March 2018 Meeting Review

Gloria H. showing off a ChildHelp quilt

We had another great meeting last Tuesday night. Thank you to everyone for rolling with it when the tables were arranged differently! I think Jeri said that it was unintentional and that they'll be back to "normal" for the next meeting. But change is good! It keeps us on our toes.

Jeri reminded us that we all really must sign into the Goeske Center; we are privileged to have use of the Center for free, but that they get a lot of their funding by accounting for the number of people using the Center, so please...go *beep!* your badge!

Sharon C. informed that she's signed up another hospital, Riverside County, to receive Threads of Love and that means we need to get busy making more! She's asked that if anyone has a kit out to please make it up or simply return it, no matter what state it's in at the next meeting so that we can keep up with the demand of supplying two hospitals.

Susan C. has more Quilt of Valor kits and we need to keep up production so that we're ready for the next presentation ceremony later this year. Please contact her if you can help stitch up a kit, quilt a top and/or sew on binding.

Gloria H. wanted to thank everyone who's helping make quilts for the kids at Child Help. She said the children really appreciate their quilts and we need to make sure every child has a special quilt. Contact Gloria if you can help out and if you'd like to get a kit from her.

The next guild quilting retreat, "Our Quilted Neighborhood", is coming up May 18th- 20th at Vina de Lesstonnac (aka The Nunnery) in Temecula and Barbara M. reminded those attending (22 signed up!) that the balance of the $270 total will be due at the April meeting.

Angie N. told us that her group earned $1112 for the vintage quilt raffle to help the village in Africa with clean water. And the funny story is that the winning ticket was the first ticket sold - to Angie's mother! Congratulations and good job on the fund raiser.

Elly H. announced our 2018 Block of the Month - Disappearing Blocks! Our first block is a Disappearing Four Patch.

Elly also reminded us that our 50% challenge quilts are due at the April meeting, so time to get busy completely finishing those projects!

Finally we showed off our 2017 completed Block of the Month quilts and quilts from the Row by Row - wow, they were amazing! Good job everyone! Be sure to check out all the photos.

Door Prizes

• ruler holder - Susan M.
• stripper mug & nippers - Andie B.
• jelly roll - Sharon G.
• 2 ditty bags & Frixon pens - Barbara M.
• charm pack & seam rippers - Mary M.

Mystery Box (put together by Penny & Rose - let Jeri know if you're interested in taking a month!)
Joan H.

- Cassandra G.

Reminder: Guild meeting Tuesday!

In like a lion, out a lamb...I don't know about you, but I'm ready for March to become the lamb now!

Hoffman Sew Into It - Jungle Cruise, Lion block

Here's your reminder list of things to bring:

• Your completed 2017 BOM quilt
• Your completed Row by Row quilt
• Your homemade name badge
• Your Raincross Quilt Guild pin, which is worth an EXTRA ticket in the door prize drawing! If you don't have one, you can purchase one for $5 at the door.
• Your $25 for the 2018 membership (if you haven't already done so).
• If you were born on March, August, or November, you are invited to bring a snack to share (but it's not required!).
• Bottled water or other non-alcoholic drink

See you all Tuesday!

- Cassandra G.

You'll be Dublin over with laughter!

Q: What do you call a fake Irish stone?
A: A shamrock

Q: What’s Irish and stays out all night?
A: Paddy O’Furniture

Q: Where can you always find gold on St. Patty’s Day?
A: In the dictionary

Q: How did the Irish Jig get started?
A: Too much to drink and not enough restrooms

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Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, "I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland."

The other guy responds proudly, "Yes, that I am!"

The first guy says, "So am I! And where abouts from Ireland might you be?"

The other guy answers, "I'm from Dublin, I am."

The first guy responds, "Sure and begora, and so am I! And what street did you live on in Dublin?"

The other guy says, "A lovely little area it was, I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town."

The first guy says, "Faith & it's a small world, so did I! And to what school would you have been going?"

 The other guy answers, "Well now, I went to St. Mary's of course."

The first guy gets really excited, and says, "And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?"

The other guy answers, "Well, now, I graduated in 1964."

The first guy exclaims, "The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary's in 1964 my own self."

About this time, another guy walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer. The bartender walks over shaking his head & mutters, "It's going to be a long night tonight."

The guy asks, "Why do you say that?"

"The Murphy twins are drunk again."

- Cassandra G.

February 2018 Meeting Review

Editor's Note: Forgive the incredible lateness of this meeting review - I've been pretty busy and just not feeling it. But the show must go on! And so without further ado...

We had a great guild meeting in February. We kicked off with a reminder that our 2018 guild membership dues are due. Contact Dawn M. if you have any questions.

Speaking of members, we welcomed 6 visitors to our meeting - Cathy, Julie, Lori, Rhoda, Cathy, and Carol! Welcome! Please feel free to join us again!

Gloria H. showed a few beautiful ChildHelp quilts that have been donated and told us about an opportunity to help make more every Thursday 10a-4pm at Easy Quilting Corner.

Susan C. reported we had a very successful Quilt of Valor Sew Day with 19 quilters, one of whom is a veteran herself, in attendance, and 1 veteran father who manned the ironing board (go Dad!). Please let Susan know if you still have any tops to be finished or if you're available to quilt a top or bind a finished quilt.

We also received a ton of neonatal quilts - woohoo! Keep them coming - the babies, families, and nurses really appreciate our efforts!

Happy Bags for 2018 are coming along, Dawn informed us, and she asked us to keep in mind two age ranges that we're a bit behind on: ages 0-4 and ages 5-9. Contact Dawn if you have any questions. We're working on scheduling our next Happy Bag Sew Day, so watch this space.

Sandy received a few beautiful survivor bags for the Rape Crisis Center and she has several kits available so contact her if you can help stitch up a few.

Our next guild retreat is coming up in May at the beautiful Vina De Lestonnac (aka The Nunnery) in Temecula and Barbara announced we still have two spots available, so please let her know. The balance of the cost is due by the April meeting, so please remember to get your checks, cash, or money order in by then.

Elly announced that our next Block of the Month series will start in March - and don't forget to bring your completed 2017 BOM Positive/Negative block quilts AND your completed Row by Row quilts to show at the March meeting. 50% challenges, where we bring 100% completed quilts, are due at the April meeting.

We had a fantastic Show and Share like always. Be sure to check out the photos!

After our regular Show and Share segment, several members of our guild shared with us their beautiful wool quilts and projects. Several good sources for threads, patterns, and other supplies were discussed:
Thread Art for Perle Cotton
Bird Brain Designs
Steam a Seam 2 Lite from Amazon

Door Prizes

• Sewing kit - Janice B.
• Busy Bee fats - Dorothy M.
• Busy Bee fats - Judy B.
• pattern & charm pack - Lisa H.
• fabric & book - Sue C.

Mystery box - Charlotte B.

- Cassandra G.