A Special Visit with Wanda

 What a special and joyful meeting we had this month when our close friend and former member Wanda was able to join us. Her dear family—daughter Diana, son David, and granddaughter Natalie—made it all possible and we are very grateful! We have missed Wanda so much since her stroke and we look forward to having more visits in the future as she continues to recover. We love you, Wanda!

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September 14 Meeting. We will be meeting at Marcella's. Drop-in social get-together will start at 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. Business meeting will start at 1:30 P.M. The enrichment for September will be presented by Sally, who will tutor us on bookmaking. You will be receiving a materials list soon, so check your email. Betts' September Challenge with be a container of your special treasures entitled "These are a few of my favorite things." 

  

September 27, (Friday) we will be gathering at Marcella's for a greeting card workday from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Please RSVP if you will be joining us. 

 

October 12, Annual Phoebe Anniversary Potluck. We will be meeting at Marcella's. Please bring a sweet or savory dish to share (more details will be forthcoming). If you are sewing placemats for Meals on Wheels, also bring your completed mats to this meeting. If we find out more are needed, we may resume sewing them in future months. 

August Enrichment

Our August enrichment, designed by Daisy, involved adhering fabrics and trim to three paper dolls that would represent the three Phoebe members we sadly lost over the past few years—Zanaib, Mary, and Harlene. 

Applique items could represent fabrics and items or themes dear to our lost members, such as African, Japanese, and butterflies. 

 We all brought items from our collections and Daisy supplied even more. The three dolls will be ultimately joined together as a triptych. Here are the beginnings of some of the dolls that will be displayed at next month's meeting. 

The August Challenge

Last month Betts challenged us to make tags that included a four-letter word. Donna converted the English word joy to the French Joie and used her tags to decorate the fronts of greeting cards.

And since all of her materials were strewn about, she made some more basic cards.

Caroline expressed her joy of singing.😊

Marcella made 4 cards expressing hope and another 4 with toy dolls representing play.

Suzanne R's tags featured various animals from the Oakland Zoo.

Jennifer, who loves to read (and create) books, found it easy to choose a favorite word.

Geri, one of our avid doll makers and collectors, choose "doll" for her tag word and decorated the tag with smaller versions of dolls she has made over the years.

     Also, here are doll pins Geri has created to represent dolls she has made during her many phases of doll making. 

Betts displayed a box of "a few of her favorite things" to inspire our ideas for the next challenge.

And more!She also displayed one of her favorite treasures in her lace collection...vintage Coronation Cord. 

Daisy's Little Bow Peep doll is so adorable!

Suzanne R completed another great greeting card. 

More placemats for Meals on Wheels have been completed and sewing will continue to make even more until they are due at the October meeting.  

Bonnie has been working to create more of her wonderful small decorations.

She also made a cute, embellished booklet using her collected buttons.

Sally mentioned the possibility of creating expandable booklets like the one above that contains "twinchie" graphics for inspiration. 

 _____________________________A message from Rosie!