So as all of you know our Craft Club was cancelled due to several unexpected events. Sherrie has so graciously offered to still help people make scrub tops. So if you are interested get in touch with her. We will not hold any craft meetings for sure for the remainder of this year. We have had some input from various people that instead of craft club we should have a movie night where we all get together for dinner and a movie either once a month or once every other month. We want to know what you would all like...so post a comment to this posting and let us know what you think!

Next Craft Club Project...Scrub Tops!

Next Craft Club Day: November 18th, 2009

Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Demo Room at LDS Hospital Labor and Delivery

It will be open house style, so you can come and go as you wish!

Things you need to bring:

*Scrub Top pattern of your choice (the easier and more simple the better!)

*Fabric for each scrub top you wish to make

Places to get some holiday or everyday fabric:

Piper's Quilts

http://www.pipersquilts.com/ or

1944 South 1100 East

Salt Lake City, Utah 84106

801-484-5890

Joann's Fabrics

Wal-Mart

*Thread to match the fabric that you choose

*Fabric scissors to cut your pattern

*Pins to pin your pattern to your fabric

*Sewing machine if you have one

*Something yummy to share with everyone who comes!

Let us know if you have any questions! We can't wait to see you then!

First Craft Club Meeting - Making Bows

So this post is way past due, but we had our first craft club meeting on May 12th. I wish I had pictures to post of Shannon, Rakelle and I making bows...that's right other than Sherrie Simpson we were the only ones there! Come on girls you know you want some fun girls time doing cute craft projects. We are going to give it a try one or two more times before we retire our club, so we are going to take the month of June off, to let you guys get totally hungry for craft club time and resume in either July or August. Please vote on the side bar to the right for which month would work best for you. We know Summer is busy and hectic, so we want to do which time will allow the most people to come. Also don't forget to vote for which project you would be most interested in doing.

First Meeting of the Craft Club

Don't forget the first meeting of the Craft Club tomorrow (Tuesday) night from 6-9pm.

We are making bows and a supply list is on the previous post.

We are having a potluck, so please bring a dish of your choice to share.

Hope to see you there.

First Craft Club Day - Mark Your Calendars

So although Wood Projects won with the most votes we are going to start with something a little easier and less time consuming for our first project!

We are going to do BOW-MAKING!

We have picked Tuesday, May 12 from 6 p.m.-9p.m. to meet here in the hospital

on Labor and Delivery. We are also going to have a pot luck that evening, so please email us to let us know that you are coming. About a week before that evening we will post a sign up sheet so you will know what to bring and how many to make your dish for.

Here are the items that you will need to bring:

*1 yard of ribbon to make each bow (some ribbons are harder to work with than others, but pick whatever kinds of ribbons you like and we will make it work!)

*Alligator clips (1 for each bow you make)

*Fabric glue

*Fray check

*Stretchy ribbon for headbands (1 yard will make approximately 2 headbands depending on the size of the child's head)

*Needle and spool of thread (white thread for light ribbon and black for dark)

*If you want to do flowers as well as bows, just buy the size flower you want and an alligator clip to glue to the back

Some Suggestions for Places to Get Supplies:

*The Lace Place

2682 Highland Dr.

Salt Lake City, UT 84106

(801) 474-2697

*JoAnn's Fabric Stores

*Robert's Arts and Craft Stores

Please email us with any questions you have about supplies or anything else.

Also make sure that you vote for our next project as well as the day that you would like to have the craft day. We want to make sure we vary it from month to month so that as many people as possible have a chance to come.

Even if you don't want to make bows, come hang out! It is going to be fun!

My first quilt

This was my first quilt. I never sewed growing up. My mom is an incredible seamstress, so naturally I wanted to do the opposite as my mom. I learned to love it as I got a little older. I am not very good, but I sure have fun doing it. Working with the incredible fabrics that are available are what make it so fun for me. This quilt was done by machine applique. My great grandmother, Ethel May Piper, taught my mom. I love passing an art form down from generation to generation.

Show Us Your Talents

So we know many of you have talents that could be shared at this craft club. If you are interested in guiding us through a project on one of our craft days please comment at the end of this posting let us know what your talent is. We also want to know if there is a craft project that you would like to do...hopefully we can find someone who can show us how to do that craft. We also like to hear from those of you who would like to participate in the craft days. Let us know what days and times work would work for you. We want feedback of any kind...this club is for everyone's interests and desires.

So far in passing conversation we have heard people show interest in...

Wood Crafts

Scrapbooking
Bow-making!

QuiltingCheck out http://www.pipersquilts.com/ for quilt and other craft ideas! Shannon's mother, who owns Piper's Quilts, is willing to allow our craft club the opportunity to use a room in the top of her store for some of our craft days!

And Knitting...

We can't wait to hear all your feedback.