At our November meeting, Jodell  showed us how to make a Christmas ornament and we had a great time sewing them at the meeting.  It's a great project to do without a sewing machine.

Our April meeting was kitchen inspired.  Karen demonstrated how to make a bowl cozy and Mary Anne Delker showed how to make a baked potato baker and appliqued potholder. 

Our February program was Valentine’s Day-inspired.  Carol  showed us a pillowcase that she made with entwined hearts on it and provided us with a template and directions.  She also discussed various tips and hints from Nancy Zieman’s books, 10-20–30 Minutes to Sew and 501 Sewing Hints for pockets, sleeves, zippers and elastic casings and different tapes that are available.  All of the hints Carol discussed are to help make our sewing better. 

In July, we made a program change when we found out that SSM Health was out of cancer caps for their Cancer Resource Center.  Three members got together prior to the meeting to cut out 23 cancer scarves, fuse the interfacing to them, and sere the edges, and cut out 7 turbans.  At the July meeting we sewed all of the scarves and turbans.  

Our March meeting was another community service sewing session where we made 22 cancer turbans for SSM Health, St Joseph’s Hospital in St Charles.  Our group provides cancer caps to SSM on a regular basis through out the year. 

In January, member Jodell taught us how to make jelly roll rugs.  This is a great way to "taste" fun fabrics and make something useful for your home.