There were 21 of us at El Santiago this afternoon. Mic brought several boxes of preprinted fabric given to us by the Abundance of Love club. Most of these will make large stuffed toys, but there are also some with other patterns such as aprons. Rita worked to sort these, putting like fabrics in the same pile. A few ladies took one to cut and sew. I was also given a couple that ladies cut and bagged for someone else to sew, if you are interested.
Last week I said the Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch is looking for pillowcases, with their logo embroidered on the cuff. It turns out, that is optional. I am trying to get a digitized copy of the logo, just in case, but have not been successful yet.
Show and Tell:
Eileen DiSanto showed a receiving blanket she made.
Ceal Pedersen made a Veterans Hospice quilt top
and showed
some of the stuffed toys she painted the faces on.
Deb Chapman showed 2 baby changing pads she made for her granddaughter
who is scheduled to arrive in July.
Donna Rissman showed a scrappy quilt top and a failed microwave bowl class result.
Carolyn Grasso made some critters needing stuffing.
Diane Saculla showed the quilt for Suzzette, quilted and
bound by Mic. She passed a card around
and is brining this to Suzzette after today’s meeting.
and a tea bag caddy as gifts.
She also showed 6 quilts that she added the binding to for us.
Two were ‘cheater” quilts that I made. (For those unfamiliar with the term, a “cheater quilt” is a fabric that is already printed to look like it is made of quilt blocks, when it is actually one solid piece of fabric. It only needs batting, backing, and to be quilted as is.) This was a long piece of fabric that I was able to cut into 3 quilts. Ellen finished the first 2 this week and I gave her the 3rd to work on today.
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Last week Linda Greenbaum showed a folded fabric Christmas
Star she made. This week she showed us
how it is made, by simply folding fabric strips. No sewing is required. Here is a link to a YouTube if you want to
try it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjx16Gf3TsE
I brought a fresh box of fiber fill so several ladies were busy stuffing some more toys.
Mary Ellen turned in a couple of completed blocks for our
latest group quilt and I handed out a few more kits. I will have these kits
available each week, for anyone who wants to sew a few. Once we have enough, I will sew them into a
quilt top, like we have done with other group projects.
Next week we will have some of our fabric donations available for anyone wanting to make more toys. On Feb 26th, we will have a week off, since the building will be closed for quarterly cleaning. I will remind you of this after our next meeting.
Lois
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