Club Notes - January 4th, 2023

 Today we had a potluck party to welcome the new year.  I am hoping 2023 will be a better year.  It was great being back with the club.   There were only 13 of us today, so I’m guessing several of you have not returned from holiday visits..

I had a few announcements. 

-          The 2023 Giving Clubs Showcase will be held at Lake Miona on Feb 4^th, 10AM-2PM,  This hasn’t been scheduled for the last couple of years due to COVID, but it is now back.  We participated in the first one a few years ago and will have a table at this one.  Our participation is easy – we just show a couple of the items we make for charity and tell people who stop by about our club.  At our next meeting I will be asking for a few volunteers to help in shifts, 10-12 and 12-2.  I also asked members to make some toys, walker bags and pillowcases to show.  I have quilts, zipper bags and dog beds that I will bring.  I will also have information handouts.

-          I visited the Sewing Studio at Lady Lake yesterday and the manager offered to extend the same discount they give to guild members to our club members.  All you need is a membership card for Sewing N More.  I printed some cards and gave them out at today’s meeting and will have them available for any member who comes to a meeting.  Just ask me.

 

Show and Tell

Pat Pipa made some zipper bags

 

and a stack of 11” strip squares for Ellen to work with.

Louise Stem showed 2 bell pulls she made.

Deb Chapman showed a placemat,

 a runner she is working on, 

 and some squares she made with leftover fabric.

Anne Knoff showed some zipper bags 

and tote bags that her friend Cindy made and donated to our charities.

Ceal Pedersen showed zipper bags she made 

and 2 quilts.

Lisa Strahs-Lorenc is back in The Villages for the month of January.  She showed a doll’s hospital shirt she made.

Carolyn Grasso made some wine bags as gifts and some ornaments.

Ellen Hein showed some Hospice quilts she finished the binding on.   

She made the tops for several of these, showing the different ways you can make blocks to work with the Cornerstone block or to make a regular quilt.

This one has rectangular blocks made with dryer sheets as the foundation.  The method for this is the same as the folded fabric method you have been doing with the10-11" muslin or sheet squares as foundation.

This one puts the rectangular dryer sheet blocks together to make a patriotic quilt for Compassionate Care Hospice.

Judy Mayer showed a Santa runner she made.

While I was recovering from surgery, one of the few things I could do was to sew.  I showed 2 baby quilts I made to put aside for future great nieces or nephews,   

some zipper bags, 

and the first row (Spring) of a 4-seasons wall hanging I am making on my embroidery machine.  

 I also showed the shirt I embroidered for New Years.

The front has a cocktail glass with a drucken elf, a clock approaching midnight, and a round Happy New Year motif.

The back has a line from the Harry Potter books and the Happy New Year motif in a different color.

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 We are now on our winter schedule, so there will be no meeting next week.  Our next meeting is January 18^th. Our main focus will be making zipper bags.  If you need instruction on how to make a zipper bag, several of our members will be able to help.  I will also bring instructions for how to make pillowcases and walker bags, and will be willing to demonstrate these to anyone interested.

How to see you on the 18^th.

Lois