CVQA is an active group of quilters that meet monthly in Franklin, TN. We also offer opportunities for fellowship, philanthropy, and learning outside of monthly meetings. Our small groups and committees meet regularly throughout the Williamson County area, including Spring Hill and Bethesda. You can find a full calendar of our meet-ups and events below!
If our guild speaks to you or would like to attend an introductory meeting, please look at the calendar below for our next meeting. You are welcome as a guest to help you decide if you would like to be part of our community.
For questions regarding membership, please email cvqaweb@gmail.com.
CVQA Small Groups
Evening Stars
The Evening Stars work on easy-to-complete small quilting projects, techniques, and charity items. The group meets in Franklin on the third Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 8 p.m. (except December).
Nimble Thimbles
Nimble Thimbles is a needlework group that meets monthly to work on individual projects. The group meets on the third Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Williamson County Enrichment Center in Studio 3. Meetings are open to the public, both CVQA members and non-members, with a $2 fee to the Enrichment Center.
Spring Hill Sit and Sew
This group meets at a home in Spring Hill on the second Tuesday of the month to work on quilts for the Community Care Committee. This group completes three or four quilts a year. Members bring their own sewing machines and lunch and spend the day creating and having fun.
Textile Art Group “TAG”
The Textile Art Group supports the creative process through sharing techniques, tools, and materials to help participants discover their own artistic expression through a variety of media. “TAG” is not project based, but rather focuses on the artistic journey. The members meet on the third Friday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Williamson County Enrichment Center with a $2 fee for each member at each meeting.
CVQA Events
The CVQA Quilt Show
Since 2012, CVQA has showcased members’ work to promote the art of quilting through the CVQA Quilt Show.
The bi-annual CVQA Quilt Show is the guild’s largest fundraiser, and the event is also one of the largest of its kind in Tennessee, with up to 600 visitors over two days. Visitors come from all over Tennessee, as well as Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia.
The show features 100 quilts, vendors, a handcrafted boutique, quilts for sale, a silent auction and quilt raffle. The quilt for the raffle is pieced and quilted by CVQA members in preparation for the show.
The Williamson County Fair
CVQA is a proud sponsor and organizer of the quilt category at the Williamson County Fair. Each year, participants from across Williamson County enter quilts into the fair. The show is arranged by our Fair Committee, and CVQA volunteers staff the fair’s quilt show throughout the fair’s running period.
We also help to sponsor and construct a community quilt each year that is raffled off the next year. Anyone in Williamson County can pick up a set of fabrics at a local quilt shop and make a block which will be used in the next year’s quilt for the raffle.
