Slab Block Workshop

​The February 4th "slab block" workshop was a resounding success! In a few hours, 12 guild members produced 134 blocks for quilts destined for Ronald McDonald Houses across Canada as part of the Canadian Quilters' Association's Big Quilt Bee  in celebration of Canada's 150th birthday. Quilt guilds from across Canada will be making and donating 12 1/2 inch blocks incorporating at least one piece of a special Canada fabric. Our guild is delighted to participate in this exciting project.

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​Held in the lovely, bright activity room at Island View Suites, a retirement residence in Arnprior, guild members worked away using their own sewing machines, and also enjoyed a yummy pizza lunch.

Brigid

​Brigid reports,
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"We had lots of fun and laughs .... although the room would also get very quiet at times when everyone was hard at work.   We had lots of the residents drop by to see what we were doing and they all enjoyed having us there as well.  It was a great day of socializing and teamwork... not to mention how productive we were.  I had no idea how many blocks we would have."
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​And from Beth, a guild member and resident of Island View, 

"I enjoyed the day and I also learned a few more things about quilting. Several staff have said they would like the quilters back. They were impressed with the idea of helping people with the quilts."

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That makes a total of 187 slab blocks which we'll begin piecing together at our February 22nd guild meeting, "hands on" charity night.

Refer to the Canadian Quilters' Association (CQA) web site for more information and instructions for the blocks using the “slab block" pattern” compliments of Cheryl Arkison. 

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