{"id":3330,"date":"2015-07-17T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T21:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2015-07-17T14:12:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T21:12:03","slug":"meet-quilters-by-the-sea-quilt-guild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/17\/meet-quilters-by-the-sea-quilt-guild\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Quilters By The Sea Quilt Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It just seems fitting during summer to talk about a quilt guild that is located by the ocean.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-quilters-by-the-sea-quilt-guild\/attachment\/logo_color-156x151\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3331\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_color-156x151.jpg\" alt=\"logo_color-156x151\" width=\"269\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-quilters-by-the-sea-quilt-guild\/attachment\/logo_color-156x151\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3331\"><br \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Quilters by the Sea is based in Long Beach, California. The guild started in 1993 and their membership is open to anyone 11 years or older. Meetings are held each month on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Thursday of each month at the First Baptist Church of Lakewood. \u00a0In addition, the guild holds Saturday workshops, social sewing nights, retreats, and fun-day excursions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u201cThe heart of our guild is supporting our community,\u201d said Treasurer, JoAnn White. \u201cWe believe in strong community involvement.\u201d Quilters by the Sea supports local Long Beach agencies by supplying them with quilts and\/or pillowcases. In 2014, the guild contributed 361 pillowcases and 350 quilts to groups like the Long Beach Police Department \u2013 SART (Sexual Abuse Rescue Team) Unit, Long Beach Battered Women\u2019s Shelter, For The Child, New Life Beginnings, St. Mary\u2019s Hospital pediatric unit, and the VA Hospital in Long Beach. So far for this year, their members have made 188 quilts to be donated.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-quilters-by-the-sea-quilt-guild\/attachment\/quiltshow2015logo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3332\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3332\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/QuiltShow2015Logo.jpg\" alt=\"QuiltShow2015Logo\" width=\"352\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Every other year, Quilters by the Sea presents a quilt show featuring their members\u2019 work. This year\u2019s quilt show will be held August 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u00a0and August 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0 at the National Guard Armory in Long Beach. Over 200 quilts will be on display along with workshops, gift basket raffles, and a silent auction.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-quilters-by-the-sea-quilt-guild\/attachment\/img_1541-302x298\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3333\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1541-302x298.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1541-302x298\" width=\"388\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At Road 2015, Quilters by the Sea displayed their 2015 Opportunity Quilt, \u201c<strong>Starry Night at Sea<\/strong>.\u201d The quilt is the 10th Anniversary edition of Jinny Beyer\u2019s &#8220;Moonglow&#8221; pattern and kit.\u00a0 Originally a block of the month pattern, the quilt covers a variety of techniques, from strip piecing to using templates and foundation piecing, they range from beginner to advanced and the quilters all did an excellent job.\u00a0 Members of the guild did all the work, including custom machine quilting done on a long arm.\u00a0 Each compass has a different freehand quilting design; the courthouse steps have a feather motif, while the borders have a feather and piano keys design. \u00a0\u00a0The drawing for the quilt will take place at their December meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">For more information about Quilters by the Sea, visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/quiltersbythesea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[688,986,1040,1103],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quilt-guilds","tag-long-beach","tag-quilt-guilds","tag-quilters-by-the-sea","tag-road-to-california"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1541-302x298.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}