Club Notes - January 31, 2024

There were 15 ladies at today’s meeting.  I put out the 3.5” squares for anyone who wanted to make 9-patch blocks, and a few large fabric pieces for other projects.

Today’s main project was to make strip blocks on dryer sheets.  I challenged everyone to select a color they like and make 4 blocks with white strips in the center to join the blocks in an X.  I supplied the dryer sheets, 1.5” white strips, and an assortment of strips in various colors.

Show and Tell:

Lisa Strahs-Lorenc showed the heart mug rugs she finished.

Louise Stem made several blocks that she is sending to her friends in North Carolina for baby quilts.

 

 She also turned in two 9-patch blocks.

Bev Minnerly made a mug rug, 

a tote 

and a walker bag.  She also turned a dog bed.

 

Kathryn Jeter has left The Villages for now, but she gave Brenda Severa two 9-patch blocks to turn in.

Pat Pipa made a mug rug.

Mary Ellen Boutin made a drawstring backpack 

and a Valentine mug rug.

Audrey Phillips showed a quilt top she has been working on with her daughter Vicki.

Lynne Delgado showed a tote she made in a serger class.

Yesterday, Allamanda members turned in their “Summer Holiday” challenge projects.

Pat Pipa made a National Parks quilt.

B.J. couldn’t be with us today, so Pat showed B.J’s wall hanging, which won 3^rd place in the competition.

I made a Florida attraction quilt for the challenge.

Deb Chapman came a little late and turned in a tote bag.

I caught Ruth Nelson on her way out with a project under her arm and got her to show me what she is working on.

Ellen Hein brought in the latest batch of quilts she added the binding to.  She also showed several quilt tops she is handing in, with backing, for me to quilt.

This camel quilt and the elephant quilt below were both single pieces of fabric that were donated to us.   I just found backings for them and quilted them.  

Ellen did her usual excellent job of adding the binding.

  

Mary Ellen made this one using larger squares for her 9-patch blocks.

I put this one together with the first set of 9-patch blocks that were turned in.

 

I searched through a box of 6" squares and made this one.

Ellen made these two.

Anne Knoff handed in these next 2 quilt tops last week.  Ellen took them home to match them with some backing she has before I quilt them.

Ellen handed in the next 3 quilt tops with backings.

You can sometimes find little treasures in our donations.  Ellen found 2 fun pieces that she turned into cute wall hangings.

Everyone spent the afternoon sewing and chatting.  I was happy to see the number of 3.5” squares went down enough to easily fit in the 3 boxes, and lots of the various color strips went out to make dryer sheet blocks.  It will be fun to see what comes back next week.

We will continue working on the 9-patch and dryer sheet blocks next week.  I hope to see you all then.

Club Notes - January 24, 2024

 I love our winter meetings.  We get to see so many more of our friends as our snow birds and snow flakes are in town.  Today we had 21members attending, plus 2 guests.

We had 2 announcements.  As I mentioned in a prior email, we are looking for donations of 1” wide ribbon.  This will be used by the Santiago ladies club to finish the Boggie Creek bears. I found a bag with some nice ribbon at the rec center today.  If you have any more, please bring it to next week’s meeting so I can get it to them by Feb 1^st.

The Villages Quilt Guild is sponsoring the bi-annual quilter’s Marketplace next Friday and Saturday, January 26-27 at Rohan Recreation center.  For more information go to QGOTV.org.

Show and Tell:

Pat Pipa made a couple of 9-patch blocks.

Kathryn Jeter showed a bag, 

2 quilts,

and several embroideries.

Lorraine Manz turned in some 9-patch blocks, 

a pile of walker bags and a pile of backpacks.

Lisa Strahs-Lorenc showed the block tote bag she finished from our demo a few weeks ago.

Ellen Hein showed the quilts she finished the binding on for us.

I believe this quilt top was turned in by a lady in Allamanda Quilters.

Mary Ellen Boutin made this black and white quilt and the red and white quilt below.

A long fabric was donated to us, with each square having a message of Love, Peace, Joy, Patience, Kindness, Faithfullness, Gentleness and Self Control.  Instead of using this as a backing, I cut it in half and made 2 quilts.

Deb Chapman turned in this quilt top.

I have not been able to identify who made this quilt top. 

Ellen Hein made the following Cornerstone Hospice quilts.

Deb Chapman made a quilt top 

and a block tote.

Carolyn Grasso showed a quilt top she made for her son.

Audrey Phillips showed a bench cushion she made. 

(We were pleased to see her daughter Vicky here to help.)

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Lisa Holzhausen showed a Kimberbell embroidery she finished.

Candy Dodge forgot to sign up for show and tell, but remembered to show her centerpiece later in the afternoon.

 

Today I showed a Valentine mug rug that you can easily make, using either regular or reverse applique.  I tend to like reverse applique but that’s a personal preference.  The instruction for this project is attached to my email.  It was originally designed to use a layer cake (10” fabric set), but that much fabric is not needed.  I wrote the actual sizes of the fabric pieces on the copy I am sending.  I brought a recent batting donation and some of our red, pink and white fabric for anyone who wanted to try making some of these.

We received another fabric donation yesterday and several ladies helped me sort through it. Mic added the larger pieces to the bins she keeps for us and I took the small pieces to be cut into squares.

The 3.5” squares were put out for anyone who wanted to make some more 9-patches. I also put out the box of large blocks in the hope that something in there might spark someone’s creativity.  There were also 2 quilt kits that I announced are available for anyone who would like to put them together.

It has been a while since we did a strip block project, so that is the plan for next week.   If you can bring your sewing machine, this would be a good week to do so.  If you can’t, you can still pick out some fabric strips and take them home to work on.  I have a box of strips sorted by color for you to choose from and I will bring base fabric.  I’m hoping each lady can make 4 coordinated blocks.

Hope to see you next week.