Well it has been a Busy month & quite successful. It's been over 15 years that I've been doing Placemats for "Meals on Wheels" recipients. Many of the people live alone & can't get around much. They Luv getting their Holiday Dinner ontop of a Quilted Placemat!
Of course I can only take credit for making a dozen or so, placemats. It is a Huge donation of mats from other quilters from the ROUGE VALLEY QUILT GUILD. There is a smaller quilt group within our Guild, called the "HELPING HANDS". They meet @ "The ART of Fabric" courtesy of the owner Elizabeth Dillinger. The ladies work their buns off, & produce a large portion of the quilted placemats.
Our #1 Placemat maker is Donna Dunbar - this year she donated almost 40 placemats ( last year was 60+ - Wow)
This year we had a "PLACEMAT PARTY" @ 43 Division. It was a good turnout, with over a dozen ladies. We worked for 4 1/2 hours & made a wopping 61 placemats. ( we were given UFO blocks which made awesome looking mats, without all the work.....because someone Else had done the work - LOL)
The final count was 365 placemats. 200 went to the Pickering Meals on Wheels, while the remainder went to the Scarborough Meals on Wheels.
I can't help but be touched by the generosity of all those involved...but it shows you the True meaning of the Holidays.
