Club Notes - June 26, 2024

There were 11 of us at today’s meeting.  I brought the 4.5” squares and some fabric that was donated yesterday.   It was a low key afternoon. I showed how to make a snap bag and brought the supplies for anyone who wants to try it.  The instruction is attached to my email.

Show and Tell: 

Louise Stem made 2 more pillowcases and 10 snap bags for Operation Shoebox.

Pat Pipa made a quilt top 

and knitted an infant hat.

Bev Minnerly came with a walker bag 

and a backpack.

Deb Chapman  showed quilt square number 2 in her current challenge, in 2 sizes.

I showed the 3 finished table runners that I cut last week  

 I also showed a Slavic wall hanging that came partially done in one of our donations and I finished it.  

Last, I made 2 small totes from some music squares

I did the demo after show and tell, then everyone looked through the fabric and some cut to work on at home.

 

I’m not sure yet what next week’s agenda will be, but will send a note in a few days.

Hope to see you next week.

Club Notes - June 19, 2024

There were 14 of us at today’s meeting. I put out a box of baby fabric that’s been sitting around, the big blocks, the 3.5” and 4.5” squares, and some of the yardage Mic and I pulled out of storage.  I’m hoping some of this went home with some of you and some nice stuff comes back.

Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly came with 6 more walker bags.  I added these to 9 that were in the car and dropped them off for Helpertunity on my way home.

Pat Pipa took home a bunch of purple squares a few weeks ago and came back with a quilt.

Diane Saculla is back with us and showed a large beach bag she made.

Ernestine Vawter found a deal on some fabric and made a bunch of pillowcases, with one side dogs and the other side cats.  She plans to give these away to friends who have grandchildren.

Ellen Hein brought some receiving blankets and  burp pads for Leesburg Hospital 

and a stack of flannel baby quilts that finished.

She is heading north for the summer so this is the last set of quilts she will be finishing until September.  I will still accept quilt tops , but they may not get finished until the fall.

 

Ellen also made a couple of infant hats out of a knit fabric. We will give them to Leesburg hospital to see if these can be an alternative to the knitted ones.

 After show and tell I showed how to use a 60-degree triangle to cut border fabric and rearrange the pieces to make a table runner.  I was able to cut enough to make 3 runners for our fall sale.  Now to find the time to finish these runners.

 

If anyone has a request for next week, let me know.

Hope to see you next week.

Club Notes - June 12, 2024

We had a lot of fun at our party this afternoon.  The food was good and plentiful. The rec center staff, Louis and Eric joined us for trivia.  Today’s trivia was all about the founding of our country.  Eric thought he would win since he was a history major, but Bev Minnerly got more right answers than anyone.  As usual, we played several games of bingo after show and tell and had lots of laughs in the process.

Show and Tell:

Louise Stem was busy .  She made 3 pillowcases 

and 3 microwave bowl sets.  

 She also showed a snap bag she made for Operation Shoebox.  We haven’t demoed this method in quite a while, so I will schedule this demo as soon as I can.

Bev Minnerly was also busy.  She handed in a dog bed, a drawstring backpack, 

and 7 walker bags.

Deb Chapman showed 4 place mats she made as part of a Quilting Bees challenge.  

Last week I challenged anyone who was there to make 9-patch blocks from 4.5” squares and Deb handed in 3 of them.  

She also showed a block she made as a block of the month project.   

 Finally , she showed a quilt top she made from her scraps.

Laura Tomich was able to join us again.  She has been dealing with several health issues that have kept her from meetings for the past few years, but she has continued sewing items for us during that time.  Today she brought back a tote that she made from fabric she picked up at one of our meetings a few years ago.  

She showed some extra blocks that will go back into our “big block box”. 

Then, she showed a sample of the cup cozies she made for her daughter and her hospital coworkers.

Ellen brought back 2 flannel baby quilts that she finished

 

and 1 new one that she gave me to quilt.  She made all 3 of these quilt tops.

She also turned in a stack of receiving blankets and burp pads for Leesburg Hospital.

Next week I will bring the 4.5” squares back in the hope of getting some more 9-patch blocks.  I also have fabric that we pulled out of storage last week.  I am hoping some of this will be used to make some items we can sell in October for the charity fund.

 Ceil Pedersen has asked me to add a note on her behalf.  She has a lot going on at the moment and could use some help.  If anyone can spare an hour or two occasionally,  to sit with her husband so she can do food shopping, she would greatly appreciate it. Her husband has dementia and cannot be left alone.

 

Hope to see you next week.

Club Notes - June 5, 2024

We were a very small group of 6 ladies this afternoon.   I guess school is out and grandchildren are in town.  I know quite a few of our members have also gone north for the summer. 

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

A few weeks ago I dropped off some flannel at Laura Tomich’s house.  Today I found a bag she left us with 5 receiving blankets and 7 burp clothes.

Pat Pipa crocheted 2 baby hats.  We had a discussion regarding the size, since they appeared a little larger than the sample we had. She used a pattern for newborns. Mic will show them to the Leesburg nurse to see if the size is ok.

Eileen DiSanto made several more dryer sheet blocks for the quilt she is making.

Mic Pickard made a butterfly potholder, using her Cricket cutter.  She also sewed up the animals that were stuffed last week.

I showed a quilt top I just finished.

Last week I handed off a pile of quilts to Ellen for binding.  She brought them all back today.

These first 3 I put together from the 9-patch blocks that have been handed in.

Deb Chapman made this one from various pieces she found in our donations.

I found a long piece of fabric and turned it into 3 easy quilts like this one.

Mary Ellen Boutin handed this one in.

I believe the next two were quilt tops given to me at Allamanda.

Ellen also finished 3 burp clothes.

 

Next week is our Spring/Summer potluck. I hope more of you who are still in town will be able to make it.  Bring a dish to share if you can, something to drink, and 25 pennies, buttons or whatever to mark your bingo cards.