Introducing the Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild

Welcome to the Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild Web page. We are really glad you stopped by!

The Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild is a group of some 70 women who share a love of quilting. Their goals are to further their expertise in the quilting arts through practical use and to educate the community in which they live by sharing and teaching their knowledge. In addition to individual activities, Guild members work together to create quilts that are donated to local charities and individuals in need.

The Guild offers members many projects and classes throughout the year which promote ideas for other Guild and personal projects, classes, events, etc. The Delectable Mountains Quilters have stitched love quilts, mystery quilts, quilts for charity donation and fund raising, and even their signature quilt wall hanging seen above (click on the image to see a larger rendering). The Guild offers quilting lessons, the joy of gathering together to stitch, and the creative power of the many! The membership enjoys quilters of all levels who teach, learn, and share skills and ideas amongst themselves and the community. What more could a budding or master quilter ask for! Join us some time at our meeting place, we would welcome you as a guest or a member.

Each year the Guild holds a quilt show and sale at the Morgan Arts Council Ice House. Members hang quilts in this non-juried show, and many quilts are offered for sale. Other quilted items are also on sale at this major fund raising event. Guild members are on hand to answer questions about quilting, the quilts, and the Guild.

The 2008 Delectable Mountains Quilt Show and Sale opens May 2nd and runs through June 1st.

Each summer the Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild displays quilts and sells quilted items at the Morgan County Fair. Special events planned for the Fair inlcude 'Build a Quilt' during which Guild members will begin (and hopefully finish) a quilt, and a raffle for the quilt built during the previous year such as the one pictured here.
(For a larger view, click on the image to the left)

This quilt was built by the Guild at the 2006 Fair. The blocks were all sewn at the Fair, the top completed, the quilting was done, and the binding was put on it. It was raffled at the 2007 County Fair.

The Delectable Mountains Quilters meet the first and third Wednesdays, September through June, from 10:00 am to approximately 2:00 pm at the Seventh Day Adventist Church which is located on Rt. 522 South (3606 Valley Road) in Berkeley Springs. Each year during the summer break, a Challenge is offered to keep Guild members engaged. Some of the most creative and unusual quilting items result from these challenges. Visit the Summer Challenge page for the instructions for this year's challenge.

Evening Guild accomodates those members who are unable to attend daytime meetings. The evening Guild meets once a month, year round, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Meetings usually take place on the first Monday evening of the month, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. All DMQ members and prospective members are invited to attend.