For our program, Shelia told us about a You Tube tutorial by Lorrie Nunemaker on using placemats to make a variety of pouches, totes, bags and baskets. Shelia made samples of several of the items. It was nice to have the real thing to hold in your hands instead of just a picture.

Placemat Plans

At our April meeting, Sarah taught us how to do screen printing.  She showed us how to use a fine mesh fabric and use an embroidery hoop to use as a frame.  Next we took a vinyl stencil and using a sticky tape transferred it to the mesh fabric, then taped around the edges so no paint would leak under.  We arranged the stencil and frame on top of our good fabric.  Sarah then gave us a line of paint at one edge of the stencil and using a plastic card as a scraper we spread the paint directly across the stencil.  Then we removed the frame, and like magic there was a painted image on the fabric!

Screen Printing

Bowls!  Lots of bowls!  The West County group made microwaveable soup bowl cozies at their January meeting.  Member Melissa  brought pre-cut and marked pieces of batting and fabrics in colorful coordinating prints for everybody along with copies of detailed instructions.  We brought our sewing machines, and Melissa guided us through the process and we all ended up with cute microwave bowls. 

Fabric Bowls

May's Sew and Tell gave us an opportunity to get a (partial) group picture around Deb's quilt.

Say Cheese

Our February program was "your favorite notion" We saw some new things and learned some new uses for things we already have.

Notions Galore

In December, the West County group shared a delicious meal at Gianfabio’s Italian Café to celebrate the holidays.  The food was delicious and we all enjoyed one another’s company.  To make even more fun, we had a gift exchange full of beautiful and thoughtful gifts.

Holiday Dinner