Meeting Update for August 13, 2024

 

Almost finished!  Here is Penny showing us one of her latest projects with just a little more stitching on the binding left to complete it.  This one is for Kaeto.

Here is Betty's very first quilt which she fittingly made for a Victor Borge party.  This must be the quilt that got everyone in the group thinking, Let's take up quilting, because it probably was pretty soon after that the Trip Around the World, quilt in a day (haha!) idea was hatched.  Still a cute quilt with an actual "piano key" border.

Joyce once again got out her I Spy fabrics which are reproducing in the cupboard and encouraged us to take some.  Sue organized and folded them so it at least looks like the pile got smaller.  I snuck a piece of Joyce's latest baby quilt into the photo in the background.   We will have the official reveal when the binding is sewn on.

Those are all the photos since everyone was being very camera shy today.  Sue made a slide show of the work that has taken place in her yard and garden with spectacular results.  In only three days it has gone from bare earth to a lovely seating area with pavers and the rest is a lush green lawn.  The garden beds have been evolving in the meantime and everything looks really gorgeous.  Lots of headaches and hard work for Sue but a really lovely result.  Sorry, I have no pictures to post here but perhaps Sue can send us all the slide show via email.

We talked a lot about our first sewing efforts whether that was at home or home ec.  Little did we know then how much time and money was going to be spent on sewing in our futures.

We also talked about getting ready to donate our quilts (24 on hand at the moment, maybe 25 by the end of today if I get up to my sewing room).  Nancy brought some handouts which described the Quilts for Survivors program--a possibility for the coming year.  Heron's Nest and Project Linus should take most of the baby and toddler quilts that we have on hand.  And the fire season isn't over yet so we should keep some on hand for that, just in case.

Next week we are going ahead with the demos--see the Next Meeting Page for more info.  I now have more info for the photos from the original group so will get those posted within a day or so, so check out the About Us Page as well.  Please add any stories you remember to augment the history.

Finally we talked about an outing soon, maybe two weeks from now.  We could make a trip to Fabricana (think good parking) or to The Cloth Shop on Granville Island.  Any other ideas?  And of course we will have lunch wherever we decide to go.

That's everything I can think of for now.  If I have forgotten anything, please let me know and I will update the post.