Our May meeting found us gathered in Helen's home but missing Margie, Peggy and Tricia. Margie was on vacation; traveled to her granddaughter's graduation. Tricia and Peggy were helping their mother because she fell and broke her ankle. We are keeping their mother and our sister Bees in prayer.
Rita did a great job of preparing our meal; lasagna, salad, and french bread. We got to meet Dave's mom, Joan and enjoyed spending the evening with her. Sitting around the table we found Dawn, Randi, Helen, Ellie, Joan and Linda.
News and updates!
- Windy Moon is opening a new store in Sparks on Pyramid and rumor has it that they may become a Bernina dealer.
- Helen reported that all five of her donated quilt tops were finished and donated. She does this through her membership in Old Clear Creek Road Quilters.
- Dawn announced that Lisa and Bobbi, the director and advocate for the Women's Shelter accepted the ten donated quilts from the Quilting Bees and Ditch Stitchers for the Domestic Violence shelters. They were complimentary and impressed by the talent in both groups.
Show and Tell!
- Dawn had a pile of quilts to show off and we loved every minute of it! She made a patriotic D9P for Blue Stars Moms and a raffle quilt for the Fourth of July car show in Fernley. She showed off her car quilt to raise money for her car club and brought her box quilt, assembled, yet to be quilted. The corner blocks were lovely. Lastly, she showed off an unfinished quilt appliqued by her grandmother, Caroline Myer from Florida. Beautiful irises in shades of lavender. Dawn wants to machine quilt it using an old time pattern. What a find that was!
- Rita, now that school is officially over, is diving into projects and brought along her day-glo orange shirt, resplendent with Monarch butterflies! Helen brought out the jacket Tricia made so Rita could figure out how to complete her project. It will be dazzling!
- Randi also had a pile of quilts to get our creative energy flowing. She showed off, yet another D9P made from our block exchange. Titled, David's Crayon Box, he was delighted to find the textile manufacturing edging on his quilt. (That's what happens when you run out of fabric!) Monkey Shines in pink and green will delight the baby in her Girl Scout Troop and Pretty N Pink, a sweet pink and yellow quilt using blocks from the block exchange and the 10 minute block. Randi has been very bzzzy!
- Linda shared her domestic violence quilt created with her friend, Toni. She also showed off the graduation quilt made for her niece, Jenna Mae, graduating from high school in Flagstaff, AZ on May 31. Congratulations and love to my sweet Jenna!
Rita served the White House Lemon Bundt Cake served at Julie Nixon's wedding in the White House. Even the Democrats liked it!
Ellie's tip for the night was to improve our memories start juggling with flaming sticks. With that said our next meeting is Tuesday, June 25. No plans as of yet for dinner so we are looking for volunteers. Or we could go out for ice cream!
Smile....you're on candid camera!
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| Toni and Linda Domestic Violence Quilt donation |
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| Dawn and Grandmother Caroline's |
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| Linda and Jenna Mae's graduation quilt |
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| Dawn's donation quilt. |
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| Dawn's donation quilt |
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| Randi and the 10 minute block quilt |
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| Randi and Monkey Shines |
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| Dawn's Car Show Quilt |
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| The Box Friendship Quilt by Dawn with lots of help from her friends. |
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| David's Crayon Box Quilt designed by Randi |
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| Lovely Rita, meter maid, and her glo-in-the-dark jacket |
Filling in for Tricia and looking forward to the next meeting.
Linda
