Club Notes - January 21, 2026

There were 18 of us at today’s meeting, including one new member.  Thanks to the efforts of everyone sorting the 5 inch squares, , we now have almost 2 bins of 20 square packs.    I brought out the boxes of 3.5” squares for today’s project.

Today’s announcements were on upcoming events, as follows:

Jan 23-24 - Marketplace 2026 at Rohan Rec center, 9am-5pm Fri and 9am-4pm Sat.  More than 30 vendors, for all things sewing.  Scissors Sharpening, Basketmania, Door Prizes and more.  Admission $10 covers both days.

Jan 24^th – Memorial for Ernestine Vawter at Dignity Memorial Life Celebration Center, 7134 Powell Rd., Wildwood.  11-12 gathering, noon-1pm service, fellowship 1pm-3pm

Feb 7^th Giving Showcase 10am-2pm at Lake Miona.  Lisa, Brenda and Carolyn have volunteered to help.  Stop by to check out all the wonderful organizations in The Villages.

March 7^th  - Quilter’s Closet & Notions Sale at La Hacienda. 8:30am-12:30pm. I will be looking for a few volunteers to help for an hour or two.

March 1-April 30 – All Florida Shop Hop.  Purchase the magazine at one of our local shops to get free patterns and the official passport needed to register for prizes. There are prizes given at the shops plus regional and all Florida prizes. This is a fun way to get to know the shops.

Show and Tell: 

Lisa Strahs-Lorenc showed some Chemo hats she is making in the Abundance of Love Club.

Lorraine Manz made a stack of walker bags 

and a pile of drawstring backpacks.

Ceal Pedersen showed some more stuffed toys that she painted the faces on to finish them for us.

(Mic told us that the lady at the volunteer desk at the hospital was excited to get the toys.  We gave them 36 in August and they were all out of them now.  We only gave them 24 this time because we gave a bunch to another charity.  Hopefully we can drop some off every 2 months.)

Carolyn Grasso showed another block in her current project.

Bev Minnerly turned in a pink dog bed.

Mic Pickard showed a casserole carrier for a friend in assisted living.  She made it with cotton fabric and wrap n zap batting so it can go in the microwave.  She also made several zipper bags.

Eileen DiSanto made a bunch of animals needing stuffing.

Linda Greenbaum showed an angel ornament made by a friend of her mother-in-law.

 

After show and tell, I demonstrated how to do paper piecing. I handed out templates for 2 strips of 6 “flying Geese”. For those who need some additional help, here is a youtube that might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Kx4Q7JSwQ

A few ladies tried the paper piecing exercise during the afternoon, and some others took the templates home to try on their sewing machine. Others matched up more sets of 5” squares or stuffed toys.  It was the usual busy and fun afternoon.

The 5” squares continue to live in my car, so they will be back again next week.  I will also get the fabric pieces for toys out.  Hope to see you next week.