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

Club Notes - September 16, 2026

There were 11 of us today. This time I put out one bin of fabric pieces, 2 bins of 5” squares, and all the 3.5” squares. I found a bin that had all dog bed sleeves in the closet. Since they all fit it the drawer, I emptied the bin and decided to transfer the 3.5” squares into it.  This will be easier to store and to look through than the boxes.  Instead of just dumping them into the box, I decided to, once again, try to organize them by color.  I didn’t get them all done but made a good start.  Thanks to Carolyn for helping.

I was glad to see my request to get the table that we use to put supplies out on was cleared today.  It’s good to speak up sometimes.

We were happy to welcome B.J. back, now that she finished her physical therapy.

 

Show and Tell: 

Jean Peters showed some ornaments she made as Christmas gifts.

Eileen DiSanto made an elephant and a dinosaur to be stuffed.

Pat Pipa finished some of the pillowcases that Laura Tomich gave us.

Ceal Pedersen showed this week’s stuffed animals.

Ellen is traveling for a few weeks, so it was Eileen St Clair’s turn to show all the quilts she finished the binding on.

 

I’m not sure who made the first 3.

Eileen St. Clair made this one.  I thought the shop hop roads fabric would make a good backing for this house fabric quilt.

Eileen made this one too.

She handed this one in to be quilted.

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

Hope to see you next week.

Lois

Club Notes - September 9, 2026

 There were 8 of us today. I put out a bag of scraps and one of fabric pieces that I found in the closet. All got sorted and quite a bit went home with some of the ladies,  I took home a large bag of strips that I will check to see if they are the right size for binding,   I also put out the 10” squares and Isabella found some she could work with.

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Pat Pipa made some kennel quilts and a backpack.

Ceal Pedersen showed cats, bears, dinos, and a cute little doll with yarn hair.

Carolyn Grasso showed some animals to be stuffed 

and a quilt top made from her granddaughter’s baby clothes.

Eileen DiSanto made 2 cats and 3 pigs to be stuffed.

Ellen Hein showed two finished quilts,

one I made 

and the other she made.  

She also showed 2 quilt tops she made (including backing).

I showed a quilt top I made using a 3 yard quilt pattern.

Not much else to report. I saw toys being stuffed, quilts being worked on, and lots of discussion.  Wednesdays are my favorite days.

Hope to see you next week.

Club Notes - September 2, 2026

We were a small group of 9 today, including one new member, who Isabella recruited. 😊 I’m guessing some of our members are off celebrating Labor Day with family. There was lots of activity despite the small group.

Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly turned in 3 pillowcases.

Pat Pipa made 2 backpacks.

Ceal Pedersen showed two cats she made and a bag full of dinos that she painted the faces on.

Ellen Hein showed two quilt tops she made (including backing).

 

I brought in another box of stuffing and handed over 3 quilts for binding.   Not much else to report this week.

Hope to see you next week.

Lois