It's a NEW YEAR! And what a wonderful weekend it was! Hope Quilters seemed almost like normal ☺. Still a small crowd but there were ten of us throughout the day on Saturday! We had a beautiful devotion and time of sharing cares and concerns. We even did Show and Tell. PHOTOS here. Remember when we used to come to HQ to pin our quilts just because we could spend time visiting and maybe get some help 😏? See, almost normal!
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| Sue and Cathy pinning a quilt together! |
We had fun looking through donation fabrics, books, coming up with quilt ideas, working on Round Robin quilt, binding, etc. Normal stuff.
Several members like to get into the fabric donations to get materials for backs. It's so awesome to have yardage for backs! Looks like we'll continue to keep the quilters busy with our latest donations.
The Big News is that we've decided to go ahead with plans for a Retreat! We will keep our normal time and plan for Thursday thru Saturday, January 21 thru 23. This is strictly up to each individual member. Always in our thoughts are the comfort level of each individual member to participate or not, and we completely understand and accept each member's personal decision in regards to attending a retreat. The numbers will probably be low, but please let Jody know if you are planning on attending. We also need to be aware that this could be canceled at any time due to Covid numbers.
Some Projects you might be interested in by helping out:
1. We have lots of embroidered blocks from
Georgia. Lots of flannel yardage as well. We'll be making baby
blankets. What a great way to think about our friend Georgia while
we do!
2. The latest donation contained several class samples. We've seen some really great quilts done using these smaller incomplete projects used as a center panel. Putting several borders of companion fabrics can make a colorful twin sized quilt in no time. Rather than making kits out of these, let's just work on them while the fabric bins are right there.
What a great start to 2021 for Hope Quilters. Happy sewing and happy serving.
