Club Notes - Oct 11, 2017

We had a great presentation this afternoon by Sheila Hubble on the Wemyss School of Needlework.  This is a wonderful school which was established in the 1800's to teach women a skill so they could earn some money for support.  They have created needlework for the Queen of England and other affluent families in Europe.  

Before the presentation, we had our usual Show and Tell:

Jane Motrinec came back to us, despite her recent move to the Village of Fenney.  She showed a beautiful circles quilt she completed.

Linda Parr showed a cloth book she made for her 4 year old grandson.

Pat Pipa finished a fidget walker bag and a Hospice Veterans quilt.

Lu Karatzas showed a photo of a Mummy Doll she and her granddaughter made together.

Bev Minnerly made a stack of fidget quilts, a backpack coin purse (from last week's demo), and some kitchen hand towels with hanging sections attached. (the towels will be a 2018 demo).   She also showed 2 quilt tops, one for our charity quilt drive and one she is planning on finishing for herself.

Donna Rissman showed a purse she made and a wall hanging that will be shown at a future toys tcraft show.

Ellen Hein made a stack of pillowcases and showed  a quilt top made from the shirts of a friend who passed away.  This quilt will be given to the man's widow.

Nella Rose showed a quilt top which she will finish in future weeks.

I  showed 3 quilts.  The first quilt top was sewn together by Nella Rose. 

 The second was sewn together by Bev Minnerly.  I finished the quilting on these 2.  The third I put together from pieces of a quilt which was started but never finished.  I matched up the blocks and added some of my own sashing to complete this quilt.

The third I put together from pieces of a quilt which was started but never finished.  I matched up the blocks and added some of my own sashing to complete this quilt.

All three of these will be added to our donation of quilts to Hurricane Irma victims.  So far I have 12 quilts, with at least 6 more expected to be completed by the end of October.

(FYI - I also delivered 22 doggie beds to the South Lake Animal League last week and about 20 to the Lake County Humane Society the week before.  The next delivery will be to the Marion COunty Animal Services, once I get a similar number. They also accept cat hammocks, if anyone wants to make some.)

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After the presentation we enjoyed some shortbread cookies our guest provided and sorted some more of our scrap quilt blocks.  I brought home a stack of 8" blocks arranged to make a quilt and a large stack of 3.5" blocks sorted into sets of 4..  We are slowly getting blocks organized to create quilts out of our donated scraps.  I love watching these leftovers turn into useable products!

Next week we will have a workshop on making stuffed toys to give to the foster children for Christmas.  I will send out several pattern and you can choose which one you want to work on.  I will bring fiber fill and  our larger fabric scraps and hope we can pull enough together to make some fun toys.  You will also have the patterns to work on at home if you like.  I'd iike to see any toys for the foster kids finished by Thanksgiving so they can get to the kids on time for Christmas.

Hope to see you next week.