June 2019 Work Day Recap

"Too hot to be outside!"  said a lot of you this weekend.  What a great weekend we had at Hope Quilters Work Days.  It all started with a wonderful donation of fabric and supplies.  A  fellow quilter with health concerns was unable to quilt anymore and hoped we could put it to good use.  Prayers for this special gal as she has had to give up her sewing hobby, something we all may have to face someday (even though we don't want to think about it!)  But through her generous spirit, these donations will go on to help many other hurting people in our community. 

This sacrificial act of donating all her sewing supplies tied right into our devotion that member Jean brought about sharing our gifts.  And busy, busy, busy we were using those gifts today!  There were 10 finished quilts to give to Missions for delivery to YESS, LSI, Joppa, and Hawthorne Hills.  PHOTOS here. Thanks to Sandy and Doris for organizing the finished quilt tops.  The small and medium-sized tops can easily be done on your domestic machines.  I encourage you to challenge yourself to try one of these if you haven't quilted before.  We'll help you pin and mark it at the next meeting!  We are still in need of some quilters who can do twin /queen-sized quilts.  Mary Helen has been working on some fun ideas for new kits as well as some group projects.  Next month we will be ready to put our Cat Cabins together.  Those fun little log cabins are going to turn into two twin-sized quilts for LSI.  They are going to be adorable.  Just wait till you see some of the new ideas we have for stash busting, skill challenges and other interactive projects.  

In July we are going to donate some time to organize our fabric bins.

Happy Summer to you all!

This little beauty was overlooked in May.  I don't know how, as with all that rain
brings "May" flowers and all!  So because it was so pretty with such cute flowers it gets
it's own special feature here today!  Adorable!