03-17 Meeting

I was unable to attend our meeting due to a work committment but Mrs. S gave me a full report:

We handed in our Midnight Run donations to a member of the Congregational Church who expressed her gratitude and said that they would be making the trip to New Haven that night.
Our special guest Sandy Smith attended. Everyone sat in a large circle and took turns showing the blocks and talking about the progress on each one. Sandy had some great suggestions for each block. We got feedback about things like, color suggestions for applique, suggestions for how to create a 3-D effect by doing a technique called “trapunto” and using items on the block like knots, hand stitching and buttons for interest.
Mrs. Toe-Mom brought a quilt she is currently working on to inspire the girls.
Penny525 worked on her tree block, figuring out how to attach the leaves for the best effect.
Linds learned how to applique with guidance from Mrs. Toe-Mom and began doing this with her scales block
Kamam’s progress was stalled due to a limited number of sewing machines capable of satin stitching. (My machine refused to cooperate without me there!)
TheSquid5 worked on concepts for her block and got advice from Sandy on how to add text to her block.
AS1898 continued work on appliqueing the people to her Unity block.
FSCsoccergirl worked on drawing out her new block, LOVE.
Sandy made a good point that all the pieces we have fused will, over time, separate from the background fabric unless attached by thread or applique. I agree!

We seemed to have stalled a bit now that we are at the applique phase. We will need to push through and meet over April vacation with whichever girls can attend. Let’s get these blocks done so we can get outside and do some hiking. Well . . . you girls can anyway. I will be out of hiking commission for a good year but will meet you in the parking lot with a snack!