Surfside Quilters Guild meeting today in San Clemente. This is the meeting where we changed officers and presented the outgoing president with a quilt memorializing her year in office. She selects the design and members create blocks - in this case a simple three strips of fabric with name on the light/white center strip.
There are 200 members of the guild, but only about half contributed blocks. The quilt is hand quilted by members who attend quilting bees at member's houses. All I did this year is contribute a block.
The back, designed and made by Nancy Ota shows Linda, our red-headed president with her cockatiel as a kite, accompanied by her Doberman, Murphy. The clouds have the signatures of everyone who contributed something besides a block - sewing, quilting, designing, applique, hosting a Bee, etc..
What a treasure for Linda Rigdon.
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