AQG History

The Guild started in 1988 when the organizers of Asheville's terrific street fair, Bele Chere, asked a group of local quilters to organize a quilt show for the fair. This "seed group" thought it was high time a local Guild got going, and the Asheville Quilt Guild was born with a charter membership of 60.

Charter member, Tresner Award winner and the Guild's first President, Barbara Swinea, is building a history of the guild. It appears in the disPatch newsletter in installments and an abridged version is viewable at this link:

AQG History

AQG Past Presidents
Year	Guild Member/President	Year	Guild Member/President
2011	TBA	1999	Cindy Lund
2010	TBA	1998	Barbara Swinea
2009	TBA	1997	Kathy Spencer
2008	TBA	1996	Sara Hill
2007	Current	1995	JoAnne Hewatt
2006	Laura Walters	1994	Connie Brown
2005	Ann Holmes	1993	Margaret Gormley
2004	Donna Faber	1992	Mary Field
2003	Ashley Lawrence	1991	Susan Mueller
2002	Roma Wimberly	1990	Linda Cantrell
2001	Trish Gabriel	1989	Jill Chirgotis
2000	Lynda Kepler	1988	Barbara Swinea

AQG Dorothy Tresner Award Recipients The award was established in 1992 and named for its first recipient. This award is presented each year at the December meeting to an Asheville Quilt Guild member for long-term commitment and devotion to the art of quilting.
Year	Guild Member Recipient	Year	Guild Member Recipient
2011	TBA	2001	Georgia Bonesteel
2010	TBA	2000	Sara Hill
2009	TBA	1999	not awarded
2008	Will it be you???	1998	Janice Maddox
2007	Marti Cummins	1997	Connie Brown
2006	Joanne Hewatt	1996	Edna Wittemore
2005	Marti Cummins	1995	Jill Chirgotis
2004	Linda Cantrell	1994	Jean Haynie
2003	Mary Field	1993	Barbara Swinea
2002	Trish Gabriel	1992	Dorothy Tresner

Want to make some quilting history of your own? Click here for a
SOCIAL HISTORY DOCUMENTATION FORM
Use this form to record important facts about the quilts you own. Store the completed forms in a safe place. 100 years from now, someone may be very glad that you took a few minutes to record details for posterity.