Alie Ward

And a few girls there were like, what is that?

Before you knew it,

All the girls at this party and I were camped out around the bonfire working on carving spoons.

If you need something to fidget with while socializing, highly recommend bringing your craft shit to parties.

Who cares if you're the only one doing it?

It's inspiring and it's a great way to pass the time.

Also, inviting friends over to quilt or make rag rugs, maybe planning a revolution while you're at it.

You can see last week's full quilt episode for more on how that happens.

Patron Stephanie Coombs gave the advice that it's really fun making the back of a quilt crazy with random old sheets and stuff.

And they shared that they had a friend whose mom used to get all the kids in the family a new set of flannel PJs each Christmas and then would make a quilt from the old ones, which they all treasure.

Stephanie also said that they laughed at one of the quilters, Luke, who said that they hated the binding process.

Literally the worst, Stephanie says.

So let's talk about getting into a bind.

Little advice.

Growing ever colder by the day, it seems.

But together, we can stay safe and warm under our quilts.

On that note, I have so much good advice from patrons who submitted tips to share, and we'll get to them after a quick break.

But first, let's send some money to some good causes.

And this week, listener Zandra Lee told me about three great ones.

Quilts for Survivors, which is a community-led initiative offering handmade quilts to Indigenous residential school survivors and their family.