We had a fun, active meeting this afternoon, with 15 ladies attending, including one more potential new member. Next week will be the last opportunity to turn in items for sale at the Oct 2nd craft sale. Next week I will bring in all the items we have collected for sale so we can organize the items and price everything. We won't have any demo so it will also be a free sew week.
Show and Tell:
Pat Pipa made some of the reversible fabric boxes,
a wall hanging (from a panel found in our donation stash),
and a bunch of reusable Christmas gift tags.
and a bunch of reusable Christmas gift tags.
Diane Placek made a tote bag for the Women's shelter from our 4.5" square stash.
She recently purchased a new quilting and embroidery sewing machine and showed her first attempts at using it. She did a test piece and embellished a hex hot pad.
Ceal Petersen made 2 quilt tops to hand in.
Bev Minerly made 4 reversible fabric boxes,
a couple of microwave bowl cozies,
some walker bags, and some backpacks.
Carole Lamb made a Halloween gift bag.
Donna Rissman showed an idea she had for our sale, making ornaments from some upside down glass jars she found at the dollar store. She will be making more of these for our sale.
She also showed an ornament decoration made from ribbons.
B.J. Herter made some Halloween Place mats with fun skeletons on the back.
and a microwave bowl caddy set.
She made some gift bags for our sale
She also showed the charity quilts she finished the binding on this week.
This week all the finished quilts were tops she made, I quilted, and she bound.
Liz Manzione finished her first walker bag.
I showed 2 reversible fabric boxes.
Laura Tomich is still not allowed to mingle with groups due to her fragile health, but she dropped off some zipper bags and small totes.
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Today I described how to make a simple pumpkin potholder and several ladies tried this project. I brought several boxes of other fabrics that the attendees looked through for ideas. We also got several large bags of scraps, batting and finished dog beds. I filled 4 dog beds and separated out some high-loft batting for future use.
As we packed the carts and started for the door, the heavens opened and we wound up packing Mic, Ellen and my cars in the pouring rain. With help from Liz and Lois (rec center staff), we got everything loaded. I was soaked through by the time I was done and I'm sure Mic, Ellen and Liz were as well. A half hour after I got home the sun came out and I was able to unload under the Florida sun. Typical Florida weather. Usually I can get home before the afternoon rains, but today either we left late or the rains came early. Hope that doesn't happen too often.
Hope to see you next week.
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