Club Notes - May 8, 2024

We had a small group of 10 ladies today. There were more toys to stuff and several ladies sat to stuff and chat.

Mic delivered the first load to the Leesburg hospital maternity ward on Monday.  I dropped off 18 walker bags for Helpertunity and 18 pillowcases for Case for Smiles after today’s meeting.

 

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Bev Minnerly made a walker bag.

Nilda Nicoletta turned in some animals to be stuffed.  She also spent the afternoon working on her first walker bag.   She finished one and handed it in at the end of the meeting.

Mary Ellen Boutin turned in several walker bags.

Ceal Pedersen came with another bag full of stuffed toys that she painted the eyes on.

Louise Stem made 2 microwave bowl sets and 5 pillowcases.

Mic Pickard made a small quilt from some of the big blocks in our stash.

I showed a quilt that Mary Ellen turned in, I quilted and bound.

 

Today I showed how to make a butterfly potholder.   This is a fun, easy project and very practical.  The butterfly body makes it easy to grasp, and these should be easy to sell at our October craft sale. I brought batting, Insul-bright and fusible so everyone could pick out some fabric and make some butterflies.  I’m hoping to see a bunch of them come back in a few weeks.  The instruction and templates are attached.

 

For the rest of the afternoon I saw ladies happily making all sort of things.  

For the next 2 weeks the rec center will be under renovation. The only thing we had to worry about was anything on the floor of the closet.  Mic and I took what we could home and moved a few things to the shelf.  For a while we couldn’t find the small plastic 3-drawer cabinet that we keep dog bed sleeves, the first aid kit, and a few other things in.  It turned out that the staff moved it up on the top shelf of one of the shelving units temporarily.

 

I will keep you informed on the rec center renovation schedule.  I hope we will be back on schedule 5/29.