Cherohala Quilters

Cherohala Quilters

Cherohala Quilters was organized on September 26, 2007, in Robbinsville, North Carolina. We are presently over 25 members strong, many of which are part-time residents of the area. The only requirement to become a member is an interest in quilting. Membership dues are $20.00/year ($10.00 for those on a fixed income such as Social Security).

Our regular guild meetings are held at the Robbinsville United Methodist Church Fellowship hall beginning at 10:00am, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month (except during winter months when we meet only on the 1st Wednesday). Members come when they can to sew or just enjoy the company of kindred spirits. We welcome new members of all experience levels. Our Quilts of Valor participants gather on the 4th Friday of each month (except Nov. & Dec. which is the 3rd Friday) at Glenda Farley’s home beginning at 10:00am. We have also started a Saturday group called the Saturday Stitchers that meets at Stecoah Valley Center on the 1st Saturday of the month beginning at 10:00 am. This group is open to all members and is a great opportunity for those who cannot make a weekday meeting to get involved. For a complete listing of our meeting schedule please click on the Meeting Schedule link at the top of this web page.

In our first year we held several mini-workshops at guild meetings, finished our first opportunity quilt, started a Quilts of Valor Project and completed a dozen quilts which have been donated to wounded service men & women, and presented our first quilt exhibit at the Stecoah Valley Center during the fall Harvest Festival. Our second year has been just as busy. We continued to hold mini-workshops throughout the year. Over a dozen more quilts have been completed and donated to wounded war veterans through the Quilts of Valor project. In addition, members have made walker bags that were donated to residents of Britthaven, and burp cloths were made and donated to the Health Department to be included in their baskets of supplies for new mothers of newborns. On October 17th we presented our second quilt exhibit at the Stecoah Valley Center. The exhibit included traditional, contemporary, and art quilts by members of the guild.

Join us and see what our next year will bring.