Guild meeting

Although attendance was down a little, we had a great meeting last night.  The theme for the semi-annual silent block auction was "fall."  Some lively bidding ensued over several of the blocks and other items.  Two stood by with pens poised over the bid sheets as the auction hostess announced that time was up.  Below you can see a few of the blocks.  (Unfortunately the author of this post is not the best photographer in our midst and failed to get shots of all the blocks.  And even though the blocks were holding quite still, she managed to blur a couple of them!  Excuses, excuses!)

 

 

Do you see the yellow basket above?  That's what caused quite a ruckus.  Henrietta made it and the black basket behind it with wrapped clothesline.  The witches feet are from a free paper pieced pattern  by Caroline Press of Trillium Design and is available here 

 

Our program was delightful.  We were asked to bring antique quilts and each one had a unique story to tell.  Most had been lovingly made by a favorite relative and handed down.  A few were made by people who had lived in the 1800s!  One had a grandmother's flower garden with blocks made by both of her grandmothers.  Sondra showed us a sewing tin she inherited.   The stories that were told with each quilt were touching.  Below are a few pictures and again, please accept my apologies for the quality of the photos (see first paragraph for the explanation excuses):

As always--you should have been there....

Until next time,

Gwen