Once again we had some room confusion this afternoon. Though my reservation confirmation says we had the Hula Lounge, the Boggie Creek Bear Ladies also claimed it for their last meeting of the year. The room was double booked again. Luckily, the Beach club room was empty so the rec center monitor, Doug, set us up in there. There shouldn't be any problems for the rest of the year, since the Bear ladies are now gone. Last year I questioned the reservation and they assured me it was correct. Next fall I will insist that the rec management double check the reservations for 2022.
There were 10 of us this afternoon. Ann Knoff, Marti Rhyne, and Laura Paulk also stopped in briefly to drop off stuff. It's always good to see everyone who can stop in, even for a few minutes.
Last week I dropped off a bag of toys at the Villages Hospital and delivered 8 patriotic quilts to Compassionate Care. We haven't given any to Cornerstone Hospice in quite a while, so I'd love to see a few using their center block.
Show and Tell:
Mary Ellen Boutin showed a patriotic quilt top she made.
Ellen Hein brought in a stack of 5 quilts that I quilted and she finished the binding on.
Mary Ellen Boutin made this quilt top from 5 inch squares.
Ellen made the next 2 with 6.5 inch squares.
Deb Chapman made this quilt top.
Eileen DiSanto showed a pillowcase she finished.
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During the rest of the afternoon, the main activity was sorting through the 3 boxes of 6.5" squares to group them by color. In the future I will bring one box in at a time so we can design some quilt tops and use them up, color group by color group. I think we can get a couple hundred quilts out of these 3 boxes alone. 
Deb Chapman and Mary Ellen Boutin also took some time to lay out the quilt block that several ladies returned from the block kit challenge I gave out several weeks ago. Mic Pickard ironed some quilt backs for us so I can sandwich, pin and quilt a few more over the next week. We got a large stack of dryer sheets donated, so I spent most of the time ironing them flat so they can be used.
We had some questions on how the dryer sheets are used, so next week I am going to bring samples and show how we use the dryer sheets to make quilts. The timing of this is excellent, since I have been asked to do the same thing for Allamanda on April 13th.
I have also been asked how many quilts we have made over the past year. I hadn't been tracking the number made by us separate from the ones turned in by members of Allamanda Quilters, so it took a little effort to extract these numbers. I will keep a closer accounting this year. However, I have figured out that we made and donated 113 quilts in 2020, including 3 that were credited to the Quilting Bees and 110 that were reported through Allamanda. So far in 2021 we have donated 53 quilts, reported through Allamanda. These totals do not include the quilts we still have in storage that have not yet been donated. We have another 28 (mostly lap quilts) in storage that were made in 2020 but haven't been donated yet, plus 19 that have been completed so far this year.
So come out and join the fun if you can. Hope to see you next Wednesday.
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