The ALA Biblioquilters began when Connie and I met on a street corner at the 1998 ALA Conference in Washington, D.C. We'd met virtually on the PubLib discussion group but we hadn't met in person. The very first ALABQ meetup was at the 1999 annual conference in New Orleans. In 2000 we began making group quilts for the Exhibits Round Table Silent Auction. Correction: we made one group quilt. I coordinated it -- "a block representing your state" in red/yellow/blue/cream. That quilt sold for $240. Since then we've made dozens of quilts and raised a lot of money for the Christopher Hoy Scholarship Fund. (He was the long-time ALA exhibits manager.)
This year's total: $7385 -- the most ever!
From 2013 to 2023 (no quilts in 20 or 21) the auction total is $35,428.
Book Nerd, $350Mother Goose, $475Fierce Ladies $110
Freadom #1 $200
Freadom #2 $150
Nancy Drew, $700
Patchwork Field (one of mine) $450
Entwined (one of mine) $400
Sensational Scraps (one of mine) $480
Curves Around the Cabin (one of mine) $550
Librarians Threaten Ignorance (one of mine) $400
Library Cats by the OCLC quilters $775
Book Nook $525
Little Darlings $300
Gray and Silver $425On the Spot $160
Modern Vibe $160
Homespun Sampler (one of mine) $575
and no photo of Pumpkin Spice, $200
What awesome quilts, and a great way to keep raising funds for a good program.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you for donating so much of yourself to such a good cause!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a "look", you know that? I could tell even before reading "(one of mine)" which were yours. I just realized that your group had 19 quilts on display/for auction this year! Wowzers! I thought at first it was a 'look back in history' of previous years' sales.
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Go kitties!
ReplyDeleteWell done, all! You outdid yourself with your contributions so another well done - to you.
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