June Meeting

The last hurrah of our club house.
We were all there including Kathy's sister Margie who has attended off and on and even before some of the more regular members. She lives out of town but wanted to see Lori,Brady and Sherman before they go west. Like the elves who never come back. Into the sunset, the end of the technicolor movie, roll credits,cry.
 I don't like change. Not one little bit and am too old to have friends move away. Not quite so old that  we have started to drop dead yet but you know.  I have know Lori for 25 years at least.
 So, we met, talked, laughed, ate, drank and hauled her unwanted belongings to our cars like so many vultures.( but with classy stuff)
 Someone will put up actual pictures. Me, I put up these words.
Lori constructed this space with us in mind. Who does that? Someone you don't want to move away, that's who. We have watched Brady grow and will miss that. I suspect he will miss the "friends" that descended on his house with the full moon every month.
 Syd had graciously offered to let us use the original basement of our name. I don't think we can all sew at the same time but that was rare anyway.
 I felt sadness when Candy went south and now it looks as if Lynnee might be leaving us as well but there is a block of time before that.
 Life moves on. People come back for visits but gosh,it has been a golden time.

May Meeting

We had a small but mighty group for May.  Most of the Divas present are in this shot.  What an engaged group!

Lynn and Mary Ann brought the same pattern and kit.  What are the odds????

Lynn also brought this cool bag that she'd worked on at home.

I believe Judy was experimenting with pin cushions.

Here is a prototype of a fish design she did.  Cute!

Mary Ann was in the spirit of this month's bag theme.  I don't recall the specific pattern but it is one of the types where the insert is buttoned-in and can be swapped out.

Lunch was quiet due to our small numbers.  Several Divas took a small table home with them.  I have more things to purge next month including our collaborative quilt WIP box.  Hope to see you then!

April Charity Sewing

In April, a group of Divas spent the usual meeting date at a charity quilt sew-in for Wildwood.

 

 

 

We event got a few things closer to finished.  Here's Jan's piece all layered up.  Mary Ann seems to approve ... or is she goofing off?

 

Kathy was working on this bright panel.  The piecing will be added next.

 

Here's Mary Ann's piece.  You can tell she has experience working on this type of a project.

 

I made two of these from the Halloween stash. It had to be simple so I'd have hopes of getting them done while I am still in town.

 

There were doughnuts too ... and lots of laughter.