Club Notes - August 10, 2022

Today we concentrated on making walker bags for Helpertunity.  We have a box of pre-cut kits to make these, plus Mic and I each brought large pieces of fabric that could be used for these or other projects. I gave a brief demo on how these walker bags are put together and why they are designed the way they are.

Since this is new for some of our recent members, I have made this a 2 week project.  That way we can address any questions next week.

Show and Tell

Mic Pickard showed a walker bag she made by using several different fabrics for the base instead of just one. As long as the base measures 16” x 21”, we can piece fabric if we don’t have large enough pieces.

Pat Pipa made a baby bib on her embroidery machine for a grandchild on the way.

She also showed a microwave bowl for our sale.

Bev Minnerly made 2 stuffed dolls that she handed off to Ceal for face painting.

Ceal Pedersen showed a Cornerstone Hospice quilt top she made.  She found the backing in our stash a few weeks ago and I gave her the batting today, so she is going to finish it.

Ceal also showed a bag full of stuffed toys, some that she made and some that she took to paint faces on.

Eileen DiSanto made a bunch of microwave bowls for her sister to give as gifts.

I showed a bunch of phone cases with a clear pocket in the back for an ID.  These are for our October sale. 

 I also showed a quilt top I made using all the red 10” squares in our stash, plus some gray on white I had in my stash.

 

Next week we will bring the same supplies as we did this week.  If you need anything else to work with, please email me and I will try to bring what you need.

 

Lois

Club Notes - August 3, 2022

 This afternoon was a casual meeting.  There was no demo, so everyone worked on whatever they wanted.  I brought a box of odd fabrics for anyone to make use of and a box of larger pieces of cotton fabric.  Mic brought the bins of large pieces and the fiber fill.  I also brought the wrap N Zap batting for those who want to make microwave bowls for our sale.

I sent in our reservation for a table at the QGOTV Craft Sale on October 8th.  We will sell our items there, with proceeds going into our charity fund.

Show and Tell:

B.J. Herter showed her finished casserole carrier

Charlotte Cecillio made some stuffed dinos, 

a turtle, 

and a tote bag.

Carol Thurston showed a quilt she made.  She spent the afternoon sewing the binding on by hand.

Ceal Pedersen brought back a bag full of stuffed animals that she painted the faces on.  

This time she added mouths to the dinos.

New member Louise Stem showed a wall hanging her friends gave her when she moved here from N.C.  

She also showed a valance she made for her previous home which she plans to use in her new house here.

Donna Rissman was a little frustrated with making a casserole carrier, as the first photo will show.  

However, with the help of B.J. and Audrey, she handed me 2 finished casserole carriers at the end of the afternoon.

Ellen Hein showed 2 quilt tops she made.

Audrey Phillips showed a barn she made on her embroidery machine, and finished sewing together by hand.

I showed 2 soft books I finished 

and the patriotic placemats I finally finished.

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I was happy to see more fabric taken from our bins to make stuff.   I will continue to bring fabric each week for member use.  I have now caught up with quilting all the quilt tops that have been handed in, with the exception of one large one that I can't handle, so I am ready to accept more.:-))

We haven't done walker bags in a while and we have new members who haven't tried this, so for the next 2 weeks that will be the project,  We have kits already cut for some and I will bring some more fabric if I find some.  This pattern is a large file that takes 3 emails to send, so I will only send it on request.  I will have copies available at next week's meeting.

See you next week.

Club Notes - July 27, 2022

 We had 16 members in attendance this afternoon, plus 1 guest/potential member.  . I appreciate your understanding of our break last week, just trying to keep our group safe.

I brought only a small amount of our stash today, just enough for current projects.  As many of you know, I am dealing with a severe case of sciatica and am currently limited in how much I can lift.  I will try to bring as much as I can for each future week’s project.  I am also going through our stash and identifying fabric put aside for fidget walker bags or not usable for anything I am aware of.  I hope to bring a box of this type each week to offer them up and eliminate them from storage.  What is left will either be put into dog beds or be donated to Goodwill.

I got a large bag of fabric scraps from Allamanda yesterday.  Mic took these home to process into dog beds.   We did receive some large pieces of fabric from the Villages Quilt Guilt  that are earmarked for charity projects. I think these were unsold fabric from Sew Together.  Laura Tomich matched a bunch of these and took them home to make pillowcases. 

I received the application for a table at The Villages Quilt Guild Fall Craft Sale yesterday.  The price for a table will be $10 and I will submit the application to sell our crafts.    The tables are available only for any member of the guild, so I am applying as a member of the Allamanda Chapter.  The sale will be held at Savannah Recreation Center on October 8^th, from 9AM to 2PM.  I will be asking for volunteers to help on the day.  All proceeds will go into our charity fund.   Since this fund is doing well, I am thinking of making a cash donation to one of our charities in November.  We will talk about this at a future meeting.

Show and Tell

Pat Pipa showed microwave bowls

 and a quilt

Diane Placek made some fidget walker bags 

and a quilt top for her church prayer group.

Ceal Pedersen made a patriotic lap quilt.

Donna Rissman made some pin cushions from the fabric left by a friend who recently died. 

 She also made a Gnome.

B.J. brought a patriotic quilt top she made using the dryer sheet base method.  She also broight  a quilt back that she showed a few weeks ago, to show the names of the squares.

Ellen Hein brought back 9 quilts that were in our pipeline that she completed the binding on,

Eileen DiSanto stuffed a cat and

showed a baby quilt she made for a new addition to her family.

Mic Pickard took time to make a new snap-purse for herself.

Liz Manzione made a bunch of stuffed dinosaurs.

Sue Campbell finished a set of 4 Santa placemats.

I showed a Peter Rabit soft book I put together 

and a quilt I made for my niece’s 50^th birthday.

 

Today’s demo was on how to make a casserole carrier for the many potlucks we seem to have here in The Villages.  I had a couple cut out for those who were willing to make one for our sale in October and all those kits were taken.  I will send out the instructions in a separate email.

It looked like a group at a back table were working on stuffed toys for the rest of the afternoon.

I had to leave early for a doctor’s appointment, so many thanks to Mic for putting everything away and cleaning up.  

Next week I had us scheduled to continue making microwave bowls and baked potato zapper bags, because there seemed to be interest in continuing these.   If you want to make these for yourselves or as gifts, I will set a price for the Wrap N Zap batting to reimburse the charity fund.  If you want to make some for our October sale, the batting will be available for use.

 I think that’s all  for now.  Hope to see you next Wednesday.