Have a Bootiful Night!

Q: Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?
A: He didn’t have any guts.

Q: Which ghost is the best dancer?
A: The Boogie Man

Q: Why do mummies have no friends?
A: Because they’re too wrapped up in themselves!

Q: Why are vampires so easy to fool?
A: Because they’re suckers.

Q: Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?
A: Because demons are a ghouls best friend!

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Two monsters went to a Halloween party. Suddenly one said to the other, “A lady just rolled her eyes at me. What should I do?” He replied, “Be a gentleman and roll them back to her.”

- Cassandra G.

Sandy Corbin's Grab Bag Workshop this Saturday

There are still spots available for the Sandy Corbin workshop this Saturday, so come join us! Sandy Corbin will be leading a workshop on Sandy's Grab Bag With 3-D Flowers. The cost is $35 (+$11 for the pattern due to Sandy on the day for the pattern). Contact Andie B. to inquire if there are any spots available.

Please note that Sandy has some pre-workshop tasks for you, so contact Andie B. or Cassandra G. to learn about those so that you are ready.

The workshop is this Saturday October 20th from 9am-4pm at the Riverside Community College District, Office of Economic Development at 23555 Meyer Drive, Riverside (which is at the March Air Reserve Base). It is located on the corner of Riverside Drive and Meyer Drive, across from the church. There is easy parking in front of the building. We'll have a salad potluck lunch, so please bring salad fixings, sides, breakfast munchies, all day munchies - you get the idea!

Please feel free to contact Andie B. if you have questions. See you Saturday!

- Cassandra G.

October 2018 Meeting Review

What a BONEnanza of quilts we had this past Tuesday night from the amazing Sandy Corbin! We jumped immediately into her talk and trunk show and she had some amazing tidbits to share. Her approach to fabric buying (always buy more than you need), scrap quilting (her ABC's), and her noting that crafting fights depression and dementia was truly inspiring. Sandy said her motto is "Fun and done!" and that works for us!

Sandy's ABC's of scrap quilting are her ways to continue to use her existing stash to make quilts:
A - Add a few new pieces as this can revitalize your existing stash and help you pull fabrics you've been struggling to find a place (or figure out why you bought it in the first place!)
B - Background. Add a new background fabric to help reinvigorate your stash and modernize your fabrics.
C - Color. Pick a single or two colors and focus on them.

So, get working on your PHD (project hardly done), have fun and get done! Check out all the photos of Sandy's beautiful quilts and our own Show and Share segment.

There's a link to Sandy's Fruit Pie recipe on the Recipes page and a link to Sandy's handy dandy "what you can get from a fat quarter" on the Guild Links page.

Jeri reminded us that next month our guild meeting is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and we'll be having an annual grab game. This year it's Casserole Carriers -- check out the blog post if you're still looking for a pattern.

Jeri also reminded us that our December meeting is NOT the usual night, but instead will be Friday December 14th. We will have our bi-annual potluck and share the Panel Challenges and Evie's Mini Hoffman Challenges.

Elly presented our next BOM - The Disappearing Pinwheel Pinwheel.

Door Prizes

• Mug rug kit and snippers - Pam W.
• Ruler holder - Jean H.
• Notion holder and pincushion - Paula W.
• Fats - Elly H.
• 1.5 yds blue fabric - Sandy S.

Mystery Box - Dorothy M.

- Cassandra G.

Big Quilt Fabric Sale this weekend

In case you haven't heard about it yet, there is going to be a big quilt fabric sale this weekend in Ontario, presented by SoCal Speciality Events and Keepsake Quilting at the Ontario Gateway Hotel Thursday and Friday 12pm to 8pm and Saturday 10am to 4pm. All fabric will be less than $4 a yard!

Because we all know we simply do NOT have enough fabric! Have fun!

- Cassandra G.

Reminder: Guild meeting tomorrow!

Are you ready for a SCREAMingly good time with your best GHOUL friends? I sure am! Be sure to FLY by your favorite HAUNT tomorrow night as I'm sure we'll SCARE up some amazing quilts that you'll HOWL for!

Here's your reminder list of things to bring:

• Your homemade name badge
• Your block of the month
• 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.
• If you were born in February, May, or October, you're invited to bring a snack to share (but it's not required!).
• Bottled water or other non-alcoholic drink

See you all Tomorrow!

- Cassandra G.

SCCQG Exhibit at Road 2019 - Call for Quilts

From Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds...

Road to California has asked SCCQG to curate an exhibit for the 2019 show.  Since it's already August and we need to provide quilt information to Road by mid November, we've decided to "keep it simple"!

Much like they do for the Northern California Quilt Council exhibit at PIQF, we're looking for "New Quilts from Southern California". Given that we have limited hanging space we're looking for wall quilts, no bed size quilts please. We would like quilts that are new and have not been widely shown – your latest work! No Kit Quilts will be accepted

The official Call for Quilts and Entry Form will be available on the website early next week.  In the meantime, we ask that you reach out to your guild members to let them know about the exhibit and ask them to think about entering a quilt in the exhibit.

Stephania Bommarito will be the curator and we will solicit a team from the member guilds to jury the quilts that are entered.

We have prolific and talented quilters in our Southern California guilds.  Let's show the Road visitors just what we do!

Send questions to quiltwizard1024@gmail.com

-  Call for Quilts for SCCQG's 2019 Exhibit at Road - New Quilts of Southern California
-  New Quilts of Southern California Entry form 

November 1, 2018
Entry form, pictures, self-addressed stamped envelope and entry fee must be received or postmarked no later than November 1, 2018. Photographs will not be returned for any entries.

December 1, 2018
Notification letters will be mailed by this date. Accepted entries will receive instructions for quilt shipment.

January 14, 2019
Accepted quilts must be received by New Quilts of Southern California for exhibition. Quilts may not arrive before January 14 no later than January 18.

January 23-27, 2019
New Quilts Exhibit at Road to California, Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA

January 29, 2019
Quilts will be shipped/returned to participants

- Cassandra G.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat...

Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner and while all of us are feverishly stitching away to finish gifts for Christmas, now it also the time to start thinking about those amazing holiday meals we'll be preparing or contributing to. Ed. note: *cough*December-guild-meeting-potluck-*cough*

On top of that, we haven't added a new permanent recipe to our recipe collection here on the RQG website in almost TWO YEARS!

So, now is the time for you to share your secret awesome recipe so that we can add it to our own arsenal of awesome tasties for the upcoming holiday season - break open that cookbook or list of to-die-for recipe website links and tell us what's awesome!

- Cassandra G.

Free Casserole Carrier Patterns from the Web

Ed. note: Please note that the Panel Challenge was incorrectly stated as being due at the October meeting; it is actually due at the December guild meeting (set for Friday, December 14th).

For those who are still looking (or haven't looked yet), I've scoured the web for free casserole carrier patterns that we can use to make casserole carriers for the RQG Grab Game at our November meeting. Feel free to use one of those, find one on your own, or just be creative and whip up something out of your own imagination! Ed. note: I haven't tried any of these, so proceed at your own risk!

“Cozy Toter” Casserole Dish Carrier by Dixie Doodles
Ed. note 10/27: It looks like this webpage is now down. Sorry!

Casserole Carrier by Jenny Garland

Casserole Carrier by 2 Hooligans

Casserole Carrier by Love of Sewing

Dish Insulator by Debbie Colgrove

Casserole Carrier by Beth Huntington

Casserole or Pie Carrier by The Craft Gemini

Can't wait to see what everyone makes!

- Cassandra G.

Coming up this month October 2018 at Raincross

Here's your monthly round up of upcoming events this month at Raincross Quilt Guild, specifically what to expect at our next guild meeting and other unique events.

Just a reminder of other regularly scheduled events include Sew Night (the first Wednesday of the month at the First United Methodist Church in Riverside) and Friendship Quilters (the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at the Goeske Center). If you are interested in those events, please check out the guild Calendar and/or post in the comments below and we'll help you learn more about them.

If you know of other events, please post them in the comments below or contact Cassandra G. so we can get them posted for everyone and thank you!

Coming up at this month's Raincross Quilt Guild meeting...

We'll be joined by the lovely Sandy Corbin. She'll be presenting a trunk show and it's sure to be a TREAT! No tricks here!

We'll also be showing our Panel Challenges, so be sure to get them finished and bring them to the meeting so you can show them off!

Ed. note: Challenges are due at the DECEMBER meeting; forgive me for quoting that incorrectly!

Other unique RQG activities coming up this month...

Sandy Corbin will be leading a workshop on Sandy's Grab Bag With 3-D Flowers. The cost is $35 (+$11 for the pattern due to Sandy on the day for the pattern). Contact Andie B. to inquire if there are any spots available.

- Cassandra G.

September 2018 Meeting Review

Samantha N. passes the dog bed torch to Janet E.

(Ed. note: sorry for the delay. Life gets you sometimes.)

We had another great meeting a little over two weeks ago and were blessed to have 5 guests in attendance. With a busy meeting planned, we dived right in.

Gloria H. shared with us stories about the children at ChildHelp and how much they love their quilts, such as when it's movie night and everybody snuggles in with their quilt. She said that the current need is for larger lap size quilts. Contact her for more information.

Cassandra G. said that our Comfort Quilt sew day was a great success and showed a donation of crotched Afghans and an adult bib that will be donated. She is working on kits to hopefully have available at the next guild meeting for people to take and piece tops as well as to quilt finished tops.

Samantha N. announced she will be moving soon to Phoenix and introduced Janet E. as our new Dog and Kitty Bed ambassador. Janet will collect our chopped salad (remember, cottons only and be sure to pick out any threads or stringy bits) and coordinate with our local Girl Scout troop, who have volunteered to make the beds. Thank you Samantha for all your hard work with the dog beds, Friendship Quilters, Quilt of Valor, and all your other charity work!

Elly H. reminded us that our panel challenges are due at the October December meeting, so it's time to get those final stitches in! She also revealed our next block of the month, Another Pinwheel. Can't wait, Elly!

Speaking of challenges, the November Grab Game is coming up and this year it's Casserole Carriers! Everyone is invited to make a beautiful casserole carrier you wish you could keep yourself and bring it to the November meeting. We'll post some links to free casserole carrier patterns soon so watch for that.

Evie also confirmed that we should have our Evie's Hoffman Challenges ready to bring to the December meeting.

And speaking of the December meeting, as a reminder, it is scheduled for Friday December 14th at the Goeske Center. Please be sure to mark your calendars and set reminders in your phone!

At our next guild meeting, we will welcome Sandy Corbin. Sandy will be sharing with us her trunk show and then hold a workshop on her 'Sandy's Grab Bag With 3-D Flowers'. Contact Andie B. about the workshop.

Our next guild retreat to Campbell House in Twentynine Palms is still a go and still has room. Barbara M. reminded us the the remainder of the $398 fee is due at the next guild meeting. Barbara will still be on vacation during our meeting, so please give your payment to Andie B.

Carrie A. informed us that the Inland Empire Quilt Guild is planning a trip to Quilt in a Day on October 16th. The cost is $25. Please contact Carrie for more information.

Saturday September 29th is (was) the Raincross Quilt Guild Sewing Room Home tour. (And by all accounts as yours truly was unable to attend, it was amazing! If you have pictures to share, please email or text them to Cassandra G. and I will post them on the blog.)

In the spirit of the (then) upcoming Sewing Room Home Tour, the Raincross Quilt Guild Board and Committee Chairpersons gave part 1 of a trunk show! We saw quilts and other items from Elly H., Jeri R., Nancy R., Cassandra G., Tami A., Samantha N., Jeanne H., and Barbara M.! Check out all the pictures or watch the video!

Door Prizes

• Hamilton MO gift bag - Lisa H.
• Thread catcher - Linda C.
• Brush cleaner fray check - Jan M.
• 1 yd fabric - Susan C.
• Rotary cutter - Ann M.

Mystery Box - Joyce S.

- Cassandra G.