Club Notes - February 4, 2026

There were 18 of us at today’s meeting. I brought out our medium size fabric pieces and several ladies sorted through the boxes to find or cut fat quarters that we can sell. Slightly smaller pieces were available for making toys or other projects. The 5” squares and 6.5” squares were also available for anyone who wanted to work with them.

Here is a recoup of upcoming events: 

Feb 7^th Giving Showcase 10am-2pm at Lake Miona.  Lisa, Brenda and Carolyn 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: (https://sewingn-more.blogspot.com/)new

Donna Rissman handed in a dog bed

and a bunch of receiving blanket made by members of her quilt chapter. 

She also showed some apron shaped potholders she made for her chapter’s retreat, 

and some heart shaped trivets.

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

 and two quilts. She is keeping the first quilt for herself. 

The second one goes to a nephew.

Bev Minnerly made 3 cats that she gave to Ceal for face painting. 

She also made 10 pillowcases 

and 3 walker bags.

 

Lisa Strahs-Lorenc showed some doll clothes and a doll for “Dolls From the Heart”.

Diane Placek showed the paper piecing sample she completed and talked about the challenge this was for her since she is left-handed.

Eileen St Clair showed a table runner she made using paper piecing.

Louise Stem made 2 more pillowcases for the Youth Ranch graduates.

Linda Greenbaum made 5 teddy bears to be stuffed

 and 6 clothing protectors.

 

The 5” squares continue to live in my car, so they will be back again next week. We have room for 2 bins in the closet, so the pieces for toys are staying there.  We also keep the 3.5: squares and 4” squares in the closet for anyone who would like to make some 9-patch blocks. 

My husband is having an out-patient procedure done next Wednesday morning, so I may be late getting to our meeting and will not have time to bring anything that is not already in my car.  If I am late Mic should be able to start the meeting.   In either case, you can come to sew and socialize. I plan to send out an email before noon to let everyone know what is happening.

 Hope to see you next week.