Club Notes - March 11, 2026

There were 13 of us at today’s meeting, including 1 new member. Today’s challenge was space.  The building maintenance crew are doing something with the cabinets in the room, and the pottery club had to remove everything from the cabinets.  The Maintenance crew discovered they were missing something and had to stop work until those parts arrived. As a result, several tables were full of stuff and unavailable for our use, including 2 near the outlets.  Fortunately, we were able to work around it today, and hopefully it will be back to normal next week.

I talked a little about last Saturday’s Notions Sale.  There was so much for sale in that room that we had lots of competition and did not do well.  It is not worth our pursuing again.  We have always done better in the craft sales where we can sell finished items.  The next ones will be the Quilt Guild Craft Sale and The Villages Craft Sale.  Both sales are in October (dates TBD).   I am no longer able to manage the process of collecting and tracking the items to be sold and getting there to do the setup early in the morning.   If anyone is willing to be the craft sale “chair” for the fall, please let me know.  This can be a team of 2 or 3.   I will be available to give advice and assist.  You can choose to do one or both of the sales and I will pay the table fees out of club funds.  If no one volunteers we will have to pass on these fund raisers.

Show and Tell:

Janet Murtaugh showed 2 quilt tops for children.

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

and 2 quilts she made for next weekend's craft sale.

Bev Minnerly made 2 “cats” 

and some doll clothes.

Donna Rissman showed several quilts from Moyer Quilters, and a dog bed.

Eileen DiSanto cut out and sewed some critters, to be stuffed.

Ellen Hein showed her finished Veteran’s hospice quilt tops. 

She also handed in one more for me to quilt.

This week I explained how to make a tote out of any size squares.  You need 19 squares for the outside of the tote and can either use 19 more squares of the same size or a piece of fabric for the lining.  Batting, fusible fleece, or other stiffener is recommended, but it is ok to make a “loose tote” if desired.  The pattern is attached.

 We are trying to use as many of the squares as possible, so I encouraged everyone to take some of the squares home and try this.  The squares are also available for any other charity project.

Next week I will show how we can make draw string backpacks using squares.   The Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch will appreciate these for the summer camp kids.

 

Hope to see you next week.

Lois