{"id":4941,"date":"2017-05-25T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T04:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2017-05-25T21:58:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T04:58:07","slug":"meet-the-simi-valley-quilt-guild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/meet-the-simi-valley-quilt-guild\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Simi Valley Quilt Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"http:\/\/simivalleyquiltguild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Simi Valley Quilt Guild<\/a> was started over 30 years ago. With approximately 150 members, they meet the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Simi Valley Senior Center.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-the-simi-valley-quilt-guild\/attachment\/svqg-logo-lighter-center\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4943\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SVQG-logo-lighter-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a>\nThe guild&#8217;s main philanthropy group is called, &#8220;Quilts in Force.&#8221; It is\u00a0always\u00a0\u2018in-force\u2019 sewing for others. Originally, the group made quilts for the Simi Valley Police Department to use in incidents where children were involved. \u00a0The goal now is to provide warmth and comfort to anyone in need whether it be from illness, fire, lack of resources,\u00a0loss of a loved one, or other cause.\nOn their website, they post a poem dedicated to their members who have passed away but who are not forgotten:\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our family is like a patchwork quilt,\nWith kindness gently sewn.\nEach piece is an original\nWith beauty all its own.\nWith threads of warmth and happiness,\nIt\u2019s lightly stitched together,\nTo last in love throughout the years,\nOur Family is forever.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">(author unknown)<\/h3>\n\n\nWalking in the atrium on Friday of Road 2017, no one could miss Simi Valley Quilt Guild&#8217;s Opportunity Quilt on display. Member Beth Bastian said they &#8220;wanted something bright&#8221; and that was certainly what they created.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-the-simi-valley-quilt-guild\/attachment\/simi-valley\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4942\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simi-Valley-1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"509\" \/><\/a>\nAll members in the guild had a chance to work on the quilt, receiving packets to work on various blocks. When completed, it was sent to a non-member gentleman to quilt. The drawing for the quilt was held at their regular meeting on February 8th. Proceeds benefited <a href=\"http:\/\/ventura-ca.petsforvets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Pets for Vets\u00a0<\/em><\/a>and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesamaritancenterofsimivalley.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Samaritan Center of Simi Valley<\/em><\/a>, a homeless support center.\nRoad to California appreciates their partnership in supporting local quilt guilds like the Simi Valley Quilt Guild.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[19,31],"tags":[853,900,985,1149,1209],"class_list":["post-4941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quilt-guilds","category-road-2017","tag-opportunity-quilt","tag-pets-for-vets","tag-quilt-guild","tag-samaritan-center-of-simi-valley","tag-simi-valley"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941","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=4941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}