Scavenger Hunt

COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS

A local gal posted on Facebook the other day about the organizing of a town-wide scavenger hunt that people could incorporate into their daily walks, bike rides or even their little driving excursions .... all of course ensuring that a safe distance was maintained between individuals.  The scavenger hunt is over a number of days, so there would be no need for clusters of people to go at the same time.

There has been an overwhelming response from the community and many households have participated ..... sports jerseys hung in windows, flamingos on lawns, wreaths on doors, etc. etc. ..... People need to go around and find the items and match them up with the streets that they were found on.

Since I had put a quilt out on Worldwide Quilt Day on March 21st, it really wasn't a stretch for me to do the same for the scavenger hunt.  Just a minute ago we had a mom and her two little boys walk by, stop, and look at the quilt (from the street) and then mark it off on the list that they had printed out.

I LOVE this quilt .... it was a quilt along from 2016 by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings fame and it was called The Magic of Christmas.  This was the first quilt that I made using the starching method and the pieces are REALLY small in some of those blocks.  Blocks finished at 6" x 6".

Yes, you keen eyed quilters out there ..... I know .... it is still a flimsy 😁.... but I'm really stumped on how to machine quilt this little beauty.  You know how it is .... you are really super happy with how your quilt top turned out and you don't want to ruin it by choosing the wrong quilting design?  I will someday make a final decision and get it finished.

The instructions are no longer available for free on the Primitive Gatherings website but I'm sure you could contact them to see if the patterns are available for purchase.  You might not get a response right away as I had received an email yesterday advising that emails and answering phones may all be slowed down for a while.

I thought that this was the perfect quilt for the Scavenger Hunt as it matched the front door perfectly and I wanted to share in the community togetherness.

This is one way of how this small town is keeping people connected.  What other stories of community engagement have you heard about or are doing?  Share your stories .... maybe other communities can incorporate ideas for their own areas - rural and urban.

Thanks to Jen for putting this all together for everyone!

'til next time,

QB