At our guild meeting mid-October, I received blocks back from members to piece into a quilt we're donating to the school where we met for quite a number of years, up to this fall. The quilt will be donated to the school so that they can use it in their holiday auction in December.
I'd passed out packets in September with instructions and a consistent background fabric. I was pleasantly surprised to see that nearly all of the blocks came back and were usable (I just had two that I couldn't use due to size or being totally warped out of shape), as the meeting had been crazy and I hadn't really been able to document who had returned blocks to me. In the end, I had to sew only one block in addition to the two samples that I'd showed at the September meeting.
Here's the top (my apologies for the crummy photo. Poor Ben was doing his best to stretch out and make the top viewable):
People's notions of red and green certainly vary - there are some oranges and pinks in this quilt, as well as odd greens - but it certainly emphasizes the scrappiness of the quilt. Dropped it off at the machine quilter's yesterday and hope to get it back and bound before heading out on vacation.
If you're interested in the Craft Fair and Silent Auction, more information is available on the Fairview South School's home page.
1 comment:
If we lived closer, I'd be happy to loan you Mark for these pics! Will you post on your blog what happens with the quilt donation/school auction?
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