Club Notes - July 2, 2025

There were 9 of us who braved the rain to come out this afternoon.  I put out the 5” and 3.5” squares as well as some small fabric pieces.   We received a bag full of tote bags. I showed them to the group and asked for opinions to donate or sell.  The consensus was that they probably wouldn’t sell well but the Christian Care Center could make use of them.   We gave them to Mic to donate

A while back I asked for volunteers to make blue and white 9-patch blocks for a quilt top.  I put together what was turned in, but need another 5 blocks to make it a reasonable size.   Ellen volunteered to make 5 more and gave them to me at the end of today’s meeting.

Show and Tell:

Ellen Hein made several receiving blankets and burp pads 

and handed in a few more quilt tops.  

She also showed the quilts that she finished the binding on.   Most of these were quilt tops turned in by Anne.

I looked back and Bev Minnerly made the quilt top for this one.

Ellen made this quilt top as well as finishing the binding.

Mic Pickard turned in a quilt top from her UFO bin.

Louise Stem finished 3 pillowcases 

and a prayer quilt.  

She has also started on her contributions to Days for Girls International.  If you are not aware of this organization, they make reusable menstrual supplies for girls in poor countries.

Donna Rissman completed a drawstring backpack..

 

For the rest of the afternoon we each worked on whatever we wanted, and waited for the rain to slow.

 

That’s all for now.  Hope to see you next week.

 

Lois

Club Notes - June 25, 2025

Officially, there were 13 of us attending this afternoon, although there were also a couple of ladies who came in or short periods to drop stuff off.  

This month we managed to donate a lot of items.  33 toys went to the Villages Hospital. The Christian Care Center received 16 quilts, 34 totes, 33 toys, 6 purses, and 6 small burp pads. The Marion County Humane Society got 38 dog beds. The Leesburg Hospital got 57 floor quilts, 2 receiving blankets, 39 toys.  By the end of the week we will have given the Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch 37 shoe bags, 49 backpacks, 52 pillowcases, and 24 zipper bags.  At some point I might try to add up the number of items we have donated to each organization for the year, but so far, I know the value I have reported is over $12,000.

Show and Tell: 

Lenora Holze showed in her first quilt top..

Ceal Petersen brought the toys she painted faced on 

front

 and 2 quilts she made.

back

front

back

Diane Placek showed a quilt top she made for her church prayer group.

Louise Stem finished 2 pillowcases.

Eileen DiSanto made a pillowcase.

Pat Pipa made a pillowcase.

Ellen Hein made several receiving blankets and burp pads.

Donna Rissman completed a tiger, 

3 monkeys, 

and a quilt top.

Laura Tomich came with 12 pillowcases she finished.

 

I brought the 5” squares again this week and several ladies selected some to work with.  I like seeing the fabric in these bins decrease and finished items return.

That’s all for now.  Hope to see you next week.

 

Lois

Club Notes - June 18, 2025

This afternoon’s meeting started a little different.  I walked in to find a .Villages TV video guy waiting.  His reporter coworker arrived a few minutes later.  They interviewed me first then proceeded to talk to and film several other ladies.  This is supposed to be on the Villages TV channel, but I don’t know when.

It’s good that they came today and not one of the previous weeks. There were 13 of us today and lots of activity..  I brought the 5” squares that have been living in my car plus some fabric that came in yesterday.

Show and Tell:

Carolyn Grasso was back and showed a flat bear waiting to be stuffed..

Mic Pickard made several draw-string backpacks.

Pat Pipa came with a few zipper bags.

Diane Sacula showed the latest batch of toys she made, along with her friend who embroiders the faces.

Ellen Hein showed several quilt tops she made.

 She also showed a large tote she was finishing.  She has made a number of these for us to carry quilts back and forth.

Louise Stem finished 2 pillowcases.

Eileen DiSanto made a flat giraffe and a flat scardy cat.

 

Mic showed everyone a photo of how our items for the fall sale are now stored neatly in her garage.  She brought back the “shoe” bags so I can donate them to the Sheriff’s Youth Ranch.  I brought her a carload of dog beds, toys, and items to go to the Leesburg Maternity ward.  She is going to make deliveries over the next few days.  I also have several bags of items to go to the Christian Care Center in Leesburg, but will bring them for her to deliver next week.

Last weekend I cut batting for 17 baby quilts that were waiting on my to-do pile.  I will be quilting these and giving them to Ellen for binding , as soon as I can.  I gave her 4 this week.

I don’t have anything else to report.  Hope to see you next week.

 

Lois

Club Notes - June 11, 2025

For the 2^nd week, I made it home in time before the thunderstorms.  I hope you all did too.  This will be the norm for the next few months.

There were 10 of us this afternoon.  Today’s meeting was a little different  After show and tell, we reviewed all the items left over from previous craft sales.  We gathered around a couple of tables while Mic brought a box at a time for us to review.  Some items were designated to go to one of our charities, but we will try to sell most of it again. We reorganized the items, choosing the best of each category to put out first and the rest to hold in reserve under the table.  For most of the items, we reduced the prices as well.  

We also decided that we would not make any more items, unless we had something unique to offer.  I am going to put out the aprons I have been making, and will accept anything else that you wish to contribute, however no one is obligated to make anything.

Show and Tell:

Ceal Pedersen showed some toys she painted the faces on,

 and 2 quilts that she made.

The back is a pre-printed pattern, not pieced.

Louise Stem finished 6 pillowcases and cut fabric for some more for Laura Tomich to finish at home.

Mic Pickard showed the t-shirt she embroidered (and was wearing.

Diane Sacula showed the latest batch of toys she made, along with her friend who embroiders the faces.

Ellen Hein made a bunch of quilt tops, mostly starting with fabric from our big block box.

I made 2 more aprons from panels, an owl one 

and a more masculine deer one.

 

I also showed a quilt I made as a gift for one of my great nephews, who is getting married in September.

At the end of the meeting, new member Roxann Walas showed me the backpack sides she made, and I convinced her to let me take a picture.

Next week we will be back to normal sewing fun.  Hope to see you then.

 

Lois