Sew Day for the Guild Boutique

The biennial Quilt Show of Columbus Star Quilters Guild is coming in October.  This year, the Guild decided to hold a Quilter's Boutique as a fundraiser.  Somehow, Carol and I were tapped as Boutique Chairwomen.  Thus far, Guild members have donated results of their handiwork including purses, table runners, wallets, rug mugs, wall hangings, placemats, puzzle balls and a smattering of other items.

Carol, the prime driver in the Boutique movement, attended several quilt shows during her sojurn in Florida this past winter and came up with several other possible items we could craft for our Boutique.  Sharon, a fellow Cambria camper, is also the Boutique Chair for her guild and I've adopted several of her ideas for Boutique items as well as the Snowflake that Wendy taught us to make during Camp Cambria.

Anyway, on Wednesday, we had a Sew Day for our Guild. Carol and I had spent some time planning the items that we felt could be easily completed during a morning of sewing. To speed the process, we created kits of materials so members could pick up a kit and start sewing or cutting or whatever.

Carol and Sue are busy making Snowflakes.  We had three sizes ready for production:  4" flakes, 3 1/2" flakes and 3" flakes.  We started with the 4" flakes and that made what we all thought was a Honkin' Big Snowflake.  At lunch following the Sew Day, I found out that Sara wants to make an even BIGGER snowflake for her front door!  Talk about Honkin' Big!!

 

Here's Joyce packing up, actually!  She made several Snap Bags and had some other projects she was going to work on at home.  Joyce also makes quilt tops for Quilts of Valor and she ALWAYS has a smile on her face.

Susan and Kay were working on ribbons for awards to be given at the show.  Some dummy (me) volunteered to do the embroidery needed for the ribbons.  Guess I'd better get started on that part soon.

Look at the pile of fleece and other fun fabrics my friend Kathy donated for Charming Baby Crinkles!  Although a few people like Susan took some home to work on, nobody worked on Crinkles during our Sew Day.  Guess what I'll be doing for the next several days!

All in all, it was a fun day and we completed quite a few items for the Boutique.  I have a feeling several more are in the works and will be brought to the next meeting.  Let's hope SEW!

Cheers!

Margaret