St. Paul's UCC Guest Day

Quilts and hymns and a little bit of history was what I put together for our women's guild "Guest Day". It was easy to set up the quilts. It was harder to decide which ones I would bring! I brought quilts and quilt tops that had family connections and then some that my dad and mother bought at auction. I tied it all together by singing hymns that were written in the decades of various styles of quilting. I love the old hymns and they go well with the stories of the quilts for surely women both prayed and sang and sometimes gossiped or cried or laughed as they worked on their quilts.
In the middle of my program, one of the hymns that I highlighted was "Standing on the Promises". So I used that one for a "stretch" and had everyone stand and sing the chorus with me. :-) I loved combining my enjoyment of quilting with my love of singing. How I love to sing and especially acapella. I used to be a soprano and as the years have gone by, well, I can't hit those high notes anymore. However, when I sing without accompaniment, I can sing in the key that fits my voice and it works great!

Some of the quilts you see in the photos are ones that I have shown in past posts. I displayed my vintage quilts upstairs in the sanctuary. Well, except the one on the podium which is a doll quilt that I started in about 1973 and finally finished in 1998! It is one of my favorites!

I had quilts spilling out of laundry baskets and tumbling down the steps. Don't worry, I had white sheets underneath it all to protect the quilts!

And downstairs where we all enjoyed some scrumptious desserts, I placed a few of the current quilts that I have made. I also brought one of my favorite miniature scenes that I made in the 1980's and the little collection of miniature baby quilts that I made about the same time. It was a very nice afternoon and many of the ladies who came told me how much they enjoyed the program - even those who don't quilt!

Tired tonight, so it's lights out!

Sandi