Club Notes - September 10, 2025

 There were 13 of us at El Santiago this afternoon.  I put out all the 5 inch squares, fabric pieces, and Big/orphan blocks for everyone to choose from.

We heard news that the Leesburg hospital is closing their OB/GYN department and referring those patients to other area hospitals.  Since we have been donating floor play quilts, receiving blankets and burp pads to them, I asked Mic to check what this means when she gets back. The nurse we have been giving these items to lives near Mic, so she has the best contact. 

I put out a sign-up sheet for the Oct. 18^th Guild Craft sale and the Oct 25^th Giving Showcase. We could use a few volunteers for each of these events.  If you can spare an hour or 2 for either event, just let me know.

 

Show and Tell:

Last week I gave Donna Rissman the individual pages for a soft book.  She came back this week with a finished quilt top.

B.J. Herter and Pat Pipa participated in a potholder class at Allamanda yesterday and showed the finished potholders today.  They promised a demo in a few weeks.

Louise Stem is working on pillowcases for the Sheriffs Youth Ranch graduates.  She showed one for a girl and one for a boy.  Louise said she has enough to make pillowcases for all 6 girls and will be looking for appropriate fabric for the boys.

Ceal Pedersen came a little late, but did bring a bags full of stuffed toys, which are now ready for distribution.

For the rest of the afternoon we each worked on whatever we wanted and chatted.   Two of our new ladies continued making 9 patch blocks and handed in another stack.  Now I only need time to put some of these together.   I am currently working on a quilt made from blue 9-patch squares and hope to be able to hand it over to Ellen soon.

 

That’s all for now.  Hope to see you next week.

 

Lois

Club Notes - September 3, 2025

There were 16 of us at El Santiago this afternoon, including 2 new members. I added a few more pieces, leftover from backings, to the fabric bin. We also put out all the 5 inch and 3.5 inch squares for everyone to choose from.

Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers for my husband.  He is getting better and we hope to get him home soon.  A meeting has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon to discuss the discharge date.

I have received an email from the Friends of the Sheriffs Youth Ranch confirming that there are 15 kids, 9 boys and 6 girls, who are in the 2026 graduating class.  That is one of the largest classes we have seen.  For the past few years we have given each graduate a large duffle bag, a twin size quilt, 2 pillowcases, and 2 zipper bags.   When Mic returns from her trip, she and I will inventory the quilts we have in storage to see if we have enough.  We have commitments from members to make zipper bags and pillow cases.  Ellen Hein and Lynn DelGado have been making the duffels, but with this number they can probably use some help.  Ellen is traveling , but if anyone is able to help with some of the duffels, please talk to her when she returns on the 24^th.  All the items for the graduates must be finished by April.

We will have 2 tables and the Guild Craft sale on October 18^th in Savannah rec center.  Please consider helping out for an hour or 2.  Setup is 8am.  The sale is open from 9AM to 2PM.  We then need help packing up whatever is left. I will put out a sign-up sheet starting next week.

The following week, October24th, we have a table at the Giving Showcase in the Everglades rec center. We could use a few volunteers for this as well. This is an easy day, no selling, just answering questions from people who want to learn what our club does.

 

Show and Tell: 

Lenora Holze made 2 dinosaurs

Darlene Nudy made 11 9-patch blocks.

Diane Placek showed the patriotic quilt top she made.

Pat Pipa made 2 pillowcases.

Ceal Pedersen painted the faces on 3 bags full of stuffed toys, which are now ready for distribution.

I showed a crocheted, reversible baby blanket that I finished.  I started it over 10 years ago, and just pulled it out again to occupy my time sitting with my husband at Rehab.

For the rest of the afternoon we each worked on whatever we wanted and chatted. .  Some of our new ladies are enjoying making 9 patch blocks, so we now have enough in the blue-purple range for a quilt top, and a good start on a red-green one.  There were also some delicious cookies to munch on.

 

That’s all for now.  Hope to see you next week.

Club Notes - August 21, 2025

 Thanks to Mic for running the meeting for me today. Between taking care of Ray and going for some of my own medical tests this week, my schedule has been very full and it was good to have one less thing on my calendar.  

Here are Mic's notes:

There were 15 of us gathered in the cool of El Santiago Rec center.  As Lois was unable to join us while she is taking care of Ray full-time, Mic did the announcements and took pictures of all the Show and Tell.  Everyone took their show and tell home to return to Lois later for her counting process.  Mic will send the pictures to Lois for posting to the blog.

The tables were all busy with different projects:

·       Darlene suggested since she and Debbie had their sewing machines, they would make 9 patch blocks if everyone would help her pick out the squares.  They will share the blocks at the first meeting in September. 

·       Several others sorted through all the boxes and bins of fabric from the closet and were able to condense them into 4 boxes and two bins!!!  Everything was re-labeled and stored on the shelves in the closet for easy retrieval at meetings. 

·       The stuffing was brought out of the closet and a new batch of animals were ready to move to Ceal’s painting process.

Show and Tell:

Lenora Holze made a zipper bag.

Darlene Nudy made some 9-patch blocks.

Donna Rissman finished two more table runners.

She also showed some aprons

Eileen DiSanto came with several toys to be stuffed.

Ellen Hein brought a bunch of quilts that she finished the binding on.

This one was handed in by Diane Placek.

I believe these 2 were from Khaki Quilters.  (let me know if I'm wrong.)

Ellen made these 2.

The blocks for this one were made by Carol Riggs and sewn together by BJ Herter.  I added the border before quilting.

Ellen brought a few more quilt tops to be quilted.

Reminder: the rec center is closed next Wednesday so no meeting.  See you in September.

Lois

Club Notes - August 13, 2025

There were 16 of us today at El Santiago this afternoon, including 3 new members. Mic and I got another bin of very large fabric out of storage last week and much of it was quickly claimed.  

 I thought I was caught up on quilting all the small quilt tops that have been handed in, but got 3 more handed in today.  The 3 larger ones that have been waiting are still waiting to be sandwiched and pinned, and may have to wait for awhile.  As I mentioned to a few of you, my husband is currently in the hospital so I have to dedicate time to taking care of his needs.  I believe they will send him home soon, but I may have to make some accommodations in my house so he will be comfortable at home.  Sometimes LIFE just gets in the way. 😊

 

Show and Tell: (https://sewingn-more.blogspot.com/)

Mic Pickard showed a birthday gift she made for a friend – a mason jar silled with candy and decorated with things she made with her Cricket.

Ceal Pedersen showed the latest batch of stuffed toys 

and a quilt.

Front

Back

Carolyn Grasso made a couple of 9-patch blocks with the 5” squares, 

showed a T-shirt quilt she is making for her granddaughter.

Donna Rissman showed several of the triangle frenzy table runners she is working on for our sale.  

She showed 3 different patterns that can be made with 60 degree triangles from border fabric.  Two of these runners have already been sold, ahead of our October sale.

Eileen DiSanto showed a dino toy she made.

New member Darlene Nudy found fabric in our bins last week and made 2 zipper bags.

Bev Minnerly a summer purse she finished.

Louise Stem turned in a pillowcase 

and showed some of the reusable menstrual pads she is making for Operation Christmas Child.

Ellen Hein brought the latest batch of quilts that she completed the binding on, 

plus a couple more quilt tops for me to quilt.

For the rest of the afternoon we each worked on whatever we wanted and chatted. Two of our new members had fun making some 9-patch squares using some of our 3.5 inch squares. Anne brought a bunch of scraps which went directly into dog beds.

 I had to leave a little early so Mic closed up for me..

 

I just saw in my email that El Santiago is going to be closed for quarterly maintenance AGAIN on Aug 27, so there will be no meeting that week.

That’s all for now.  Hope to see you next week.