I'll post the Zoom meeting tomorrow afternoon on the Facebook page. Pleas email or text me any Show and Share pictures!
- Cassandra G.
I'll post the Zoom meeting tomorrow afternoon on the Facebook page. Pleas email or text me any Show and Share pictures!
- Cassandra G.
Thank you for your patience while the Board figured out the logistics and plan for this yuletide shindig.
Most members of the Board plus a few volunteers have divided up all the greater Inland Empire located members and will be delivering your Raincross Curbside Christmas goodie box this Saturday, December 12th. Your elf will be contacting you Thursday or Friday to confirm if and when you'll be home, as well as your street address. If you are not available on Saturday, no problem, please let your elf know when is a good time and we'll reschedule delivery.
When they arrive, they will deposit your goodie box by your door, ring your door bell, and then stand 6-10' away. Please refrain from physically hugging your elf! We must keep our distances so that everyone stays safe. Other than that, feel free to chat with your elf and enjoy your goodie box!
Other items you can exchange during your meeting with your elf:
A. Raincross Guild Quilt 2021 Membership Dues
We will be receiving membership dues for our 2021 membership, February 2021-January 2022. If you would like to give your elf your dues, please do the following:
B. Charity Pick Up/Drop Off
If you have charity donations for Happy Bags (either bags or goodies to go in Happy Bags for next year), Quilts of Valor, Hospice Quilts, Neonatal quilts, etc., please let your elf know when she calls to confirms your delivery. If you are interested in receiving a charity quilt kit to piece, quilt, or bind or you need batting for a charity quilt you're working on, please let your elf know when she calls to confirm delivery so that we can arrange for her to put a kit in her sleigh.
If you have chopped salad for doggie beds, please refer to the doggie beds sizes printed in the directory so that you can make and stuff your own doggie bed. Elves will not be accepting chopped salad.
Edit: Julie M. is planning on dropping off finished doggie and kitty beds soon, so if you have any finished beds, please give them to your elf!
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments or ask your elf when she calls!
P.S. Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus, and yes, we really will have our virtual guild meeting next Tuesday at 6pm, same Zoom information as before. Cassandra will make another post about it in a few days, along with the Block of Month.
- Raincross Quilt Guild Board via Cassandra G.
June Tailor's Quilt As You Go Tree Skirt Tutorial
To help keep everyone safe and "ho-ho-ho"ing and in respect of the recent Regional Stay Home Order to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, the Board has decided to forego the planned drive through Christmas Party scheduled for this upcoming Saturday and will instead make home deliveries to all members, like we did in April.
More news and schedule will be coming soon, but we wanted to inform everyone of this change as soon as possible. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you from a safe distance during our home deliveries!
- Raincross Quilt Guild Board via Cassandra G.
Folks, sorry I'm a few months behind on posting our 2020 Block of the Month, Be My Neighbor, so without further ado, here you go!
September Block 10
November Block 13
In other news, our November Virtual Guild Meeting approaching quickly, so it's time for you to get your Show and Share pictures into Cassandra so that she can get the November presentation together. This month we welcome you to share whatever you've finished recently (of course), plus any fall themed quilts didn't show during our Halloween-o-palooza last month and since it's been cold recently, any blue and white or "chilly" quilts or projects that hint at that winter chill! Deadline inclusion in the Show and Share presentation is Monday November 16th 8pm.
Same Zoom time, same Zoom info - it will be on our Facebook page or feel free to email me to get it if you need it!
- Cassandra G.
A local quilter and long time member of early Raincross Barbara is selling her stash and more this coming weekend. Check it out.
- Cassandra G.
Hello my ghoulfriends! It's just about time to be bewitched by some drop dead gorgeous quilts! So drag yourself out of your coffin, unwind some cotton from your favorite mummy, and stitch together a quilt (after your done stitching Frankenstein's head back on, of course).
We want to truly suck the marrow from the bone on all the good stuff you've been making, so please be sure to send pictures of any projects you completed recently to Cassandra (don't worry, ghosts don't show up in pictures) so that she can put together the slide show.
And since it's once in a blue moon to have a blue moon on All Hallow's Eve (and say a prayer for medical professionals working in Emergency Department that night since it will be the Bermuda triangle of a Saturday night, Halloween, AND a full moon), we want to be frightened at how amazing all of your Halloween inspired quilts and projects you've made in the past! So open up your crypt and send Cassandra pictures of your screamingly awesome Halloween stuff for a heart stopping segment - and don't turn out the light!
And while we're all sitting around our virtual campfire, we'll be sharing our scaring stories in another segment, "Nightmare in the Sewing Room"! Had to seam rip an hour's worth of quilting because the backing fabric shifted? Dropped a rotary cutter, blade out, on your foot? Gremlins stole your scissors (or worse, used them to cut paper?!)? Be prepared when the Grim Reaper calls your name!
Finally, even if you don't have a quilt or scary sewing room story to share, we invite everyone to join in the fun and dress up in your spooktacular best, even if you just wear a fun hat - broomsticks not required!
- Cassandra G.
From Reba B.
"I have a friend who is doing an Estate Sale today (Fri Oct 9) through Sunday Oct 11. It has:
Some quilting books, fabrics, patterns some sewing notions. Household, some vintage & 2 garages.
17201 Boyd Ave
Corona"
Contact Reba if you have any questions.
- Cassandra G.
I think all of us have fallen in love with the Africa Queen block and quilts and together, we're planning on making at one (and potentially more, depending on how many blocks get made) to auction or raffle off with all proceeds going to Jeff and Yvonne Weinstein for their missionary work in Gulu, Uganda.
Tami A. and Yvonne collected names at the guild meeting last night for those who'd like to make one or more blocks. They have kits available which includes fabric for the background (which we want to be the same for the entire quilt) and fabric for the dress and headdress - you will provide brown fabric for the face and hands. You can make any blocks as you want and if you want to use your own Ugandan fabric for the dress or headdress, Tami has plenty of extra background fabric for you to make more, just let her know.
Please contact Tami to request kits, to ask any questions, and either arrange to have a kit/kits mailed to you or arrange a time to pick them up from Tami's house. This is the pattern we are using. Please note that there are variations of this pattern available on the internet, but the dimensions and cutting sizes may be different; please only use the Africa Queen block pattern linked above.
Tami's goal to have all kits out by Tuesday, September 22nd and give everyone two weeks to make your blocks and get them back to Tami so that she and Yvonne can get the quilts together in time for our October guild meeting.
Yvonne shared some wonderful pictures and stories about their work and life in Uganda at our September guild meeting last night. I will get it published and linked on here as soon as possible!
Click here to read the Weinsteins blog.
Click here to see their Facebook group.
- Cassandra G.
Sorry for the last minute reminder - I've had a jaw smacking busy week, I mean I really put my nose to the grindstone*!
*For those who may not know, I had an accident while walking and fell hard on my face - nothing broken, but let's say I looked like I went a couple rounds with a prize fighter. Almost all healed now though!
If you would like to get your quilts and projects into the PowerPoint presentation like we did for the August meeting, please have your pictures (including dimensions, description, title, etc.) to me via email or text by today, Monday September 14th, at 6pm so I have time tonight to put it together.
Also due at this guild meeting is your Raincross Quilt Guild Challenge projects! So please send me those photos too of the wonderful quilt, bag, table runner, or whatever creative thing you've made, along with dimensions, title, etc. today by 6pm.
I will get next Be My Neighbor block of the month pattern up, along with instructions for the African Queen blocks we discussed at last month's meeting.
For the Zoom meeting, we will use the same Zoom meeting, link, and password as last time. If you need a copy of that, please let me know. It will be posted on on our Facebook page.
- Cassandra G.
Ahoy fellow Guild mates!
Announcing our 2nd annual Beach Retreat in Oceanside, right on the beach!
Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2020
YES, it's really happening (with a few modifications, of course - your health and safety is our prime concern!)
Same venue as last year - two story condo.
Registration opens Aug 18 with a $100 deposit, with the balance due on Oct 1. The total cost will range from $287 on the high side, to $225, depending on the number of participants. You may pay in the following ways:
Mail to Barbara M. (address in our directory) or drop off at Barbara's, Jeri's, Andie's, or Shelly N. (treasurer). (Cash or check) Shelly and Jeri are both gone during the day, so make arrangements to meet them in the evening. We have 20 spots available, first come, first served.
Looking forward to an amazing time sewing by the ocean!
- Barbara M.
We hope everyone is staying cool during this crazy heatwave. If you experience a blackout, PLEASE get somewhere cool - you've friends all over the Riverside area and someone will still have power! And please remember to check on your neighbors too and make sure everyone is staying cool. County of Riverside Cool Center
Be My Neighbor Block 2 and Block 3 (minus the birdie I haven't added yet) |
Be My Neighbor Block 1 |
Veteran Rose B. (USAF) greatly accepts her QoV |
from the QoVF Patterns collection |
Winter Solstice by Annie's Craft Store |