Request for Fabric Masks by Riverside Kaiser OB/GYN

There has been a buzz lately as to whether we as sewers can help by making some kind of mask that can be used by medical professionals in some capacity. We have been asked by a labor and delivery nurse at Riverside Kaiser to make fabric masks.

Please use the instructions as laid out in either of the following videos. If you do not have access to elastic, please contact Jeri R. or Lisa S. (Jeanne H.'s sister). We are looking to make 200 masks.

Mask Choice A
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TITLE OF THIS VIDEO SAYS THESE MASKS ARE COVID-19 - THEY ARE NOT! But this pattern is easy and with the available pocket for single use filters, this makes this type of mask a good choice and will help reduce the need for other masks, such as N95 masks that are required for staff working with COVID-19 patients.

Mask Choice B
Again, this mask will most likely not protect against COVID-19, but might be usable by medical staff in non-surgical and non-COVID-19 situations to help alleviate the total demand for masks staff need when working with COVID-19 patients.

Please contact Jeri R. or Lisa S. if you have any questions, or better yet, hop over to our Facebook Group for discussion with Jeri and Lisa (or to get Lisa's phone number as she is a fairly new member to the guild). Lisa S. is coordinating this effort.

As a reminder, the very best things you can do to help the fight against COVID-19 is to stay home and to wash your hands with soap. Stay safe everyone.

- Cassandra G.

March 2020 Guild Meeting Cancelled

We are sorry to inform you all but our March 2020 Raincross Quilt Guild meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, March 17th has been cancelled. Jeri has called the Janet Goeske Center to confirm and was notified that they are closing the Center starting tomorrow Saturday March 14th through at least the end of the month of March.

We are as disappointed as you are that we won't be able to join together and share our love of quilting, but out of an abundance of caution it is important that we care for the well being of every guild member and guest and Goeske Center staff member during this time.

On the flip side...MORE TIME TO SEW!!

Be My Neighbor Block 1

As we won't be having the meeting and getting started on our first Block of the Month for 2020, here are the instructions. If you cannot print out instructions and you were expecting to pick up a paper copy at the meeting, please post in the comments or give me a call and I will mail you a printed copy.

In hopes that our April meeting goes as scheduled, remember that your 50% Challenge Projects are due at the meeting. We now have no excuses to not get something done and ready, so get stitchin'!

- Cassandra G.