Project Linus National Conference

Last week was the Project Linus National Conference in Decatur! Chapter coordinators from around the country came to learn new skills and exchange ideas. It was awesome! Mary Balagna and the other organizers did a fabulous job.
Debbi D and Marge P (shown below) and Cheri S volunteered at one of the booths. We taught people to make Happy Houses (see pattern link in sidebar). It was so gratifying to see how much the conference attendees enjoyed making the blocks, and to hear their plans for using them. Several mentioned that they would feature this at their next Make A Blanket Day.
The Conference was held in Bloomington. Here's a photo of one of the exhibit aisles -- BEFORE it became crowded with conference-goers!
Here's our Happy Houses quilt, made by the Linus Committee at a worknight and quilted by Donna R. It has now been donated to Project Linus and soon will be wrapped around some child who really needs it.

Linus Committee doings

Our raffle quilt is coming along! Since this photo was taken, all three missing blocks have been finished. Dixie is busy completing the top and then Connie L will quilt it. Cute, isn't it? Ami Simms graciously gave us her written permission to use her Dog-Yeared quilt pattern to raise money for Project Linus. You can see her pattern on her website -- check it out! Sew Sassy will display the quilt in their window starting in January. Be sure to buy a raffle ticket!
The Committee also put together a bunch of Happy House blocks at the June worknight. Soon we'll make these into a quilt.
The house blocks have some quick corners, so we stitched the leftovers together to make some half square triangles. Waste not, want not!