Make sure you are up-to-date on the happenings at CSQG!

• Our Member demonstrations in April will be:

  Billie Ackerson - Cat’s Cradle Ruler and Quilts.

  Holly Douglas and Marie Dunn - Sashiko

  Kate Baron, Sharon Ainsworth, and Jackie Spencer - Machine Embroidery

  Diane Jones - Wool Applique

• Our theme for April is Flowers! Wear leis, bonnets, Hawaiian shirts, pins . . . something flowery! Prize for the best Easter bonnet!

• Thank you to Lynette Harlan for a wonderful trunk show and workshop!

• The drawing for our beautiful Opportunity Quilt was held March 2, 2026. Jean Bixby is the lucky winner! Our new Opportunity Quilt for 2027 was on display and tickets are available now. Please pick up you tickets soon. This is an important fundraiser for our guild.

• We are looking for volunteers to take our Opportunity Quilt on “visits” to other guilds and organizations to sell tickets. If you are interested, please see Sharon Ainsworth.

• If you need a new name badge, please speak to the membership team.

• We have added a new outreach program for foster children in the Morongo Basin. Mary Dorchak is in charge and has named it Foster in Love.

• Our theme at our April meeting will be flowers. Wear leis, corsages, pins, hats, Hawaiian shirts, to celebrate spring! We’ll be learning from our talented members with member demonstrations next month.

• The Desert Guilds Quilt Show Postponed! Unfortunately, The venue for our show has notified us that our reservation is cancelled due to leaky roof renovations. We will carry over all our preparations until March 5th and 6th, 2027.

• The “Paint Chip Challenge” is still on!! Everybody has more time! We will display and vote on our favorites at our February 2026 meeting. We will also have a display of all Miniature entries. Cash Prizes!

• Visit our “Sew What” table at our general meetings. You will find great bargains on fabric and sewing related items.

• Please consider working on some projects for our Outreach Programs. Hug-A-Bear contact is Marie Dunn, Unity Home contact is Karen Howes, Seniors’ contact is Chris Hudson. The Pregancy clinic is still in need of a volunteer. All contact information is available in our membership directory.

• Friendship Groups: A small group of Guild members who meet outside of the regular Guild meetings is called a Friendship Group. You might want to get a few of your quilty friends together to meet for special projects or to just sew together. Think ‘quilting bee’! Some of our groups work tirelessly to supply donated items to our outreach programs.

• We know you are all working on beautiful quilts and projects. Please consider bringing them for our “Show and Share”. You can write a brief description for our ladies to read, or you can talk about your creations yourself. This is a real highlight of our general meetings.