{"id":5044,"date":"2017-07-12T10:16:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2017-07-12T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:16:23","slug":"meet-the-big-bear-lake-quilters-guild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/12\/meet-the-big-bear-lake-quilters-guild\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Big Bear Lake Quilters Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Do you know the community of Big Bear Lake? It is a unique mountain resort community located 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. About 21,000 residents make their home here full-time.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5046\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5046\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-bear-109027_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>\nBest known for its recreational opportunities like fishing, water sports, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, tours and winter sports, it also a haven for quilting. Big Bear Lake has<strong> two quilt guilds<\/strong> and<strong> two quilt shops<\/strong> in this small community!! It is also a popular destination for quilt retreats.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigbearlakequiltersguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Big Bear Lake Quilters Guild <\/a>has around 50 members. They meet monthly the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Wednesday of the month at Patchworks Quilt Shop. \u201dPatches of Love\u201d is the name they give to their philanthropy work. Their members make quilts that are given to children who are picked up in police cars or fire trucks after a traumatic event. They also support military families with quilts. When a family has a new baby and their father is deployed, they present the new baby with a quilt.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5045\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5045\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Big-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\nTheir annual quilt show is being held this year August 4<sup>th<\/sup> and 5<sup>th<\/sup> at The Lodge at Big Bear Lake. They have invited vendors as well as showcasing quilts from the area. At Road 2017, the guild had their show\u2019s opportunity quilt on display. What makes this quilt original is that there is a <em>hidden bear <\/em>in the design of the quilt. The guild enjoys asking contributors for this fund raiser to see if they can find the bear. It gives people the chance to see the quilt up close and is \u201clots of fun.\u201d \u00a0Can\u00a0you find the bear? <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5048\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5048\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01c1f58b996ed1aeb910a9c22375efb7806fcdbc46-711x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a>Road to California loves supporting local quit guilds and their endeavors. Opportunities are given on a first come basis to showcase opportunity quilts.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5047\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5047\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBearLakeGuild-1024x881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"538\" \/><\/a>\nParticipating guilds must provide 20 hours of white glove service to Road for each day your quilt is displayed. For more information, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/raffle-quilts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.]]>\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":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":[31,32],"tags":[165,853,986,1007],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-road-2017","category-road-to-california","tag-big-bear-lake-quilters-guild","tag-opportunity-quilt","tag-quilt-guilds","tag-quilt-show"],"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\/5044","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=5044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}