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Salute To Service Project

As a result of a vote Raintree's Hilighted Charity at the 2019 Quilt Show will be SWIRCA.  We'll make and sell signature blocks up through the Quilt Show and then quickly assemble the quilts to present at a late 2019 SWIRCA event.  Linda Bohlen is heading up this project.

Members will be asked to help in several ways.
- They can help make up kits so members can sew 6” blocks.
- They can assemble blank signature blocks
- They can help assemble the blocks into quilts
- They can help sell the blocks for $5 each and take signatures.  (SWIRCA will also have blocks to be signed at their Activity Center.  We’ll have a booth at the 2019 Quilt Show where SWIRCA can sell signatures and promote their good work. )
-They can buy signature blocks to benefit SWIRCA.  Come prepared with what you want to write on the block.  Slogans like "Semper Fi", short quotes, memorials to veterans you know, "Thanks" are among the things you might want to write. 

You can also help SWIRCA directly now!  You can donate or buy a $30 annual membership. Membership gives you rights to attend weekly classes and day trips. You also get a newsletter listing activities.  A donation would help offset expenses of folks who are not able to pay the membership dues. 
The September Block of the Month can be turned in at either the September or the October meeting.
The 2019 Challenge has been issued.  It is again an Ultimate Challenge so it will be juried for exhibit in the AQS show at Grand Rapids in 2020.  Similarly it will be exhibited at the 2019 Raintree Quilt Show.  For more information and the Challenge rules use the button above.

How To Instructions:

WOW!  Raintree members registered 230 quilts for exhibition!  WONDERFUL!  But the number generates a few problems.  It will take 2 days for the quilt judge to judge them so judging will begin Wednesday, September 4 in the morning and continue throughout Thursday, September 5.   So check your email and newsletter for instructions about quilt number labels and the new schedule information!!! 

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Fabric of the Month for                       Raffle Basket Exchange

Our 2019 Quilt Show Committees are already gearing up.  The Raffle Basket committee is a good example.  They have worked out the colors of the month for fat quarter donations to the Raffle Baskets.  Here they are:
January         Black and White
February       Reds
March            Spring pastels
April               Purple
May                Patriotic
June               Teal/Aqua/Turquoise
July                Backgrounds: White and Cream
August           Pink/Magenta