How to host a Quilt-in Event

Step 15 Clean Up!

Every great event has an end and you need to plan for wrapping up your Quilt-in.

·         We have gotten our clean up down to about 1 hour by having a few things ready.

o   Have lots of empty boxes ready.

o   Bring magic markers to label boxes.

o   Start boxing up quilts as they are made and label them for distribution.

·         About 1 hour before your event ends, start moving people toward boxing up and cleaning items.

o   Any quilts that are partially finished should be put into a box by themselves.

o   You can either save the unfinished quilts for the event next time around or ask for volunteers to finish them off.

We have found that carry-over is helpful for the next event. It gives you more tasks to start off with.

Make sure your boxes are clearly labelled!

o   You may also want to plan a meeting time for members to get together to finish off the partial quilts if you don’t wish to have carry over.

·         Make sure any heated items are unplugged so they can start to cool for transporting.

o   Give away extra food to whoever wants to deal with it.

·         Do yourself a favor and have carts to load the supplies up and move them into storage!

·         Depending on the requirement of your event site, you will want to bring brooms, vacuums, dishtowels and other cleaning supplies. Remember – you wouldn’t want someone to leave your home messy.

·         It’s most useful if you put the tools into a separate box from material, yarn, thread, etc.

o   Take your supply boxes and put them into storage.

o   Put the finished quilts in the vehicle of whoever is in charge of distribution.

 

Now go get a massage and rest up for next year!!!