There were 22 of us at today’s meeting, including one new member. It was great to see some of our snowbirds back. I brought the 4 bins of 5” squares for sorting and a new box of fiberfill for stuffing toys. Several ladies dived into the box of fiberfill even before the meeting started. Mic and Rita went to a house to pick up fabric being donated and came with a lot of small pieces. Anne also brought a bunch of scraps, so several ladies spent the entire afternoon sorting and stuffing dog beds.
I started with a few announcements. First, I gave thank you gifts to the 2 members who attended the most meetings in 2025. Ceal Pedersen was able to attend 40 of the 44 meetings we had last year, so I gave her a tissue box cover with sewing sayings. Eileen DiSanto attended 37 meetings, so I gave her a mug rug.
The Wildwood Soup Kitchen sent us a thank you for our
donation. In recognition they designated
Allamanda as them “Soup-er Lunch Sponsor” for January 8th. They invited a few of us to join them for
lunch and a tour of the Soup Kitchen tomorrow.
Two of our ladies are going and the president of Allamanda, Kris
Richardsen is also going.
I told everyone that we gave 43 toys to Project Hope 127 to
take to Liberia. Rita stopped at the
church office yesterday and reported how excited they were to get the toys.
The Spring Giving Showcase will be held at Lake Miona on Feb.
7th. I have requested a table next to Busy Hands. Brenda Severa and Lisa Strahs-Lorenc have
volunteered to help.
The Quilters Closet and Notions Sale will be at La Hacienda
on March 7th. Today’s project was to look through the 5-inch squares
and tie sets of 20 squares for us to sell to add to our charity fund. I will be looking at other odds and ends to sell
as well. I will be asking for a couple
of volunteers to help.
We will continue making 20-square sets of the 5” squares next
week.
Darlene Nudy and Roxanne Walas have volunteered to do the
same with our 6.5” squares at home. Darlene picked up the 3 bins from my house last
week.
Show and Tell:
Mic Pickard started us off by showing some pillowcases made by Sue Campbell. Sue is a long-time member of our club, who usually cannot make it to our meetings.
Mic also took some more of the odd long mats that were donated to us and turned them into zipper bags.
Lisa Strahs-Lorenc talked about some dresses she made for her granddaughters
Bev Minnerly spent the holiday break sewing up lots of doll clothes.
Lorraine Manz made some pillowcases, animals to be stuffed,
and a quilt top.
Eileen DiSanto cut and sewed up several toys to be stuffed.
Eileen St. Clair showed 3 quilts that she completed the
binding on.
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It was a fun, busy afternoon. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again
next week.
