Club Notes - Nov 15, 2023

There were 15 ladies at today’s meeting.  As a reminder, since next week is Thanksgiving, we won’t have a meeting.  Our next meeting will be on November 29^th.

I gave Allamanda a check for $800 and received the 4 $200 checks for our chosen charities in return.  This morning I delivered 22 quilts, 8 placemats, 22 totes, 11 purses, and 1 phone bag, plus the check foe $200, to the Christian Care Center in Leesburg. One of the quilts will be reported as a Khaki donation and another will be reported for the Bees.

 Mic will be delivering a load of dog beds to the Humane Society of Lake County on Friday, and I will send the $200 check for them with her.

Mic will deliver the $200 checks to Project S.O.S. this week and will take the quilts, totes, etc. for him to pick up later along with items from Busy Hands.  The check for the Marion County Humane Society will go with the next delivery of dog beds to them, in a few weeks.

 

Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly made 5 pillow cases.

Pat Pipa made a bunch of stuffed animals.

Deb Chapman showed a block she made as a table decoration for her daughter's upcomping wedding, 

and made some 9-patch squares.

Lorraine Manz made several catheter bags.

Someone started to make a man's shirt, had all the pieces cut out, and donated it unfinished.  Lorraine finished it so we can give it to one of our charities.

Lorraine also took a fabric print of a teddy bear home, sewed it together, and brought it back to be stuffed.

Ellen Hein showed a zipper bag she made as a Christmas gift.

Ceil Pedersen painted faces on several toys we gave her last week.  

She also made a hex hotplate 

and 2 baby quilts.

Today we talked about 2 of the items requested by Compassionate Care Hospice.  Last week we talked about the catheter covers.  I had  2 patterns, and I checked with the Hospice rep to confirm which one they wanted.  The one demoed last week is the one they want.   So this is easy, made from a fat quarter. I will send an email with the instructions for this.

The other items requested were pocket hearts. These are small felt hearts stuffed with a little fiberfill and hand stitched around the edges. I got a donation of felt yesterday so I cut some out on my Go-Cutter.  Several ladies took up the task and enjoyed stitching some of these during the afternoon.  I plan to cut lots more hearts and bring them to each meeting for anyone who wants to stitch a few of there.

We also got a large donation of cotton fabric yesterday.  The ladies sorted through it and took what they could use.  I’m looking forward to some lovely charity items coming back in a few weeks. I took the smaller pieces to cut into squares, along with a few other pieces left behind. The mid-size pieces that were left went into the bin that Mic keeps for us. 

 

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.  See you in 2 weeks.