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…
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.
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!
Our March workshop with Diane Harris (aka The Stash Bandit) was pure delight! Diane not only gave us lessons in contrast, color and cohesion, she also reminded us to have FUN with our scraps — AND brought scraps from her own stash to share! Check out the photos of our amazing workshop.
How can you turn ONE yard of fabric into an I Spy quilt with MANY different items to discover? You create an I Spy swap! We’ve extended the the I Spy Swap deadline one month. Our goal is to make 50 bags and we are half way there! Here’s how it works: From one yard of novelty print fabric (see guidelines), cut 50 five-inch blocks. Turn them in to Marilyn Fettinger by our May meeting, and in June you’ll get 50 blocks back for your own unique I Spy quilt. Details are available on our I Spy Block Exchange page.
