Member bees are open to all AQG members, but they are here especially to help encourage new members and beginning quilters. If you would like to meet or help new quilters, have questions about the Guild, are looking for volunteers for your committees, or just want a couple of hours of fun and fellowship with other quilters, then you are welcome.

Our main purpose is to bring people together in a fun and stress-free way to meet others, learn about our guild and share quilting knowledge. Hopefully, you and the people you meet will become lifetime quilting buddies.

Check out the following groups and plan to come to at least one of them. You are welcome at any or all of them. Bring a project you are currently working on, especially if you need help with it or advice on it. Don’t forget your Show and Tell!

Email AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org) to get your questions answered.

List of Member Bees

BEAUCATCHERS BEE

The Beaucatcher Bee has been active since the 1980s and members of this bee were founding members of the Asheville Quilt Guild. Beaucatcher Bee welcomes everyone interested in quilting. We are probably best described as a social club with a quilting passion. We meet every Tuesday from 10:00am – noon and members can be found working on a variety of their personal needlecrafts including of course – quilts. We meet at the North Asheville Community Center 39 E. Larchmont Road (off Merrimon Avenue). Annual Community Center Fee applies $15 for Asheville City residence and $20 for residence outside of the city limits. Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

DESIGNER DIVAS

Our focus is on designing and making Wearable Art. We meet once a month. The January meeting will be on the 20^th at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville at 10am.  Plans for the site of future meetings will be determined at that meeting, since our previous location was damaged in the hurricane.  Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

EAST ASHEVILLE BEE

The East Asheville Bee meets on the 2^nd Tuesday of every month at the East Asheville Library (3 Avon Rd, behind Fire Station #8 at 904 Tunnel Rd), from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.  All are welcomed to come.  Bring a lunch and a project.  We are now creating the 12” square house quilts for Habitat for Humanity and other quilts for community organizations.  Contact information available by emailing the AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

EAST-ENDERS BEE

Meetings held 2nd Wednesday of each month at member’s homes, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Our objective is to get to know each other better, to share quilting questions and information, and to occasionally do a group project. Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

FIBER ARTS ALLIANCE (Art Quilting) GROUP

Anyone interested in art quilts is invited to join. We meet the 1st Tuesday of the month, bag lunch starting at noon, business meeting at 12:30 with show and tell and program from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Skyland Fire Station at 9 Miller Road in South Asheville. Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

FIREHOUSE QUILTERS (North)

Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month from 10:00 – 2:00 at the Stephen Lee Rec Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave. Bring a lunch and stay and socialize after. Annual Community Center Fee applies. Don’t forget to bring something for show and tell. Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

MINI BEE

The Mini Bee is a long standing group that is now a friendship group where we inspire one another and share skills.   We meet in member's homes once a month on the 4th Friday from 9:30 to noon.  New members are quite welcome! Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

PIECE MAKERS BEE

We are a well established bee having met for many years. We meet at St. Barnabus Catholic Church in Arden from 10 AM to 2 PM once a month on the 2nd Saturday. We are a working bee, with space for members to set up machines and share finished projects. Occasionally the group may work together on a community/charity project. Members bring a packed lunch. Contact information available by emailing the AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

PhD BEE

The Phd Bee was formed in 2014 in the Weaverville area. The Bee meets twice a month in a member’s home on the 2nd Wednesday and the very last Wednesday of the month from 1 – 3 PM. We usually plan a few road trips each year and sometimes in lieu of a Bee we’ll have lunch or dinner out. Because we meet at a member’s home, membership is currently limited. Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

QUILTS FOR LINUS

The Linus Bee is an open bee that meets once a month on the first Friday from 1-3 pm to pin tops that we make at home for the Linus Project.  This organization finds and gives the quilts to children who have gone through traumatic situations and need a special hug.  The recent floods have caused them to meet temporarily at the Art Room at the Givens Highland Farms. Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).

SOUTH ASHEVILLE BEE

Meets at the Fresh Market Cafe on Hendersonville Road (same plaza as Asheville Cotton), the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 9:30 to noon. We bring handwork, show and tell, and friendly conversation. It is a public bee and all are welcome!

SPRING MOUNTAIN BEE

This bee meets the second and last Tuesday of the month, from 11:00-3:00 at the Spring Mountain Community Center on Old Fort Road in Fairview. We sew for a wide variety of different Guild projects, including Linus, Community Quilts and Quilts of Valor. Everyone is welcome! Contact information available by emailing the  AQG Member Bee Chairman (Member.Bees@AshevilleQuiltGuild.org).