Club Notes for 2021 Halloween Pot Luck Party

 

We had 15 ladies at our Halloween party this afternoon, and lots of fun.  I asked Doug to take our group picture and it will be on the blog.

We had a couple of side conversations at the beginning, so here are the answers to a few of the questions we were pondering.

In the Harry Potter books, the mascot of Hufflepuff is the badger.  Like the house it represents, the badger is often underestimated and deemed non-threatening because it is not generally aggressive unless provoked, at which point it can and will viciously fight off threats even larger than itself.

The other houses' mascots are more obvious - Gryffindor has the lion, Ravenclaw has the raven, and Slytherin has the snake.

The other thing that came up is whether Frankenstein's assistant was Egor or Igor.  Frankenstein's assistant was Igor.  The hunchback of Notre Dame was Egor.

 

Pat Pipa gave me an update on Eileen DiSanto.  She has been cleared to fly back home and should be back with us soon.

We had lots of great food and an amazingly equal distribution of main courses and desserts.   After lunch we started Show and Tell.

 

 

Carole Lamb made a play mat for her grandson and a tote bag to keep it in. 

 

Deb Chapman made some mug rugs to cheer a friend who just had surgery.  She also finished some winter place mats that were donated to the Bee's partially finished.

 

 

Pat Pipa made a quilt top from some of her leftover fabric.

 

Karen Komp is one of our members who lives in The Villages part time.  While away over the past year she made a bunch of walker bags, zipper bags, and totes, and handed them all in today.

 

Charlotte Cecilio came with 2 dinosaurs.

 

Mic Pickard showed some placemats and napkins for her daughter.

 

 

Sue Campbell wasn't able to join us for a long time while she followed Covid restrictions, taking care of her sister, and dealing with her own health issues, but she is now back.  I didn't get a picture of them, but Sue took some fabric from our stash and made the valances for the new cabin at the Sheriff's Youth Ranch and handed them in today.

Laura Tomich also made some of the needed valances and left them at the rec center for me.  

I delivered the ones from Sue and Laura to Skip after today's meeting so he can bring them with him when he goes to the ranch tomorrow.  Bev Minnerly also made a set for the cabin and gave them to Skip last week.

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After Show and Tell we played games.  I gave everyone a Halloween Trivia quiz and Karen Komp got the most right answers.  Halloween Halloween Bingo was next and I think we played 9 games.

Thanks to everyone for the quick, efficient cleanup.

Next week we get back to normal.  I will be showing you how to make a fabric cornucopia. The original pattern I have was small so I have enlarged it. 

Here are photos of my samples.  The original was 8" long and 6" high.  My modified version is 10" x 8", and I think that is easier to make and enough for a small fruit and nut display

  I will send a supply list in a separate email.

See you next week.