Another fun afternoon at El Santiago. There were 12 of us meeting today. Other groups have begun coming to the rec center, so there are more cars in the parking lot lately. It's harder to get a spot in the shade.
Over the past week I delivered the following donations:
To Ocala Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center:
5 quilts, 4 pillowcases, 5 stuffed dinos, 2 zipper bags, and 19 tote bags
To Case for Smiles:
9 children's pillowcases
To Compassionate Care Hospice:
7 Patriotic quilts
I also noted an article in the Daily Sun about the Boggy Creek Bear and Afghan Ladies. It said they are in need of fabric. Since we have more than we will be able to use in our lifetimes and it keeps coming, I called the club leader and offered her some. I started by giving her 2 boxes to look through. She took what amounted to a box full and returned the rest to me. I then gave her another box to look through. They need mostly children's fabrics and bright colors, so I plan to continue to give them first pick of any other large donations that come in.
Show and Tell:
Pat Pipa made a couple of zipper bags and handed in a tote she made a while back for a quilt guild challenge using 1.5" squares.
Donna Rissman finished her Sunrise place mat. She learned a new way of doing binding and will be demonstrating this to our club on June 9th.
She also showed a chick in it's own fabric egg that she made for Easter.
Deb Chapman took some 3.5" squares from our stash and made a tote bag.
She also showed this month's block of the month for her quilt chapter's challenge.
Ceal Pedersen continues to have fun making toys. She made a cat and 2 dinos this week.
Charlotte Cecillio took some of our sample fabric squares and made a tote bag.
Ellen Hein took home a bunch of pillowcase sets that Anne Knoff had cut and paired, and came back with a box full of finished pillowcases.
A few weeks ago we received about 8 hand-pieced quilt tops from a woman's estate. I have begun matching them with backings, quilting them, and handing them over to Ellen for binding. Ellen showed the first of these completed.
Eileen DiSanto worked on a pillowcase during the afternoon and showed it to me completed at the end of the afternoon.
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Since we are getting back to normal I have reinstated the project demo schedule. I have committed to one demo a month and have invited other members of the club to give the group demos on the open weeks. I will send out the schedule in a separate email.
Next week Ellen will show us how to make a zip-loc bag tote.
Hope to see you next week.
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