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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT

Saturday, March 14 Meeting cancelled.

University of Riverside (UCR) has cancelled all events for the next 2 weeks.  This includes our scheduled Guild meeting this Saturday. We will miss Monica's presentation, but for those of you who want to get out of the house, we suggest that you spend the time supporting our local quilt shops!  

We are hoping that this situation will resolve quickly, and plan to see you in April for the election of officers and our meeting!

April Meeting -- CANCELLED

The 2020 Desert Guilds Quilt Show, which the Coachella Valley Quilt Guild takes part in, is over and all packed up for two years.  Hopefully you had a chance to see it in person as it was a wonderful presentation of quilts and quilting skills not just from Coachella Valley but also from the two other guilds, Cactus Sewables and Pass Patchers, who all work together to put on this great guild show.

Below are the entries by category from our guild and the Viewer's Choice.  To see all the ribbon winners from our guild go to Quilt Show 2020 or click here.  To see all the ribbon winners from the three guilds go to www.desertguildsquiltshow.com of click here.

Purses and Pillows and Lots of Quilts! Oh My!

The quilts, pillows and purses (along with other handmade items) were delivered on Monday, February 10, judged on Tuesday and hung or displayed on Wednesday.  The Date Festival is over but here are some of the items entered by our members.  

In addition our Opportunity Quilt, Beads On A String, was there and members were selling tickets to fair visitors. The visitors really enjoyed the quilt.

Congratulations to our members who took ribbons at the Date Festival in the various quilt categories as well as wall hangings, purses, and pillows.

Best of Division went to Mary Ann DeVries and Cheryl Chandler.

First Place in quilts went to Marci Robman, Darlene Estrella, Pat Siegel, Cheryl Chandler, Theresa Hanada, Treese Pflum, Sally Hooper and Mary Ann DeVries.

First Place in quilted purses/bags went to Cheryl Taylor and Darlene Estrella.

First Place in quilted pillows went to Nancy Wilhelm.

Second Place in quilts went to Jackie Mason, Connie Fleischner, Kathleen Herring, Darlene Estrella, Nancy Wilhelm, Treese Pflum and Barbara Snider.

Second Place in quilted pillows went to Barbara McMillan

Third Place in quilts went to Kathleen Herring (2), Marci Robman, and Linda Blake.

Honorable Mention in quilts went to Leslie Gardiner, Patti Reyes, Hilda Koning-Bastiaan, Kimberly Johnson, Natalie Shonerd, Heather Keenan, Cheryl Taylor, Nancy Wilhelm, Stevanna Collins, Darlene Estrella, and Sally Hooper.

Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds had a special exhibit at Road to California Quilt Show commemorating the show's 20th anniversary.  Every quilt had to have a connection to the show through a technique learned at the show, fabric or kit purchased at the show, etc.  Two of our membership quilts that were displayed -- Mary Gorfine -- Lake at Dusk -- and Robert Tucker -- Riding the Rails. Congratulations on your wonderful entries.

If you or any guild member you know have won a prize at a recent quilt show, we would love to acknowledge your accomplishment.  Please send an email with a photo and details to info@cvquiltguild.org