Julia Wareing welcomed everyone to the
Trunk Show and Potluck dinner
Julia presented a $2,700. check to the John Lysek for the Communty Gardens
Next year the community gardens will be devoting space for the food bank.
They had trouble this year with someone stealing the produce. They will be trying to get a better system to prevent that next year.
Stacey McClellan donated the roast beef for the pot luck, Lori Jarmin made
the rolls and everyone else brought potatoes, salad and desserts.
The
The
tables were decorated by the board. Everyone received an eraser
and a little bag of candy? Why an eraser? It gets out the fleece batting
out of your cutting mat.
The
TRUNK SHOW
was presented by
LeAnn Price
of Shelley,
her sister Kathy Olkowski and a friend, Des Mecham on Vintage sheets.
LeAnn said that Des has the great ideas and then she is the doer and
gets them made.
She finds the vintage sheets from the DI, yard sales, estate sales, grandma's closets and friends. She said they are cotton/polyester and she likes
to mix them up with jelly rolls and layer cakes.
A lot of times the bottom
A lot of times the bottom
sheet is worn out in the middle, but you have all the fabric around the edge to
be used.
You can also use tablecloths.
You can also use tablecloths.
PINK DIAMND QUILT
Back of Irish Chain
Jelly Roll Quilt -Dream On Jelly Roll
Binding and back vintage sheet
15 minutes to sew, box pleat on the bottom
Use two pillow cases if you want it thicker
Pillowcase out of a sheet
Started with rectangle of sheet, then bordered with 2 1/2 inch white
strips and then 4 1/2 inch then white using long strips
Pillowcase sun dresses
Sprocket Patter Pillow - Made from a pattern from cluckclucksew.com
(stuffed not a pilow form)
squares are scrunched up like a bow tie and sewn to the line with a zig zag.
She used a used pilow from DI for the form.
were randomly placed as she quilted
look, and they didn't make them together. One has a pieced border and one
has a floral border. Both are bound with a vintage green stripe sheet.
NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IS DECEMBER 1st at 11:00 am at the
Lutheran Church. Those members with the last name starting
with N-Z need to bring a pot luck dish. The club will provide the ham.
We will have a show and tell and a party.
Next Year: January 12th 2nd Thursday Charity Sew Day - club will provide
lunch. Everyone bring fabric or quilts to donate.
.
Julia Wareing will share a demo on string Blocks that day.
Connie ordered Fit to Be rulers. Let her know if and what you want.
FRIENDSHIP BLOCKS
Editha Van Orden's Blocks
Lorraine Troescher's Blocks
made by Lori Jarmin, Serena Yancey, Melba Shutliff and Mary Wood
Elaine McNair's Block
made by Melba Shurtliff
And last by not least, Audrey Eberhardt made 26 pillowcases for the
Making one Million Pillowcases project for Grandparents raising grandchildren.
