September 2011

There were several fun and productive sewing days this summer. On July 14 we had a great day at Nona’s. Thank you, Nona, for hosting this and providing a wonderful lunch!

June 2011

Our May meeting was full of fun as we viewed everyone’s Show-and-Tell items:

Bags made for Project Duffle Bag:

And making Flat Quilt Bags presented by Connie:

Our Sewing day and Potluck on May 14 was a great success. Thirteen members attended and worked on Little Quilts and Duffle Bags. Sixteen duffle bags were completed and we all had a wonderful time sewing and eating!

April 2011

Our March meeting brought us lots of fun in the form of door prizes, the fat quarter drawing, Show-and-Tell, and Brag-and-Boast. The first results of the UFO Challenge were shared and center blocks were exchanged for the Round Robin.

Kathleen Lauman introduced a new service project: making duffle bags to be donated to the Children’s Home Society. These will be used for children’s belongings when children are removed from their homes. Currently their possessions are tossed into plastic garbage bags. Finished bags will be 30″ X 34″, with draw-string at the top. Dona Thompson has purchased cord (size 5/16″) for the draw-string and will be providing it at the April meeting. Instructions for making the bags have already been emailed.

Our guest speaker for the evening was Cindy Mahedy, a massage therapist from Everest School of Massage. She shared the benefits & techniques of self-massage, and had us try some massage exercises.

Upcoming events:

May 14 – Nancy McGuire will teach “Little Quilt” projects. Potluck lunch.

October 15 – Wool ornaments presented by Nancy Rasmussen, Patti Krause and Netta Groat; and a fabric ball ornament by Connie Peasley. Potluck lunch.

Guest speaker Cindy Mahedy

Fun with massage

Tennis ball massage