Today 14 ladies attended. Anne Bave brought in a prayer quilt top she had made. I checked to see if we had enough batting and backing fabric so that next week we can sandwich it and begin tying. Deb Johnson brought in the fish quilt she is making for her husband and sewed rows together. Ingrid Dispensa had given me a bag of wool yarn to give away so several ladies went home with bags of yarn. Today Joyce Laiosa, the children's librarian, gave me a web site: www.aghines.com. She is a picture book illustrator and a quilter. Her illlustrations are quilted. It is a wonderful web site with free patterns for the quilts in her books plus lots of extras: her journey as an illustrator and quilter, using quilts to teach geometry and/or design, plus a lot more. Take a look at it if you get a chance. It's like taking a virtual tour of a quilter/illustrator's life.

12 ladies were present today--a smaller than normal group. Kathy Olsen brought in the finished lap quilt which we are donating to an elderly person of need in the community. We laid out the blocks for our next lap quilt and I will take them home to sew together. The big talk was of what we were all doing for Thanksgiving. It was a quiet day preparing for the beginning of the busy holiday season.

16 ladies attended today. Our dear Pat Hammond brought 2 pies! Kathy Olson and I sandwiched our next prayer quilt while another group of ladies laid out blocks for yet another. Betsy Hoffman called me today to tell me she hasn't been coming for awhile first because she was out of town and now because of her husband's medical appts. She hopes to join us again soon though. This month we have Betty Smith's quilts hanging in the hallway so we all admired them and congratulate Betty on her first solo art show! Anne Bave had been to visit Katherine Denegar and reports that Katherine is well but very lonely. We decided that this year instead of having a Holiday lunch at a restaurant and a separate party at Darryl's house that we would just have a party at Darryl's. Also, we will not be meeting on Dec. 26th but we will be meeting on Jan. 2nd.

Today 15 ladies attended. Cathy Maikoff brought in her finished Sunbonnet Sue/Suspender Sam quilt to which she had added some wonderful embellishment. Deb Johnson brought in her rescue quilt top--several holes but possibly salvageable. I got out our log cabin raffle quilt and started quilting again. We were a fairly calm group today but with good eats as usual. Someone made some delicious cranberry nut bread--thank you to whoever brought it.

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!