Yesterday was a lot of fun.I expect to see a flock of baby ducks fly in to next week's meeting. The crazy thing is I still can't find where the pieces of mine are hiding, so I am just going to have to make another one.
My main announcement for this week had to do with a call I received from the activities coordinator at Bayview Nursing home in Eustis. She was wondering if we could make 5 twin size quilts with fidget attachments for some of her patients would would benefit from these. I proposed the project to the group and 3 ladies stepped up to the challenge, either using some of the blocks we have on hand or their own stash. I found a cute panel at the Allamanda chapter give-away table on Tuesday and will be combining it with some fabric I got at an estate sale to make one myself. So I think we need one more volunteer.
As I said yesterday, you can take a box of pre-cut blocks from our stash and, if you want to add sashing, take some of the white fabric we have for that. If you bring in a twin size quilt top we will work together to add fidget items. I will then supply batting and backing if you need it. If you are not comfortable with quilting and binding the quilt, I will do that finishing work.
June 13th is already on our project calendar as a day to make fidget walker bags, so I will have all the fidget stuff at that meeting. We will shoot for that date to have the quilt tops done.
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Show and Tell
Carol Thurston started us off by showing pillowcases she made for the Ocala shelter.
Lynn Kluczynski showed the beginnings of a quilted hug shawl, before it is trimmed to shape. This will be our June 6th project, so you may want to prepare either fabric strips or blocks ahead of time. You can use some of the fabric we have in our stash for this, just take what you need next week. I have been studying some images on Pinterest, and it appears that you need to piece something to 66.5" x 72". (Lynn, correct me if this is wrong.)
B.J. Herter showed a quilt she finished for the Sheriffs Youth Ranch.
Eileen DiSanto finished a cancer Patient's cap from last week's project and a pretty tote bag.
Pat Pipa made some cancer patient caps and showed 2 fiber art pieces she made after a class on this at the Allamanda quilt chapter.
Ellen Hein made some child patient caps and a boys quilt for the Sheriffs Youth Ranch.
Bev Minnerly also finished 2 cancer patient caps.
Donna Rissman showed her finished casserole carrier. (She acknowledged a little help from B.J.)
Laura Tomich came to deliver 2 cancer patient caps she made. She has not been feeling well all winter and is now going to Houston for a second opinion regarding her bones and joints. Please keep her in your prayers.
I made a small pile of cancer patient caps.
Carol Riggs showed some scarfs that could possibly be a future project. A neighbor of hers teaches how to dye these silk scarfs and is willing to hold a class for us. I will send out a separate email to find out how many would be interested in this project. It would cost $20 per person. Depending on how many people sign up, it would be either at one of our meetings or in the instructor's home.
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Next week Carol Thurston will be showing us how to make a zipper pouch out of a placemat. I will sent out a supply list in a later email.
Have a great week!
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