Club Notes - July 31, 2024

There were 13 of us at today’s meeting.  I had 2 announcements.  First, although I discourage political talk, I did have one non-partisan announcement.  When looking at the sample ballots, I realized that I didn’t know much about any of the candidates. The solution – I went to the vote411.org website.  This is a site maintained by the League of Women Voters.  They send out questions to all the candidates and publish the answers here.  All you have to do is enter your address and it shows you the candidates that will be on your ballet, and their answers.

The other announcement is that we will not have a meeting on Aug. 28^th.  The  rec center will be closed again, this time to do a deep cleaning of the rest rooms.  I will remind you as the date gets closer.

Carolyn Grasso was not with us this week because she was scheduled for a hip replacement this week.  Let’s all send her positive healing thoughts.

 

Show and Tell: 

Pat Pipa made 3 kitchen towel hangers.

Louise Stem made 2 pillowcases 

and showed 10 snap bags for another group.

B.J. made 5 snowball blocks.

(We are now half way to having enough for a quilt.  Please keep these coming!)

Mic Pickard made a stack of snowball blocks. 

She also showed what her daughters made starting with 4 wooden shoes.  

There is a Halloween, 

Thanksgiving, 

Christmas, 

and Winter creation..

 

We spent the rest of the afternoon selecting fabric and sewing as usual.  I brought the red, white and blue 5” squares, some miscellaneous fabric pieces, and some of our fabric in large yards.

Thanks to Anne for pressing 2 quilt backs for me.  I hope to get these 2 quilts quilted this week, among other projects.   I am storing up a stack of quilts for Ellen to bind when she returns. :-)

Next week will be a free sew again.  I am attaching a list of the projects we have shown in the past to my email.  If anyone wants a repeat of any of these projects, let me know.

 

Lois

Club Notes - July 24th

 There were 15 of us at today’s meeting.  Donna Rissman came with a tray of brownies to belatedly celebrate my birthday. She always remembers, since her birthday is 2 days after mine.  The brownies were scrumptious!

 

Show and Tell: 

Diane Saculla turned in a baby quilt she made.

Carolyn Grasso showed some toys she made and turned over to Ceal for face painting.

Pat Pipa made 2 leaf potholders.

Louise Stem made 2 pillowcases.

Ceal Pedersen turned in a bag full of critters that she painted the faces on.  

She painted “USA” on the side of the rockets 

and gave eyes to the strange 2-sided dog that we found in one of our donations.

Bev Minnerly made a dog bed and 6 pillowcases.

Eileen DiSanto made 8 snowball blocks and 3 pillowcases.

I made 4 butterfly potholders 

and 2 pillows. Both pillows are 2-sided.  I found the fabric panels for these on ineedfabric.com. For those interested, they offer a choice of size on most of their panels. 

 

We spent the rest of the afternoon selecting fabric and sewing as usual.  I brought the red, white and blue 5” squares, some miscellaneous fabric pieces, and some of our fabric in large yards.

For anyone interested in working with some of these supplies, here is what we currently can keep in the closet:

3.5” squares

Some fiber fill

Dryer sheets and fabric strips \

A box of baby fabric

Wrap N Zap and some batting

Freezer Paper

Patterns for toys and most of the projects we have demoed in the past

Ribbon, zippers, metal tape for snap bags, etc.

Some other small items I can’t remember at the moment.

 

I keep other size squares (4.5,5,6.5,8.5 & 10.5) , more fabric scraps, more fiber fill, insul-bright and batting scraps at home,  I can bring any of these upon request. 

Next week will be a free sew again.  I will send out a list of the projects we have shown in the past again.  If anyone wants a repeat of any of these projects, let me know.

 

Lois

Club Notes - July 17, 2024

There were 13 of us at today’s meeting. I brought a variety of supplies and Mic brought several bins of fabric for everyone to select for our projects.

Show and Tell: 

Mic Pickard was busy this week.  She got to play with her new Scan N Cut to cut fun shapes for a new yard flag, making some out of reflective material. 

Then she went to work making items for a friend and her dog in an assisted living facility, She made a scarf, harness, 

and a walker cady to hold the dog’s treats, etc.

Pat Pipa made some leaf potholders and some snowball blocks.

Deb Chapman finished quilt square number 4 in her current challenge, in 2 sizes, and some snowball blocks.

Louise Stem made 2 pillowcases, 

some snowball blocks, 

and 10 snap bags.

Bev Minnerly made a bear, 

a dog bed, 

and a stack of doll bodies.

Anne Knoff handed in a quilt top with backing for me to quilt.

Eileen DiSanto made a bunch of snowball blocks.

There was a runner that was found in a donation that had the binding half on and I finished it for our sale.

Then I took the dryer sheet blocks that have been turned in over the past few months, combined them in sets of 16 blocks and added some borders to make several Mommy-Baby play mats for the new Mom’s at Leesburg hospital.

 

We spent the rest of the afternoon selecting fabric and sewing as usual.  The skies were getting quite dark, so I was happy to pack up early.  Thanks again to those who stayed to help.  I got lucky, the heavy rain began soon after I got home. It’s supposed to rain all week, but, hopefully next week will be better. Hope to see you then.

Club Notes - July 10, 2024

There were 10 of us at today’s meeting, plus 2 guests.

 

Show and Tell: 

 Laura Tomich came with a stack of pillowcases, receiving blankets, and burp clothes. She thanked those who cut the fabric for her, since she has trouble cutting but still wants to contribute by sewing.

Bev Minnerly showed doll clothes she is making for Dolls From the Heart. She also showed the doll bodies that she is sewing together.

Louise Stem made 2 pillowcases and a set of microwave bowls.

Pat Pipa made some leaf potholders and knitted 2 infant hats.

Deb Chapman finished a patriotic table runner, 

quilt square number 3 in her current challenge, in 2 sizes, 

and a zipper bag for her cosmetics.

 

I finished the 2 snap bags I started in the demo a few weeks ago.

One of our donations included a teddy bear with no face so I added an embroidered face.  

Then I made 4 table runners, 2 from fabric leftover from pillowcases and 2 using the music blocks I found.

After show and tell I showed how to make the snowball block. .  I brought the red and blue 5” squares and a bunch of little white squares for today’s “snowball” block challenge.  This is a simple pattern, but for anyone curious, here is a link to a tutorial:  https:/www.scrapish.com/snowball-quilt-block.html.   I challenged everyone to take a few 5” squares and 4 of the little white squares for each 5" square.  I’m hoping that enough snowball blocks come back to make a quilt.  If there are extras I might make a table runner, placemats, or other items.

The white squares I cut ahead went fast, so I spent the afternoon cutting more.   I will bring more next week.

 

Hope to see you next week.