My weekend got of to a rather different start as I was asked to be part of the Friday night "build the quilt stands" crew. Not often I get to unload a flatbed truck load of woodwork on a Friday night.
And once unloaded they all needed to be assembled.
Why is it that men can always tighten a wing nut one more turn than I can?
Anyway all wingnuts fully tightened to prevent and 'elf and safety worries we patted ourselves on the back for a good two hours work and went home.
8am saw us back at the church and hanging quilts... Mum, Betty and I got stuck in with creating the Linus corner...this year with a "washing line" theme...
There's a font under there somewhere....
I really do think the body of the church is a spectacular place to display quilts, the sunlight through the windows really is a magical effect...
There were also plenty of little projects decorating the altar...
There were projects inspired by the Rivers of blood poppy display at the tower of London...
And a lovely Christmas themed area behind the altar...
The overall theme of "Rags to Riches" brought on some interesting interpretations of recycling...
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| how many things can you make from Jeans? |
From Coffee bags to tote bags....
Its amazing what you can make with bottle tops...
And there is a fair amount of evidence that more than one club member has been collecting buttons...
And by 4pm the denim tombola was bare - it sold through so quickly I didn't get a photo! the sales table was equally ravaged. The Walsall branch of the Polio Fellowship seemed very happy with their £500 donation and the opportunity to auction a quilt in 2016.
And around 40 quilters packed away the quilts and the wooden frames back to the flatbed truck.
Same time again in 2017?
Excellent - glad it all went well - the quilts looks wonderful - and I've found another use for my buttons!!!! :)
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