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Note:  read the previous post for my conference report. 

They created new signs for the conference -- heavyweight corrugated cardboard -- but they didn't update the text.  The ALABQ did begin in 1998 when Connie and I met at the annual conference in Washington. We began making quilts for the auction in 2000.  Minus the cancelled conference in 2020 and the virtual conference in 2021, that makes it 23 years.

We make the quilts, ship them to the company that handles the conference exhibits, and they do the rest.

Christopher ...

Right:  when I opened the box. 

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AAUW had a hybrid meeting last evening.  The speaker was on ...

Since then we've made dozens of quilts and raised ...

Next:  figure out how to quilt it.

This will be donated to the silent auction at the ALA Annual Conference in June.  (Click on the ALA Biblioquilters label in the side bar to see previous conference auctions.)  

Linking up with Midweek Makers Wednesday Wait Loss  

After two years of virtual meetings the ALA Annual Conference returned in-person.  The 13,900 registrants included 8.023 librarians (and trustees, friends, family) and 5,133 vendors (books, equipment, technology, supplies, and more).   (By contrast, 2019 in DC: 21,460 and 2019 in New Orleans: 17,599.)

 My trip to Washington was the first time I'd flown since February, 2020.   Though O'Hare was bustling (9:30 a.m. flight) the lines moved quickly.   I snapped photos of the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie shorelines.   

Friday afternoon: reception for ALA benefactors and leaders at the Library of Congress ...

 The Quilt Show posted the news that renowned quiltmakerRoberta Horton passed away on February 4.  Their tribute is here with a link to a TQS episode featuring Roberta and her twin sister Mary Marshuta. [It's a 57-minute show, so allow yourself some time.]

Two weeks in:  Stevens and I are healthy. We've checked in with family and friends and they are fine.  Nearly every activity has come to a screeching halt.  The big cancellation in my world was the ALA Annual Conference at the end of June.  Both the Zion Woman's Club luncheon (May) and the AAUW luncheon (June) have been cancelled. The Rotary Golf Outing is rescheduled for September 25.  I've been to three meetings using Zoom with more to come. 

I've kept my outings to two supermarkets (Aldi and Jewel) and the post office.  I've taken ...

My One Monthly Goal for December dealt with the ALA Biblioquilters.  (ALABQers are people who work in or with libraries. We collaborate to make quilts for the scholarship auction at the ALA Annual Conference.)

Part one -- make four book blocks.  Once I got into it I ended up with a dozen! (I created the block design for Block Lotto.  Another Biblioquilter is coordinating the quilt that will use these.)

Part two -- create and post instructions for two quilts that I will coordinate.   
     (a) Wanda Hanson (Exuberant Color) showed this shadow box  a while ago.  Her blocks were 16". I rescaled ...

The tote bags I made for the school children in Nepal have been delivered.  Margaret, my friend who supports the school and asked if I could help out, sent this photo of the kids.  It was taken by the school's U.S. coordiantor. (The sign says, "Thank you dear Nann Hilyard.")

[For those who are interested in the school and the parent organization: Impact Schools ]







The counter tops were installed Friday.   I had no idea there were so many choices for faucets until I had to choose one.  (The first one I sort of liked was $1400.  The second ...