PDf files.
You can buy it here:
https://www.quiltersclinic.com/quilt-kit-store.htm

You can also buy a kit which includes the pre-cut fabrics and the pattern. (Allow at least 2 weeks of shipping time before the workshop).

We recommend that Non-US-Citizens buy only the down-loadable pattern and use their own fabric (shipping /tariff problems).
Supplies: 60 Triangle ruler, rotary cutter and cutting mat, usual sewing supplies and sewing machine
Prep Work: if you don’t buy the kit please cut your fabric in 3” strips according to the pattern.

	Pattern and Kit List

Learn more about Ruth Ann Berry

Ruth Ann Berry is the author of four books published by C&T Publishing, “Bargello Quilts in Motion”, “Braided Bargello Quilts”, “Stunning 3D Quilts”, and “3D Illusion Quilts”, plus two self-published books, “Simplified 3D Quilts” and “The Six-Yard Bargello
Collection”. She designs patterns for fabric companies and major distributors. She owns and operates a small-town quilt shop and online business, the Quilter’s Clinic at quiltersclinic.com and travels extensively to exhibit and teach at guilds and festivals.

https://www.quiltersclinic.com/

Registration

Members:

Log into your account on AQG's website to register for this event!

Eligibility to register for this event is part of your membership.

Non-members may attend for an additional $15.

Registration is required for admission.

Registration ends December 5, 2026

There is no Registration Limit.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations must be made online (no emails).
Cancellations 5 days (120 hours) or more before the scheduled event will receive an account credit. The credit can be used for future AQG events.
Cancellations less than 5 days before the event are not eligible for a credit.
Refunds are not offered.

Zoom Details

The reminder emails will contain the ZOOM link to the event.
Be sure that you have the link. We cannot guarantee monitoring of our email on the day of the meeting.
The lecture will begin promptly at the listed start time.
Please join 15-30 minutes early and ensure that your full name appears in the bottom left corner of your photo in the Zoom meeting. If you don't know how to change that, click on the three dots next to your name or ask for help in the waiting room chat.

If you are unfamiliar with ZOOM:

A PDF is available under the HELP! tab for AQG Members. https://arizonaquiltersguild.org/resources/Documents/HELP%20DOCUMENTS/ZOOM%20Instructions.pdf
Video training is available on the Zoom website. You may wish to watch "Joining A Meeting" and "In-Meeting Navigation".
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials

If you need more information email: Education@aqgmail.org

AQG Chapter Chat (Saturday, January 23, 2027)

Sat, 23 Jan 2027 16:00:00 GMT

Ask Questions & Offer Advice

* ALL AQG Members Welcome *

Hosted by Celeste & Kimm

9am on Fourth Saturday of each month

Register to receive Zoom Link

November 21: Chapter Fundraising

December: Holidays (no Chat)

January 23: To Be Determined

Questions? ChapterChat@AQGmail.org

AQG Chapter Chat (Saturday, February 20, 2027)

Sat, 20 Feb 2027 07:00:00 GMT

Ask Questions & Offer Advice

* ALL AQG Members Welcome *

Hosted by Celeste & Kimm

9am on Fourth Saturday of each month

Register to receive Zoom Link

November 21: Chapter Fundraising

December: Holidays (no Chat)

January 23: To Be Determined

Questions? ChapterChat@AQGmail.org

Quilt Arizona! Entry Intake (Sunday, March 14, 2027)

Sun, 14 Mar 2027 18:00:00 GMT

Quilt Arizona! 2027

Entry Intake Event

at Martin Auto Museum & Event Center

4320 W Thunderbird Rd

Glendale, AZ 85306

Sunday, March 14

11am - 2pm

Quilt AZ! Judging Room Observation (Monday, March 15, 2027)

Mon, 15 Mar 2027 07:00:00 GMT

Have you wondered how the Award Winners are chosen

from all those incredible quilts?

Are you interested in hints to improve your own

quilt show entries?

AQG is offering an educational opportunity for members to be observers in a Quilt Arizona! Judging Session. You will learn about the quilt judging process by observing the NACQJ judges in action. If time permits, the judges will offer a question-and-answer period at the end of the session.

Choose from two available sessions:

Monday morning, March 15, 2027 7:45 am - 12:00 pm

Monday afternoon, March 15, 2027 12:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Quilt Arizona! 2027 (Friday, March 19, 2027)

Fri, 19 Mar 2027 07:00:00 GMT

Quilt Arizona! 2027

Friday - March 19, 9am - 5pm

Saturday - March 20, 9am - 4 pm

at Martin Auto Museum & Event Center

4320 W Thunderbird Rd,

Glendale, AZ 85306

Click for more information

AQG upcoming events

Applique the Jillily Way Workshop Registration (Wednesday, October 21, 2026)

Applique the Jillily Way

a WORKSHOP by

Jill Finley

Special AQG discounted kits include the workshop! There's no fee to register, but you must register to get the link to the special pricing page.

https://www.jillilystudio.com/

Scrap Cities Workshop with Cathy Perlmutter (Saturday, November 14, 2026)

Scrap Cities WorkshopwithCathy Perlmutter

Saturday, November 14, 2026

10:00 am to 4:30 pm (Arizona Time)

$45 for members

Supply List

Learn more about Cathy Perlmutter

AQG Chapter Chat (Saturday, November 21, 2026)

Join us to Chat about Chapter topics

Ask Questions & Offer Advice

*** ALL AQG Members Welcome ***

Introduction to 3D Illusion Quilts Lecture (Wednesday, December 09, 2026)

Introduction to 3D Illusion Quilts

a Zoom lecture by

Ruth Ann Berry

Wednesday, December 9, 20267:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Arizona Time)

https://quiltersclinic.com

3D Illusion Quilts Workshop (Saturday, December 12, 2026)

3D Illusion Quilts

Ruth Ann Berry

Saturday, December 12, 2026

10:00 am to 4:30 pm (Arizona Time)

Registration has been suspended due to a technicality and will be restored by 11/13/26. If you are interested, please join the waiting list to be notified when it re-opens.

Pattern and Kit List

Learn more about Ruth Ann Berry

AQG Chapter Chat (Saturday, January 23, 2027)

Join us to Chat about Chapter topics

Ask Questions & Offer Advice

*** ALL AQG Members Welcome ***

AQG Chapter Chat (Saturday, February 20, 2027)

Join us to Chat about Chapter topics

Ask Questions & Offer Advice

*** ALL AQG Members Welcome ***

Quilt Arizona! Entry Intake (Sunday, March 14, 2027)

Quilt AZ! Judging Room Observation (Monday, March 15, 2027)

Quilt Arizona! 2027 (Friday, March 19, 2027)

Special AQG discounted kits
include the workshop!
There's no fee to register, but you must register to get the link to the special pricing page.

Scrap Cities Workshop
with
Cathy Perlmutter

* ALL AQG Members Welcome *

Introduction to
3D Illusion Quilts

Wednesday, December 9, 2026
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Arizona Time)

* ALL AQG Members Welcome *

* ALL AQG Members Welcome *