Club Notes - March 16, 2022

We had a lively group this afternoon, lots of laughter, especially from the table near the door.  

I brought the 5" squares, the big blocks, and a box of partially started projects that we have found in our donations.  We also received some new donations, including some large pieces of fabric.  Mic brought the bins of larger pieces as well for everyone to look through.

Several ladies brought in completed curtains for the Youth Ranch cabin project.  I will give a status on that separately.

Show and Tell:

 

Eileen DiSanto showed a quilt top she made.

Deb Chapman made a pillowcase 

 

 

and 2 quilt tops. 

 

A friend gave her a challenge for the 2nd one: pre-cut pieces she had to sew together, all using curved piecing.

 

 

 

 

Donna Rissman turned in a pillowcase

 

 

 and showed 2 projects she will be giving a demo on in the future 

- a felt bunny in a carrot 

 

 

 

 

and a easy-fold box or purse (whatever you want it to be.)

 

 

 

She also made some clothesline bowls, which Audrey showed for her.

Mary Ellen Boutin made a tote and a quilt top.

B.J. Herter finished her kissing Fish mug rugs 

 

 

and made a couple of flannel baby quilts.

Ellen Hein showed the quilts she finished the binding on over the last two weeks.   

Donna Rissman made this one.

 

I'm not sure who made this one.

I think I made this one.  At least I added the border

 

 

 

 

Deb Chapman made these two.

This one was done by Mary Ellen Boutin.

 

Ellen also showed some fleece blankets

and Hospice quilts she made.

She also took some scarves from our donation pile and made a quilt top.

Audrey Philips showed 2 rope baskets she made and embroidered the bottom of.

 

 

 

She also showed one her daughter Lynn made for a son-in-law retiring from the Navy.

Ceal Pedersen made a couple of tote bags using some large fabric prints found in our donations.

Liz Manzione made a pillowcase and finished a fleece blanket.

Pat Pipa showed the wall hanging she made for the Allamanda 2021 challenge, which was to make something to represent a movie title pulled from a hat.  (Her movie was Up, of course.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She also showed a fidget walker bag 

 

 

and an apron she made in a class at Allamanda last week.

 

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I gave a short demo on how to make a butterfly potholder.  I modified the instructions I found to allow the project to be done on a sewing machine instead of by hand.  I will send a copy of the instruction, with my change notes written on it, in a separate email.

Our next meeting will be on March 30th, and it will be the last one in our winter room. The following week, April 6th, we will be back in the Hula Lounge and will resume meeting every week.  To celebrate, we will have our spring potluck on that date. Here is our tentative schedule through the end of May.

3/23/2022	No Meeting
3/30/2022	Chenille Rabbit	Lois Rose	Beach Club
4/6/2022	Spring potluck		Hula Lounge
4/13/2022	Bunny in Carrot	Donna Rissman	Hula Lounge
4/20/2022	Fabric Square Challenge		Hula Lounge
4/27/2022	Sewing Thread/Scrap Catcher	Lois Rose	Hula Lounge
5/4/2022	Fabric Square Challenge		Hula Lounge
5/11/2022	Folded Basket	Donna Rissman	Hula Lounge
5/18/2022	Fabric Square Challenge		Hula Lounge
5/25/2022	Microwave Baked Potato Zapper, Bowl Cozy	Lois Rose	Hula Lounge

See you in 2 weeks.

Club Notes - March 2, 2022

We had a full room today, with 18 club members and 3 guests.  I brought 8" and 3.5" squares, along with the "Big Block" box, a bin of larger pieces and a bag of fabric to be sorted,  Mic brought the bins of larger pieces of fabric as well, so there were lots to choose from.

I also brought the fabric we put aside for curtains.  We handed out several fabric sets to be sewn into curtains, and Mic and I cut some more during the meeting.   So much fabric has come in that we have been able to adopt the Boys Unit Cabin as well as the Girls cabin we had been working on.  We need 7 yards of 54" fabric to complete the last 6 windows in that cabin and we are looking at how we might accomplish that.  At Allamanda yesterday I received fabric for several more windows and 6 sets of green curtains that can be used for the smaller windows in each of the 6 camper cabins.  I will give you a complete update on this in a separate email.

I also talked about the possibility of having another fundraising sale in the fall.  Although we did ok at the sale run by the Quilt Guild last fall, there weren't a lot of non-guild members who were aware and coming in to buy.  Brenda told us about another venue where we might be able to do even better.  Instead of waiting until the last minute like we did last year, I suggested that members can take some of our fabric and make things we could sell in addition to the charity items we make.  I will store any potential sale items until the fall sale.  I will also send a separate email reporting what sold well last year and what didn't so we can target our efforts.

Show and Tell:

Bev Minnerly made 3 fidget walker bags.

Judy Mayer made three quilt tops.

Mic Pickard's show and tell was her granddaughter, Dorothy, was visiting while on Spring Break.

Pat Pipa made a bunch of stuffed toys and a zipper bag.

Ellen showed a flannel quilt she made for a friend.

Ceal Pedersen made several pillowcases.

Ceal brought her twin sister Bonnie as a guest and talked about Bonnie's career as the owner of a bridal shop.

Audrey Philips showed several tote bags she embroidered.

Kathryn Jeter showed some pillowcases and placemats she made.

Liz Manzione made some pillowcases and a tote bag.

Deb Chapman showed the placemats she made using the pattern demoed at the last meeting.

 

I showed a quilt that Mary Ellen Boutin made and I quilted this past week. (I wrapped the backing around for the binding.)

I also made a zipper purse and showed a quilt top in progress that actually used my own stash.  I plan to add at least one more border to make it a good twin size before I quilt it.

Laura Tomich stopped in before our meeting to drop off completed pillowcases and some scraps from her church group.  She took a set of fabric for some of the curtains we are making.

Our next meeting will be on March 16th and I will be showing how to make a butterfly potholder.  I will send out a supply list in a separate email.

See you all in 2 weeks.