On Tuesday, I attended an in-person meeting of the Crosstown Quilters Guild . A vote was taken, and it was decided that masks would be optional. (I continued to wear mine :-). I had finished this Star Wars quilt on Monday evening. It was donated to Anne M.’s group which brings quilts to deployment ceremonies. The young children of National Guard members being deployed receive quilts and the older children receive pillowcases though I think this quilt might appeal to an older child.
I had used a few tucked away strips left over from a quilt that I had made for a young cousin a few years back. There were four full strips of the Star Wars fabric, but I wanted it to be a bit longer. In my stash, I found a small blue and black piece of fabric which I added to either side of a short strip to make a fifth, middle strip. It’s amazing how well it blended in.
It was wonderful to see everyone, masked or unmasked! I counted forty-five in attendance; prior to the pandemic, we had on average sixty-five members at each meeting.
After the meeting, I was approached by another Anne M. who had a bag with my name on it. Inside were some vintage cross stitch booklets. While we were talking, the other Anne M. approached with another bag with my name on it. ;-(). I was the meat in an Anne M. Sandwich!!! Here are few of the items from that bag.
Look at this fabric.
She thought that I would find a use for the items. I have to admit that my wheels started spinning immediately, and yes, I do have an idea for how I will use them. Right now, however, I have a stack of other projects to work on, but I just might sneak this project idea into the pile. . .
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It was two years ago today that we first heard formal mention of the pandemic. Interestingly, our Crosstown Guild had just been on a fun quilt retreat on Cape Cod. At our first meeting after the retreat, the subject of Covid came up. I was guild president at the time. It was decided that we would skip the next two meetings for safety sake. This was met with some displeasure by some members who said that they were not going to let Covid change what they wanted to do. Little did we realize how Covid would soon change all of our lives.
Things have improved though we are still losing 1,200 people in the US each day to Covid and the Omicron variant. Stay well.
Pray for the people of the Ukraine, for freedom, and for us all.
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