On November 12th, the Castle Rock Quilt Club Charity Quilt Committee donated 18 children’s quilts and 8 receiving blankets to Liz, Tamara and Carrie of the Help and Hope Center for their Families Holiday Shop. The Help and Hope Center supports Douglas and Elbert County residents navigate troublesome times with dignity.
Our in-person meeting was cancelled in January due to more snowy weather, so you will have to wait until February for our wearable fashion show. In February, bring your wearable from our August “Snip, Rip, Drop and Pass” activity. Club members will present a unique “fashion” show and tell of all the wearables we made with the Kona solids.
This year, we are going to exchange Charm Packs at the Christmas Party. If you are attending, join the fun and wrap up a charm pack!
Come and join us for a new and fun activity! Get to know the members of our quilt club while you learn how to make this beautiful quilt. Pattern by Doug Leko. Our meetings are on the 2nd Tuesdays of each month at the Castle Rock Library. Learn more here…
In 2025, you will be able to learn (or brush up on) more skills via Block Lotto. Every other month or so, we will pick a block, pick a color palette, and provide print and video instructions. Join the fun! In March, join the fun with our Bird Block Lotto. Learn more …
The charity committee has collected 21 Bingo quilts for Wellspring and 17 quilts
for the Help & Hope Center. What a huge success for both of these projects! And we will continue to collect donations for next year as well. So keep up the good work!
We need several club members to volunteer to participate in this important committee. Please contact our president if you are interested.
The Nominating Committee is reaching out to all members. We have been tasked with filling vacancies for three Board positions: President, Secretary, and Program Chair Assistant. Each position is a 2-year term. We have nominations for Secretary and Program Chair Assistant. If you are interested in the position of President, please contact one of the members of the nominating committee: Deb Autrey, Diane Rasco, Candy Garrido. Info is in our membership list.
Cleaning out your sewing room? Just remember, one quilter’s trash is another’s treasure! So save a few items for our May auction, complete with live auctioneer, and help us raise funds for future programs and activities while picking up a few great things for yourself!
The county fair is less than 1 month away, but you still have time to make a quilt to enter! The competition rules and entry forms are available at the fair website, douglascountyfairandrodeo.com. Quilt entry will be Sunday, July 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Events Center. CRQC provides volunteers for quilt registration, judging, set up, display, and take down. We will have information at the June meeting regarding volunteering.
Names of colors and fabric types rang out across the room in April as we played Fabric Bingo. What a blast! Members sewed their own cards and kept track with buttons. In the end, ten lucky winners took home prize baskets, and many more won sewing-themed door prizes or button bouquets. The best part of the evening was welcoming guests from Wellspring Community: director Nicole DeVries and program attendees Delaney, Damon, Amy, Lindsey and Kiersten (who got the first Bingo of the night!). Our collective 160 fabric cards will be used to make quilts for Wellspring members moving into their first independent apartments in 2024!
