16 ladies attended today. I was gone last week visiting my mother and her local quilt shop which is why there was no entry for last week. Today is Halloween so I came dressed as a quilt book. Fran brought in a beautiful, soft and warm flannel quilt she had made for her grandson and a Christmas table runner. Fran has obviously been keeping busy. I brought in the Sudoku quilt top that I made while visiting my mother. Jean Kallop brought in her Betty Smith pinwheels quilt top. Today was Jean's last day--she is leaving for Florida tomorrow. Alberta has started a very interesting looking kaleidescope quilt. I am eager to watch it grow.

Today we had lunch at Maggie's Cafe on Western Ave. 15 ladies and 1 husband attended. The food was good and we gave the waitress a good work-out. I think we all went home with full tummies. Katherine Denegar was able to come to the lunch. It's always nice to visit with old friends. Next week the book sale will be over and the community room should be cleaned out so we can meet again there. I will not be attending though as I will be visiting my mother in Texas so please enjoy yourselves while I'm gone. I might be coming in with a new project when I return so get ready!

21 ladies attended today. Cathy Maikoff and Anne Kodra played with some of the blocks we have made and pulled some together for another prayer quilt. Marguerite Flint took them home to sew together. Margot continued with her personalized instruction of Edith. Kathy Olsen was back from her summer on the lake. Hope we'll start seeing more of her now. Darryl Webb brought in her finished crazy quilt top. She hopes to start embellishing it soon. Anne Bave brought in a Christmas tree skirt she had made and Pat Hammond had some Christmas ornaments she had made. Agnes Weaver is giving Winnie Childs personal lessons on making the table runner that Louise Claflin taught us this summer. A nice time was had by all. Next week we go out to lunch (although one member informed me that we are out to lunch every week). They will be setting the community room up for the book sale so we will be kicked out. So we will be having lunch at Maggie's Cafe (1186 Western Ave.) at 12:00. See you there!

Today 19 ladies attended. After the partying last week we were a little more subdued today. Margot is still working with Edith on her attic window piece. Pat Hammond needed a demo using Steam-a-seam 2 for iron-on applique so Darryl and Margot helped us do that. Darryl brought in her crazy quilt blocks, laid them out and the group had fun advising her on the best layout. Jean Kallop brought in one of her early quilts, an embroidered cat quilt, which she had tied but now wanted to quilt. Betty Smith brought in some more freebies--Brooks Brothers shirting fabric samples. Winnie was back today with a good report on her husband's health.

Today was our 14th anniversary party! 21 ladies attended. I had some books, magazines and CDs available as gifts/purchases and we had a pretty cake from Nichol's and some chocolate cupcakes from dear Pat Hammond, our favorite baker. We had a very nice little party with pictures to look at and pictures to take. Fran Hahn brought in her beautiful applique quilt that she has been working on for a couple of years. It is truly fantastic! Cathy Maikoff sewed together the blocks and lattice for another prayer quilt. It is pink and wild looking! Margot continued teaching Edith Goldstein how to make a quilt. Her little attic window quilt is coming along nicely. Pat Hammond brought in 1 of 3 mile-a-minute quilt tops she has made. Our old friends Sharon Jackson and Ingrid Dispenza stopped by for a visit as did Sue Reilly. Although many of our faces have changed in the last 14 years...actually all of our faces have changed in that time (big glasses, long hair and I was thin!), nevertheless our little group is still going stong. Nimblefingers has always strived to be a friendly, social outlet for those of us with common interests as well as a place to learn some new skills, improve upon old ones, or to try out some new ideas. Apparently we are succeeding. We've been together for 14 years now and I hope we can keep it up for another 14 years! Our faces may continue to change but our need for friendship and our love of needlework will never change. Happy anniversary and congratulations Nimblefingers ladies! It's definitely been fun!

Today was our 14th anniversary party! 21 ladies attended. I had some books, magazines and CDs available as gifts/purchases and we had a pretty cake from Nichol's and some chocolate cupcakes from dear Pat Hammond, our favorite baker. We had a very nice little party with pictures to look at and pictures to take. Fran Hahn brought in her beautiful applique quilt that she has been working on for a couple of years. It is truly fantastic! Cathy Maikoff sewed together the blocks and lattice for another prayer quilt. It is pink and wild looking! Margot continued teaching Edith Goldstein how to make a quilt. Her little attic window quilt is coming along nicely. Pat Hammond brought in 1 of 3 mile-a-minute quilt tops she has made. Our old friends Sharon Jackson and Ingrid Dispenza stopped by for a visit as did Sue Reilly. Although many of our faces have changed in the last 14 years...actually all of our faces have changed in that time (big glasses, long hair and I was thin!), nevertheless our little group is still going stong. Nimblefingers has always strived to be a friendly, social outlet for those of us with common interests as well as a place to learn some new skills, improve upon old ones, or to try out some new ideas. Apparently we are succeeding. We've been together for 14 years now and I hope we can keep it up for another 14 years! Our faces may continue to change but our need for friendship and our love of needlework will never change. Happy anniversary and congratulations Nimblefingers ladies! It's definitely been fun!

17 ladies attended today. Anne Bave came with about 9-9" blocks so we cut some of our other blocks down, found some fabric for the lattice, gave the whole thing to Cathy Maikoff to sew together, and we will have created another prayer quilt! The easiest one so far! Thank you Anne! Betsey Hoffman gave me a beautiful hand-made card to use as a thank you note to the Friends for giving us the money for the tools (which we used again today to cut out the lattice strips). It is really great to have the tools right here to use as needed. At the last Village Quilter meeting they had many quilt stencils available for the taking. I took them all to be kept here for use by either the V.Q.'s or Nimblefingers. Marguerite and Fran have already taken advantage of this offer. Today I brought in a bug jar quilt made for a friend's granddaughter. It turned out very cute. Pat brought in some super yummy peanut butter-chocolate bars. She promised to bring the recipe next week.