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Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc. (PTQG) is Maine's non-profit state quilting guild with over 2,000 members, including 70 chapters divided into 7 geographic areas. Chapter activities are one of the best ways you can enjoy quilting, share and expand your quilting skills, and make some great new friends. If you are interested in joining a chapter that doesn't have contact information listed, please contact us for their information at our address above or email Susan Gerhardt.

Have you wonderered about joining a chapter? One group describes their meetings, "...as we sit around our meeting room and work on our projects, we love to have good conversation...we laugh, cry, and talk about anything and everything...come visit - you'll be surprised where some of our conversations lead..."

Join today! You can belong as a Chapter member, as an Affiliate member (belonging to one or more chapters in addition to a "home" chapter) or as a Floater member (an individual membership). For more informantion, please contact Membership Registrar, Susan Gerhardt.


If you plan to visit a chapter, it is suggested that you call to confirm the meeting date and time.



Area 1 -- SOUTHERN

Area 1 Representative: Ann Morrissey 207/846-1386
Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Calico Quilters Yarmouth Area Charter Diane Brause 207/829-4762 Masonic Hall
Mill St., Yarmouth
1st & 3rd Mon., 7-9 pm
Casco Bay Quilters Scarborough/South Portland Area Fall 1981 Janice Files 207/799-3457 St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church's Recreation Building, 611 Main St., S. Portland 2nd Thurs., 10:30 am
Cobblestone Quilters Portland Area Fall 1988 Carol McLeod 207/655-4586 Riverton School Community Center, 1600 Forest Ave., Portland 1st & 3rd Mon., 6-9 pm
Evergreen Quilters York County Area Charter Callie Lavoie 207/646-8773 St. David's Episcopal Church, 138 York Street, Kennebunk 4th Mon., 6-9 pm except July and Dec.,
Four Seasons Quilters
Falmouth
Fall 2001 Cathy Robbins 207/797-6323 Norway Savings Bank, 240 US Route 1, Falmouth 1st & 3rd Mon., 7- 9 pm
Nimble Thimble Quilters Windham Area Fall 1982 Lisa Simmons 207/642-5385 Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, Windham 2nd & 4th Thurs., 7-9 pm, year 'round
Valley Needlers Cornish/Limington Area Summer 1990 Sandra Negus 207/637-3226 members' homes Last Wed., 7- 9 pm


Area 2 -- Mid-Coast

Area 2 Representative: Vacant

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Clamshell Quilters Damariscotta/Newcastle Area Charter Betsy Jewell 207/975-5974 Skidompha Library Meeting Rm.
184 Main St., Damariscotta.
2nd Mon., 7 pm
Coastal Quilters Camden/Rockport Area Fall 2001 Louisa Enright 207/236-6215 Lions Club, Lions Lane, Camden 2nd Sat., 10 am - 12:30 pm
Come Spring Quilters Union Fall 1990 Joyce Grotton 207/785-2651 Peoples United Methodist Church, 31 Depot St., Union 2nd & 4th Thurs., at 7 pm, year 'round
Country Thimbles Jefferson Fall 2002 Nancy Bishop 207/453-7287 Country Creations Quilt Shop, 696 Waldoboro Rd.,
Jefferson

2nd Thurs. & Fri. mornings, year 'round
Friendship Sampler Quilters Belfast Area Fall 1985 Dereka Smith 207/338-9580 St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Parish House, 100 Court St., Belfast 1st & 3rd Thurs., 10 am to noon
Georges Valley Quilters Thomaston/Rockland Area Fall 1987 Mathea Daunheimer 207/354-7092 Federated Church, 8 Hyler St., Thomaston 1st & 3rd Thurs., 10 - 1, Sept. thru June
Good Intentions Quilters Warren 1978?
1983?
Janet Muddle 207/354-0126
Warren Fire Station
167 Western Rd., Warren
1st & 3rd Tues., 10:30 am- 2:00 pm
Kaleidoscope Quilters Brunswick Area Charter Kathy Gaunt 207/729-3572 West Bath Firehouse, 192 State Rd., West Bath 2nd Thurs., Sept - June, 7:00 pm
Ocean Waves Quilters Orr's Island /Bailey Island Area Fall 1993 Ruth Alexander 207/865-4740 Bailey Island Union Church, Rt. 24, Bailey Island Wed., 7 - 9 pm, except Ash Wed.,
Sheepscot Valley Quilters Palermo/Liberty Area Summer 2001 Kerry Black 207/589-4033 Liberty Library, Main St., Liberty 3rd Tues., 6:30 - 9:00 pm, Sept. thru June

 

Area 3 -- Western

Area 3 Representative: Barbara Swan Frost 207/743-8337

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Chickadee Quilters Bridgton Area Charter Carole A. Hicks 207/647-3632 Town Annex,
15 High St., Bridgton
1st & 3rd Thurs, 7 pm; Tues. 10-noon, sewing & social group
Classic Quilters Lewiston/Auburn Area Fall 1984 Ethel DuBois 207/783-3148 Campus Cuisine
100 Campus Ave., Lewiston
Tues. 6:30-8:00 pm, Sept. - June
 
Country Aire Quilters
Turner Fall 1988 Buffy Patrie 207/388-3192 Tripp Middle School, 65 Matthews Way, Turner 2nd & 4th Mon., 6:30- 8:30 pm, Mar. - Dec.
Country Square Quilters North Jay/Wilton Area Winter 1989 Joyce Rowland 207/897-2433 Jay-Niles Memorial Public Library, 983 Main St., N. Jay 2nd & 4th Tues., 9 am, Sept. - May
Cross Country Quilters Bethel Charter Virginia Keniston 207/824-2661 Bethel United Methodist Church, 75 Main St., Bethel Thurs., 1-3 pm
Grammy's Choice Quilters Canton Charter Sally Bryant 207/597-2114 Canton Municipal Building, 1088 School St., Canton 1st & 3rd Wed., 10 am - 2 pm, Sept. thru June
Ladies of the Lake Quilters Peru/Rumford/Dixfield Area Winter 1989 Sue Rand 207/364-8787 Rumford United Methodist Church, 455 Linnell St., Rumford 1st Thurs., Sept. - June, 9 am - noon
Lisbon Krazy Kwilters Lisbon Area April 1980 Judith A. Doucette 207/353-6952 Beaver Park, 37 Cotton Rd., Lisbon Mon., 9 am - noon, year 'round
Pine Needles Quilters

Norway/South Paris Area

Charter Barbara Varney 207/743-8668 Norway Town Hall, 26 Danforth St., Norway Thurs., 9 am - noon
Scraps and Patches Quilters Poland Charter Nancy Petersons 207/345-3134 Ricker Memorial Library, 1211 Maine St., Poland Wed., 10 am - 1 pm, year 'round
Village Scrappers Quilters Livermore Winter 1988 Rita Timberlake 207/897-3761 Spring and summer at Community Building, Church St., Livermore; winter Livermore Town Hall, 2 Main St., Livermore Falls 2nd & 3rd Tues., 9 - 2


Area 4A -- Central

Area 4 Representatives: Cynthia Magee 207/685-9318; Ann McCaslin 207/377-6780; Heather Betts 207/684-2205

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Backroad Quilters Gardiner/West Gardiner Area June 1982 Ann Hussey 207/582-5365
United Methodist Church, 31 Highland Ave., Gardiner 2nd & 4th Mon. at 6:30 -8:30 pm, Sept., thru 2nd Mon., June
Cabin Fever Quilters Monmouth/Wayne/Winthrop Area Fall 1982 Bonnie Cole 207/685-9031 Ladd Recreation Center, 26 Gott Rd., Wayne & Wayne Community Church 2nd Mon., 7-8:30 pm- Ladd Rec. Ctr, & 3rd Sat., 12 - 4 pm, @ Wayne Comm. Church, Sept.-June
Cross Patches Quilters Readfield/Winthrop/Augusta Area September 1983 Cynthia Magee 207/685-9318 Members' homes 2nd Tues., 7-9 pm
Cumston Area Quilters Monmouth/Winthrop Area Unknown Nancy Lewis 207/933-2966 Cumston Public Library, Lower Level, 796 Main St., Monmouth 1st Wed., 9:30 am
Friendly Ties Quilters Oakland Area August 2007 Patricia Michaud 207/465-9049 Seams Sew Fun
Kennedy 886C Memorial Drive, Oakland
2nd Mon., 6 pm & 4th Sat., 9 am
year 'round
Heritage Quilters Waterville/Winslow Area 1980? Jane E. Hann Morey 207/622-0343 Members' homes 2nd Tues.,
Loose Threads Quilters Readfield Area Fall 1993 Joan Wiebe 207/685-4725 Maranacook Middle School, Home Ec. Room, 2100 Millard Harrison Dr., Readfield. Wed., 7 pm (6:30 in winter), Sept. - June
Mystic Quilting Friends Gardiner September 2005 Joann Lavallee 207/582-6901 Mystic Maine Quilts
287 Water St., Gardiner
Last Wed. of mth., Sept. - June.
Tacoma Lakes Quilters Litchfield Fall 1996 Beth French 207/666-3537 Plains Baptist Church, 56 Plains Road,
Litchfield
1st & 3rd Wed., 9:30 am
T.E.A. Cup Quilters Togus August 1981 Constance Beckim 207/582-3053 Members' homes Call for mtg. day & time


Area 4B -- Central

Area 4 Representatives: Cynthia Magee 207/685-9318; Ann McCaslin 207/377-6780; Heather Betts 207/684-2205

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
In Stitches Waterville Area 1980? Linda Benn 207/873-0363 Lutheran Church, 36 Cool St.., Waterville 4th Thurs., August thru May, 7 pm
Kennebec Valley Quilters Madison/Norridgewock Area Fall 1996 Mary Hatch 207/566-0101 Madison Municipal Building, 28 Weston Ave., Madison 2nd Thurs., Sept. - June, 7 -9 pm
Maine Mountain Quilters Farmington Area Charter Patricia Libby 207/778-3298 St. Joseph's Church basement, Quebec St., Farmington 1st & 3rd Thurs., 7 - 9 pm, Sept. - 1st Thurs. in June, social time, 6:30-7 pm
Narrow Gauge Quilters Phillips/Strong Area Fall 1986 Mary Wilford 207/639-3344 Camden National Bank (basement), 124 Main St., Phillips 2nd & 4th Thurs. year 'round, 1-4 pm
Pieceful Pine Quilters Rangeley Fall 1985 Diane Trask 207/864-5003 Congregational Church Barn, High Street, Rangeley 1st and 3rd Thurs., 6:30 pm, every month
Somerset Samplers Quilters Skowhegan Area Fall 1985 Carmen Dickinson 207/634-3838 Pinwheels Quilt Shop
95 West Front St., Skowhegan
1st Thurs., 6:30 pm -8:30 pm
Stitchers in the Snow Quilters Kingfield May 1997 Glennese Taylor 207/265-4231 Webster Hall, 38 School St., Kingfield 1st & 3rd Tues., 6 pm
Stitching Witches Quilters Winslow Area Fall 1995 Deborah Marlett 207/445-4374 Winslow Jr. H.S. Library, 10 Danielson St., Winslow

2nd Thurs. 6:30 pm

 

Tumbledown Tackers Weld Fall 1991 Mary DeCristofaro 207/585-2621 Weld Town Office, Multipurpose Room, , 23 Mill St., Weld 1st Mon., 1 pm, Sept. to June

 

Area 5 -- Eastern

Area 5 Representative: Linda Throckmorton (207/259-3646)

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Bedtime Quilters Bucksport Area Winter 1991 D. Marie Jackson 207/223-4207 Masonic Temple, 87 Lower Falls Road, Orland Wed., 7- 9 pm
Downeast Quilters
Southern Washington County Charter Linda M. Throckmorton 207/259-3646 Jacksonville Grange Hall, East Machias 1st & 3rd Fri., 3 pm
Hancock County Quilters Hancock County Area Towns Charter Anne Desmond 207/667-3303 Community Christ Church, 238 State St., Ellsworth 1st & 3rd Wed., Sept. thru 1st Wed., June at 10 am
Island Quilters Bar Harbor Area September 1983 Laura Thibodeau 207/244-0546 Mt. Desert Island High School, 1081 Eagle Lake Rd., Bar Harbor 2nd & 4th Wed., 7 pm, Sept. thru 2nd Wed. in May
St. Croix International Quilters Calais and Surrounding Area Fall 1982 Jane Eaton 207/454-2812 Calais Methodist Home, Inc. Rec., Room, 10 Sunrise Circle, Calais 1st Wed., workshop -- 6 pm, 3rd Wed., business -- 7 pm; 1st Sat., 9 am workshop

 

Area 6 -- Northern

Area 6 Representatives: Ginny Waldo (207/884-8455); Khris LaChance (207/223-5424)

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Among The Pines Quilters Hermon 1-30-08 Laurie Scott 207/848-5595
Home of Roger and Laurie Scott. Sat., monthly, time varies
Backroom Stitchers Brewer/Orrington/Bangor Area November 2006 Andrea Dill 207/989-7612
Straight Stitch Fabric Shop
401 N. Main St.,
Brewer
2nd & 4th Tues., 6:30- 8:30 pm
Bear Paw Quilters Bangor Area Charter Shelley May Gay 207/942-0456 Hannaford's Corporate offices, 208 Maine Ave., Bangor 2nd & 4th Wed., Sept. - June, 9:30 am - 2 pm
Clueless Quilters Stetson Fall 1996 Shirley Farnsworth 207/924-7429 Stetson Meeting House, Rt. 222, Stetson 2nd & 4th Tues., 6:30 pm
Hampden Highland Quilters
Hampden September 1992 Jody Dickey 207/862-2015 Hampden Town Office, 106 Western Ave., Hampden 1st & 3rd Thurs., Sept. - May, 7 pm
Heart In Hand Quilters Pittsfield Area Fall 1999 Malinda Philpott 207/368-5888 Stitches
162 Elm St., Newport
3rd Tues., 6:30 pm
Memory Makers Quilters Dover-Foxcroft/Guilford/Abbot Areas September 1996 Lilly M. Weatherbee 207/564-0791 PHEC, 50 Mayo St., Dover-Foxcroft. 3rd Thurs., 6:30- 8:30 pm, Sept. thru June
Orono Quilters Orono Charter Carlene Thompson
207/582-3463 Orono Senior Center
10 Birch St., Orono
2nd & 4th Wed., (adj. for holidays) 7 pm Sept. - May, picnic in June
Pieceful Patchers Quilters Dexter   Shirley C. Grant 207/ 924-5499 Hartland Library, 16 Mill St., Hartland; Dexter First Baptist Church, 5 Main St., Dexter Usually 3rd Wed., 8:30- 11:00 am at Hartland Library & 1st Tues., 6:30- 8:30 pm at Dexter First Baptist Church
Pleasant River Quilters Milo/Brownville Area Fall 2004 Myrna Ricker 207/943-7497 Brownville Church Mon., 9:30 am-2:30 pm
Schoolhouse Quilters Lincoln Area Fall 1989 Diane Lufkin 207/736-3031 Ballard Hill Comm. Ctr.
Lincoln
Sept. - May
2 Mon., per mth, 2:30 pm -5:00 pm
Scrap Baggers Quilters Troy/Unity Area Charter Barbara Haley 207/948-2910 Unity Community Center, 32 School St., Unity 2nd & 4th Tues., 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Winterport Clippers Quilters Winterport March 2006 Sandy Horn 525-4433
sandyleeh@prexar.com
Victoria Grant Center, 40 Park Dr.,
Winterport
1st & 3rd Mon., 7 pm, Sept. - June

 

Area 7 -- AROOSTOOK COUNTY

Area 7 Representative: Kathren Albert (207/728-4311)

Chapter Name
City
Est.
Contact Person
Phone
Meeting Location
Day/Time
Acadian Quilters Madawaska/Fort Kent/Edmundston Area Jan. 1992 Kathren Albert 207/728-4311
Madawaska Safety Complex, 344 Main St., upstairs. Tues., 1 pm - 3 pm, except July
Crown of Maine Quilters Caribou/Presque Isle Area Fall 1988 Marlene Staples 207/492-5414 Odd numbered mths Presque Isle at Grant Memorial United Methodist Church, 79 Fleetwood St.; Even numbered months Gray Memorial Methodist Church, 2 Prospect St., Caribou 2nd Wed., at 7 pm
Friends and Needles Quilters
Houlton and Surrounding Area September 1983 Rita Kingsbury 207/429-9350
St. Mary's Parish, 110 Military St., Houlton 1st Wed. of mth. (workshop to follow on Sat., Sept. - June
Katahdin Shadow Quilters Sherman/Patten/Benedicta Area Fall 1997 Jane Cummings 207/365-4120 Katahdin High School, 800 Station Rd., Stacyville 2nd Thurs., Sept. - May., 6:30 pm
Northern Neighbors Greater Fort Kent Area December 2004 Leonette Pelletier 207/444-5230 Ft. Kent Town Office Meeting Rm., 416 West Main St. 2nd Thurs., 1- 3 pm, no meeting in July

 

STATE-WIDE
 
Art Quilts Maine, estabished April 1998
Anne Walker, PO Box 496, Rangeley ME 04970, Tel. 864-2792
Saturdays, 10-2:30 Feb., Apr., June, Aug., Oct., Prince of Peace Church, 209 Eastern Ave., Augusta

Crazy Quilters of Maine, established May 2005
Suzanne Bruno 4 Christina Court, Raymond ME 04071, Tel. 627-4979;
Saturdays, 10 - 2, Sept., Nov., Jan., Mar., Apr., Congregational Church, Bowdoin St., Winthrop

Maine Machine Quilters (207/375-221) established October 2007
Koleen Painchaud, 99 Avenue Road, Wales ME 04280, Tel. 375-8221
Alternating last Saturday or Sunday of the month, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Aug., Oct., Feb., Apr., June at Wales and Wiscaset


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