You guys are all terrific. Between things we made and items we bought, over 250 gifts for the Life Stream foster kids were turned in yesterday. This morning Mary Nazgiewicz and I delivered them and Ciara Varone (Daily Sun Reporter) met us there to complete her article. The staff was very appreciative. They had a little 2 yr old girl in their care today, so they asked if we could take one of the stuffed animals and give it to her. They picked out the little donkey that Jane Motrinec made and handed it to me to give to the little girl. She looked shy, a little scared, and very unsure of her surroundings, but gave us a smile after a minute. It's heartbreaking to see a cute little girl like that with no one to care for her, but the staff ladies were giving her all the love and comfort they could.
I asked them to let me know if they needed anything more for any specific age groups once they have gone through all the donations. They said that one thing that they can always use to give to the kids are pillows. Not pillow cases, but a small pillow of their own that they can take with them. Somehow, this provides a little bit of comfort as they get shuffled from place to place. This does not have to be a Christmas gift, but they can use these all year long as kids come into the system. So maybe this is a project we can take on next year.
Show and Tell:
Ellen Hein made a bunch of t-shirts for the foster kids. She does such a great job on these, you would think they were purchased in a clothing store.
Eileen Navikas took the backpack pattern and added her flare by using purple straps and casing, and painting purple on the fabric with fabric paint.
She also made a stuffed horse for the kids and a lovely pink baby quilt and a second solid pink quilt with her leftover fabric.
Finally, she showed a drier sheet quilt she completed.
Roberta Kelsey showed a great scrappy quilt she finished, with a beautiful rose backing.
She also brought in some cute placemats she made and a stuffed teddy bear.
Mary Nazgiewicz showed a 4-way placemat she got from a neighbor. She'll be doing a demo of how to do this next Spring.
Lu Karatzas made two zip loc totes, and brought more cosmetic bags, a crocheted scarf and hat for the kids.
Kathy Jones and Jane Motrinec each came in with a whole menagerie of stuffed animals.
Eileen DiSanto cut out a bunch of stuffed animal pieces and asked for help from the group to embroider faces and stuff them once she sewed them. She wants to convey her thanks to all the ladies who chipped in to this effort. Every one of the stuffed animals were completed and will go to the foster kids.
Brenda Severa made several blankets, one with matching pillowcase, and a scrappy quilt using telephone book pages as the base.
To get the angled block look, she cut her base pages square, then started each block the same way we have been doing the dryer sheet blocks, only always starting with a white strip down the center. She cut all her strips the same width to get this lovely pattern.
She completed the quilting with stitch in the ditch, followed by some machine embroidered patterns.
Diane Placek showed a potholder she made in a class.
Donna Rissman showed mini folded fabric Christmas trees, small and large microwave bowls, and coasters made in the shape of mittens,
I finished 6 more backpacks for the kids and made 2 Christmas pot holders to give as gifts.
Ellen Hein made a bunch of t-shirts for the foster kids. She does such a great job on these, you would think they were purchased in a clothing store.
Eileen Navikas took the backpack pattern and added her flare by using purple straps and casing, and painting purple on the fabric with fabric paint.
She also made a stuffed horse for the kids and a lovely pink baby quilt and a second solid pink quilt with her leftover fabric.
Finally, she showed a drier sheet quilt she completed.
Roberta Kelsey showed a great scrappy quilt she finished, with a beautiful rose backing.
She also brought in some cute placemats she made and a stuffed teddy bear.
Mary Nazgiewicz showed a 4-way placemat she got from a neighbor. She'll be doing a demo of how to do this next Spring.
Lu Karatzas made two zip loc totes, and brought more cosmetic bags, a crocheted scarf and hat for the kids.
Kathy Jones and Jane Motrinec each came in with a whole menagerie of stuffed animals.
Eileen DiSanto cut out a bunch of stuffed animal pieces and asked for help from the group to embroider faces and stuff them once she sewed them. She wants to convey her thanks to all the ladies who chipped in to this effort. Every one of the stuffed animals were completed and will go to the foster kids.
Brenda Severa made several blankets, one with matching pillowcase, and a scrappy quilt using telephone book pages as the base.
To get the angled block look, she cut her base pages square, then started each block the same way we have been doing the dryer sheet blocks, only always starting with a white strip down the center. She cut all her strips the same width to get this lovely pattern.
She completed the quilting with stitch in the ditch, followed by some machine embroidered patterns.
Diane Placek showed a potholder she made in a class.
Donna Rissman showed mini folded fabric Christmas trees, small and large microwave bowls, and coasters made in the shape of mittens,
I finished 6 more backpacks for the kids and made 2 Christmas pot holders to give as gifts.
Linda Parr led this week's demo, showing us how to make a tissue pack holder. This is a great, easy project that can be finished in 15 minutes, so it is a great gift idea. (I even managed to make 2 of them during the meeting.)
Next week we will make little horse ornaments. I will send out the pattern and supply list in a later email. I have most of the materials we'll need, but you will probably want to bring your own tools. (hot glue gun, knife that will cut through cork).
Hope to see you all next week.
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