November Meeting

We had a  great meeting at the Bryan's with just one (or more) exception - YOU!   You were really missed!

 
Attending this month was Peggy (first time, yea!), Ron, Nora and myself.    The Bryan's had set up tables for us with 4, yes count em, four machines and a serger table.   I must tell you that Peggy had quite an effect on the sewing machines.   Here she is at the "third" machine after she had broken, I mean, disabled two others.

 Here is Nora attempting a repair on the second machine Peggy disabled.  (broke)













This is the serger table put to good use by yours truly!

There was also an ironing station put to good use by Peggy, actually all three of us!

Ron was manning the cutting table/snack bar and doing a fine job of it.   The Bryan's also had a few customers that came in from Oklahoma to visit their store, which is lovely, I might add.   If you quilt, sew or craft with fabrics at all, you must call them and visit.   You will LOVE the selections they have in fabrics and patterns! 
Nora and Ron supplied at least 30 pillowcase kits for our Christmas project.   With great assembly line precision, we were able to completely finish 20 pillowcases for the Johnson County Meals on Wheels recipients to be delivered out with their meals after our next meeting on December the 8th.    Sandy's Quilt Shop donated 52 kits which Doris has already sewn together (causing her serger to break, bummer, but she had it repaired and is back up and running!)   Country Stitches is also donating 40 kits that will be picked up and we should be able to finish those during the next meeting (our goal is 150).   Please, if anyone would like to help sew these, please call Doris  or Trudie and let us know.

And, last but not least, a round table set up for the hand crafters, knitting, crocheting and embroidery.

We are low on lap quilts so if anyone is willing to make a lap quilt, just the top approximately 40x50, please bring them to church and we will get them quilted and bound and out for delivery.   As the weather turns chilly, these will be in great demand at all the nursing homes we visit.  

It has also come to my attention that we are missing an important ministry within our church walls.   We are having babies born at North Pointe Church and we need to get some baby quilts/afghans for them.   We have delivered some to the area hospitals but have neglected our own.   So if you know of someone in the church who is expecting, please let Doris, Jeanette or I know so we can get a quilt ready for them. 

Also, please tell everyone at church to visit this blog.   I think they will be surprised and maybe inspired to join us when they read what we have been doing.   I know we are all gearing up for the holidays so let's always remember those in need and those forgotten.   God bless you all this Thanksgiving.   I am so grateful for all of you!

October Club Meeting

Wow, another month has just flown by!  We've all been busy getting kids & grandkids back to school and all the hoopla that goes along with it.   That said, it is nice to get back the sewing, quilting, embroidering and knitting!

We had such a wonderful turnout, great projects done and turned in and a new project on the horizon.  

Doris (the quilter) worked steadily on putting bindings on and brought us a great project for Christmas.   The Johnson County Wheels on Meals recipients will be getting (from us) a new pillowcase.  The need is great and we need to have 150 of them made up by the 15th of December.  YOUR help is needed.   If you know anyone who sews and would like to volunteer, please contact me, Trudie or Doris or Nora Bryan.   We have already received donations of fabric kits from Sandy's Quilt Shop in Joshua and Country Stitches in Burleson.  Because we hope so many of you will volunteer and because the Bryans have so graciously offered, we will be meeting at their business/home in November where there will be more sewing machines available.  Also, if this works out, we may start having our meetings at their home rather than at the church.  The address will be put out in two weeks for everyone.

Here is Nora working on a quilt.  

And here is Ronnie working on a quilt - yep, GUYS this is for you too!  

Judy is finishing up her embroidery (which I still need to do)Barbara is still crocheting and making the most beautiful lapghans.  

Here we have our knitters dueling with knitting needles!  We do have fun!

Thank you all for all the work you do.   This mission would not work without you!

September 8, 2012

What a wonderful time we had this morning.   

Doris brought lots of floss, and thank you Peggy for the large box you provided.   It will be put to good use!











Lots of stamped embroidery panels for us to learn hand embroidery and there was a lot of successes happening.

Barbara was moving fast with hers as she had already done some hand embroidery before.

 Judy, Dana, Brenda and I  plugged along as best we could!  LOL  We all took our projects home to finish and bring back completed (we hope) next month.

Anna continued on with her knitting.   She is doing really good.   Wish mine looked like that!


All in all the morning was so much fun.   This week Peggy is delivering some adult bibs and neck pillows to the Town Hall Nursing Home in Keene and Doris and I are going to the Crowley Nursing home off 1187 to deliver a little of everything on Thursday.  If you find yourself with extra time, please contact Jeanette about making a delivery and visitation!

We missed those who couldn't be there.   We love you all and it is so much more fun when you are here.  Come play and sew and knit and crochet with us on October 13th at 10am.  Hugs to all

Getting Ready for the 8th

Gearing up for another fun morning with all the fellow NP Comforts group.   We may even have a gentleman join us this month.   Woohoo.   Please come if you can.  We are excited and full of purpose!  A new class to learn hand embroidery is starting so come join in the fun.   See you then!

August 18, 2012

What an awesome God we serve!   Another great meeting and lots of items worked on and 4 new items brought in finished. 
There were eight ladies in attendance this month and we sure missed Jane, Brenda, Ella and Peggy.   Peggy's surgery was a great success, PTL!   Hopefully she will join us next month on September 8th.  We have such fun just talking, can't you tell?

Anna and Dana were still working away on there knitting,

 Jeanette, Trudie and Barbara were crocheting,









 and Doris and Judy put together 4 more lapquilts.

Judy also brought in a completed quilt and took home some neck pillows to sew.













Speaking of neck pillows, Dena (Doris' neighbor) is piling up the neck pillows at her house.   She has close to 50 of them completed.  Please remember her husband, Gerald in prayer as he recovers from surgery.
We had a surprise visit from Brother Garry looking cute in shorts!    He also suggested we visit and deliver to our church shut ins.   Judy is going to get a list together for us.   We do not want to forget our own church family!

Nancy suggested we begin thinking about the Christmas packages to make for the nursing homes containing socks, toothpaste, shampoo, soap etc in fabric bags that we could make.   Also, Jeanette took the girl scout troop to Trinity Mission Nursing Home where they delivered lapghans and quilts to some residents there.   She gave the manager some adult bibs to hand out and he told her how much they really can use those.
She is going to share some of the pictures from their visit so I will post them as soon as I get them.   Jeanette was touched to find we have such a needy nursing home in our area.  This home is not for the affluent, as a general rule.   They need our love and the comfort we can provide, for sure.    Please give some consideration to whether you can be a part of the delivery team and speak to Jeanette.  Doris also delivered some baby quilts and blankets to Huguley Hospital for the parents of newborns who cannot afford such things. 

May God bless you all for doing this for those less fortunate.   You are a blessing to them and to me.

Meeting Date Change

Michelle from the NP office just confirmed that the 18th of August is open for us to meet next month.   Please mark your calendars accordingly.   Hopefully, that won't conflict with any of you.

I woke this morning with an idea for the weighted blankets that Jeanette brought to us to make for special needs kids.  Well, if you remember, I did make two lap quilts but they were not done correctly.  So yesterday at church, Jeanette brought in a weighted blanket for me to see.  Then at the lovely hour of 3am, I had a thought which brought me out to the studio at 6:30am.    I am thrilled to say I completed a blanket, crib size and it went much easier than I had expected.    Here it is.

Of course, it needs to be approved but I went ahead and wrote a little tutorial for it, just in case it's right!
The fabrics are from my stash because the fabrics they gave Jeanette are, well, yucky.   I know these don't match but I just needed to try it first.   I think it is alot like the one she brought me without a carrying strap.   If it is right, I will come up with a tutorial for the smaller lap quilts and share that with you all.
Also, Jeanette is heading up the visitations/deliveries so be sure to let her know if/when you can participate.   Thank you Jeanette!

Also, watch the yard sales for fiberfill!  And if you find yourself with a little extra time and would like to sew some binding and labels on some quilts or bibs, let me know.  I make deliveries!   LOL
Please keep Doris and her family in your prayers.   They are facing some tough stuff right now.  Peggy, I hope you are doing better too and would love to see you next month at the meeting.

Have a wonderful week everyone and know that you are an important part of this group and it's ministry.

July 14th

What a great turn out we had this month!  PTL and thank you to all who came.  Because I did not have my thinking cap on (actually I was lured into the excitement of the ladies learning to knit) I forgot to take any pictures.
Speaking of the knitting, Nancy brought packets of yarn, needles and instructions for anyone wanting to learn.  Brenda brought a coworker with her, Sam, and they both jumped right into the knitting.  Also joining them was Anna Keen.  The concentration on their faces was priceless (yep, I am kicking myself for no pics) but they all perservered and learned to knit.   They took their goodies home with them to finish and bring back next month.  Oh yes, even I tried to knit and the look on my face made Nancy laugh right out loud.  Here is a picture of my work.

Working on it here at home, I no longer have the required number of stitches on my needles so I stopped.  When I told Nancy, she said just to continue on, it will be ok.   We will see......






Nancy also brought another knitted lapghan, Barbara brought 3 more crocheted lapghans and worked on another while the rest of us sewed or learned to knit.  It was so good to have Doris with us again.   Her neighbor, Deena (who made the adult bibs) came for a few minutes to check us out.   She took home a pattern for the neck pillows and already has 8 of them done.   She has run out of fiberfill though so until we get some donated, she is at a stand still.  What a wonderful contribution to our church - maybe she'll starting attending church too.  Also Judy was there adding binding to one of the quilts I had finished this past month.   We missed Jeanette, Jane and Dana.

I am needing to reschedule next month's meeting to the third Saturday as I will be out of town on the second one.  Surprise, surprise!  I will let you know for sure when the church gets back to me on the availability of the cafe that day.   Hugs

Our first Sew In

We had our first real meeting on April 14, 2012 and discussed how everyone wanted to meet.  You know, bring what you worked on at home, or bring our machines, crochet hooks, and knitting needles and have a bit of fun talking and working on our projects.   It was unanimous to meet the next month and sew, talk, crochet and knit together.  So, the date was set for the second Saturday of each month in the Cafe at church.  Then came May and there were two conflicts at church that made it impossible for us to meet, so on to June.

June 9th - What a beautiful day it was.   Sun was shining and eight ladies came to the meeting, some were only able to stay a short time, but what a great time we had.   We set up a table for the sewing machines, except Nonni who chose her own table haha,

Nancy brought a knitted lapghan that was just beautiful but she couldn't stay.  She is going to give knitting lessons at our next meeting.   Jeanette brought us another project to consider doing for autistic children

It is to make weighted blankets for these kids.   I made two of the lap blankets.   They are NOT difficult but they are time intensive.  If anyone wants to try one, let me know.   I email you a copy of the instructions and bring you some of the material, batting and pellets you'll need.
Dana brought in a crocheted lapghan that is so pretty and Sunday at church, Barbara gave me 25 crocheted lapghans that she has done.  Wow!  I was just blown away.

Jane has made some bone shaped neck pillows and the horseshoe shaped ones as well.  She gave me the pattern for the horseshoe shaped ones so if that interests you, let me know.  I will bring the pattern to the next meeting.
Doris' neighbor, who is not a member of our church, made 107 adult bibs for us to take and she would also like to go with us when we make a visit.  Did I mention that Trinity Missions Nursing Home in Burleson is the our first "project"?  If you or anyone knows of another facility in need of some love and attention, please share.   Here are some pics of  lap quilts in progress.

Our next meeting is July 14th at 10am in the Cafe.   Come join us for some fun and fellowship, sewing and knitting or whatever you feel like.   Just come.   The more the merrier!

Welcome to North Pointe Comforts!

Where there is a need for comfort, we want to serve!

We are a local ministry of North Pointe Church in Joshua, Texas striving to offer comfort and warmth through quilts, lapghans, adult bibs, baby quilts and other items as needed in our community and beyond as the Lord commands.
This is an exciting journey, to make and deliver items of comfort and words of hope and those in need.  Come join the fun!