About us

Based in York, PA, the purpose of the York Quilters’ Guild is to instruct, stimulate
and promote the art of quilt making on an individual, group and community basis.

The seeds for the York Quilters’ Guild were sown when Carol Blevins lamented to a few of her students that she seldom got to see projects begun in her classes as finished quilts. Someone suggested waiting a few months and then getting together for a show-and-tell session. A few weeks later, in June 1985, eight quilters met to plan a show-and-tell meeting and to see if there was any interest in forming a quilters’ guild in the York area. Newspaper articles and posters placed in supermarkets and fabric shops produced nearly 75 quilters with armloads of quilts to share on a Sunday afternoon. There certainly was interest! Another meeting was planned for the third Thursday in October. From eight members — Carol Blevins, Deanna Evans, Mary Ellen Galloway, Helen Gockley, Marti Leader, Mickey Manifold, Cindy Martin and Sheila Arnold — the York Quilters’ Guild has grown to a membership of over 100 quilt lovers.