Club Notes - October 23, 2024

There were 18 of us at today’s meeting.  I was very happy to see everyone.  Mary Kalow brought Carol Riggs so Carol could give away some of her sewing items she no longer needs.

Thanks again to B.J., Donna, Mic, and Sydna for helping at the 2 craft sales this month.  We netted $654 from the 2 sales.  That brought our total charity fund to $1116.  I gave some of the items to Mic for the Busy Hands sale at Colony in 2 weeks, so we may be able to sell a few more items.’

We talked about how we would distribute the charity funds this year.  I proposed that we give a larger amount to the Sherriff’s Youth Ranch this year, since they got hit by 2 hurricanes this year, and the ladies in attendance agreed.  Three of our other charities will also be supported, but with lower amounts than last year.  The distribution we agreed on was as follows:

$500 – Sheriff’s Youth Ranch

$100 – Project S.O.S.

$100 – The Marion County Humane Society

$100 – The Lake County Humane Society

 

I also let the group know about another donation.  Last Thursday the head of the QGOTV Charities sent an email saying that there was an opportunity to get quilts to the hurricane Helene survivors in North Carolina.  The catch was that the truck was leaving at 8AM on Saturday.  My husband and I went to storage on Friday, pulled 20 quilts and delivered them that afternoon.  We still have plenty of quilts to distribute locally and will work on that in a week or 2.

Show and Tell:

Ceal Pedersen brought back a bag of stuffed toys that she painted the eyes on.

Mary Ellen Boutin was back with a stack of 9-patch blocks and a tote.

Deb Chapman showed her progress on her quilt chapter block of the month challenge.  She has finished 9 blocks and is waiting for the patterns for the last 3.

Laura Tomich took fabric from our stash and came back with several lovely pillowcases.

Audrey Phillips has been working on projects for Operation Christmas Child. She showed some pocket purses she made and brought some that needed a little embellishment.  She offered for anyone interested in helping glue items on to finish some, for them to come and help.

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This afternoon I put out all the Christmas fabric we had and one Autumn bolt, to be used to make gift bags or anything else.  Almost all of it went.  I also put out the 5” squares and the box of big blocks.  I was happy to see some of that go as well.

Next week is our Halloween Pot-Luck.  Wear a costume (optional as always) and bring a dish to share.  I will supply the plates, plastic, etc., as well as the games.  BYOB and 25 pennies, buttons, or other items to mark your bingo cards.  Hope to see you next week.