The El Santiago rec center reopened this week, with most of the renovations complete. To be honest, I didn’t notice much difference. We were able to put most of our stuff back in the storage room and we actually were given another shelf to store things on. The renovators still planned to wax the floors after hours tonight, so they are moving the bin and other stuff that we store under the cabinet. They said they will put everything back after the work is done.
It was a small group of only 9 ladies today. I received more fabric donations, so several ladies chipped in to sort through it. The larger pieces were put in a bin that Mic will bring back for members to select. I took the smaller and ragged pieces to cut into squares.
I received feedback on 2 of our donations, both regarding ribbon. First, I gave some of our toys to the nurse from Leesburg Hospital for their pediatric unit. She loved them, but asked that any ribbons be stitched to the animal to secure it. I know Ceal does this, but there may have been some that someone else added that weren’t stitched. We will check that in the future.
The other comment was on ribbon added to a walker bag. It seems that small ribbons came off easily on one. We need to check that all decorations are securely attached.
Ellen Hein made 12 matching sets of receiving blankets and burp pads.
She finished the binding on a quilt Nilda Nicoletta made
and handed in a hospice quilt top.
Eileen DiSanto is back sewing again after her hand surgery. She is making dryer sheet blocks and putting them together for a quilt.
Mic Pickard found 8 nice rectangles and made a set of 4 reversible placemats. She also brought 12 receiving blankets that were turned in to Busy Hands. They are no longer donating them anywhere so we will give them to Leesburg Hospital.
I used up a few of the scraps to make 5 zipper bags
and 4 butterfly potholders.
Before she left, Nilda cut fabric for 2 walker bags. She was able to finish one and I took the fabric to finish the 2nd (identical) one.
After the meeting I gave 2 big bags of quilts to Ellen for binding. Mic and I went to storage to store some quilts and some sale items, and to pull out some large pieces of fabric that might become pillowcases. I gave Mic 30 receiving blankets, 21 burp pads, and 16 bibs to donate to Leesburg.
Next week I will bring the supplies to make potholders again. I hope we can have a good selection of these for the October Sale.
It occurred to me that we are overdue for a potluck party. Normally we would have had one at the beginning of April and then again in July. Instead, we will have a potluck and games June 12th. I hope many of you will come out for the fun.
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