March 26 A Knotting Party

Saturday from Noon until 3:00:  One of the Monday Night Bible Study ladies (Beth) invited a group over to her house for a "knotting party", something I had never heard of! It seems that Beth is a quilter. She is a retired RN, her husband is a retired MD, and both are retired from missionary work in Nepal. She has taken up quilting in her spare time. I saw perhaps a dozen quilts that we were going to be "knotting" so that they can then be sent over to the Polish border for Ukrainian refugees.

There were actually three groups of ladies present: some of Beth's close neighbors, a woman's group from the church Beth attends, and then the MNBS ladies (4 of 9 were able to come). Beth served us delicious homemade soup for lunch with sandwiches and fresh fruit. Then we went downstairs to do the "knotting." Beth demonstrated what it was we were to do and then for the next two hours or so, we were able to finish several of her beautiful quilts. It was very, very fun to listen to all of the conversations among these women. I loved every minute of my time there. In the picture above, the woman in the green sweater (center) is Margaret. She is our Bible study facilitator and really one of the nicest people I have ever met. In the pink hoodie is Julie, who has recently returned from two months in Florida. We have missed her. She is such a fun person.

I was sad to find it was 3:00. The party was continuing until all of the quilts were knotted; but I had to leave in order to get over to Dylan and Kelly's to play with my little kiddos for a few hours.