Five comfort quilts, three We Honor With Quilts for veterans in hospice care, three pillow cases for Hershey Children's Hospital, eight Humble Haversacks and fourteen Bumble Bags for the Humble Bumble Project, and eighteen placemats for Meals on Wheels were donated at the February meeting!
Thank you to everyone who donates their materials, time, and talent to the guild's outreach program!
Quilt It! Placemat Challenge
Using 2 ½” strips, piece a placemat approximately 12 ½”x18 ½”.
Strips can be sewn vertical, horizontal, or a combination of both.
The challenge is to quilt a different design in every 2 ½” strip!
Step out of your comfort zone and experiment with something new! Try a walking foot, free motion, or ruler work. There are LOTS of options!
Need quilting ideas?
Piece N Quilt - Natalia Bonner has a free class featuring 99 different 2 ½” designs starting soon.
Quilting Is My Therapy - Angela Walters has lots of great tutorials.
Leah Day Quilting has endless ideas for quilting on your domestic machine.
Search “easy quilting designs” on Pinterest or YouTube for endless inspiration!
Share your progress, tips, and ideas on the guild’s FB group, MLQG-Virtual Quilting Bee so we can all work through this challenge together.
Once your placemats are finished, they will be donated to Meals on Wheels, making your efforts even more meaningful!
For more details, feel free to reach out to Susan McConnell.
During the January meeting, members of the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild shared and discussed quilts that are particularly meaningful to them, highlighting the personal stories and memories associated with these treasured quilts.
