Club Notes - December 11, 2024

 

All 12 of us gathered for the meeting yesterday spent the first few minutes catching up on news and sharing the good news that Lois has sent us all on her progress of healing.  I let everyone know that there would not be a designated leader for next week’s meeting, but that the room was available to any member who wished to use the space for a project.

 

Louise brought in a large donation of fabric that we all sorted through to find what we could use.  Lenora and Lorraine helped me stuff scraps that I brought into dog bed sleeves and I left with 5 completely filled and more scraps to bring back home for the next round of dog beds.  Lorraine, Suzette, and Lenora stuffed the animals that had been brought back and they all went home with another round of animals for Ceal to add her wonderful faces. 

 

We skipped doing 50/50 but Show and Tell was filled with fabulous output:

 

Mary Ellen made two tote bags made from 9-patch squares plus another tote. 

She also made time make a Christmas pillow for herself.  

AND, she turned in several 9-patch blocks for our quilting stash.

Lorraine finished a quilt from a pattern she saw made with 10-inch squares cut into triangles. She had consulted with Anne to figure out a way to add dimension and variety to the pattern and the black sashing really made the pattern stand out.

Ceal made two placemats: one for her grandson and one for her granddaughter that she is going to be visiting for the Holidays.

Ellen brought back her usual tremendous output of finished quilts – both fleece and one’s others had quilted and she put on the binding. 

She also finished two more quilt tops, a shawl and some mini-tree skirts for her daughter-in-law.

Everyone is looking forward to our first meeting in 2025 and we all shared best wishes for Happy Holidays.

Mic

Club Notes - December 4, 2024

It was great to be back after not meeting for 2 weeks.  There were 16 of us and lots of activity. We welcomed one new member.  A lady from The Villages Media came to visit us during the meeting.  She interviewed me and took video of several of the ladies as they worked this afternoon. 

I brought the latest fabric donation so there was lots to look through.  After everyone had a chance to check it out, I sorted what was left into dog bed sleeve fabric, possible quilt backs, and smaller but usable pieces.  What was left will go to Goodwill.  I also put some knit fabric aside in case Ellen wants to use it for baby hats.

 

Show and Tell:

Deb Chapman showed a couple of small table runners she made.

Eileen DiSanto showed a quilt she put together and I quilted for her.

Donna Rissman showed a table runner she finished, and a pillowcase.

Ceal Pedersen made some “hot fingers” pot holders.

Audrey Phillips came a little late and showed me a walker bag she made..

 

Next week Mic will be running the meeting.  I am having a knee replaced tomorrow and will be taking a week off to recuperate.   If there are any supplies you need, let me know and I will get them to Mic to bring next week.

 

Club Notes - November 13, 2024

We had a great turnout today. There were 18 of us in attendance.  I brought the fiber fill and a group of ladies got busy stuffing the next batch of toys.  Mic brought the bin of Christmas fat quarters and a friend from Allamanda Quilters brought several boxes of fabric, batting and scraps.

Ceal Pedersen announced that she is having a garage sale this weekend.  Her address is
2428 Tamarindo Dr. 

Last week we attempted to clear out our storage, delivering as much as possible now that the temperatures are dropping. I sorted the quilts and gave 2 bags to Mic to deliver, one to Project S.O.S. and the other to the Leesburg Hospital Maternity ward. I also gave her  bags of stuffed toys for the Villages Hospital Auxiliary.  Last Friday I gave 20 quilts to the Christian Care Center in Leesburg. The checks also went out to the Sheriffs Youth Ranch Hurricane Recovery fund, Project S.O.S., The Marian County Humane Society and the Lake County Humane Society.

 

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

Kathryn Jeter showed her completed project bag and an embroidery she made.

Pat Pipa took last week’s challenge and made a little girl’s purse and a zipper bag from the long trivets. 

She also made a thread catcher and a project bag.

Laura Tomich made a little draw string bag, aprons,

 pillowcases and little dog and cat tags for family pets.’

Suzette Katrishen showed her collection of sun hats.  She buys the basic hats and decorates them.

Mic Pickard took the long trivets and made travel jewelry cases.

Anne Knoff showed a monster charity quilt she made and a pillowcase. 

She also made an apron.

Louise Stem showed the reusable menstrual pad kids she finished this week.  She has completed 80 of these for Project Christmas Child.

Mary Ellen Boutin made 2 quilt tops.

Bev Minnerly made a zipper bag from one of the long trivets, and made 2 small Christmas Stockings for gifts to neighbors.

We will not have meetings for the next 2 weeks.  Next week the building is closed for quarterly maintenance.  The following week is Thanksgiving and we traditionally do not meet the day before. So our next meeting will be on December 4^th.  I will send out reminders.

 

Have a great Thanksgiving and I hope to see you in 3 weeks.

Lois

Club Notes - November 6, 2024

There were 14 of us at today’s meeting.  I brought the 10” squares, some clear vunyl and lots of quilted fabric for today’s project.  I also pulled the big blocks out of the closet and Mic brought 3 bins of fabric for everyone to look through. 

 

Show and Tell:

In one of our donations we received a bunch of pretty 7” x 16” items we called long trivets for the sale.  Very few sold so Mic Pickard decided to find a way to use them.  She made a mason jar cozy, to dress up gifts of soup for neighbors.   She challenged the group to find other ways to use these.  

Bev Minnerly showed 2 pillowcases.

Anne Knoff showed an apron 

and a charity quilt she made.

Ceal Pedersen showed a quilt she made from her husband’s shirts.

Diane Saculla took a Santa panel from our donations and made a quilt for a friend.

 

Today’s demo was on how to make a project organizer bag.  Since this has a clear front you can put the pattern in front so you can see what the project in the bag is.  I have several of these for my UFO’s and planned projects, and can always use a few more.  I actually made 1 during the meeting and started another one.  I saw several ladies cut fabric and vinyl to make one.

 

After the meeting Mic and I went to storage.  We put away the party supplies from last week and pulled most of the quilts out. We left a few of the largest to save them for the Sheriffs' Youth Ranch grads.  Mic took the no-batting quilts to give to Project S.O.S. and I took the rest home with me.  I will record the measurements of the ones I took, put some aside for Leesburg Maternity ward, and give the rest to the Christian Care Center in Leesburg. 

When we were in storage we found a large bag of Christmas fabric, mostly fat quarters.  Mic will bring these to next week’s meeting for anyone to use.  You can make something for charity or for yourself.   I will bring a pattern for a Christmas stocking.

 

See you next week. 

 

Lois

Club Notes - October 30th Halloween Party

We had lots of fun at our Halloween party this afternoon. 16 of us enjoyed lots of great food and fun games.  I challenged the group with 20 trivia questions about Autumn, and Suzzette won the prize with 14 right answers.  I also gave prizes to 2 ladies who got 12 right.  We also had some fun Halloween Bingo games to round out the afternoon.

 

Show and Tell:

Grasso showed an Eyor baby quilt she made for a soon-to be-born grandchild.  

She also made a smaller floor- play time quilt for her.

Ceal Pedersen embellished some of the pocket purses that Audrey Phillips brought last week.

Lynn Delgado showed her Halloween bat purse 

and her very first T-shirt quilt.

 

I am still deciding what next week’s agenda will be.  There are so few ladies bringing sewing machines, it doesn’t make sense for me to do demos. I might just keep bringing cut squares.   Let me know what you think.

 

Lois