Visit the 2026 Opportunity Quilt web page to learn all about this year’s quilt. 

Postcards for members to distribute to the community with information about the quilt will soon be ready for pick up at The Farmhouse -- we will send an announcement when they are available. Tickets will also be sold at the quilt show on April 18 and 19, 2026.  The drawing will be at the annual quilt show on April 19, 2026 at 3:30 pm.

The guild counts upon ALL its members to do their part by selling a minimum of $20 of tickets to family, friends, and co-workers, or by buying the tickets for themselves.

2026 Opportunity Quilt ticket packets for members are now at the Farmhouse! Each packet contains:

•  24 tickets, which sell for $1 each, 6 for $5, or 12 for $10, all 24 for $20,

•  An addressed return envelope (for your check and tickets)

Please pick up your envelope and return your tickets and money as soon as you are able! Tickets and money can be put into the manila envelope in the Member box at the Farmhouse, returned at an in-person guild meeting, mailed to Reba, or turned in at the quilt show on April 18 or 19, 2026.  Additional tickets can be requested from the Opportunity Quilt page on the website.

Our Opportunity Quilt is one of our big fundraisers of the year. The money raised is used to bring wonderful speakers to the guild, as well as making it possible to have our lovely guild room at the Farmhouse. We are quite unique among guilds that we have this amazing space to gather for small groups and classes and workshops, to create quilts, exchange ideas, house our library and tools, and enjoy each other’s company. It also supports our community work as we make items for many local charities.

Thank you for your efforts to promote our quilt show and the guild and its programs. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Reba Siero
2026 Opportunity Quilt Ticket Chair

The first issue of Press Quilt will be coming in March 2026.  This is a brand-new quarterly magazine made just for quilters who can’t resist petting fabric, naming their sewing machines, or rearranging their stash just for fun.

Subscriptions are FREE, so head over to their website to learn more and subscribe.

pressquilt.com

Estrella Shoka has made the slides from her presentation "Exploring Arpilleras in Chile" at the July 22, 2025 general meeting available from the link below. Included are several pictures she did not have time to discuss during the presentation.

Please note, you must be logged into your GQCCC account to download the file.

GQCCC General Meeting - 7.22.2025 - Exploring Arpilleras in Chile

 

Now that the guild's 50th anniversary is in the rearview mirror, we have adopted a fresh look for our logo!

The logo incorporates the weathervane block that has been GQCCC's icon ever since its founding.  Blue skies and golden hills at the base of Mt Diablo in the center square represent the geography of our region.  The odd-colored arrow in the southeast corner is also a signature feature, and longtime member Fran McNamee says she was told by old-timers that this is often done by guilds to make their block unique and exclusive to their guild. 

To see a gallery of past logos and read more about GQCCC's history, please visit the History page.

The Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association is inviting members of our guild to attend their annual bag sale on Monday, July 28, from 10:30 till 12:00 at the Campbell Community Center, 1 West Campbell Ave, Campbell.  We’ll be in the Roosevelt Redwood Room, #Q80.

For $20, you can buy as much quilting cotton and other quilting items as can fit in a grocery bag, which we’ll provide. We expect to have on the order of 100 boxes of fabric, kits, patterns, books, and more. 

30+ year quilter and lifelong fabric collector with a huge stash for sale at incredible discounts. Everything from Civil War to 2025 fabric lines of all the best designers of high quality fabrics.

Sale is on Saturday, June 21st from 10-5 in the parking lot of the Community of Grace Church at 380 Elmhurst Street in Hayward.

For more information contact Goody Thompson at (510) 316-8222

Hello GQCCC Members!
Our quilting community is at risk of losing the California Stare Fair as an important venue to show off the art of quilting and other crafts.  They have said if entry numbers don’t improve, they will be canceling the crafts exhibits permanently.  If you value keeping our art form alive, you can help keep this important venue open by entering a quilt or crafted item.

Our member, Kris Cisse has offered to deliver your quilt to the fair and pick it up when the fair is over.  All you need to do is enter your items online before 11:59 on May 15, 2025, and coordinate delivery details directly with Kris.

The following note from Kris has all the details:

Here is how you can help:
Enter your crafted arts into the California State Fair this year. It is critical to have a good showing this year with crafts. Check out all the divisions - perhaps you can enter into knitting, crochet, embroidery or apparel divisions.

The entry fee is $15 per item. Know that it would be kept in Sacramento for up to two months as part of the process for the Acceptance, Judging, and Showing

My Offer to GQCCC Members:
I am willing to take members’ items to Sacramento to Cal Expo to drop off and pick up. GQCCC members will need to contact me directly to make arrangements if you are interested in this offer. You will need to write a letter of authorization to name me as the designated drop-off/ pick-up person (see that section in the guidelines, reference item 6.) I would need items before May 30th.

Entry Guidelines:
Read the guidebook for entries. Make your entry online, and make payment.
The website URL with downloadable guideline is on the State Fair website.  Click Here for info

Key Dates:
May 15 Entries close online at 11:59 pm. Entry fees must be paid
May 23 Preliminary Acceptance Notification Email
May 30 Shipped entries due
May 30-31 Hand deliver entries between
June 6 Displayed Work Notification Email by 6 pm
June 13-14 Pick up non-displayed items
July 11 Exhibition Opens. Award Results posted online
July 13 Awards Ceremony at Expo Center
August 1-2 Pick up exhibits

Contact me by email with any questions. (See directory/ roster.)
Good luck to everyone!

SEWING SUPPLIES SALE

Notions - Fabric - Equipment

This is a private party sale from a lifetime-long sewist and collector.  A large inventory of quality items.

May 3 and 4, 2025

9 am  to 1 or 2 pm

1607 Franrose Lane, Concord