Club Notes - June 29, 2022

Today we continued our patriotic fabric theme.  I pulled out all the red, white and blue fabric boxes I could find and I saw lots of it go our the door.  Several ladies are also still making toys.  I didn’t bring the stuffing this week but will bring it again next week.

I received a note from Charlotte Cecilio letting us know she was in Leesburg hospital since Saturday.  She should be home by now, but we ask for healing thoughts and prayers.

I checked in with Carol Lamb and she said her husband is doing pretty good, but they still have lots of doctor appointments to monitor his blood and for chemo.  His appetite is coming back, so that is good.  We will continue to send healing prayers.

 Last week I made 2 deliveries.  The Villages Hospital Auxiliary received 50 stuffed toys; 14 cats, 20 dinosaurs, 6 fish, 6 bears, 2 frogs and 2 bunnies.  The Ocala Domestic Violence Center got 2 baby blankets, 6 pillowcases, 18 totes, 22 zipper bags, 2 baby fidget mats, 2 stuffed cats, a case of baby wipes and a bag of small soaps, shampoos, etc.

Marti Rhyne mentioned that her neighbor’s deceased wife did a lot of sewing and left a lot of apparel fabric, along with an older Bernina.  She is looking for ways to send these to good homes.  We recommended Good Will, but if anyone is interested they should contact Marti

 Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly showed a pillow and 2 fabric baskets she made.

Ceal Pedersen showed the stuffed toys she painted faces on.

B.J. Herter brought a basket full, including 2 cats, 

2 dinos, 

 a fabric basket.

a baby quilt, and a sample quilt.

Donna Rissman found a stuffed toy in “5 Below” store and attempted to replicate it.  She showed the result and gave it to Cela to paint the eyes.

Deb Chapman showed the 2 placemats she made from last week’s demo.

Diane Placek couldn’t stay but she left the 2 placemats she made for donation.

Donna finished the binding on 3 of the quilts in our assembly line

Bev Minnerly handed in this top in May..

Deb Chapman handed this one in February and we just got it finished.

For the past few weeks I have been talking about the "monster" quilt I was working on.  This quilt top was donated to us, so I don't know who made it.  I quilted it over several weeks by stitching around each flower in white and then around each center in yellow.  It took Donna 3 hours to add the binding. I forget the exact size, but it is something like 90 by 110

I didn’t bring a show and tell today because I had to send my work off before our meeting. My sister turns 80 on July 5^th and they are having a party in N.J. that I cannot attend.  Late last week I found out that 2 of her daughters were coming to visit us on Sunday, so I made a concerted effort to finish the quilt I planned as a gift for my sister.  I finished it an hour before they arrived and was able to save the postage and send it off.

 

 

Selecting fabric from the boxes, sewing and socializing commenced for the rest of the afternoon. We received 2 bags of fabric donations today.  In one I found lots of furry fabric that I cut up to make soft dog beds.   In the other, I found several pieces large enough for backings and a few that Mic will give to Goodwill.

I have been asked on occasion to show the Microwave bowl process.  Since many of you are familiar with this I thought I’d do a double demo next week.  I will show the microwave bowl and the microwave potato zapper.  They both use the same type of supplies, so you can make either one.  I will send the supply list separately,    

See you next Wednesday.

Club Notes - June 22, 2022

This afternoon we made 4^th of July placemats.  I brought enough fabric to make these so no one had to supply anything but backing. The pattern is attached to my email. Those who weren’t making placemats continued  toy project.

 

Show and Tell:

Ceal Pedersen showed a quilt 

 

and some stuffed cats she painted the faces on..

Bev Minnerly made a bunch of fabric baskets,

 and some cats.

Judy Mayer showed a cute zipper bag she made.

Liz Manzione made some zipper bags and finished an apron.

Deb Chapman made some bears and a 6-square purse.

Audrey Phillips finished a petal purse,

a six square bag,

 and a Bunco nametag.

Sue Campbell made a baby blanket 

and several pillowcases.

I fixed a preprinted stuffed cat 

and showed a “Santa’s Ride” embroidery I have been working on since January.

 

 

I don’t have a project scheduled for next week so I thought we could continue our patriotic efforts.  I will bring red, white and blue squares and scraps for anyone who would like to make patriotic quilts for any of the Hospice organizations we support.

We also have a box of walker bag kits in the closet if anyone would like to make some of these.

We also encourage anyone how wants to make stuffed toys.  Ceal said that, although she won’t bring her paints every week, if anyone brings stuffed toys she will take them home and paint eye.

If you want me to bring anything else, zipper bag fabric, or anything else, email me before next Wednesday.

Lois

Club Notes - June 15, 2022

 We had fun continuing our stuffed toy project.  I left with 3 large bags full of toys.  Ceal was busy all afternoon painting faces on them.  She said she will bring her paints again next week to paint any that are still being finished.

 

Show and Tell:

Pat Pipa brought 3 stuffed cats, 

a tote, and a zipper bag.

Deb Chapman made 3 teddy bears 

and finished her petal purse 

and her 6-square purse..

Charlotte Cecillio brought several finished stuffed toys.

Bev Minnerly made 2 fabric baskets, 

a cat, and a pillow for her daughter.

Audrey Phillips finished her petal purse.

Eileen DiSanto showed the “Tom” cat she made.

Donna Rissman showed an armful of toys she finished.

 

 

Next week I thought we would take a break from toys and do something for July 4^th.  I have 2 patterns that we can try.  One is a flag pillow and the other is a patriotic mat.  Either one can be made into place mats or pillows.   I will bring samples of both.  If you’d prefer to make more toys next week, we can always use them.  .I will bring the fabric and some stuffing for toys.  I will also send the supply list for the 2 patriotic projects in a separate email.

If you want me to bring anything else, such as cut squares, zipper bag fabric, or anything else, email me before next Wednesday.

Lois

Club Notes - June 8, 2022

This afternoon our project was to make stuffed toys.  These will mostly go to the Villages hospital Auxiliary.  They give them to distressed children coming into the hospital.   We had ladies cutting, sewing, stuffing, closing, and painting faces.   About 6-8 were finished and several more cut  fabrics were taken home to finish.

 

Today’s announcements:

-          I received an update  from Betty Richter,  her husband is doing better and is now breathing on his own.  She thanked us for the card.

-          I forgot to mention again that the memorial for Mary Kahlow’s husband Les will be at 11AM on Saturday at New Covenant Methodist Church. 

 

Show and Tell:

Pat Pipa showed a pillowcase and 4 finished  rope coasters.  She had been concerned that thewash away stabilizer seemed sticky after being washed off, but reported that they are fine now that they are dried.

Eileen DiSanto finished her folded 3 square purse from the demo a few weeks ago.

New Member Marianne Davis showed a toy giraffe she made.   She will bring the pattern next week.

Donna Rissman showed the Folded Petal purses she finished..

Carolyn Grasso showed a quilt top she finished

Bev Minnerly showed 2 stuffed cats.

Deb Chapman showed the latest row she finished .in her row by row quilt challenge.

I finished 2 Folded Petal purses and a tissue box cover.

Donna Rissman completed the binding on 4 quilts I gave her last week, but I forgot to show them.  Mic helped me get photos of them at the end of the afternoon.  

There were 2 that Ellen Hein handed in

 and one that I made. 

 The 4^th one was a row by row that was given to me by someone in our club a few years ago.  I am sorry, but I don’t remember who, so if you recognize it, let me know.  I had put it aside because it is a large quilt with lots of special items sewn on, and I wanted to find the right place to send it.  Now I think it might be one I can give to Ashley’s House next year, so I pulled it out and had it finished.

 

Everyone had so much fun this afternoon that I received a request to continue this project next week.  So, if you don’t have time to work on any of the stuffed toys this week, no worries.  We will continue sewing these next week. I will bring the fiber fill and fabric scraps again.

If you want me to bring anything else, such as cut squares, zipper bag fabric, or anything else, email me before next Wednesday.

Here is a revised project schedule for the next few weeks:

6/8/2022	Stuffed Toys
6/16/2026	Stuffed Toys
6/23/2026	July Candle Mat
6/30/2026	Fabric Square Challenge
7/7/2026	Microwave Baked Potato Zapper, Bowl Cozy
7/14/2026	Summer Pot Luck
7/21/2026	Casserole Carrier - Wrap-Up
7/28/2026	Fabric Square Challenge

Lois