The League of Northern Colorado Quilters
A nonprofit quilt guild providing education, information & inspiration to those who wish to preserve the heritage of quilting
LNCQ Spring Retreat April 20-23
Join your fellow LNCQ members at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park for 4 days of sewing, comradery and beautiful scenery.
Location: YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO (Longs Peak Lodge)
Price: $470 for a Double room
$650 for a Single room
Price includes three breakfasts and three dinners. Sleeping rooms have a small fridge, so you can bring fixings for lunch, eat at the YMCA cafeteria or go into town.
If you don't have a roommate, we will help you find one.
Registration has closed, but if you are interested in being on a waitlist, please contact Margaret Reek at spring.retreat.lncq1996@gmail.com
May 4 Workshop and Program
Speaker and Workshop Leader: Diana Fox
Workshop: Tree Rings with Raw Edge Applique with Thread Embellishment
Where: Best Western Plus Loveland
When: 9 AM - Noon; 4:30-5:30 PM
Cost: $45 (Additional Kit Fee-$25)
Combine unique fabrics into spherical blocks using raw edge applique to represent the growth of nature's grandest marvels. Embellish and add detail with thread and your imagination. Combine your blocks into unique mounted wall art. Your supply kit will contain enough materials for a trio of rings.
Registration open March 17
Program: My Creative Journey into Innovative Art Quilts
When: 1:30 PM
Where: Best Western Plus Loveland
Diana Fox is a nationally and internationally recognized quilt artist earning numerous awards for her captivating work, which tells stories of color, texture and influences from nature. She resides in Parker, CO.
Note: 2025 Round Robin participants are reminded to bring their finished quilts for show and tell at this meeting.
June 1 Valerie C White Program
June 1 Valerie C White Program
Program: My Journey from Traditional Quilter to Art Quilter
When: 6 PM (this is an evening meeting)
Where: Best Western Plus Loveland
Valerie C White is a multi-media artist who expresses herself using textiles with a mixed-media approach which includes textile paint, dye, and markers, removing and adding color to fabric. Her award-winning art pieces have been exhibited nationally.
June 6 LNCQ Garage Sale
June 1 Valerie C White Program
LNCQ is having a Garage Sale!
When: Saturday June 6
Where: Wellington (details to follow)
LNCQers, Gather up your used household items and donate them to the LNCQ Yard Sale!
Bring your items to the April and/or May meetings where volunteers will assist with transferring donations from your vehicle. (Note: We are not selling used clothing at this sale)
We need YOU to volunteer, either before the sale day or during the sale! Please email Kathy Winter if you would like to volunteer, or call her, she's on the membership roster. Email: ways.and.means.LNCQ1996@gmail.com
June 15&16 LNCQ In-Town Retreat
Join us this June for one of the guild’s favorite traditions! This relaxed and stress-free retreat is all about spending time together, making progress on your projects or UFOs and sharing fun and laughter with your LNCQ friends. Escape the summer heat and bustle and enjoy relaxed sewing and comraderie.
Registration starts on April 1. Sign-up early so you don't miss out!
Location: Best Western Plus Hotel, Loveland
June 15th: 9AM-9PM June 16: 8AM-5PM
Price: $85
Questions: contact: Kaea at local.retreats.LNCQ1996@gmail.com
July 13 LNCQ's 30th Anniversary Party
When: July 13, 1:30 pm
Where: Best Western
Time to celebrate LNCQ’s 30th with games, cake and fun! Let Joan or Crystal know if you’d like to help plan the event. Contact President.LNCQ1996@gmail.com or 1st.vice.president.LNCQ1996@gmail.com
July 20-24 LNCQ Kid's Kamp
We are excited to partner with Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum for LNCQ’s inaugural Kid’s Kamp, a learn-to-sew/quilt camp for kids.
When: July 20-24, 2026 (9AM-3PM each day)
Where: Wild Oats Sewing Company Classroom (649 N Denver Ave., Loveland)
Registration per child: $400 for week
Age of campers: 8-15 years old
Theme: Half Square Triangles
LNCQ volunteers needed! Contact Joan at President.lncq1996@gmail.com
August 3&4 Vicki Conley Program/Workshop
Program: Inspired by the Parks: Inspiration and Imagination to Quilts
When: August 3, 1:30 pm
Where: Best Western
Vicki will share inspiring journeys through the national parks and how she combines photo inspiration and imagination to make graphic style art quilts. She will share stories and history about the parks as well as her creative techniques such as turned edge machine piecing, fussy piecing, silk screening and improv piecing. Although Vicki is known for her poster style quilts, she often works in abstract and improv techniques to fulfill her vision.
August 3&4 Two-Day Workshop
When: August 3 – 8:30AM to 12:30PM
August 4 – 8AM-noon, 1PM-5PM
Where: Best Western
Fee: $120
In this class you will construct Vicki’s toadstool rock formation pattern and learn her turned- edge machine piecing and fussy piecing techniques. This is not applique but a method that can be used for bold landscapes or portraits.
Vicki uses Floriani Stitch and Wash Fusible tearaway stabilizer which is left in the final piece leaving it soft and stable.
2026 Block of the Month
2026 Block of the Month
Join our 2026 Block of the Month challenge, Bijou Wonder, a fun year-long project blending traditional blocks with modern sashing. The challenge is free to members and in honor of LNCQ's 30th anniversary. Sign up below and stitch along with us all year!