We started our day early as we had to drive into DC in the morning traffic. We did good – only one uturn. We found a parking lot about 3 blocks from the Library and the nice man is saving a spot for us the next two days – that helps so much.
We went through security that is really strict and, of course, I made all the bells and whistles go off and got searched. We are on the first floor, Room 119. So many people walked in our area and wanted to see what we were doing. It was great to see the kids want to learn to sew. We had one lady, Silvie, from South Carolina, who made a whole block. She said it was her birthday present to herself. We had so many people sign a Signature Block for a veteran that Roxane started making more blocks. The crew was the best. They all worked together. Carl and Debbie were getting people to sign on blocks. Delphia, Ginny and Roxane were sewing blocks and teaching people how to make blocks. Val, Rita and Rick took turns guarding the Longarm from people getting too close to me and the machine. Everyone seemed to love what we did and how we did it. We met two nice ladies from Oklahoma that were DAR members and just came to the Library and loved what we did. We got our pictures taken with many people. The crew seemed to enjoy the day, too.
On the way home we went to the store and got food for dinner that we could cook, sat down, and had dinner together.
Our funny for the day is when I tell the crew we are leaving and the time, they know to get in the car. So we are all in the car and one says, “I forgot my teeth. we were all in such a hurry”, and I said, “you really just wanted to make the Blog.”
We are sending Joyce and Craig our prayers back home.
We got through the night with no fire alarms – thankful for that. Really thankful for Willene, Carol and Jan for taking care of the folks today and Julie stepping in to save the day.
We survived day One at the Library of Congress! Stay tuned . . . . . . . .
God’s blessings
Gail
Quilts of Honor 
I forget my teeth all the time. 😳
So enjoy seeing all the good works you do in honoring our veterans