Activities

Taking place every other year, the Mesa Monuments Quilt Show is a visual delight of color, talent, art and talent. Nearly 200 quilts are on display every show, featuring a number of styles and form of quilting. You will see machined piecing and quilting, hand sewing, collage style, traditional and modern patterns, along with creations from all ages and cultures. We invite you to enter your quilts as a member of the guild.

Beautiful Moab, Utah beckons us in January of each year for 3 1/2 days of friendship, laughter, relationship building and plenty of quilting. Registration is held at the November SSQ meeting for this quilt retreat. Any member, in good standing, can attend with a limit of 50. Typically, no classes or vendors, just lots of time to work on your own projects. Wednesday dinner, Thursday lunch and Friday lunch are provided 

Be sure to add this retreat to your yearly quilting plans! Next retreat is scheduled for January 12-24, 2026

  SSQ Members made and donated 240 quilts in 2024! 

• Mesa County Foster Children:  
• Habitat for Humanity Homes:  
• The Pregnancy Center
• The Western Slope Center for Children
• Hilltop Latimer House
• The Joseph Center
• Homeward Bound of the Grand Valley
• Grand Junction Veterans Center
• Hope West
• Grand Junction Fire Department 

What are the Holidays without Stockings. We want to make sure no child knows. Member of our guild sew Christmas stocking  for the foster children in the Mesa County DHS (Department of Human Services) programs.  Kits and patterns are available by clicking below.  Each year the club supplies 250 stockings for this program. Click below for the printed instructions or go to this link for the video!

Guild members have the option to members make a courthouse steps design block which are combined to make a quilt.  The quilts are given to members who have had a first diagnosis of cancer. In addition, a different design or donated quilt may be used for TLC.

It's not a scary mystery, just one that keeps you sewing along! Every other month a new clue will be provided here. Download the clue and get your creativity going!