Not too much else in the way of announcements. I delivered 13 dog beds to the South Lake Animal Rescue last week. I asked if they would like cat hammocks and they said they are planning to build a cat cafe in Clermont and to check back next time to see if that is ready. Kathy Franklin said she and her sister Susie have been delivering dog beds from Fabric Fun to the Sumter County Animal Shelter, so we don't need to take any there. I will continue to alternate between the South Lake and Marion County Animal shelters for the dog beds and cat hammocks we produce.
I also mentioned that I would like to schedule a charity project work day once every couple of months and asked for the group's opinion. The majority seemed in favor, so I have adjusted the project schedule to allow for this. That will give us a little break in coming up with new projects every week. The updated project calendar will be included in the weekly email.
Linda Lynch reported that she was able to contact the Lady Lake Elementary School and found out how she can drop off the pop-top tabs we are collecting for them. As a reminder, the school collects them and turns them in at the end of the year to support Ronald McDonald House. Someone also dropped off some box tops for schools this week and Linda will check to see if they accept these as well.
Show and Tell:
Pat Pipa is back from her month in N.J. and showed she has been keeping very busy. She showed several walker bags, a teddy bear waiting to be stuffed, baby bibs, and neck pillows for Busy Hands.
Jane Swafford finished 2 shirt aprons, one for herself and one for her sister Sue, with her favorite Tennessee colors.
Donna Rissman showed the shirt apron she made, then showed a fun apron she picked up at Hobby Lobby. She's definitely ready for a Halloween party.
Mary Kahlow wowed us with a quilt she created for her grandson, who just graduated from the University of Vermont. She said, in addition to being a Green Bay Packers fan, his high school and college colors were all green and gold. Beautiful work Mary!
Jane Motrinec was up next, showing her completed shirt apron.
Eileen DiSanto was busy this week and turned in 4 beautiful pillowcases for the Ocala Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Shelter.
Bev Minnerly took some fabric scraps home last week to sort and found some large pieces which could be repurposed. She made a bag out of some of it and showed the group how other pieces of this fabric could be turned into large or small bags, and offered the fabric to anyone accepting the challenge. |
Since our project this week was an iron caddy, Carol Riggs brought in one she made in a previous project to show. Great job Carol, and thanks for showing us what ours are supposed to look like.
After Show and Tell we posed for the picture at the top of this post. Then I showed the group a sample of the fabric needed for next week's project. I will be demonstrating how to make a fractured fabric art piece. For those who weren't with us this week, but want to try this project, you will need to bring 4 exact repeats in a fabric print. Repeats can be across a fabric as well as down, so look at the patterns in your chosen fabric carefully and select a repeated section that is about 12" square. The size is arbitrary, but I suggest it not be too much smaller because it may be difficult to work with small pieces. The resulting fabric art will wind up double the size of the original pieces (4 - 12" squares will create a art piece about 20" square), so you probably don't want your starting pieces to be too much larger either.
Next, Donna Rissman demonstrated how to make an iron caddy. The measurements on the pattern downloaded from the web and sent out last week didn't add up properly, so Donna showed how she just used the center dimensions as the base and worked it out from there. She also had some other great suggestions (as always) for how to make this project easier. It was a great demo and I expect to see some of these at next week's show and tell. My small sewing machine didn't like sewing through all those layers, even with the walking foot, so I took the project home and finished it on my better sewing machine in less than 2 hours. I think if I were to do it again, I might make the sides a little higher, but other than that, I really like the result. Thank you Donna.
Hope to see you all next week.
Lois
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