Club Notes - October 25, 2017

We had a fun party this afternoon. Good food and I think everyone had fun with the games.

First, a few announcements. 

Pat Pipa had an accident on Sunday and I understand her tibia is fractured. I expect she may be out of commission for awhile. I'll call her later in the week to find out what her doctor says.

We are going to have to rearrange our project schedule for the next few weeks.

Charlotte Cecilio is having hip replacement surgery on November 2nd.  Her demo of the "bra" purse that was scheduled for Nov 8 is being postponed, tentatively to February.

Bev Minnerly's demo of the Adult Lobster bib will also need to be postponed until March.  She is going to be away the next few weeks.

On the up side, we have 2 charity projects we can work on. 

 First, Kandie Stedman and I have purchased fabric to start the Veterans Hospice quilt project.  This was on the calendar for 11/15, but those who have signed up for this project can work on it over the next couple of weeks.  Kandie sent out the invites a few weeks ago.  Everyone who signs up for this will get a free t-shirt for participating in this grant project.  If you didn't get the invite and would like to participate, let Kandie know. 

Next, I sent a note out a few days ago about the request from the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches for pillowcases for the kids.  As luck would have it, I received a donation of 2 boxes of fabric yardage (not scraps!) on Tuesday. We should be able to make a bunch of pillowcases out of this. I will have this fabric at the meeting next week for anyone who would prefer to work on this.

And, if neither of these projects interest you, that's OK too.  Come and sew what you like over the next 3 weeks.  It's all good - no restrictions, just come, socialize, have fun.

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Show and Tell:

Lu Karatzas showed a fidget muff she crocheted. She also made a walker bag for herself, since whe is going for knee replacement surgery next week.

Eileen DiSanto showed a pumpkin wall hanging which was her first quilting project.

Bev Minnerly made several stuffed animals and a cat door hanging.

Jane Motrinec made a couple of stuffed toy monkeys on her embroidery machine.

Mary Nazgiewicz Showed the stuffed cat she made and a Halloween costume she is making for her dog.

Ginny Piazza finished a wall hanging and an embroidered quilt.

Ellen Hein finished 2 teddy bears and a great NBA quilt (which she has donated to our hurricane relief effort).

Susie Pendry showed a Christmas tree wall hanging she just finished.

Carol Coyne showed 2 t-shirt quilt tops she just finished.

Pat Pipa sent her completed charity quilt and 3 stuffed bears to us.

I showed a completed charity quilt, my shark attempt from last week, 2 better stuffed animals and a set of little barnyard animals, with their barn, that I made on my embroidery machine.

Stuffed toys turned in so far

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We finished the afternoon with games. We started with a sewing trivia quiz.  I tried a tabletop bowling game, but there wasn't enough time to do more than test this out.  (I'll bring this back for a better chance at our Holiday Party.)

We finished with 4 rounds of Halloween Bingo.  Next time I'll have to remember to remind everyone to bring pennies.  Luckily, I brought a can of buttons.
This has been a long message.  If I have anything more I'll send it in separate emails, as always.  Hope to see you all for next week's sewing fun.