FERNANDINA BEACH, AMELIA ISLAND is a charming historic seaport with beautiful beaches and quilts galore.  Located on a beautiful barrier island in far northeast Florida, our guild is made up of a varied and delightful group of women from all across the country with skills ranging from excited beginners to talented prizewinners.  Give yourself a few days to explore historic Fernandina Beach while you are here.  Click on the links below to learn more about our island:

City of Fernandina           Amelia Island Convention and Tourism Bureau 

Best in Show & Best Machine Quilting

Stepping Stones Quilts                    A Material Girl Quilt Shop                Country Crossroads Quilt Shop

The Traveling Quilt Boutique                Under the Needle                                   The Stash Store

Paula's Fine Fabrics                                       Molly-Polly                                               QuiltCut2

                                                              "A Gift Shop for Quilters"        

Raffle Quilt 2011

Queen Size - 97" X 105"

Tickets: $2 each or 6 for $10

Judge:   Our judge will be Brenda Kalata of St. Augustine, Florida.  Brenda is an avid quilt collector, a quilter since 1968, an appraiser specializing in 19th century quilts, and a National Quilting Association certified quilt judge since 1985.  She is a lecturer and demonstrator of hand quilting as well as a judge. Brenda specializes in hand piecing, applique, and quilting, and has taught classes in these techniques. An author of a beginner's manual in quiltmaking, she is also working on researching World War I era READ CROSS quilts. this effort was prompted by her acquisition of a 1918 signature quilt made in honor of Company C 166th Infantry from Ohio. Please check out her webite: featheredstarquilts.com

Appraiser:  Our appraiser is Holly Anderson from Cumming, Georgia.  She has been a certified judge since 1991 and appraises approximately 150 quilts a year.  She has been asked to represent the Georgia Quilters this winter in Nagano, Japan.  To read more about this event and Holly go to her website www.quiltholly.com .

Quilt Show Challenge!

Make a Flamingo Self Portrait

We want to promote your creativity, so we are keeping the directions very simple.  The challenge is to think of yourself as if you were a flamingo and make a representation of yourself that way.  The four sides of the quilt can total no more that 110 inches.  We hope this will be a fun project and can hardly wait to see what the creative ladies of this guild come up with!