We had a good turnout today - 9 ladies came out. Everyone was busy making use of our donated fabric.
I told those in attendance that I heard back from Skip regarding the sale of our quilts on Ebay. The person who handles fund raising for the Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranch will take a few of our quilts and handle all the details of selling them on EBay. We will start with a few and see how it goes, since they have never sold handmade quilts before. I will provide the value estimate that we normally give to the quilt guild, which is $.05 per square inch. This is a materials only estimate, and I will make sure they now that. They will then use this as a basis to set the EBay price and give us a donation receipt. I will get a few quilts out of storage this week, wash them, and give them to Skip.
Show and Tell:
Pat Pipa came out today to show a quilt she completed using 3.5" squares from our stash. She did it using the quilt as you go method.
Bev Minnerly found a new pattern for masks on YouTube. This
one has vertical pleats instead of the horizontal ones, which seems to
allow more breathing room. I have asked her to send me the link if she
can locate it again and I will share it with you all. Bev also turned
in a couple of zipper bags.
Ceal Petersen returned and officially joined our club. She t
ook the
squares that she and Ellen laid out last week and returned with a
completed quilt top. She also donated another quilt she made, using a
pre-printed fabric that only required backing and quilting.
Suzanne Barron asked me to send her some 
of our most used patterns. She
decided to make some pillowcases and, with the leftover fabric, made a
couple of zipper bags.
Ellen Hein got out her leftover Christmas fabric and made a bunch of gift bags with draw-strings.
Deb Chapman showed her latest garden flag and one of the
F
rench Braid place mats she is making for family members who have
recently moved into new homes.
Eileen DiSanto has been making a bunch of stuffed dino's and mini-teddy
bears. (Pat added faces to them with a fabric pen during the
afternoon.)
I found a kit for a fun hot plate in my stash and finished it up.
Ellen also brought in 3 more of our completed assembly-line quilts.
There was one I designed,
one Ellen designed,
and an Honor flight quilt that Charlotte Cecilio put together.
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The rest of the afternoon was spent designing more quilt tops, ironing backings, pinning some quilt sandwiches, and processing donated scraps. We also received 3 donated quilts and took some time to inspect them. They are all well worn, but may be very old. I am going to check with the donor to see if we can find out how old and Ellen is going to research if there is a market for worn, vintage quilts. They were all lovely in their time, so we will decide later what to do with them.
That's all I have for this week. Stay safe all.
Lois Rose
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