Club Notes - Aug 31, 2022

We didn’t have any demo scheduled for this afternoon, so it was mostly free sew.  I brought our 8.5” and 10” squares plus a box with small matched pieces.  I also brought a bin of unsorted fabric donations and was very happy for the help sorting them by size.  The entire bin got sorted by the end of the meeting, so I will be able to cut them into appropriate size squares in my spare time (😊)

We also got 2 garbage bags full of fabric which we looked through at the end of the meeting.  I don’t know where they came from, but there were several vintage quilt tops in the bags.  I will have to decide how to proceed with finishing them.

There were 14 ladies attending this week, including one new member. Several ladies still had questions about how to make walker bags so Mic gave a separate lesson after show and tell/

Show and Tell”

Bev Minnerly showed a walker bag she made.

Judy Mayer made a bunch of zipper bags,

Donna Rissman showed a quilt she made, I quilted and she finished the binding for.

Louise Stem finished a set of microwave bowls 

and showed a quilt her friends in SC made for her first husband before he passed.

Ceal Pedersen painted the faces for the latest match of dinos handed in last week.

B.J. Herter showed a gnome she made.

Mic Pickard made a set of microwave bowls and showed the walker bags she finished.

Ellen Hein showed 2 quilt tops she made.

I showed my latest jelly-roll quilt top.

 

 

After the meeting Mic and I delivered 15 walker bags to Helpertunity.  We also dropped off 25 dinos and 16 cats to the Villages Hospital Auxiliary,  I was concerned that we might have been giving them too much but they said they were hoping for a new supply.

 

As most of you know, we have a table at the October 8^th QGOTV craft sale to sell some of our items. Proceeds will go to our charity fund.  We could use a couple more volunteers to help out at the sale  If you can spare  an hour or 2 to help out, it would be greatly appreciated.  The sale runs from 9AM to 2PM on Oct 8^th.  Setup is 7:30AM-9AM and packup is after 2PM.  It would be helpful if anyone could help for any 2 hour shift in between as well – 8:30am-10am, 10am-12pm, 12pm-2pm.  Please let me know if you can help.

 

I am also considering paying for a 2^nd table since there are some available.  This would cost only $10 and would allow us to display some quilts for sale.  I will discuss this at our next meeting.

 

Next week I will show how to make a simple clutch purse that can be as elegant as the fabric you choose.  Hope to see you next week.

 

Lois

Club Notes - August 24, 2022

It was a nice, calm afternoon with 12 ladies attending.  I only brought our 10” squares and the box of started projects.  .Donna Rissman recently received an Accuquilt Go-cutter from someone’s estate, so she brought it in for a lesson.  I brought one of my dies and some scraps of fabric for her to practice with.  I think she left happy with her machine, if a little subdued at the cost of purchasing dies for it.

Show and Tell

Bev Minnerly showed 2 walker bags she finished.

Ceal Pedersen painted the faces on a bunch of stuffed dinosaurs Liz made 

and 2 bunnies(?) Bev made.

She also made a bunch of cats 

and a Cornerstone Hospice quilt.

Carolyn Grasso showed a lap quilt she finished, except for the binding.  (Donna to it to add that finishing touch.)

Deb Chapman showed the last row of an monthly row quilt she has been working on with her quilt chapter.  Now she just needs to put it all together.

Judy Mayer has been in Ohio for the summer and she visited a Menonite craft fair.  She showed a bunch of UFO’s she purchased there, mostly applique’d quilt rows.

Liz Manzione brought more dinosaurs for Ceal to paint.

Audrey Philips showed 2 walker bags she made.

Louise Stem made a set of microwave bowls.

I showed a walker bag, 

a rope bowl I made with macrame yarn and embroidered with a Thanksgiving motif,

and a soft book I finished.

 

Today’s demo was a Fold-It-Hold-It bag.  The instruction for this is attached.  You can also watch a YouTube video showing how to do this at https://youtu.be/rmFaPww-mTg.

Thanks to Audrey for helping me by ironing some of my next jelly roll quilt project.  I spent the afternoon cutting a different jelly roll project.  I am determined to use up all the matched-set jelly rolls I have collected over the past few years.  After that, on to charm packs. 😊

Everyone else was busy working on various projects.  I am happy to report that I came with 2 boxes of 10” squares and left with only one box.  I am looking forward to seeing what comes back.

I don’t have a demo planned for next week, but will be bringing our 8.5” squares for anyone who would like to make something with them.

Hope to see you next week.

Lois

Club Notes - August 17, 2022

We had 14 ladies at the rec center this afternoon, including one new member.  I brought our 6.5 inch squares, the Wrap N Zap, and 2 backing fabrics for a challenge.  Anne Knoff and Donna Rissman took the Halloween themed backing to make a coordinated quilt top.  Louise Stem cut some Wrap N Zap to make microwave bowls for our sale.  Ceal Pederson and Carolyn Grasso were seen laying out a purple quilt top from our 6.5 inch squares.  I helped Audrey Phillips work on a walker bag.  Other ladies sorted through the latest fabric donations or worked on various other projects. 

Show and Tell:

Mic Pickard made some microwave bowls and 3 walker bags.  

She had a little trouble with the walker bag instructions, but I was able to help her with the fix.

Ceal Pedersen showed a block she made using several 6.5 inch squares as the basis.  

She also brought in her extensive stash of toy patterns. 

 I will be scanning these so they will be available for anyone to try.

Bev Minnerly turned in 3 walker bags 

and showed a dress she made for a new niece.

Donna Rissman showed 2 wall hangings and gave a short demo on a new way to do binding. She called it modern binding and said there is a YouTube on it.

Louise Stem showed a wall hanging she made

 and said, as proof her sewing machine is now unpacked and set up, she is working on microwave bowls.

Liz Manzione made a bunch of dinosaurs in fleece.

Lynn DelGado showed 2 neckerchiefs she made for her granddaughter’s scout troup. 

 She had to scan and digitize the troupe logo for embroidery.

Donna Rissman finished the binding on several quilts that were in our pipeline.  I have tried to identify the person who made each quilt top on the blog.

Audrey Phillips made thisquilt top from our donation stash.

Judy Mayer turned in this quilt top.

I couldn't find this one, but I think Ellen Hein may have done this one.  If I am wrong, please let me know.

This is an older quilt top that was donated.  It had some problems so Ceal Pedersen replaced several blocks to fix it.

I put this one together.

Mary Ellen Boutin made this top.

I showed a walker bag I made.

I also am working on using the many jelly rolls I have accumulated and showed a quilt top I made using 30 strips from 2 jelly rolls.

Carolyn Grasso came in a little late and showed a quilt top she made from our donation stash.

Next week I will do a demo on a little draw string bag pattern.  I used 10” squares to make a little gift bag, but this is the smallest possible.  This pattern can be made with 2 squares of any larger size. 

I will also bring some other pre-cut squares for your selection.  I haven’t decided what size yet.   If you need anything else, please email me before next Wednesday.

 

Lois