We had a nice low key meeting today, with 9 members attending. That is, until half way through when a huge donation came in. I think there were 5 huge moving boxes and a plastic bin. We sorted through and reorganized the contents. There was lots of yarn, crochet needles and knitting needles. Another box is filled with started crochet or knitted projects We gave all of that to Mic to bring to Busy Hands. The fabric was all placed in the plastic bin for me to go through later. Half of that is heavier stuff that will be good for dog beds. Some of the rest is stretchy or polyester. I put the remaining cotton aside to be either measured or just cut into squares. There was quite a bit of thread that we put into cookie tins and found a place to store in the closet. The rest of the usable stuff is pins, needles, Velcro, elastic, tools, etc., which I brought home to store for now. I will bring these back to the club meetings, probably in January when more members might be able to join us. Anything we deemed unusable but decent we are giving to goodwill.
Show and Tell:
B.J. Herter showed the snowman mug rugs she finished. These will be Christmas gifts.
Lorraine Manz made several walker bags and sewed some walker bag sleeves.
The next 2 weeks will also be low key. There are still plenty of pocket hearts to sew if you are interested and the 3.5 inch squares and big blocks are also stored in the closet for you to select. Nine patch blocks are always welcome to add to our collection and the big blocks only require a little imagination to turn into something special. And if anyone is interested, I have a stack of Sun Bonnet Sue appliques on squares that just need to be stitched down. This can be done by hand or with a machine applique stitch.
Hope to see you next week.
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