Here I am at guild with our June challenge. Each person received a baggie of scraps and was asked to make something with them. All of the scraps belonged to Lisa, so I decided to make her a "thank you" fabric postcard with the scraps I received. Lisa does a lot for the guild, including a massive fabric auction in May. I came home with 18 yards of lovely purple fabric for $30! All the money went to the Vermont Food Bank or a project to support Afghani refugee ladies learning to sew and earn a living.
At the June meeting, some guild members brought a large number of tubs filled with the stash, much of it yardage, of a lady who had moved to a nursing home. I felt pretty smug, taking home only two large pieces of Christmas fabric which will become tablecloths. I have too much stash as it is. I'll use the fabric for table cloths during this year's Light Up the Library event.
The guild's summer challenge is to make a tote bag from scraps. I am planning to make each library staff member a fold up shopping bag for Christmas this year. I'll be looking for a pattern very soon so I can peck away at the bags over the summer.
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