Club Notes - July 15, 2020

There were only 4 of us today, but we got a lot accomplished.  Someone left some dog bed scraps for us in the closet and Bev Minnerly went to work on them right away.   I started by cutting a roll of unusual fabric that Ann Knoff gave us last week into13 - 50 inch sections.  They will eventually become drawstring backpacks, but since they are plain silver, we thought we could dress them up a bit with a colorful outside pocket or some embroidery before we sew them together.

Show And Tell:

 Deb Chapman brought a quilt top she has been working on using some blocks found in our donation stash.  It came out great!







She also brought her first attempt at making a drawstring backpack.  The bag was great but she needed a little help on how to thread the drawstrings.  Ellen Hein and Bev showed her how and she was able to hand in a completed backpack.

Bev showed her weekly set of completed doll clothes.

Ellen brought back 4 of the quilts I gave her last week, after adding the binding.

I finished a baby quilt that will be saved for when one of my great nieces or nephews has the next addition to the family.

Pat Pipa stopped in to say hi.  She dropped off 4 stuffed dinos and a bag of 9-patch blocks she made from 3.5" squares she picked up last week.  She left with more 3.5" squares.  

I forgot to mention that Pat dropped off  4 fidget walker bags last week.   The walker bags have been turned over to Helpertunity.


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For the rest of the afternoon we worked on turning a stack of 10" squares into a quilt.  I matched them into pairs, RST.  Deb drew a line corner to corner on the wrong side of the lighter one.  Ellen (who was the only one to bring a machine) stitched a line 1/4" on either side of the line and cut the pair on the line to make two 9.5" blocks from each set.  I pressed them and started to lay them out on a table.  Once we had enough on the table all 4 of us worked together to create an interesting design from these odd fabrics.  Success!   I labeled the result and took them home to stitch together.

I also found time to press 2 quilt backs for the next 2 quilts on my to-do pile.

Last week I took inventory of what we have in storage at the moment.  There are 15 quilts with a coordinated pillowcase, plus 3 more quilts and 50 more pillowcases.

I have 8 quilts waiting to be quilted.  Ellen has 7 quilts to bind. Diana Gosselin has 2 quilts tops and 5 pillowcases to sew, and I have the quilt top we designed today to sew.  I have 5 more pillowcases put aside for Laura Tomich to work on.  There are still plenty of squares cut and plenty of fabric waiting to be cut, so I'm not done designing quilts yet.   😁

I haven't counted the stuffed toys and zipper bags in my spare bedroom that have not been distributed or the completed dog beds piled in my living room.  I will not deliver anything but dog beds until the COVID-19 virus calms down, so everything is going to storage for now.

Next week will be more of the same.   I heard that one of our members has contracted the virus.  Please keep her in your prayers for a quick recovery.  I hope the rest of you are staying safe.