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

Club Notes - August 26, 2026

Twelve of us were back this afternoon.  I came with the remnants of Mary Kahlow’s sewing supplies. There were fabric, notions, and stabilizers.  I was glad to see that most of it went home with someone. After everyone had a chance to look through, I separated out anything I thought useable and designated the rest for Good Will.   Ellen will drop those items off.

We learned that Carolyn Grasso is putting her house up for sale.  As soon as it sells, she will be moving back to Pennsylvania.  She will stay on our email list and send flat animals down when she can.  I will be selfish and hope it takes a while for her house to sell.  We will miss her.

Show and Tell: 

Louise Stem made 5 pillowcases from fabric she got at Mic’s house in the last giveaway

Ceal Pedersen showed the cats and dinos she finished this week.

Pat Pipa finished several pillowcases, using fabric Laura Tomich gave us before she moved.

Donna Rissman handed in several animals to be stuffed.

Diane Placek made a backpack and pencil case for her church’s back to school drive.

Ellen Hein showed the quilts she finished the binding on this week and several quilt tops she made (including backing).

 This one came from Anne Knoff.

Ellen made this one.

Ellen handed this one, and the next 2, with backing, for me to quilt.

There was lots of toy stuffing and quilt making during the rest of the afternoon.  Everyone got a chance to look though the donations again. I also brought the cotton batting for anyone who wanted to make kennel quilts.

Hope to see you next week.

Lois

Club Notes - August 12, 2026

This week we only had 7 of us at our meeting.   Several of our members are dealing with health issues and August is a big travel month.  Smaller groups make it easier for me to join in the conversations, so it’s all good.

I had a few announcements about club members. 

Mic’s knee replacement has been rescheduled for 8/18, so it will be into September before she can join us.

Laura Tomich’s health challenges have continued.  She was in the hospital again.  Her family has convinced her to move to Houston, TX, where all her family can visit her.  She called me and asked me to pick up some pillowcase sets from her bedroom at Watercrest.  These are available for anyone who would like to finish them.  Her son was there packing her belongings for the move when I arrived last Friday.  In addition to picking up the pillowcase fabric, I left the pincushion gift that I made for her.  She was also one of the original Sewing N More members.

A celebration of Life will be held for Mary Kalow on September 26.  It will begin at 1:00pm at the New Covenant United Methodist Church.  A reception will follow at Laurel Manor.

I encourage you to continue making Kennel quilts, if you can.  This is a good way to use up leftover fabric.  Whenever there is an emergency situation somewhere in the U.S., local animal shelters can post their address on www.kennelquilts.com under Current Needs, so anyone can find out where to send the quilts.  I have a note to myself to bring cotton batting for these quilts next week, as well as another box of fiber fill.

Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly showed a bunch of doll clothes she made this week.

Pat Pipa made 2 fidget mats

Donna Rissman showed 2 pillows she made.

Ceal Pedersen showed the cats she made this week.

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

There were 3 turned in for quilting by Anne Knoff

 and 1 denim quilt that Ellen made.

I showed a chenille quilt I finished

 and some baseball themed pillowcases I made for my niece,

who is coming to visit next week. (I made 4 with the ball and bat fabric for the body and 6 with the orange body.  The cuffs are baseball game tickets.)

The main activities today were stuffing dog beds and stuffing some toys that B.J. sent.  I put out some 5”, 6.5; and 10” squares, plus some fabric that was donated last week.  Since no one brought a sewing machine today, I brought all the dog beds home to sew closed. 

Hope to see you next week.

Lois