Crumb Party

Ashe County has its very own quilt guild that I have been meaning to join for the past few months.  When one of the ladies from church invited me to the Crumb Party the guild was having, I jumped at the chance.  Not knowing what a Crumb Party was, I was intrigued.

We met at the New River State Park and used two rooms in the Welcome Center.  About 15 ladies were there with their sewing machines and supplies.  We chose scraps of fabric from several large piles and went to work creating 6 1/2 inch squares.  There were several patterns the ladies were working on.  I tried a log cabin square and a free style square.  We were shown how to make a star from scraps, but I was completely lost and decided not to even attempt one.

My freestyle square.  It is actually square,
even though it looks crooked in the picture.

  At noon we broke for a pot-luck lunch.  There was chile, several crock-pots of soup, corn bread, pasta salad and desserts.  I brought cranberry nut bread.

I had a fun time.  The lady who manages the group's website is moving away and I was asked to take over for her, so it looks like I have gotten more than I bargained for!

Some of the completed squares.

My pile of scraps