Club Notes - Nov 3, 2021

We had a great turnout today - 18 of our members in attendance.  We welcomed Eileen DiSanto back after her successful knee surgery. SHe is doing great and glad to be back home.

Ann Knoff dropped off some fabric pre-cut for pillowcases that needed to be matched with cuffs or bodies.  (I think it was Carole Lamb who claimed this stack to match and finish.)

No announcements this week, so we went right into show and tell.

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Donna Rissman came with her usual bag of "stuff".  She finished a table runner that was started by a friend who passed away and made several pillowcases from some of our fabric stash.

 

She also showed a Turkey wall hanging and a Snowman panel made from 2 inch squares sewed on a grid.  (This may be a Dec 2022 project for us.)

Ceal Pedersen turned in another quilt top made from our fabric stash.

 

Liz Manzione showed some no-sew ornaments she made.

Carolyn Grasso found some fabric printed with Christmas wreaths, added backing and stuffing and turned them into stuffed fabric wreaths.

Carole Lamb finished a tied-edge flannel blanket and turned it in for donation.

Brenda Severa showed some more of the wall hangings she made for her father while he was in a nursing home.  These are from a series from a company called Patchability.

Charlotte Cecillio brought some finished stuffed toys and ore during the afternoon.

Ellen Hein finished the binding on 4 quilts I gave her last week.

Ceil Pedersen handed this one in (see Sept 22 post).

I designed this one in a meeting several weeks ago with color suggestions from a few other ladies, using all blocks in our donation stash.

Ellen made this one from a panel in our stash.

I designed this quilt top from our stash of 5 inch squares.

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For our project of the week I showed how to make a fabric cornucopia. This is an easy project and I am attaching the template. I attached the instructions to my email, but note that this is for a small version.  The template I attached is larger but the process is the same.  You can also make it even larger if you want.  I did a version leaving the large end open for turning instead of the lining and finishing it with binding on the opening.  Your choice on how you want to finish it.

Today I brought a box of larger fabric pieces, a box of donations that we haven't looked through, some baby fabric, some lining fabric, walker bag kits, and a box of batting scraps for everyone to pick through. 

Several ladies attempted the cornucopia while others worked on their own projects this afternoon.  Lots of fun activities.

Next week Deb Chapman will be demonstrating how to make a cross-body purse like the one she uses all the time.  This should be fun.   More info on this in a few days.