Next Meeting (please note change from fourth Tuesday to last Tuesday)
*** Tuesday, March 31 at Helen's house ***
Queen Bee: Helen
Food: TBD
Food: TBD
Show and Tell
There was no business to discuss, so we launched right into Show and Tell. Peggy made a beautiful project bag featuring machine embroidery, which was an embroidery club project.
Helen made a very cute and unusual tote bag. She cleverly added several zipper compartments on the inside to make it even more versatile. The name of the pattern is "Shopping Pretty" by KD Creations. I believe Helen got the pattern and made the purse in a class at Cagey Quilter in Carson City. Helen also showed us the start of a quilt-as-you-go quilt she is working on. The quilt is put together by folding and sewing sashing in a unique way, which I believe she is going to demonstrate at our next meeting.
Randi was busy making Great Britain sashes for her troop for the Girl Scouts' World Thinking Day.
Art Project
Rita was Queen Bee, and like a true art teacher, she didn't want us just watching, she wanted us doing, so then the fun began. Rita brought with all the supplies, including blank cards, glue sticks, scissors, and discarded painting projects from her art class for us to use to make greeting cards. She also used the opportunity to teach us a bit about compositional layout techniques, such as use of placement and negative space. We all sat around the kitchen table tearing, cutting, coloring, and gluing to come up with completely unique designs for our cards.
Rita then demonstrated how to embellish our designs, as well as hold them down, by stitching them on the sewing machine.
Rita even provided us with envelopes and extra cards to take home to play with. Several Bees thought it would be fun to experiment with fabric scraps, ribbon, and yarn. This project was so creative and so much fun! Thank you, Rita!
