Quilts, Calamities and Donation Blocks

Last night at Triangle Guild we turned in our Block of the Month for January. Ann sent us home in December with the dark blue fabric to use. The other two strips were our choice. This should make an interesting donation quilt. In February we are making Attic Windows. JoAnn gave us the pink cancer ribbon fabric to use as a center block. I have some deep pink dotted fabric that will be a good contrast for this block.
Each month we make 12 1/2" donation blocks and use them for quilts we give to various groups in need.
In December we sent a number of small baby quilts to Fox Hospital in Oneonta, Cincinnatus Rural Services and to Whitney Point School for distribution to families in need.

This is Carol Maslin's Underground Railroad quilt from the Eleanor Burns book of the same name. Carol's sister is on right.

This past Fall Carol and Eleanor closed the Sisters Snack Shack at Triangle. Their smiling faces will be missed at the Snack Shack. They had wonderful gardens that people strolled thru while eating their ice cream cones.

Eleanor said they are taking the quilt to school because a teacher asked them to bring it as that group is studying the Civil War.

Earlier this week we had news that one of our members Sue McDonald fell on a tennis court in Florida and broke her wrist, tailbone and pelvis. She had wrist surgery and now has a plate and pin in the wrist.

Carolyn Tirpok is having therapy at home after suffering a bad broken hip. The doctor in a local hospital sent her to Upstate in Syracuse after he saw her xrays.

Sylvia has been back with us following chemo and Paulette has her cast off. She fell and broke her wrist.

It's snowing hard here. Snowplows are out. I watched a car going around the corner sliding all the way. Accidents reported on the scanner. Good day to sew.

Chris