Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild

 Lockdown blues (part two)

So we all moved on a bit. And decided to join in with the nationwide project to make scrubs. The trouble with a nationwide project is that it requires a lot of fabric. Fabric that has to be shared between a lot of groups. We finally triumphed and found a supplier. Except he didn't really supply everything he promised, but we got a free sample book of upholstery fabric(?)  which would have made some nice cushions, but a bit thick for scrubs. Mags drove around and delivered parcels of fabric and patterns. She was so excited by finishing her first piece! And the first recipient of the first set of scrubs was our own lovely Lucy-got to be some bonus being part of the group!

 

Juliet made this lovely set for her GP but he felt the need to remove the pockets before wearing them. Perhaps a bit racy for the genteel ladies of Gullane?

And then we came across the miracle that is Zoom. Suzanne generously allowed us to use her account. Thankfully she wasn't around too often at the start, when the main conversation revolved around who could we see and not hear, and who could we hear and not see. We eventually got the hang of it (well, most of us did......) and Tuesday night-our usual Guild night-became our social night. We had our guild night, with show and tell, but people enjoyed the company and chat so much that every other Tuesday night became a couple of hours of intelligent discussion, such as-

How totally nuts is Donald Trump?

How do you stop your glasses steaming up while wearing a mask?

What do you do about having a wee now that you're allowed out again but no toilets are open for use?

Whose cat is going to turn up and show us their bum tonight? (take a bow Fang and Saffron-almost every week!)

What is Pam having for her tea?

We had our first sewing Sunday on Zoom where we all made these lovely mug carriers accompanied by the lovely sound of people's sewing machine and Mags saying "you're not on mute!" every few minutes

Even now, when we are allowed out and able to stand at each others' front doors for a socially distant chat, the Tuesday night social has continued to thrive, allowing the participants to get to know each other in a way that we never would have under normal circumstances-even if we can't always see all of them onscreen.....

Next time-

Design a sewalong? Of course i can do that. How hard can it be?