Learning Opportunities and Resources

The Guild offers a variety of learning opportunities throughout the year. Look for announcements about guest teachers and lecturers, workshops, Turtle Camp, and learning retreats. Be sure to check the Guild's calendar for special events and "challenges."

National Workshops

Several times during the year, Las Colcheras invites national teachers to Las Cruces to teach their specialty to our members. Workshop participants pay a fee to cover the guest teacher's expenses while the guild pays for transportation. The guest teacher lectures and provides a trunk or slide show to the membership at the regular guild meeting.

Kimberly Einmo

Guest lecturer, Kimberly Einmo, "View the World through a Quilter's Eye" is scheduled for the guild's February 2012 meeting. She will teach two workshops on February 12 - Lonestar Strip Magic at 9 AM and Perfectly Wonderful Bindings by Machine on at 1 PM. She has designed an original quilt for Las Colcheras to celebrate New Mexico's Centennial and the Quilt Show theme, which she will teach in a full day workshop on February 13. Click here for additional information and a Registration Form. (Kimberly Einmo Registration Form, pdf)

Find more information about Kimberly at http://www.kimberlyeinmo.com.

In-House Workshops

Workshops are given throughout the year by guild members or friends of the guild. There is usually no charge to members for these workshops and the focus on these classes is to improve quilting skills or to create new projects. These workshops are listed in the events calendar and complete descriptions will be in the newsletter. Workshop signups are at the meetings or by email/telephone the month prior to the scheduled class.

Las Colcheras Library

Our library is large and open to use by all members. We have over 250 books, tapes, patterns, and templates that you can check out for a month at a time. If there is a book you cannot find in the library but want to read, tell the librarians.

The links below will take you to library listings by title or author or the library's rules.

1. Title
2. Author
3. Library rules

Magazines

You can donate your old magazines to the Guild. We sell them at meetings for 25 cents each. This is a great way to pick up issues you've missed or misplaced.

Turtle Camp

This is a biennial, two-day, in-town retreat held in odd-numbered years. It is a gift to ourselves for the work we contribute to the biennial Quilt Show. You may spend two days at Turtle Camp, all day, or any part of either day. There are demonstrations, workshops, door prizes, and a complimentary dinner is served the first night. Turtle Camp is FREE to all members in good standing.