Club Notes - May 4, 2022

 

Sample Cotton Rope Projects

When we started the meeting at 1PM I thought we were going to have only a few in attendance, so I didn't sell the 50/50 tickets.  As it turned out, several ladies came in a little late, so we did wind up with 16 ladies in the room. That includes a new member Jean Peters and 2 members who we haven't seen in a while.  Welcome back Marty Rhyne and Carol Riggs!

We didn't have any announcements this week, so we went right into show and tell.

Show and Tell:

Mic Pickard showed an apron and potholders she made for her daughter.

Pat Pipa showed 2 rope bowls she made, one with fabric wrapped rope nd the other plain but with decorative stitches instead of embroidery.  She also made 2 coasters with the same method, but using the ties from sweat shirts.

Ellen Hein showed 3 fleece blankets she made.

Mary Ellen showed a tote bag and the thread catcher she made from last week's demo.

Ceal Pedersen made some zipper bags and several tote bags she made in her wonderful unique style.

Audrey Phillips showed the quilt top she finished (with a little help from Donna Rissman), using blocks she found in our stash.

Donna showed a great quilt top she made from scraps but wouldn't let me take a picture.  

I showed the thread catcher I made with the needle tracker on the top pin cushion.

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Today's demo was on how to make a rope bowl.  Pat and I talked about the techniques and some of the variations you can do to decorate your bowl.  Pat and I brought a variety of samples to give everyone ideas.  Some of the decorating ideas are:  embroidery, specialty stitches available on your machine, variegated threads, applique fused to the rope or coated with Mod Podge, There are probably other ideas you can come up with, with a little imagination. 

Most of the ones we showed were made with 1/4 inch cotton rope.   I showed one bowl made with 4mm macrame rope and Pat showed coasters made with the draw strings from sweat shirts.  Donna showed how she starts with a bunch of 1.5 inch wide strips of fabric scraps sewn together.  She folds in one edge a 1/4 inch to make a finished edge and has that all prepared before starting to wrap the rope.

After the demo, a few ladies tried sewing the rope.  Marty finished a pretty little bowl on her very first attempt.

The rest of the group worked on various projects.  I brought my quilting pool noodles in for Ellen to pin her quilt.  Carol Thurston helped so it got done quickly.  Several ladies pitched in to tackle sorting our stash of 3.5 inch squares and transferring them out of the one big box into several smaller boxes for easier transport.  I cut fabric for one of my projects and Ellen helped me cut a bunch of leftover curtain fabric into dog bed sleeves.  

Next week Donna will show us how to make a folded fabric basket.   I will send out a separate email with the supply list once I get it.

See you next week.