Club Notes - June 1, 2022

 It was another fun afternoon.  Audrey Phillips and her daughter Lynn Delgado.brought a guest – Lynn’s granddaughter Aubrey. We always enjoy seeing the next generation interested in crafts, especially sewing.

 

Today’s announcements:

-          A reminder that the Honor Flight with an all female veteran group will  return  tonight.  I understand there will be entertainment starting at 9PM and the bus bringing them home should arrive about 11PM.  If you can go welcome them home, go to the American Legion building at the corner of Rolling Acres Rd and Rt 466.  We recommend you bring a lawn chair and bug spray.

-          I received an email from one of our recent new members – Betty Richter,  Her husband had a heart attack on Monday and he is in critical condition.  I circulated a card for them at the meeting.

This week I brought red, white and blue fabric so anyone who wants to can make patriotic quilts.  As I mentioned last week, there are 3 places I send these

-          Honor Flight quilts should be 40” x 60: and be red, white and blue.  Use of panels, especially ones with specific service branches are welcome.

-          Cornerstone Hospice quilts need to be 36-40 inches square and need to have the special cornerstone block in the center. I have these center blocks with me every week.

-          Compassionate Care Hospice has no size requirements, they only want the quilts to be red, white and blue.  The recipients are mostly in nursing homes or receiving hospice care at home.

Show and Tell:

Mic Pickard made a 3-block purse from our demo a few weeks ago.

Ceal Pedersen turned in a patriotic quilt for Honor Flight 

and showed a quilt top she is going to finish for Cornerstone Hospice.

Pat Pipa showed a small rope bowl

 and a quilt as you go quilt.

Jean Peters made several clothing protectors

 and 2 walker bags.

Audrey Phillips made an apron for her husband and covered it with vinyl for easy cleaning.

Audrey’s great-granddaughter showed the stuffed cat Audrey made for her, autographed by her most recent classmates.  (She is a military kid and will be moving to a new school in the fall.)  

She also showed a bear her grandmother Lynn made for her, 

a purse, 

and an apron originally made for her mother.

This week I made 3 rope bowls using macramé yarn and 2 Christmas coasters.

I also made 3 of the 3-block purses.  I used 8.5 inch squares instead of the 10 inch, so these are a little smaller..

B.J. Herter showed a small zip-lock tote made with a potholder base.

Donna Rissman presented today’s demo of a folded Petal Purse. 

 The key to this project is making the pattern template.  After that, the tote goes together quickly.  (I finished mine before the end of the meeting.)  The instructions are attached to this week's email.  Here are some photos I took during the demo:

 It has been a while since we made toys for the hospital, so next week I will bring our stuffed toy patterns and we will have a toy making afternoon.  This is a good assembly line project. Those who don’t bring sewing machines can cut out the fabric and hand the pieces to the sewers.  Other non-sewers can stuff the toys once they are sewn.  Hope to see you next week.