Guild meetings are always inspirational but sometimes we get an added bonus. We meet at a local church and this Saturday the sanctuary was draped in dozens of quilts destined for Lutheran World Relief. I believe these will be boxed up and delivered this week.
Some of our members mentioned that their church also had quilts displayed this weekend. That's amazing when you consider how many there are. Then during our guild meeting the conversation turned to how our members could use our quilting even more to support local needs. So I think our guild will be working on more charity quilting in the future.
The Sew Vintage group is going to be working out of the Lori Holt book Scrappiness Is Happiness for the next few months. I got a start with the blocks posted in the online sew-along with this book on Fat Quarter Shop blog. The first block is the Buzzy Bee, which is 14" square.
And the second week both the big and small Calico Mushroom blocks have been added. They are 12" and 6" blocks (finished). I'm using my 30s stash and a scrappy background. Should be fun!
And I'm hoping to finish a couple of other things this week:
* sew labels on 3 Quilts of Valor for Friday's presentations
* Row 4 of Humble Homes
* last blocks for Nanci's Stars
* Row 4 of Humble Homes
* last blocks for Nanci's Stars
There should be plenty of sewing time on Monday, but then the week gets kind of crazy.
What's on YOUR design wall today?
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7 comments:
that is a pretty scene in the church. I'm all for making quilts for charity
Lovely to see the quilts displayed! That Lori Holt project is really fun... enjoy!
Love to hear of guilds helping meet the local community’s needs.
I saw some of Lori Holt's video about the Srappiness is Happiness sew along today. I loved the mushroom quilt. It's so cool to see some more of the blocks.
Helen
That is a beautiful sanctuary. I love seeing the quilts on the pews. My church also makes quilts for Lutheran World Relief; ours were taken to the intake center last week.
so great that your guild will be making more comfort quilts. great start on your blocks!
That's a lot of quilts for donation. You must have a very active quilting community. Your Lori Holt blocks are really cute. I have several of her books, but haven't started any projects yet.
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