"On Saturday, Aug. 17 (2013) from
10 am - 3 pm, the Southwest Florida Quilter's Guild held its monthly Fun Day
where members and guests are invited to participate in a planned activity
and/or use the time to work on their own projects. It's a wonderful time to
socialize with other quilters, find solutions to quilting challenges, or use
the meeting room to lay out projects since many of our
members' retirement homes don't have that kind of space.
The Community Service Committee organized the Aug. 17
activity using your Building Blocks pattern.
Strips were pre-cut
using an AccuQuilt Studio fabric cutter. Twenty-plus attendees
(including two teenagers) received minimal instruction, selected their
strips and proceeded to assemble one row at a time. Another member cut
the rows into blocks while a third assisted participants with selecting from
the variety of blocks to assemble each row in keeping with the pattern's
suggested layout. We completed 5 tops that day!
Other members volunteered to take the tops home to
finish. Completed quilts will be included in our annual donations to the local
Lee County Public Schools Head Start program in September.
Thank you for allowing us to use your Building Blocks
pattern. We had a great time."
Lyn also shared a few photos from their Fun Day.
The Building Blocks pattern is available as a FREE download at my pattern store on Craftsy. There you will find all of my other patterns for quilts, table settings, and tote bags. Here's the link: http://www.craftsy.com/user/153303/pattern-store
You can read more about this pattern in a previous blog entry for 2010--"Quilts for Han Thomas and Hunter." Look in the 2010 blog archives.
If you are looking for an easy design for charity quilts, "Building Blocks" is the perfect pattern--easy enough for beginners, great for anyone to piece! Please feel free to download and reproduce it as needed for your guild or group.
Thanks again, Lyn for using the pattern and sharing the experience. It makes my heart sing to know that Building Blocks quilts will go to a good home!
To learn more about the guild, go to: www.swfqg.com
Until next time,
Keep sewing and smiling!
Barbara
