Last night I got the mobility bus from work and headed off to quilt club. There were half a dozen of us blindees on the bus, everybody else heading home after another hard day in the sweatshop... I mean in the call center ;)
Most drivers are nice but don't provide more than the minimum help that you need to get on and off the bus... but last night the driver, when he heard I'd not been to this venue before, he got out, went in and checked it was where I needed to be... and then he came back and guided me in!
It was the first monthly meeting after the summer break, but even so I was surprised to see so many people. I'd guess at least 50 quilters. By coincidence I got the same driver home tonight, and in all seriousness he said there must have been 150 to 200 people there!
I'm intrigued to discover if that's a reflection of it being the first meeting after the break, or whether it'll be a similar turn out next month!
Everybody was very friendly. I stood up and introduced myself with the other new members. Several people said they are keen to see my first quilt, and I managed to pick up a 9 x 7 square block to do for a charity quilt!
I was very happy with the lighting... very bright, thanks to a project with the local power companies, where the church (that was the location) paid 33% and got a whole energy outfit of bulbs for the hall... but hmmm-crikey-that-many-thousand-dollars???!!! well, I suspect it's worth it, all those energy saving watts and it sure helped me see a little bit of what was going on! ... the quilt gang voted to contribute some money to the cost, which seemed fair since it really is a huge benefit...
so that's how many quilters it takes to change a lightbulb: 200. Fact.
Next Irondequoit Quilt Club meeting is actually a sew night, 6pm 'until whenever', on October 7th. I'll be there :)
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ReplyDeleteOh great news! And I'm impressed with bus driver man too, very thoughtful. Glad you've got a good gang on hand now :-) Quite excited for you, wonder what you'll be getting up to with 200 quilters!
ReplyDeleteHehehe! I like! It's a bit like my sewing group and how many of us it takes to make 11 cups of tea/coffee!
ReplyDeleteLets hope you have the same bus driver for all your first visits to new venues!
What a great bus driver! I hope you've had him often. Sounds like he believes in going the extra mile. That's a lot of quilters in one spot! The lighting sounds awesome. I love my ott floor lamp from one of JoAnn's 50% sales.
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