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!
Our handwork group, which has been meeting on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, has decided to take a break until road construction in the area is complete and better weather returns. Stay tuned — we will let you know when meetings begin again!
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.
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!
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 …
There were 99 quilts entered in the quilt show at the Douglas County Fair! Maybe our photos will inspire you to add yours to the “wall of quilts” in 2025!
Quilt club members shared some good solid fun at the August meeting with our second snip and rip activity. This year, instead of batiks, we used solids. Every person came with one yard of one color; after snipping, ripping, dropping and passing, we left with 7 different colors! Now comes the challenge — make a wearable (very loosely defined) to display at our November meeting. Learn more…
Just before Christmas, representatives from our quilt club sent up cheers along with Wellspring staff and STARS at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Unity on Park. This hotel renovation project has become beautiful new independent living apartments for adults with I/DD. Thanks to the collaborative work of CRQC’s members, the residents will receive quilts made from our Bingo activity last April as they moving in to their first apartments! Already several Wellspring STARS have chosen their favorites; more to come. See more photos and learn more about Wellspring and our Wellspring Quilt Project…
Have yourself a wonky little Christmas; may your blocks be bright! We celebrated Christmas in July with the introduction of improv Christmas tree block lotto. How many of these very addictive little creations can you make before October? Each one earns you an entry to Block Lotto! If your name is drawn, you get a pile of improv blocks for a modern holiday quilt; a winner for every 20 blocks collected. Learn more…
Earlier this year, the programs committee asked members for photos of their quilts “in the wild.” So whether on vacation or staycation, you photographed your beauties outdoors. The results — viewed in the August meeting slide show while Nat King Cole sang about “Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer” — were simply inspiring. Thank you to ALL who participated! For even more inspiration, type #quiltsinthewild into Instagram and enjoy wonderful quilts from every corner of the country. View the slide show…
