Club Notes - October 21, 2026

There were 14 of us in attendance today. The first of our snowbirds, Rita Massa, is back with us. She came with a bag of squares and several pillowcases.  I brought a bin of panels for everyone to look through, and most of the ladies took at least one to work on.

A gentleman who plays cards in the next room purchased 4 baby quilts from us, adding to our charity supply fund.  We also started the 50/50 again since there were enough in attendance to make it worthwhile.

We reminded everyone that there will be another fabric open house at Mic’s house this weekend.  All fabric is free for use in charity projects.  The event is on October 24^th, 2pm-4pm, and October 25^th, 10am-2pm.  The address is 2490 Five Forks Trail, in the villages of Tall Trees.

 

Show and Tell:

Louise Stem showed some of the menstrual pad kits she completed.

Ceal Pedersen showed this week’s stuffed animals.

Eileen DiSanto made a toy dog.

Ellen Hein made 25 receiving blanket and burp pad sets, 

plus another 6 burp pads.  

There was a fabric donation from one of the nurses at Advent Waterman’s Hospital, where we send these, and Ellen put it to good use.

She also showed an autumn table runner she made.

Pat Pipa showed 2 children’s sweaters that she knitted for the Busy Hands craft sale.

I showed a Halloween owl quilt I made.

Eileen St Clair showed one finished quilt 

and 2 quilt tops.

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

Next week is our Halloween party/potluck.  Put it on your calendar. Bring a dish to share, if you can. If not, come anyway.  There is always plenty to go around.   As always, costumes are optional but encouraged.   Also, bring 25 pennies, buttons, or anything else you have to mark your bingo cards, and a pen or pencil for the current quiz.

See you next week.

Lois

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