In celebration of Valentine's Day, Caroline led us in a fun enrichment session using heart-shaped fabric cut-outs. She supplied each of us with 4 hearts and led us in gathering them down the center to create two petals each and sewing the 4 pieces together to create a flower. She also supplied buttons to sew in the center. 
Sue gave us a double treat by bringing her paper cutouts and showing us how to weave them together to make paper hearts. They can be woven to make a paper envelope and she gave us each one that was filled with chocolate kisses.
Both Caroline and Sue deserve a big "Thank You" for their demonstrations and generosity.
Calendar
March 12 (Saturday) at Marcella's. Drop-in Social Get-together 11:00 to 1:30, Business Meeting at 1:30 P.M. It's St. Patrick's Day! Let's all wear green to celebrate. Enrichment by Harlene featuring making 3D butterflies.
April 12 (Saturday) at Marcella's. Drop-in Social Get-together 11:00 to 1:30, Business Meeting at 1:30 P.M. Enrichment by Sally featuring watercolor painting. The "Women's Work" challenge item will be due. Make something from items found around the house and include the colors red, yellow, blue, green and black in celebration of the recent Olympics.
Show and Tell
Geri brought this cute little bear to share with us. His name is "Smudge." She also shared the adorable little paper dolls she often uses on her beautiful cards.
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This is the beautiful 3D butterfly pin Harlene made to give Marcella as a birthday present. Looking forward to Harlene's butterfly enrichment session in March.
Donna recently finished her padded heart project and will be giving these to family and friends on Valentine's Day. They are the last of around 20 or so she made. They have pin backs and also a tiny ring on the back for hanging.
Harlene is the "Queen of Vests" as well as the "Queen of Butterflies." She has now made over 70 vests and every single one is as stunning as this one.
Suzanne, our favorite Oakland Zoo docent, created these beautiful animal-themed greeting cards for a February card exchange. Great composition and design.
This is one of the many fabric journals Sharon has made over the years. They have been all sizes, each unique, and filled with beautiful cloth, paper, vintage trims and ephemera. They are true labors of love and take untold hours to complete. She has successfully sold many at craft shows over the years. This one was a present to Donna at Christmas.
Colleen has been so inspired by Anne's ceramic, tin and found objects dolls that she wanted to make some of her own. So, in homage to Anne, here are five photos of just a few of Colleen's recent creations.
Caroline and Jennifer are constantly coming up with new and unique projects that they find online and in magazines. A recent project involved making cloth bird pin cushions and attaching them to stuffed tins. It is a Virginia Roberts pattern, "Spam Can Birds." Very cute!
Kathy has diligently been working on completing this Queen size ombre green quilt to give to a family member. A big project, indeed!
She also shared these articulated unicorn/bear dolls she made for Christmas gifts. Grandchildren would surely love them.
These tiny—1" tiny to be exact—patchwork squares were sewn by Marcella. The squares and the extremely small hand stitching are truly amazing!
Rosie and Anne were recently having fun playing with alcohol inks. This is just one of the numerous beautiful results.
Sally never stops impressing us with the colorful journals she creates using bits and pieces of her paintings, along with other collage materials. She is a master of composition and color balance. Each page is definitely a work of art.
This is the cover of one of Sally's journals. Her painting demonstration in April is something we look forward to.
Sue created this lovely face made entirely with clay. The thin clay around the face really looks like fabric, even up close. She's lovely!
