Club Notes - March 15, 2023

Today’s meeting was lighter on fabric donations than it has been lately.  We did have some dog bed stuffing going on.

I went through the stash of panels last week and pulled out a bunch that have multiple images in each panel.  I cut some of these ahead of the meeting to show the possibilities of using these for pockets or decorations to brighten a tote bag, backpack or walker bag.  Deb and Lisa chipped in to cut out many of the rest of the panels.

I talked about how young mothers associated with some of our charities could use the drawstring backpacks we make.  They just need to be a little sturdier than the ones we had been making for kids.  This can be accomplished either by using heavier fabric for the outside or lining, or by applying a fusible interface to the lining to make the backpack sturdier.   Today’s demo was on how to make a drawstring backpack using cotton fabric and the kind of fusible interfacing often used in purses, like Pelon Décor Bond 809.

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Show and Tell:

Kathryn Jeter showed a lovely large quilt top.

Bev Minnerly made 5 zipper bags 

and 3 walker bags for donation, 

and 2 shopping totes for herself.

Pat Pipa made a tote and zipper bags.

Ceal Pedersen made some 10” strip squares for the quilts Ellen puts together.

Louise Stem made 6 pillowcases.

Deb Chapman showed some little wallet purses she made, 

2 table runners, 

and a quilt top.

Eileen DiSanto showed a baby quilt top she made.

Audrey Phillips showed a pillow, 

2 placemat tote bags,

and some potted Witch Legs she made from a pattern she found at last week’s shop hop.

I showed a place mat tote,

 2 placemat Clutch bags, 

and a purse I made from my favorite Bermuda Bag pattern.

March has 5 Wednesdays, so we get an extra meeting this month. Our March 29^th meeting will be the last one in the Beach Club room for this year.  Starting April 5th we are back in the Hula Lounge and will be back meeting every Wednesday through the end of the year.  To celebrate, we will have our Spring Potluck on April 5^th.  More on this at our next meeting.

That’s it for now.  Hope to see you in 2 weeks.