Today was haircut day. For KoKo and for me and a trip through the car wash for our car.
Friday, May 13, 2022
KoKo, again. 05-13-22
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
KoKo time again 05-11-22
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Surfside Quilters Guild meeting 05-10-22
A great meeting today in San Clemente. Good attendance and six new members! This was the meeting where we transition to the newly elected board and these ladies have it together. New in many of the offices, still getting used to our new meeting place, and the church has redecorated the room, moving furniture and adding artwork since last month, the new "crew" made it work as if they have been doing this every month forever. Congratulations to all. Part of the transition is presenting the outgoing president with the quilt the members have made for her, including hand quilting. The quilt is set up in a frame at several member's homes and everyone who wishes can go and hand quilt and gossip and have refreshments and lots of laughs. I love doing it, but can no longer hand quilt due to my old worn out hands!!
The theme for Mary Arter;s quilt is "California Dreamin'". The dedication strip is a tradition with changing "scenes" and, of course, the name and date. The finished size is about 50" X 50". The blocks are 5" finished and we could chose our background color and, naturally, the design - some are original, some traditional, and some are patterns. I usually do a hat for my block and this time it is just below the "Quilters" in the dedication strip - right next to that great VW van!
Our Philanthropy group is very active and meets once a month to measure, cut, sew, plan, etc. Last year I think we gave away about 600 quilts, pillowcase, placemats, and assorted other projects. At each meeting we have a Philanthropy Parade of completed quilts. Here are a few from today's meeting.
Sunday, May 8, 2022
TCQC - Auction quilt - Canyon Quilters Challenge 05-08-22
I do enjoy a quilt auction and this past week I have participated in two. SAQA' s Spotlight Auction was held in conjunction with their annual conference which was an online event this year. The quilts up for auction were tiny - only 4" X 6", or the size of a postcard - but they are presented in a 8" X 10" mat and enclosed in a plastic sleeve. I have purchased some at previous SAQA conferences, but I remove them from the sleeve/mat and usually have to finish the edge. This time I was high bidder for four little quilts which I will show you after they arrive here. The other auction was sponsored by Pokey Bolton and her Craft a Life website and benefited the World Central Kitchen which is providing meals in Ukraine. These quilts were all different sizes and went for higher bids. I won one by Jennifer Sampou which is a little different but has trees in it. I bid high (I thought) for a lovely bouquet by Terry Grant, whose quilts I greatly admire, but at the last minute someone almost doubled the bid and will have that lovely quilt hanging on her wall. Bummer.
The quilt I am showing tonight was part of the Canyon Quilters of San Diego Challenge and Auction last fall. The quilts went on to hang at Visions and were returned at the meeting last week when I was the speaker for the meeting. Of course, another bird quilt - there wasn't a Toucan in the Collection before. This one is 14" square.