October meeting

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The October meeting was held at Meg's house on October 10.  Sheila and Cyndi hosted, and provided us with yummy refreshments, including dipped marshmallows, Pumpkin dip, apple slices, cookies, and homemade Chex mix. In attendance were Sylvia, Debbie, Susan, Mozelle, Sheila, Cyndi, Marcia, Meg, and Estela.

BUSINESS MEETING:

Estela, Sheila, Marcia, and our friend Iris recently went on a road trip to Batesville, to go shopping at Marshall's Dry Goods.  Marcia showed a photo of the fabric she bought, Sheila showed her fabrics, and Meg showed the batiks that she had Marcia pick out and buy for her.  The trip was very enjoyable. They ate lunch at a restaurant on the river with a beautiful view.  It could become a yearly event, as long as our bank accounts will allow it!

The Block of the Month pattern was passed out.  There will be 2 more blocks in the series.

We discussed the upcoming Christmas party, to be held at Jim's Razorback Pizza as previously reported.  The gift for the gift exchange should be wrapped. 

A sign-up sheet was circulated for hosting next year's meetings.  Most of the months have been accounted for, but there are still openings for a few dates.  The list will be at the next meeting.  If you have not signed up yet, please do so then.

SHOW AND TELL

 Meg's lovely baby quilt for a friend.

 Meg showed her garage sale find that she she revamped and completed. It has John Deere tractor fabrics in it.

 Meg also showed a quilt she is quilting for a customer, made of handkerchiefs.  Very pretty!

 Marcia showed some pet pads she will donate to the animal shelter.

 Marcia also made this table topper from HSTs she bought at this years auction.

 Cyndi showed her current project, crocheting an edging on fleece for donation blankets to go to Highland Oncology Group.

 Sheila showed a similar blanket she has completed.

 Cyndi showed another blanket and explained the process.   Instructions for doing these blankets were our program for the night.

 Susan showed this gorgeous quilt in progress--there will be 3 more panels like this one.

Estela showed her darling Teddy Bear Quilt.  How cute is that??

She also showed a lovely quilt done in strips of brown and other fall colors, but the photo did not turn out.  Sorry, Estela.

Sylvia gave a report of her booth at the Apple Festival.  She sold many rugs and seemed to have really enjoyed the experience.  Despite the rain the Festival sounds like a big success.

PROGRAM:

Cyndi explained the process of using a skip blade in a rotary cutter to put small perforations along the edges of a piece of fleece, then crocheting around with single crochet and chain stitches using a J or I hook.  Thanks go to Mozelle for the use of her skip blade and to her daughter Donna for donating a large number of fleece pieces for the project.  Meg and Sheila provided the yarns, and we each took home 2-3 pieces of  fleece to work on as well as coordinating skeins of yarn.  We hope to have these all done by the March meeting.  These will count as your donation quilt for next year.  If you would like to participate, talk to Meg.

YouTube videos showing methods of crocheting the edging:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QgGCi1J3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO3Jye7HIr8

The next meeting is scheduled for November 14.  Birthday girls are Sheila and Meg.

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