Chatter Reports
November 2023
By Jane Wilcox
The frost didn’t land on the pumpkin this Halloween, however, the Strawberry Patchers had a Spooktacular October with our Charity Sew Days, managing to meet our goal of putting together 70 quilt tops, backings & bindings for our comfort quilt program. Whew! It was scary how efficiently we all buzzed around and got this accomplished!
We started out the first weekend in November with the Rim Country Quilt Roundup Show, and what a show it was! It was the largest one to date, with almost 180 entries. Special exhibits, lectures, demonstrations and vendors supported the show and for 2 days such fun!! Many Many kudos to Maureen Pastika, President of Rim Country Quilt Round Up, and to the Board for putting together such a wonderful display for all to enjoy!
I’d like to elaborate now on our other fundraising section: The Strawberry Patchers Country Store, Spearheaded by Kris Lovetro. It is hard to believe that what began as selling face masks during the pandemic, mushroomed into a full-blown store! We all contribute to it, and people love to purchase our zipper bags, mug rugs, cup holders, sewing machine pads, table runners, bag holders – if we can make it, people will buy it!
Kris and helpers set up the store for the craft fairs in Pine/Strawberry, art shows, and our quilt shows. We all work hard making sure that it is stocked well with products. And, it is wonderful to have such a fabulous assortment of great things that are hand made, and look awesome! Thank you to Kris for doing such a bang up job making our store work well for us so we can support our charities.
As it’s the end of the year, we are still welcoming new members and guests to our meetings (The first Thursday of the month) and we hope all members join us for our Sew Days on the 3rd Thursday of the month. In December, we will have our annual Christmas party, and it’s always special to have this get together so we can toast another great year behind us and looking forward to a new one ahead.
If you’d like to join us, please visit: www.strawberrypatchers.com We have a VERY active chapter and ALWAYS have fun!
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