What a great time we had yesterday. Those of you who didn't make it missed out on a lot of fun. A few of the ladies said it felt like Christmas, going through all the boxes of fabric and supplies I brought in. I want to give a big thank you to all the ladies who helped me get my van load of boxes into our meeting room, consolidating supplies at the end to create fewer boxes, and loading it all back in my van at the end of the meeting. On Friday I will put it all back into storage until next time.
We were happy to welcome Nita Hand back to the group. She has been recovering from a fall for several months, and we are happy to see her back out and about.
I took away several completed fidget quilts, a backpack, a couple of walker bags, a pillowcase, a Hospice quilt, some dog beds, and 2 stacks of dryer sheet blocks organized into rows ready to sew together. Plus many of the ladies (including myself) took home supplies for projects they plan to work on. I'll put photos on the blog.
I also circulated a thank you card my husband wrote to the group. I'll scan that and put it on the blog too.
Show and Tell:
Donna Rissman started us off with a WOW t-shirt quilt. Someone had asked her to make a quilt out of ALL their military memorabilia t-shirts and use every inch that had anything written or printed on it. Most of us would have shied away from this one, but not Donna. She made a beautiful 2-sided quilt so that all the memories could be captured.
Kim Hart had to follow that, but she did so showing her beautifully done Fabric squares wreath.
Kim Hart had to follow that, but she did so showing her beautifully done Fabric squares wreath.
Pat Pipa made a couple of dog beds and a fidget quilt with a cooking theme.
Lu Karazas made 2 dog beds and her finished Mod Podge bowl. To cover the outside of the bowl where the back of the fabric showed, she used paint. She and Ellen Hein also used the techniques learned to cover a cookie can to use for our 50-50 drawings.
Jane Swafford showed her completed Mod Podge plates and a lovely pillowcase made from a lace edged fabric.
Carol Riggs made pillow cases for her home, a Bento Box Block she made at the Allamanda quilting chapter meeting, and showed a sample of the painted scarves that she is organizing a class for next Wednesday morning. Email or call Carol if you want to join this class. (Cost is $20)
She also showed the 4 lb Janome sewing machine she bought at the new quilt shop on 441 (near Oakwood BBQ).
Mary Nazgiewicz showed a Disney quilt she made for a little relative and her finished hand-embroidered needle case.
Linda Parr showed her finished Hospice Quilt.
Kathy Jones showed a test piece of chenille she made to practice using her chenille cutter and talked a little about this project that we will be doing at the beginning of April.
Eileen Navikas (glad to see you back with us) showed a quilt top she put together from scraps.
I also showed the Penguin quilt I made for my niece from different penguin fabrics and kits I picked up here and there on my shop hops.
Before the charity project fun began I did a quick demo of how to make a great dog bed out of an old sweater or sweatshirt (as seen on Facebook). I'm hoping to finish one of these before the next meeting.
On March 1st Kathy Nichols will be showing us how to do string art. I will send a separate email about that in a few days.
One final note - I've attached a flyer to the email telling you about the "Quilter' Closet & Notions Sale" coming up on March 18th at Savanah Center. Mark your calendars. There will be a lot of great stuff available.
