Greetings Friends!  I hope you all are well and remain healthy throughout this unprecedented time in our county and world right now   I have no idea when we will be able to see one another again so i will do my best to keep in touch with you here and on social media.  If you’re like me I’m sure you have fabric and projects to occupy you for another good three years easily, am I right!?  If not or if you’re quilters adhd has kicked in there are plenty of Quilt Alongs going on on social media and I’ll try to keep you abreast of those.  You can always follow @letsquiltalong on Instagram, she does a great job of posting everything she knows about.  There’s a few happening on Facebook as well  GE Designs has a one day project happening this Sunday and The Sewing Shed in Ireland is doing an instructional medallion Quilt which started today.

Unrelated, and on a more cheerful note, last Thursday myself, June Mellinger (and her son Chris), and Deb Hunter had the pleasure of  meeting one of the founders of Mary’s Place By The Sea, Michele Gannon, to whom we delivered the twelve “jelly roll race” quilts that you all so generously made!  Mary’s Place is a Place for women with cancer to take a break from their challenges  in a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere and where she can enjoy Oncology Massage, Nutritional Education, Reiki and Healing Touch Therapy, Yoga, Guided Meditation, Expressive Writing, Art Therapy, Prayer, and the list goes on.  There are nine private bedrooms with queen size beds and each has a private bath.  A house manager is always there ready to support the guests.  Complimentary organic, plant based breakfast and lunch is prepared in the gorgeous kitchen and served in their dining room.  I can not accurately describe how beautiful and clean, warm and inviting this house is.  Since it’s inception, Mary’s Place has served over 10,000 women, absolutely free of change!  Not one dollar has ever been taken from any woman for their stay here.  This is all funded by grant-writing, fundraising, and the 200+ volunteers who give of themselves to make this work and now we can consider ourselves one of them!

Our quilts were most graciously received by Michele who was extremely grateful.  I envision them in baskets in the living room waiting for the guests to curl up in front of the fireplace with or on one of the many classics white rockers outside on one of the porches that span the front of the house on each of the three levels of this beautiful home.

This was another wonderful thing we did, ladies, here’s to more in 2020.

Stay well and keep in touch, Eileen