Brown Bag fun at our quilt guild meeting.....

Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile will recall that several months back, you helped me select 4 fat quarters to submit for a fun activity our quilt guild does. This is called a "Brown Bag" activity. To refresh your memory (and for those who are new to my blog), I had to take 4 fat quarters and put them in a brown bag with my name inside and staple the bag closed. At the meeting, we each got a different brown bag to take home. We then had until the July meeting to make a gift with the fat quarters in the bag we got...and then present it to the person who "owned" those fat quarters at the meeting. Thursday night was THAT meeting. So....here are the 4 fat quarters I had submitted in my stapled brown paper bag....And....drum roll, please.....here is what I GOT at the meeting that a really nice gal made for me...
TWO great bags....click to see them a little bit better. You still can't see all the great sewing and how well-made they are...and pockets inside and out both bags! I really love them. We were allowed to add fabric, if we wished, and this gal did...and I LOVE the fabric she added. I am very happy with my Brown Bag gifts and everyone else was, too. There was such a variety of items.....decorated towels.....pillow covers.....wall-hangings....table runners....bags of all sizes....an apron.....even a decorated basket. The gal for whom I made a gift was not present due to feeling tired from chemo treatments but her friend took her gift home and looked at it and said she will really enjoy it. (Just to remind you of what I made for her......it was this wall-hanging with her red/white/blue fabric and hand-quilted since she loves hand quilting.)Now....again I will remind you of my giveaway...courtesy of the wonderful AccuQuilt folks....for a GO! cutter and dies. Click on my sidebar for the information if you've not yet entered. I am still loving my GO! cutter and am in the midst of making a baby quilt using the chisel shapes I cut so easily...that went together perfectly. I hope to be able to show that quilt in a few days.