See You in September

Here it is the start of another school year and nearing the end of the calendar year, and I'm sure many of us are wondering where the time went!  For some of us it passed happily in our sewing spaces, and we had proof of it at our September meeting with all the show-and-tell items.  Check out all the pictures below!

In other news, we spent the meeting preparing for Make A Difference Day.  Having decided to benefit the local VA hospital, we discussed what items they needed the most.  Wheelchair bags were high on the list, followed by lap robes and walker totes.  From the patterns we had, we figured out what we needed to cut and began pulling fabric out of the stash, determining what its best use would be based on size and weight.  We cut out quite a few wheelchair bag pieces along with a few walker totes.  October's meeting will be more of the same, along with a little sewing of the items to have some ready for the middle of the "assembly line" on the actual day.

Nataly's gorgeous prom dress!

Pat made a cool summer blouse.

And she did her Christmas sewing over the summer.

A nifty door-hanger basket to hold keys or cell phone.

Lovely clutch purse / wallet

Wallet open to show inside.

Veronica's mother-of-the-bride dress

A skirt with godets for a floaty look

Elaborate quilt back!

Connie's quilt - love the colors!

Maura's shawl-collar sweater - sewn, not knitted