Sunday, May 1, 2022

There is nothing better than a weekend of sewing with the Guild. The workshop was intended for scrappy quilts and, since I hadn’t make any progress on my scrappy quilt challenge, I was please to have the specific time to finish it. When the project was done according to the pattern I added a couple of borders to make it a bit larger. It will be a donation quilt and they don’t like them to be too small or too large.

After bragging last week about managing to get all my supplies into one bag for easy transport what did I bring home today? Two bins and a box of scraps from the Guild’s stash. Not to worry, I’m not expected to use it all myself. I’ll cut up fabrics for the Blocks of the Month, Rag Quilts, and some tote bags. The projects will be handed out at the Guild meetings so there is no excuse for people not to do their part.

By default it appears I’m heading into another two-year stint on the Program Committee but I’ve told them I won’t lead another mystery.

This bin of flannel will be used to make up packages for rag quilts for donation. There are already several pieces of fabric and batting that have been cut to the right size so it should be easy enough to package them up.

This bin of fabric will be used to make tote bags to sell at the next quilt show. The pattern is the one that they used as the group project at the Retreat; I’ve been told it is an easy one. I’ll also be working with the ladies who are doing the Blocks of the Month and I’ll have some fabric kits prepared for each month starting in the Fall.

I’m not sure how I ended up with this box of 2.5″ squares and strips. I showed someone my scrappy challenge for this month and I guess they thought I should make up some bags for others to work on.