October 14, 2026 Club Notes

 Sorry I missed last week's meeting.  From the reports I received, you had a good time. I understand that Ken Severa stopped by, asking for help sorting and pricing Brenda's fabric and machines. I hope a few of you plan to help. Let me know.  I wish I could.

For those concerned, I went to Urgent Care on Thursday. They x-rayed my hip, sent me for a CAT scan of my abdomen on Friday, and gave me a prescription for a muscle relaxer. The prescription gave me a lot of relief so I plan to be back next week.  I'll get the results of the tests on Saturday.  

Thanks to Mic for running the meeting on short notice and Carolyn for taking pictures.

Show and Tell:

Eileen DiSanto made some pig toys 

and a tote.

Ceal Pedersen showed this week's toy animals.

Bev Minnerly showed doll clothes.

Donna Rissman made animals

Caroline Grasso made a dinosaur.

Pat Pipa made some kennel quilts.

Ellen Hein showed the latest batch of quilts she added the binding to.

I have a bin full of panels and I plan to bring them next week. I'm hoping a few of you will take one or two, add borders, and give them back to me for quilting.  

See you Wednesday.

Lois

Club Notes - October 7, 2026

 

Thirteen of us weathered the rain today.  It was good to see Mic Pickard, Anne Knoff, and Donna Rissman back. Even Candy Dodge managed to join us later in the afternoon.  I spent a lot of time sorting and cutting a large bag of scraps last week, and was able to add squares to the 3.5”, 4.5”, 5”, 6/5” and 8.6” bins. I also brought some of the larger pieces uncut, for anyone to choose.  We purchased another box of stuffing, and found room to leave the Wrap N Zap batting in the closet too.

 

Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly showed 2 pillow jackets she finished from her UFOs

Ceal Pedersen showed this week’s stuffed animals.

Eileen DiSanto made 3 bowl cozies for the Salvation Army

Pat Pipa made 5 bowl cozies for the Salvation Army

Anne Knoff showed a twin size quilt for the Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch, made by someone in Khaki Quilters.

Ellen Hein showed the quilts she finished the binding on this week.

I believe these baby quilts were made by someone in the Allamanda quilt chapter.. 

Ellen Hein made this one.

Donna Rissman showed 3 items she made – an apron,🧾

 an ornament, 4

and a new style microwave bowl that folds flat. 

(We've hoping for a demo on this)

I showed a Christmas stocking and a toy owl pattern.

Plastic templates for the stocking and the owl have been placed in our toy pattern box.

 

After show and tell, Ceal demonstrated how to paint the faces on stuffed toys, and had a few heads for anyone who wanted to practice.

Everyone was busy as usual for the rest of the afternoon.

A lady from the Girl Scout Alumni club came in to tell us about their annual pajama collection for underprivileged kids on the tri-county area.  There will be fewer collection boxes around The Villages 9this year because they are making room for other holiday collections.  The pajama collection boxes will only be in 10 rec centers.  If you want to contribute to the pajama collection, you can bring them to me, and I will get them to a collection point. They particularly need pajamas for 8 to 12 year old boys.

There will be another fabric open house at Mic’s house on October 24^th, 2pm-4pm, and October 25^th, 10am-2pm.  All fabric is free for use in charity projects.  If you would like to help unpack the fabric and set it out, you can come to Mic’s house between 10am and 2pm on the 24^th.

On Oct. 28^th we will have our Halloween party/potluck.  Put it on your calendar. As always, costumes are optional but encouraged.

 

See you next week.

Lois

Club Notes - September 23, 2026

There were 10 of us today. I put out two bins of fabric pieces. We also received another bag of fabric leftovers. After everyone had a chance to look through it, I added them to the fabric bins. I also spent a little time continuing my effort to organize the 3.5 inch squares.

Next week I won’t be able to lead the meeting. I am having a trial version of a spinal cord stimulator inserted in my spine on Friday.  They will monitor over the next few days to see if it will work for me and remove it next Wednesday afternoon.  This appointment overlaps with our meeting time.

 I polled the ladies present and found a few who want to come and use room to work on their quilts.  So, next week will be an open sew day.  Eric will not set up the ironing boards or bring anything else out, so anyone who comes will be responsible for getting out any tools or supplies they need and putting them back at the end of the afternoon.

Show and Tell

Isabella O’Brien showed 2 quilt tops 

and some animals she made.

Eileen DiSanto made 3 toy animals

Diane Placek made an oven mitt and a snap bag.

Bev Minnerly made a bear and a cat

Ceal Pedersen showed this week’s stuffed animals.

 

Everyone was busy as usual for the rest of the afternoon.

Reminder for anyone planning to attend, the Celebration of Life for Mary Kahlow will begin at 1PM on Saturday, September 26^th.  The details are attached to my email.

Next Wednesday (Sep 30) will be a free sew afternoon.  Save your show and tell for our Oct 7^th meeting.

On Oct 7^th, Ceal will give a demonstration on how to paint the faces on stuffed animals.

Oct. 28^th we will have our Halloween party/pot-luck.  Put it on your calendar.

 

See you in 2 weeks

Lois