There were 12 of us at today’s meeting. We got a little hope of getting our room back to normal. A sign on the table said the room will be closed on April 20th for cabinet replacement. Once that is done all the stuff belonging to other clubs will be put back in the cabinets and we will get our table space back.
Show and Tell:
Melanie Konopka showed several items she made to complete the squares on her Allamanda Bingo card.
She made a pile of walker bags, a
bunch of pillowcases, and several Cornerstone Hospice quilts.
Eileen DiSanto made some animals.
Ceal Pedersen painted faces on 25 stuffed toys.
Mary Ellen Boutin turned in several zipper bags and some backpacks.
She used some imagination, taking some blocks from our big block box and turning these into backpacks.
Bev Minnerly showed some doll clothes she made.
Ellen Hein and Eileen St Clair showed the quilts they added
the binding on.
Ellen also sewed some squares into 9-patch blocks. These will become drawstring backpacks.
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I talked a bit about making walker bags using squares. I
experimented using 6.5” squares and made a walker bag with 15 squares (3 by 5)
for each base side. This proved too
large. If you want to try this, I recommend
using only 12 squares (3 x 4). I think this could also work with 5” squares. The walker bag will be smaller, but I think it
is still very usable.
If anyone wants to just sew squares together and not make
the complete walker bags or backpacks, please do the following:
For walker bags – sew two 3 x 4 sets of squares together for ech potential
walker back.
For Backpacks, sew two 3 x 3 sets of squares for the outside
and 2 two sets of 3 x 3 squares for the lining. You can also use 2 pieces of
coordinating fabric for the lining, if you find something that works.
Hope to see you next week.
Lois
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