It was a busy week, last week. I'm going to put most of it all in one post.
Monday night was my small guild's meeting. One of our philanthropy projects for the quilt guild is preemie quilts for a local hospital. We set a new record for how many were completed. We had 68 preemie quilts turned in (that includes my 7 that still are NOT quite finished, oops).
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| stack of preemie quilts for the local hospital (also some placemats for our Meals on Wheels project) |
We also had lots of show-n-tell at the meeting.
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| Eileen's 1st quilt |
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| Eileen's 2nd quilt |
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| Eileen's 3rd quilt |
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| Eileen's 4th quilt |
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| Jinnie's quilt |
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| Jinnie's friend's selvedge quilt |
The next two quilts are for Quilts of Valor.
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| Marilyn's 1st Quilts of Valor top |
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| Marilyn's 2nd Quilts of Valor top |
This guild usually has about 8-10 ladies show up. On Monday night, we had 17 ladies at guild. We almost didn't fit in the room. Woohoo! Next month is our 10th Anniversary of this quilt guild. I was at the very first meeting.
Tuesday was the Quilts of Valor sew-in at
Prairie Shop Quilts in Batavia. Marilyn's two quilts from above were turned in, as were several others.
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| Quilts of Valor top |
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| another Quilts of Valor top |
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| Rita quilting on the shops longarm machine (Quilts of Valor top being quilted) |
We had a nice group of ladies show up.
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| some of the ladies at the sew-in |
We had a triple presentation of Quilts of Valor quilts during the sew-in. Two men who served together in Vietnam both received quilts, as did one of the men's son, who served in Afghanistan.
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| Vietnam veteran receiving a quilt |
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| another Vietnam veteran receiving a quilt |
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| Afghan war vet receiving a quilt |
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| all three veterans together |
Altogether, it was a great day! Thanks guys for all that you do for our country.
After the sew-in, Marilyn and I stopped in St. Charles to pick up a sewing machine for me to hold (NO, it is NOT my machine) for another collector. I'm now holding 2 machines for him. This is what we picked up.
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| White Rotary sewing machine |
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| White Rotary cabinet |
Anyone headed from Chicago towards Canada? This machine needs a ride to its new home.
Thursday was the regular sew-in at the local quilt store. Before I headed over there, I stopped at the Goodwill on the way. I haven't stopped at this Goodwill in almost a month. Well, I was rewarded for my stop. I picked up 2 quilt books and a bag full of vintage hankies for $2.99. Here is what was in that bag of vintage hankies.
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| some of the vintage hankies |
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| more of the vintage hankies |
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| loved this round flower hankie |
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| this was an unusual hankie |
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| up close of the lace |
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| another up close of the lace |
In all, there were 48 vintage hankies for $2.99. Woohoo! Marilyn and I stopped at the antique store next to the quilt store after lunch, and they were selling vintage hankies for $3 EACH. I guess that Marilyn and I need to get started on our hankie quilts after the Christmas rush (yes, I'll share my hankies).
I had a very busy weekend. I'll post about it in my next post.
