Quilt Scraps December 2021
PRESIDENTS’ LETTER
Happy Thanksgiving to all our quilters!
I have a long list of things I am thankful for this year, and right up there at the top is our new slate of officers for 2022. We will be swearing in the following officers at our December holiday party on December 14:
President: Linda Stanwood
President Elect: Susan Stanchfield
Vice President Ways and Means: Cece Blankenship
Vice President Programs: Mary Jo Ewing
Workshops: Kris Doan, Rena Hernandez
Secretary: Phyllis Lewcock
Treasurer: Jeanette Blackburn
Membership: Carol Brega, Dana Lovelace, Valerie Myers, Ellen Pankuch
Thank you all for your willingness to serve our guild in these important roles! I am also thankful for each of you who volunteered for our various activities and committees at our last guild meeting. We had a very impressive response, and the committee chairs and myself will be in touch with each of you over the next month to talk about your interest in helping out. I am particularly pleased to report that we a sufficient number of people who volunteered to do white glove service so that we will be able to market our new opportunity quilt at Road to California.
Speaking of our new opportunity quilt, it will be revealed at the holiday party scheduled for 9:30 at Faith Community Church on December 14. If you have not already RSVP’d and you would like to come, check out the article in the newsletter for information on how to sign up. It is free. For everyone’s health and safety, we are asking that you be vaccinated if you are attending. We will be serving a box lunch, and there will be games and drawings! And to everyone, have a happy, healthy holiday season.
Linda Stanwood
OUR NEW HOME
A reminder: our new El Camino Quilt Guild home is
Faith Community Church, 2700 Rancho Pancho, Carlsbad, CA 92009.
Our new meeting day is the second Tuesday of the month at 9:30 am
DECEMBER MEETING
UFO Challenge Dec 2021
Congratulations to Bev Tyner, our 3rd quarter prize winner!!!
The 4th UFO deadline is November 30th and we’ll have 2 drawings during the December meeting. The first one will be for the 4th quarter $25.00 Quilt In A Day gift card, and the second one will be for the grand prize drawing of $170 Quilt In A Day gift card!!!!!
Get your final projects finished and show them to our UFO table at the next meeting, or send your photos, including your label, to Gretchen or Vicki.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Gretchen –
Vicki –
PROGRAMS 2021-22
December: Christmas Party
January: Tina Curran Lecture: My Excellent Adventure as a Quilter
Workshop: Herringbone Quilts and/or Pillow
Februrary: Trudy Cleveland Lecture: Update Your Quilt Toolbox
Workshop: How to Photograph Your Quilts
March: Anne Turley Lecture: Just Quilts
Workshop: On Point
April: Ann Sonner Lecture: Family History Quilts
Workshop: Photo Transfer Class
Happy quilting everyone! Stay safe and keep in touch!
Mary Jo Ewing
CUDDLE QUILT
On November 18th Cuddle met for the first time at El Corazon Senior Center in Oceanside. We will meet there every third Thursday, including December 16, from 9-3.
The December workshop will have NICU, receiving blankets, and pillowcase kits or you can work on your own Cuddle project.
There will not be a December workshop at San Marcos Senior Center.
Please contact Juliana Scroggins concerning the QIAD workshop schedule.
Cuddle is still collecting bright, colorful teen quilts (with pillowcases, please) for the San Pasqual foster teens. Recommended size is 60”x 72” or a bit larger.
BIG FAT QUARTER SALE
January meeting:
Cuddle will have 20 bins of FAT QUARTERS for sale at the remarkable price of 10 for a $1!!!
Now you have to buy 10-no metal money!
We will have shopping bags for you to fill up!!
Workshops:
QIAD
1st Thursday of each month
9 am - 1 pm
Masks required
El Corazon Senior Center
3rd Thursday of each month
9 am - 3 pm
San Marcos Senior Center
4th Monday of each month
9 am - 3 pm
Please bring a mask
Here is a guide to recommended sizes:
Baby/wheelchair/Foster Angels/receiving blankets or quilts 40”-45” x 45”-50”
Lap/ teens/adults 48”-60” x 60”-76”
Breckenridge or San Pasqual 64”-70” x 76”-90”
Quilting friends – there is still room on the bus. Please let me know if you are interested in joining us for a fun day at the Road to California quilt show.
Date: Thursday, January 20. Details about time and place to board the bus will follow.
Cost: $55.00, which includes your admission to the show.
It’s a fun day that includes snacks and prizes on the road. I hope you can join us.
Debbie Timmons, Bus Coordinator
760-703-6034
RETREAT 2022
There are currently 2 spots open for the 2022 Retreat. Let me know if you would like one of these spots or tell your friends.
If these spots are not filled by the December guild meeting on December 14, available spots will be opened to nonmembers.
If you need to cancel your spot for the retreat, you deposit will be refunded completely if we are able to fill your spot. If we are not able to fill your spot, your deposit will be returned minus $20.
Just a reminder, the balance for the retreat is due by the end of December. Balance checks must be made out to "Vina de Lestonnac" and can be given to me at the next guild meeting or mailed to me. I have sent an email to everyone attending with the balance still owed.
Please contact me if you would like a spot in the retreat or if you have any questions.
Jo Anne Foster
2137 Lakeside Rd
Vista, CA 92084
TIP OF THE MONTH
To understand thread measurements check out superiorthreads.com in the Superior education section.
BIRTHDAY BAGS
We will be having a birthday bag drawing at our holiday party, so please bring a bag if your birthday is in December (or if you forgot to bring a bag for your September, October, or November birthday to our previous meeting). Bags should total $15-20.
IN MEMORY
Jackie Kahl
Died from COVID
November 8, 2021
Member of Traveling Quilters friendship group
NOVEMBER
1 Mary Shackelford
4 Jane Dunmeyer
8 Charlotte Purdy
9 Maryann Donovan
11 Emily Armstrong
13 Elizabeth Galati
17 Suzanne Appelman
17 Joyce Ford
17 Marilyn Jackson
18 Kristin Schneiders
21 Linda Jacoway
22 Sharon Kleven
26 Karen Pendergast
27 Carole Lee
27 Gretchen Clare
29 Dixie Mulligan
30 Cheri McClow
WANT TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS?
Ad rates for our monthly newsletter
Deadline is the 10th of the month preceding publication
| Size | Rate for one issue | Full year |
| Business Card | $6.00 | $60 |
| 1/4 page | $8.00 | $80 |
| 1/3 page | $8.50 | $85 |
| 1/2 page | $10.00 | $100 |
| Full page | $12.00 | $120 |
| Checks should be made to El Camino Quilters and mailed to: |
For more information contact: |
| El Camino Quilters attn: Ancinec & Shkolnik P.O. Box 1952 Oceanside CA 92051 |
Peggy at 760-809-1647 |
