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.