Philanthropy is still in need of a chairperson. It is more fun than you might think. For description of position, it is on the QU website, or you can contact Ann Gaber. I am in the QU Directory.
For the time being it is being managed by Ann Gaber, Evelyn Gonzalez and Jeanne Brenner. And greatly appreciated assistance from Karen Skinner, Wendy Adams and Joann Stock. There are others. Please forgive my omissions! And thank you to all who have been working with the Philanthropy quilts! You have been terrific using our new system of signing kits, tops and quilts in and out. It is still new so it is being explained below for those not familiar yet.
At our next meeting please come to our tables to turn in your completed tops and completed “comfort” quilts. If your quilt was made from a kit provided by Jeanne or Evelyn, please log back in with them. You will see signs for the clipboards for signing in or out. They are trying to keep track of the kits. If your quilt is not from that group, you can turn it in to Ann Gaber at the table next to Jeanne’s.
PLEASE REMEMBER: TOPS WITH LOTS OF PIECING ON THE OUTSIDE BORDERS SHOULD BE EDGE-STITCHED TO KEEP THE SEAMS FROM PULLING APART.
Come to us as well to pick up quilts to quilt either on your standard sewing machines or on your long-arm machines. We try to label the quilts which we have cut batting and backing for clearly for these two categories of sewing machines. We can also provide quilts to bind when quilted ones are turned into us. Sometimes they need to be trimmed first. If you do not have any use for the trimmed materials, please turn them into us. We can use them in future kits or for binding.
If you are interested in helping with our franken-batting efforts where we fuse larger leftover pieces from our large batting rolls to pair with our tops, please contact Ann Gaber. Also, if you would like to help create kits for tops made from our donated fabrics, you can contact Ann. I have a notebook of fun smaller quilts (size 40-ish inches by 60-ish inches) we can work from.
Joy,
Ann