Club Notes - June 30, 2021

 We had 15 ladies at this afternoon's meeting, including one new member, Anne Patterson.  She takes the status as the member who comes the furthest for our club, since she is a Chitty Chatty resident.

Last week I made 2 deliveries.  I brought 25 dog beds, a dog crate, a dog carrier, a few toys, and lots of towels to the Marion County Humane Society.  This was the first time I went to this shelter and I was very impressed.  Their parking lot was full of cars and there were several people waiting to adopt.  The staff was very appreciative of our donations.

I also gave 6 patriotic quilts and 2 regular lap quilts to Compassionate Care Hospice.  The regular quilts were extras and we will see if they find a use for them.

On a more serious note, I heard from Carol Riggs this week that her husband, Ken, was in the emergency room at Leesburg Hospital on Tuesday, undergoing tests.  So far, they say he has liver failure.  I will let everyone know when I hear more, but in the meantime, prayers are appreciated.

Show and Tell:

Mic Pickard showed her latest Christmas present quilt 

 

 

 (with some nice embroidery accent on some of the solid blocks.)

 

and the bag it will go in.

Carole Lamb made little patriotic gift bags filled with M&Ms for everyone at today's meeting.

B.J. Herter showed a Christmas table runner she made.

Pat Pipa 

 

 

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Audrey Philips 

 

showed the place mats they finished from last week's demo.

 

 

 

Audrey also showed 2 bibs she embroidered for her soon-to-be-born great-grandson.

 

 

Donna Rissman showed a baby quilt she started to make when her grandson was born.  (He just graduated from high school and she is still working on it, so it is probably going to someone else.)

She also showed a lovely art quilt top she made.

 

 

I showed the place mats I finished

 and 4 sets of 3-each hot plates I made for our October sale.

 

 

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Donna gave today's demo of how to make a project carrier bag.   The material list I sent out last week was for one size bag and had a typo in it.  Donna also has found some ways to improve the pattern, so the directions I had are outdated.  I have typed up a revision based on today's demo and sent it to Donna for verification.  As soon as I hear back from her I will send out the revised instructions.

Next week we will be doing something different.  I will be showing you how to make a fractured art out of 4 pieces of identical fabric.  I will send out more details on how to choose your fabric in a separate email.

Hope to see you next week.

Club Notes - June 23, 2021

 

Not too much to report this week.  I delivered 4 adult and 4 children's walker bags to Helpertunity last week.  I have been cutting walker bag kits from our home decor fabric and will be giving a demo of this to the Allamanda Quilt Chapter  7/13 and to our Sewing N More club 7/28. 

Today we made some easy patriotic place mats.  I brought my go-cutter to cut the applique' stars for those in attendance.  The full pattern is attached to my email.

There is a minor correction to the easy binding instruction Donna showed last week.  The revised version is also attached to my email, with the corrected word highlighted.

Show and Tell:

 

 

 

Deb Chapman showed some wine coasters 

 

 

and hot pads she made.

Carolyn Grasso made a stuffed dog similar to one her grandmother had.

Ceal Pedersen made some teddy bears and a dinosaur.

 

 

Donna Rissman made a bunch of teddy bears 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and a pile of pillowcases.

 

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After show and tell I showed how the place mat comes together and cut stars for several ladies.

Next week Donna Rissman will be repeating a demo she did a while back on how to make a project carrier bag.  I will send out the supply list separately.

June 16, 2021 - Club's 5th Anniversary

 

We celebrated the 5th anniversary of our club today with lots of good food.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone for the lovely gift of a sewing machine music box.  I really love it.  

Show and Tell:

Eileen DiSanto showed some hexi mug rugs she made at a class she, Pat Pipa and B.J. attended on Saturday.

 

 

The ones Pat and B.J. made are hot-pad size.  

 

 

B.J. is going to show us how to make these at a future meeting.

Carole Lamb used the past year and a half to finish several projects.  She made a rag quilt from leftover fabrics from making children's pillowcases.  

 

 

Next she showed a quilt she made starting with a large block she found in our stash back in 2019.  

 

Finally, she brought in about 20 pillowcases, some from our recent kits and some from the past year.

In addition to the hot plates, Pat Pipa made several walker bags

 

and some mug rugs for our sale.

 

 

Deb Chapman came with a couple of tote bags made from charm squares.  

 

Back in 2019 I handed out a bunch of quilt block kits.  Deb took the ones that came back and put the blocks together into a quilt top.

 

 

Carolyn Grasso pulled a stack of Christmas squares from our donation stash and turned in a completed quilt top.  

 

She also made another dinosaur.

Bev Minnerly made a walker bag 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and 2 patriotic hot pads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I gave the group a pretty big challenge this afternoon with a "color" trivia quiz.  There were 30 multiple choice questions.  Diane Placek and Deb Chapman got the most right answers with 18 and 17 out of 30. 

 

For the rest of the afternoon we played "Sewing Bingo."   Today was also EIleen DiSanto's birthday, so it was fun that she won the first 2 games. 

Next week was going to be a charity and free-sew week, but Audrey Phillips sent me a nice pattern for a patriotic place mat.   I asked for a show of hands and everyone wanted to do this.   I will send out the supply list and pattern separately.  

Thanks to everyone for pitching in with the clean-up. 

See you next week.

Club Notes - June 9, 2021

We had a great demo by Donna Rissman this afternoon. She showed a different way to approach binding a quilt. I have attached a copy of the directions to my email.

There were 15 of us at the meeting this afternoon. I brought supplies to make patriotic, Halloween and Christmas mug rugs, as well as 3.5 inch squares and a bunch of heavy fabric which I started cutting for walker bag kits.  Several ladies suggested some other items we can sell for under $10 at the October sale.  As I said previously, any money we make will go into our charity supply fund (which is also funded by our 50/50s).  Our biggest expense for our charity efforts is for batting since most everything else is donated.   I can get a 40 yard by 90 inch bolt of cotton batting for just under $300 when it is on sale. 

Show and Tell:

Deb Chapman showed a table runner

 

and some mug rugs she made.

Pat Pipa made 3 sets of mug rugs

and showed a wreath she made at a class at the Allamanda quilt chapter yesterday.

 

 

Diane Placek took over 100 3/5 inch squares from our staff and came with a bow-tie pattern quilt top.

Eileen DiSanto showed the mug rugs she made.

Mic Pickard has been making quilts for Christmas gifts this year, but was concerned about how much room gift boxes would take in her car.  Instead of boxes, she is making personalized gift bags.

Ceal Pedersen made a set of mug rugs

 

 and a dinosaur.

Donna Rissman showed the mug rugs she made, with a suggestion on how to present them for sale.

 

 She also showed a bear she made (for herself) using a dear friend's clothing.

Carol Riggs showed a reversible patriotic bench pillow she made.

 

 

I showed 4 sets of mug rugs I made, 1 patriotic and 3 with Halloween themes.

 

 

Lu Karatzas is leaving for New Hampshire next week, so she surprised me with roses to celebrate our club's 5th anniversary, which we will be celebrating next week.

 

 

Donna finished the binding on 3 of our quilts, but I forgot to show them. 

Deb Chapman made this one using some of our orphan blocks to get the idea started.

 

 

The other 2 were ones I made.

This one started with a stack of maroon/blue/pink 6"x9" rectangles that were donated.  (I still have more of them)  I matched them up with random 4" squares from our stash.

 

The patriotic one was a kit I got on sal at one of our shop hops 2 years ago.

 

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Next week will be our first post-Covid pot-luck party.   I will supply the plates, plastic-ware, napkins, and ice tea.  Please bring a dish of your choice, to be shared, plus 25 pennies or buttons for Bingo.  As always, show and tell is also welcome. Hope to see you next week.