There were a few gatherings in my city to celebrate ... my regular Victoria Quilters' Guild held their "Spring Fling" workshops. One of the local quilt stores, Cloth Castle, held free classes and a friend of mine happened to take in two of those classes. I was with my other guild, the Westshore Quilters' Guild for a sewing day and potluck to work on the charity quilt project for Canada 150 and the Ronald McDonald houses, being organized by the Canadian Quilters' Association. It was great to reunite with some friends and sew the day away on the slab blocks in the directions.
All of the "Canadiana" fabrics (which were one requirement for each block) were in one happy pile in the centre common table.
I brought my leftover fabric to add to the pile and it was all gone by the time I left at 2:00 p.m. so I'm glad it will be used for this good cause.
I dug through the pile and wasn't feeling the normal turquoise and red of my last quilt, pictured here:
Instead today I was intrigued by some leftovers in the communal pile. Look at this little pile of bonus half square triangles!!
So I sewed up some hourglass units with some of them and then took some of these scraps and made this one:
A bit on the dark side but Canadiana all the way!
My second block was based on an abandoned small block in the communal pile. To that I added some half square triangles from the rescued pieces. I am secretly thinking how proud Bonnie Hunter would be of me right now! :)
Every time I looked up at the wall, another 6 blocks were added! Amazing work by about 29 or so ladies. Some who couldn't spend the day came by to drop off blocks. Overall, it was a fun and productive day and I came home lighter than I left (for once!) All the fabric I took to contribute stayed there and so did the little baggy of half square triangles that I sewed together from the bonus triangle units. Someone will hopefully use them.
Here are some photos from around the room at our contributions from the day. It felt great to spend Worldwide Quilting Day with these ladies, doing these blocks for the #bigquiltbee
We enjoyed a wonderful potluck lunch. This is a great room! The lighting is perfect and it's very spacious.
And with that...I packed up and headed home thankful for my craft and the ability to contribute to a wonderful cause.
Happy Worldwide Quilting Day!
Until next time,
Mavis
