Mendota revisited
Quilts started at last June's Sunshine Online Quilt Guild's retreat in Mendota Heights, MN, are still flying around the country! This week Wrap-A-Smile received a generous box of 6 Mendota quilts finished by Bev H in Eugene, OR. And what a display of bold, fun colors!! We are all anxious for the Rotary medical teams to resume their volunteer surgeries so these quilts can be put to work. The kids are really going to love these!
Retreat organizers Carol and Beth chose this block for its simplicity, and yet it has resulted in an infinite variety of creative possibilities. And it was a great scrap buster to boot. For those who aren't familiar with this story, over 3000 blocks were sent in ahead of the retreat, and somewhat sorted by color. Then 15 of us showed up in person to spend 4 days piecing together tops for Wrap-A-Smile and Quilts Beyond Borders. Over 140 tops were created, with half destined to eventually come to WAS. Some of the tops came home with each of us, to be finished by our local quilting communities. Some were mailed out as kits (tops, backing, binding) to be finished by volunteers who were unable to attend the retreat in person. Thank you to everyone who made this effort possible.
Lucky me gets to open these boxes of finished quilts! Thank you Bev for your beautiful quilting. And thank you for volunteering to host the next retreat in Eugene, Oregon, July 8-11, 2021.
Retreat organizers Carol and Beth chose this block for its simplicity, and yet it has resulted in an infinite variety of creative possibilities. And it was a great scrap buster to boot. For those who aren't familiar with this story, over 3000 blocks were sent in ahead of the retreat, and somewhat sorted by color. Then 15 of us showed up in person to spend 4 days piecing together tops for Wrap-A-Smile and Quilts Beyond Borders. Over 140 tops were created, with half destined to eventually come to WAS. Some of the tops came home with each of us, to be finished by our local quilting communities. Some were mailed out as kits (tops, backing, binding) to be finished by volunteers who were unable to attend the retreat in person. Thank you to everyone who made this effort possible.
Lucky me gets to open these boxes of finished quilts! Thank you Bev for your beautiful quilting. And thank you for volunteering to host the next retreat in Eugene, Oregon, July 8-11, 2021.
Enjoy the latest "Mendota's".....
It's so great to see these quilts starting to gather in Maine. They are getting ready for their launch out into the world! Hopefully that will happen soon, but meanwhile we are all staying safe :)
ReplyDelete