May 2016 Meeting

The Bees met at the usual place on May 31 with Dawn, Margi, Helen, Linda, Rita, and Randi attending.

Next Meeting

*** Tuesday, June 27 ***

Queen Bee: Peggy

Food: Helen - main dish;  Linda - salad;  Margie - beverage

Business Meeting

The Carson Valley Quilt Guild quilt show is on June 4 and 5 at the Douglas County Community Center, 1329 Waterloo in Gardnerville. Admission is $10.00 for one day, $15.00 for two days, or $20.00 for one day plus lecture with David Taylor. Linda gave us a bio on him, and he sounds interesting.

Fidget Quilts are appropriate for folks with dementia. They are made with textured fabrics and other materials that provide tactile stimulation to restless, "fidgety" fingers. For some people, opening and closing things like buttons and zippers is a soothing activity. More information and ideas can be found at Michelle Bilyeu's *With Hearts and Hands* website. Quilt size should be 36 x 36, and we are not setting a date for them to be finished.

Margie was Queen Bee, and the topic was UFOs. Margie opened a box of squares she was in the process of making for her sister for the sweat shirt jacket Peggy taught us to make several years ago. Rita will finish it. 

Linda brought a book called the "Goodbye Quilt." We talked about what defines a UFO from our perspective.

Helen has 64 blocks consisting of 1,200 small pieces. We are supporting her in finishing it!!! Randi is just taking a picture, but is not taking it on!

Here is the book it is made from.

Helen also has another UFO. Absolutely beautiful! She is purging and feeling great:)

Rita UFOed a bag full of tee shirts and handouts on creative ideas for refurbishing tees -- possibly great for a sleepover.

Margie UFOed 12-inch blocks that she is donating to the Troop 1101 for a Linus quilt. They are working on a Silver award and are starting a quilting club for teaching kids how to quilt. Both Randi and Rita are very happy!

Next month Helen and Linda have challenged each other to finish one project. Both will show their results. Good luck girls!!

Show and Tell

Randi shared little Helen's quilt. How lovely! The color and placement of the blocks are beautifully done.

We supported Randi on a quilt that she isn't happy with the placment and colors of the blocks. We offered suggestions and encouraged her to move on.

Minutes by Rita, photos by Randi.