Nov 16, 2022 Club Update Addendum

This is an in-between meeting club update.  Mic dropped off the photos from the 11/16 meeting this afternoon so the show and tell notes will be later in this note.  First : a few member updates.

In case you haven't already heard, Audrey Philips husband passed away earlier this week.  I have sent a sympathy card from our club. If anyone else wants to send a card, the address is in my email.

Charlotte Cecillio is having physical therapy for the next 8 weeks, so we won't see her until January

I am slowly but steadily recovering from my back surgery.  I am off all pain meds and now just concentrating on physical therapy. Each day I can walk a little further so I am hopeful about getting to the Dec 7th meeting.

November 16th, 2022 Show and Tell:

Pat Pipa showed a bag, some blocks, and a utility holder.

Mary Ellen made some totes and a zipper bag.

Lorrain Manz made a veteran's quilt and a tote.

Ceal Pedersen made a couple of gingerbread men.

Eileen turned in 2 fabric squares.

Deb Chapman showed napkins and mug rugs.

Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving.

Lois

Club Notes - November 9, 2022

 Here are the notes Mic sent me on last week's meeting:

We managed to make a dent in each of the boxes of 3.5 squares and Lorraine took home a large stack to try a new experiment with making a tote bag that uses the squares on both inside and outside.  If this works, we will have a way to really plow through those boxes.

As you'll see from the pics, several folks made red, white & blue projects.  I brought those boxes to the meeting, along with the box of white strips, and more of those made it out for projects :)  

The flannel that was supposed to be delivered was not there, but everyone took an opportunity to sort through the bags from your house and it's been recycled into the flats of smaller pieces and a few large ones.

Ceal took two bags full of fiber fill for cats she plans on making this coming week so we can now close the fiber fill box---YAY!!!

Show and Tell:

Ceal Pedersen - 2 quilts

Judy Mayer - Patriotic Quilt, 

and little zipper bags.

Mary Ellen Boutin, Patriotic Quilt blocks

Louise Stem, Quilt

Ellen Hein,

quilts

Club Notes - Nov 2, 2022

 Thanks to Mic for running the meeting in my absence.  And thanks to everyone for the cards, balloons, and good wishes.  We are so fortunate to have such good friends. It looks like it will be at least a few weeks before I can join you again.  I hope you will all continue sewing, creating beauty, and socializing together in my absence.

I don't have notes on what happened at last week's meeting, but Mic did give me the photos. They at the bottom of this note.

This week I sent all our 3.5" squares with Mic.  If you take a bunch of coordinating square, maybe mixed light and dark or with white ones, here are some things you could make:

- 9-patch quilt  blocks

- other combinations to make a quilt top

-16 patch blocks that can be made into tote bags

- 3 by 4 blocks that can be turned into small zipper bags

Use your imagination.

I am attaching some photos that may inspire some of you.

Lois

Mary Ellen Boutin, quilt top

Jean Peters, Shirre rugs

Lorraine Mane, stuffed critters

Brenda Severa, 

Halloween and Thanksgiving Wall Hangings

and 2 quilt tops

I saw a note that Deb Chapman made a patriotic placemat/runner for patriotic dogs, but I didn't receive a photo.  If I get one I will update this.

Lois