It was so good to be able to meet this first month of a brand new year! December threw a mini blizzard at us, so the meeting was canceled on Saturday. Some members did get in some sewing on Friday, before the weather turned bad.
It was great to see so many of you again, and it was also lovely to see several new faces! Thank you, members, for making our new friends feel welcome.
Show and Tell was fun. Besides some beautiful quilts we had walker
bags and pillowcases to show and share. Check out the blog for PHOTOS! We had 30 items donated for Mission projects!
The Iowa Quilt Block is still taking pillowcases to help support Ryan's Smiles, which provides pillowcases for kids in
hospitals. They get a lot of young children's prints but don't get
as many pillows themed for teens or young adults if you'd like to help out and make some of them. We have a bin of
pillowcase kits in our Hope Quilters closet.
We kicked off the
year making Walker Bags. We are grateful for one member walking us through the
directions and giving us helpful hints. Four walker bags were turned in to
the Care Ministry but there were probably 10 or 12 more in
progress this weekend! Thank you for taking on this project as it is really
appreciated by Hope's Care Ministry. The challenge is going out to all members to try at least one bag this month! There will be a few kits for these bags put together, and you may want to try making one at retreat!
The other special event is our Winter Sewcial which will be in February. More details for this event will also be in the upcoming email.
Until then, stay warm in your cozy sewing rooms and enjoy creating!
