Winter has arrived

Happy Veteran's Day to all those brave souls that have served at some point in their life and to the families that had to let a loved one go when their commitment meant giving a life physically or mentally.  We are free because of those brave men and women and I say THANK YOU for your service.

I guess a lot of records will be broken today in the weather columns.  I can't remember having this much snow this early but it's here.  We have 3" already and the snow is still coming down. Okay, this picture is more than 3" but if it keeps coming down it could get to be this much.  I drove to the next town to pick up a FW from a lady to fix it and the roads weren't too bad.  People in my neck of the woods are driving sanely.  I didn't see anyone in the ditch.  And, my new car handled the snowy pavement just fine, thank goodness.  I was wondering how she would like the winter weather. I'm back home now just watching it pile up.  It's good to have a nice warm house.

I hope you were able to attend our first FW Club meeting of the winter season.  We did have a fun time.  A few ideas were bounced around for this year's activities and I sure appreciated hearing what you all would like to do. 

We will be focusing on an attachment every month again.  There are so many that people haven't had a chance to see and use.  People that were at the meeting said they want to do these again.  It will take a couple of years to get through all of them.  My favorite is the buttonholer.  We did it at the last meeting.

And, the ladies also told me they like doing a little project each month.  We had so many at the Sunday class that we didn't have a lot of time to make the poinsettia pouches but everyone got the pattern and we started them.  So, we'll be making a FW mat at the next Club class.  I'm working on it now.  Watch the class schedule tab to see what to bring to the next meeting.  I'll post a week or two before class.

And, I'm announcing a challenge for this winter season as well. Drum roll please!  The FW Club Stash buster/Scrappy Challenge has begun.  I hosted one of these on my online quilt guild and it went over well.  You don't have to participate if you don't want but you can participate and bring your projects to any FW Club class to start adding up.  We'll run this challenge until time for me to leave in the Spring.  Totals will be revealed in May, 2020 and there will be a FW prize for the winner.  Here's the rules.

1. You have to use at least 15 different fabrics in each project to be counted.
2. Your project cannot be one that you've already started.  In other words, anything you begin new for this challenge can be counted.
3. You can make any size quilt, wall hanging, or whatever.  The total square inches of your project will be the number added to your total.   If you finish the item by quilting it and binding it to have it ready to use, we'll count 1 1/2 times the total square inches to your total.
4. You need to bring your projects to the FW Club meeting to show it off to be counted.

Okay, the challenge is open.  Get busy using up your scraps and let's see what you make.  I know we're all going to see a lot of gorgeous items.  I can't wait.  I'm going to start working on the prize.  Let the fun begin. Here's one example of an item that could count.  It's called, Jean's Diamonds so you know why I picked this one to show you.

I guess I'll work on machines today.  I have a few to repair/clean, etc. for people.  Keep in touch.  I'm looking forward to a busy winter season of FW fun and lots of sewing projects.  Join me!