Hi Cathy,  I tried to reply to your comment twice and it would  not take. Not sure why. So I will answer your question in a post.  You asked how our "stone soup" charity sew day worked.  It is our annual sew day for charity.  Usually in April.  Our local arena donation the hall and all interested quilters come out and sew on charity quilt from 9am till 4pm.  Members of our comfort quilts committee put together some kits of fabric with patterns as a suggestion for use. Anyone that shows up can pick a package to work on that day. Many times a top can be completed in a day. Each person gets to chose if the wish to take their quilt home to finish and return at a later date.  We call our day "stone soup" day based on an old story.  A poor man in this town had not food.  He started a big pot of soup to be shared with the community.  All his neighbours added food items to the soup and it cooked all day.  It turned into a wonderful meal for the town. The beginning ingredient started by the poor man was a stone as he had no food.
    We have several places that we donate quilt to every year. So that is basically the story of how our day works.  Members also bring items to share for our lunch. We usually have a couple of soups and chill and dessert.  It is a great day.
     Like you I think this is a great way to finally meet some of our members from block lotto. Your 2 comments on my blog are the first ones that I have had.  Do you know if there is a reason why the comment reply does not work for me?

 This is the front and back of a donation baby quilt that I made. All blocks and the minkie backing were from scraps given to me for other quilters.

 This is a small quilt I made after taking a sashiko class. I use it over the back of a chair. I had quilted around the butterflies on the backing material.

Hope everyone has a great day with some quilting in it. Take care of yourselves. Bye for now. :)Carol