This morning I drove down to San Clemente for the second in person meeting of the Surfside Quilters Guild since the pandemic started - in our second new meeting place. Our speaker today was the witty, talented David Walker. His appliqued pieces are amazing. If you click on his name in the sidebar you can see the hummingbird quilt I purchased from him back in 2013.
Our president kept reminding the members to wear their masks, but not everyone did. I hope there were no Covid molecules in the group. I wore my mask and tried not stand too close to anyone, but it was almost a full house, so who knows. I am the official photographer so needed to be all around taking pictures. Below are pictures of two president's quilts - one for Mary Arter, our current president who is serving a second term, and one for Monica Shafer who is the previous president and received her quilt at home since Covid had shut down our meetings. This is the first time the guild members had seen these quilts in-the-fabric. For those of you are are not familiar with this custom... Every year the past president organizes the membership to make 6" blocks with a theme of the president's choice and a committee puts the blocks together so that it can be hand quilted at various members' homes. The banner is always the same and the back has great back art including the names of everyone who helped to make it.
Mary Arter had requested all stars and bright color batiks.
The previous year Monica had asked for beachy things and we all used a blue background.
Here is my hat block that I piece for most of the quilts. And the blocks around it - there are several of the clever folded Hawaiian shirts in the quilt and quite a few machine embroidered flowers and sea critters.
After the meeting four of us went out for an old lady's lunch for my 83rd birthday, Nancy's 80th birthday, and Charlotte's 90th birthday. Mary's birthday is in mid October and I don't know how old she is, maybe early 80s. Cedar Creek in San Juan Capistrano has a large patio, which was packed, so we ate inside and we were the only diners there. It was a little eerie, but very quiet and nice. The food is always tasty and the service excellent.
When I got home I needed a nap!
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