Meetings on the 3rd Monday of the Month 6pm Family Life Center, N side

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MYSTERY SOLVED - DEE GERARDY

MYSTERY? MYSTERY?? MYSTERY??? For months we have been looking at our program schedules and wondering what Dee was going to do. At last we know......

She put in a lot of Think Time to come up with a program that would excite and intice us. From her first sample, to her last, she led us on a path of resolving those issues of what do I do with that block I made in class and may never make any more of. We put time and material into those lonely blocks, too much to just toss them away or hide them in a box somewhere.


So let's SAVE THEM!!!!!!!!















Give a quilter an idea and.... well that is good. But showcase that idea with samples and hand outs - and you better watch out. Ideas are going to flow and flourish.

Dee's first "orphan save" got a great critique from her little grandson - "Grandma, why do you have a hot pad in your bathroom?" So she has fine tuned her idea and at the same time developed some diversified ways to border and display. Some of her single creations were put with other singles when they happened to have the same material styles (ex. Thimbleberries) and presto, you have a larger quilt to drape over your legs on those chilly TV nights. She even showed samples where the orphans were utilized on the backs. And don't forget those razzle dazzle embellishments that can bring a shine even to a dull block.

Thank you Dee for some great ideas and for all the hand-outs. Quilters - remember where you hid those orphans - everyone will be looking forward to seeing what our guild members come up with for their own SAVES.

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