Flying Geese Quilt Guild Activities

at the Clifton C. Miller Community Center
300 Centennial Way, Tustin CA 92780
$5
from 1pm - 4pm
Dessert, Quilt Viewing, Raffle Baskets, etc. from 1 pm - 2 pm

The goal of Community Education is to promote the art and history of quilting. This year may be another virtual one!

Our members have displayed quilts at Heritage Hill Park in Lake Forest to celebrate each of the Park’s major events:

Tustin Home and Garden Tour - May 18, 2024
Annual Promenade Home and Garden Tour
The FGQG will present a mini quilt show during the home tour at the Presbyterian Church, Old Town Tustin. Home Tour Tickets. Presale $tbd at www.tustinhistory.com

Orange County Fair - July 19- August 18, 2024. The FGQG has had an exhibit at the Orange County Fair for many years. In previous years our booth was in the Home Arts Building and volunteers demonstrated how quilts are made and sometimes presented a trunk show on stage. It was always an invigorating day, showing people some of the projects we work on, especially our philanthropy work. Hopefully organizations will be able to demonstrate their activities in person at the fair again next year.

The Philanthropy Team works together to sew and collect items such as quilts, flannel receiving blankets, burp clothes (burpees), pillowcases or placemats to donate to organizations throughout Orange County and beyond.
The Philanthropy Team meets on the first Friday of the month to organize projects, materials, and plan for upcoming Sew Days.
If you are interested in joining the Philanthropy Team, please contact Jeanne S. at:

Sew Days: Sew days are a fun and productive day where guild members volunteer to sew quilt tops that will be quilted and bound and to donate to charitable organizations. Other items like pillowcases, placemats, flannel blankets, and burp clothes (burpees) may be sewn.
Sew Days are held the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM. at the Orange Quilt Bee (Check newsletter or call to make sure that there has not been a date change).
Donations of completed items and/or fabric can be made at the monthly guild meetings and/or at Sew Days. When you donate, you sign up to be entered into a monthly drawing for an Orange Quilt Bee gift card.
Quilts made by guild members are donated to CAST, Stand Up for Kids, VITAS, OC Memorial Hospital Cancer, and St. Joseph’s Adult Oncology Center. We make pillowcases for CHOC and VITAS. The Irvine Senior Center receives ongoing donations of placemats to use with the Meals on Wheels program. We make receiving blankets, burp clothes, and baby quilts for baby showers supporting wives of the deployed Marines from Camp Pendleton and 29 Palms Marine Bases.
Quilt sizes accepted: Baby, Lap/Throw (adult and children themed), Twin Bed (used for young adults moving out of foster care). Here are approximate dimensions but we accept quilts of any size!

Babies - 30"x40"; and above. Remember babies will grow into them (for our Military Showers)
Young Children ages 2-17 - any size from 40”x50” and up (for CAST – Child Abuse Services Team)
Teens, young adults – 60”x80” for twin bed, also double and queen sizes welcome (for StandUp for Kids serving formerly-homeless young adults)
Adults - 40"x50" up to 50”x60” (lap quilts for VITAS Hospice and St. Joseph Cancer Center)

Instructions for Philanthropy Items:
Holiday Placemat
Pillow Case
Receiving Blanket
Burp Cloths - Cut two 11" x 18" pieces of flannel. Round corners. Sew wrong sides together. Turn inside out and press. Top stitch 1/8" around the edge (also closes opening). Can be slightly smaller. Easy to make from a flannel fat quarter.
Simple Free Quilt Patterns are Available or use any quilt pattern from your library.
Fund raisers, such as our 2024 biannual auction and 2025 biannual quilt show also provide the funds to support our philanthropic projects.

Additional Activities

Periodically there are additional activities offered by the guild. For instance, the Guild Challenge, the Biannual Quilt Auction or Quilt show and the Little Red Hen Auction at a selected guild meeting.

2023-2024 Virtual Sew-Ins Via Zoom; The Flying Geese Quilters Guild is still offering this activity for our members to get together via Zoom. From the comfort of your home sign on to Zoom and sit and sew or chat with other members. Contact Mary H. for more information.

Dates and Times:

Mondays from 9 a.m. - 12 noon:

The 4th Friday of the month from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

For Directions on how to attach your 4 inch quilt sleeve to the back of your quilt: click here

Click here for pictures from the Challenge 2014 California History Quilt Challenge

Click here for pictures from the Challenge 2012 "American History Lesson" (pdf powerpoint).

Lectures and Workshops

Note: Workshops will now be held in person. Normally at the Orange Quilt Bee
See the schedule for the location of each workshop.

Lectures & Programs are held in person and virtually until futher notice at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month. Social time opens at 6:00 pm. Guests are welcome to our lectures; use contact information to request a link for the meeting if you would like to attend virtually.

In person meetings are held at
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School (beginning 9-12-22)
4861 Michelson Dr.
Irvine, CA 92612

Workshop fees must be paid at the time you sign up. There is an additional fee for nonmembers.

1-day workshop: Price are posted for each workshop.

Nonmembers are welcome as space permits.

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