The local quilt shops have all posted their sewing classes for September. Go to their web sites or visit their stores for class listings.
The Quilt Guild of the Villages has published their fliers for Marketplace 2018. It will be held at Rohan Rec Center January 19-20, 2018. This is a great opportunity to see sewing tools, machines, fabrics and more from the best vendors around. It is a must see event to put on your calendars.
Carol Riggs informed me that so fr 758 pillowcases have been turned in to Ryan's Case for Smiles. Most of these came from either Sewing N More or the Allamanda Chapter of the Villages Quilting Guild. Last week there were 73 pillowcases turned in - 25 for the Shriners and 48 for Case for Smiles. Another 7 came in this week for the kids. This doesn't count the adult pillowcases I have been bringing to the Ocala Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Shelter. I delivered 15 to them last week and received another 5 today.
Show and Tell:
Low attendance did not diminish the quality of our show and tell.
Carol Riggs used a cute golf panel to embellish some towels and added some embroidery as well.
Ellen Hein made a stack of pillowcases and another stack of burp bibs for her grandchildren.
She showed one unique pillowcase that she pieced from several fabrics. These photos show both sides. This is a great example of how you can take fabrics that are too small for the whole project and match them with something else to make a complete project.
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Bev Minnerly gave a great demo on how to make the cute pineapple backback and Donna Rissman finished one during the meeting (with a little community hellp.
Thanks to Eileen DiSanto, Carol Riggs, and Nita Hand for sorting more of the fabric donations we received.
Next week is our monthly charity project week. This month we will be making an effort to use some of the abundance of fabric we have received to make some quilts to distribute in December. You don't need to be a quilter to contribute to this effort There are many tasks that can be done, according to your desire, as follows:
1. Cutting fabric into blocks or sashing strips.
2. Pick a block size from the stash and lay out existing blocks into a quilt
3. Matching up small squares into 4 or 9 block serts which can be combined into one block
4. Sew small blocks into 4 or 9 block squares to be used with larger blocks in a quilt.
5. Sew fabric strips onto dryer sheets to make rectangular blocks
6. Sew a set of blocks into a quilt top.
7..Ironing larger pieces of fabric so they can be cut into squares.
8. Finish a baby quilt that has top, batting and backing already sandwiched.
All supplies will be provided. We even have lots of thread that has been donated to the club.
Here is the project schedule through the end of 2017:
| Date | Project | Leader |
| 13-Sep-17 | Charity Projects-Quilt Blocks | Lois Rose |
| 20-Sep-17 | Flower Table Runner | Nita Hand |
| 27-Sep-17 | Melted Crayon Ornaments | Kathy Jones |
| 04-Oct-17 | Dresden Purse | Diana Gosselin |
| 11-Oct-17 | The Wemyss School of Needlework | Sheila Hubble |
| 18-Oct-17 | Charity Projects-Backpacks | Lois Rose |
| 25-Oct-17 | Halloween Pot-Luck | |
| 01-Nov-17 | Adult "Lobster" Bib | Bev Minnerly |
| 08-Nov-17 | Bra Purse | Charlotte Cecilio |
| 15-Nov-17 | Charity Projects- Stuffed Toys | Lois Rose |
| 22-Nov-17 | NO Meeting | |
| 29-Nov-17 | Snowman | Carol Riggs |
| 06-Dec-17 | Mesh Bag | Donna Rissman |
| 13-Dec-17 | Charity Projects - Fidget Walker Bags | Lois Rose |
| 20-Dec-17 | Christmas Pot-Luck | |
| 27-Dec-17 | NO Meeting |
Stay safe as the hurricanes come through this Sunday-Monday. Hopefully there will be clear skies and everyone safe at home by next Wednesday.
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