Club Notes - July 26, 2023

 There were 11 members today, plus 2 guests – Lynn DelGado’s granddaughters (and Audrey Phillips’ great granddaughters).   We had a speaker at the beginning of the meeting to talk to us about some UF Health test cases they are conducting.  The current one is a 3 year study on Alzheimer’s, which starts with a sample of each participant’s skin.  Those who participate in the study get free MRI, CT’s, Xrays, etc. during the study.  Several of us hearing the presentation signed up to get notices of focus groups to get more information.  I am including a copy of the flyer for the study  as an attachment to my email.

Show and Tell: (https://sewingn-more.blogspot.com/)

Pat Pipa made a tote bag.

Carolyn Grasso made a giraffe,

 a tote bag 

and a row she stitched.

She also  offered several row-by-row kits and other fabric that she doesn’t plan to finish herself.

Ceal Petersen discovered rock painting, courtesy of her son and showed several examples, as well as the tools used for this art.  

Acrylic Paint and 2 coats of varnish are used for each rock.

The special tools have balls on the end instead of brushes.

Deb Chapman made several mug rugs and potholders for her children, who she is on the way to visit.

Diane Placek made some fall placemats

B.J. Herter made some Halloweem potholders.

Anne Knoff made a baby boy quilt top.

Audrey Phillips finished a crocheted shawl for Carolyn Grasso.

Audrey’s great-grandchildren Aubrey and Reagan showed the crafts they made during Camp Villages.

Aubrey's beaded alligator.

Aubrey's bracelet

Abrey's ring and braclet

Reagan and Aubrey made tie-die totes, using magic markers and alchohol to spread the ink.

Reagan

and Aubrey 

made beaded icicle ornaments

Aubrey and Regan showed the tool the use for weaving elastics.

I showed the 4 Seasons embroidery I have been working on all year.  I made it as 4 separate wall hanging that can be displayed together or separately, instead of the single wall hanging in the pattern.

 

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Today I showed a simple demo on how to make a microwave potato zapper.   I will send out the instruction in a separate email.  This is really easy, but does require all cotton fabric, thread, and batting, just like the microwave bowls. It might be good to made some of these with matching microwave bowl sets.

 

We had a very large fabric donation come in this week and I want to thank everyone who helped sort and measure all the pieces.  There were quite a few pieces 1 yard or larger.  The pieces larger than 2 yds I plan to put in our backing stash.  The rest I will try to bring again next week for you to look through, including some that might be good for pillowcases

 I also received a large bag of denim scraps.  If anyone is interested in this, let me know, otherwise it will go to Goodwill.

Next week I thought we could look ahead and make some fabric pumpkins. If you have any yellow, orange or light brown fabric and would like to make a pumpkin for your fall décor, please bring it. Some embroidery floss or yarn is also required.  More details in a separate email.

 Hope to see you next week.