January 27, 2011 Meeting

Today we met at 1:00 p.m. at the Lutheran church for our regular meeting.

Julia Wareing welcomed everyone and thanked those who participated in

the Charity sew day which was held a couple of weeks ago. Everyone who
participated in the charity sewing day got their name put in a drawing for
a quilt that was made from the donated blocks from the raffle quilt.  This
quilt was pieced by Mary Woods.  Nathaniel Stansfield was the lucky
winner of  the charity quilt drawing.  Connie Tabor showed off several
of the quilts that were made at the charity sew day.  Connie Tabor,
Ordis Herbst and Madge Lindsay made several pillow cases
to donate to charities.  There is a great need for quilts in the area
 and Connie encouraged anyone that can to donate.  They need twin quilts,
75 X 90 or double 90 X 90, they don't have to be quilted, they can be tied. 
If you have any raffle blocks for this years quilt, please be sure to get them to
Connie Tabor as soon as possible.  Madge Lindsay talked about
the Elizabeth baskets.  We give two quilts a month to the hospital except in
December we give four. Audrey Eberhard talked  about the
Friendship Blocks and that in order to participate you must attend meetings
regularly, donate  quilts, participate in charity sew days, be a member for one
year.  She encouraged those who take the blocks to return in a timely manner

 (1-2 months) so that the quilts can be completed, or turn them back
in so someone else can complete and to be sure to sign the blocks. 
Serena Yancey shared information on the blog and encouraged everyone to

check it out and to let her know if there are any corrections that need to be made.

Don't forget the Kim Diehl class on February 10th.  Connie Tabor will be teaching
a technique class on March 10th the cost for this class is $5.00. 
Madge Lindsay will be teaching a Buggy Barn Class on April 15th the cost
for this class is $18.00 which includes a book.  Eddie Van Orden
gave a fantastic book report on "Simple Graces" by Kim Diehl. 
She brought several projects she and others had completed from this book.

We had a Chinese Auction today at our meeting.  Those who participated bought

5 tickets for $1.00 and then those tickets were put in a brown bag in front of the

many items that were donated.  Julia then drew out the winner from each bag. 
A few of those who went away with some fun items were ZZ Gilmore,
Betty Watt, Debbie Miles, Debbie Miles, Debbie Miles (how lucky can you be!!) 
Barb McCurdy, Peggy Wareing, Leora Melton, Sally Strawn,
Kimberly Maroney, Brenda Anderson, Serena Yancey, Debbie Rawson. 
We then had show and tell.  Check out the beautiful quilts and items

that were shared with us. There were several of our members who displayed
quilts at the Shelley Library quilt show.  They were all beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Garnalee Harrington won the charity quilt basket which was full of over
$200-300 dollars in material, books and quilting tools.  Congratulations!! 
Also for your information Linda Townsend won second place in the
quilt block contest and Serena Yancey won fourth place for her block.
Connie Tabor taught a class Aunt Betty's Attic.  Great job everyone!



Garnalee Harrington won a gift basket at the Shelley Quilt Show



1st place block

2nd place block by Linda Townsend



3rd place block

4th place pieced by Serena Yancey

Connie Tabor teaching her Aunt Betty's Attic class at Shelley quilt show





Nathaniel Stansfield won the quilt from the Charity Sew Drawing,
His mother, Jacqueline accepted for him.



Linda Townsend's charity quilt





Lori Jarmin pieced this adorable charity quilt made with
left over pink scraps and brown minkie.





Jacqueline Stansfield made this adorable charity quilt.





Connie Tabor and Julia Wareing showing off the strip quilt
that was made by Bonnie Moses, Dee Juana Dalley, Sandra Shelley,
Joanne Van Orden.





This charity christmas quilt was pieced together by Joyce Lewis,
Mary McCullough, Mary Woods and Margaret Peterson




Connie Tabor displayed a charity quilt made by Nathaniel Stansfield





Connie Tabor shared with us some pillow cases that
she, Ordis Herbst and Madge Lindsay made for charities.



Editha Van Orden shared some of the projects that she
made from the "Simple Graces" book by Kim Diehl





Brenda Anderson made this glass case,
made from wool as a gift to Editha Van Orden





Sue Eschief shared a Quilt of Valor.  Our club has made 13 so
far.  She will be taking them to Salt Lake to deliver them in May.



Serena Yancey got a minature quilt book in
her bag of goodies.



Margaret Peterson (standing) won several items
in the Chinese Auction



Betty Watt and Debbie Miles




Decisions, decisions, which items do I want to try and win.





ZZ Gilmore won a box of fabric.




Leora Melton won some calendars with
quilt patterns on each day of the month.




Look what Brenda Anderson won!





Sally Strawn was a winner.




Kimberly Maroney won a bag full of sewing tools.




Lori Jarmin made these quilts for her son and for her foreign
exchange student, Alexander, from Germany.  She shared
a special message she had written on the label.




Julia Wareing shared this adorable baby quilt she made for a nephew.




Stacey McClellan shared this flower quilt she made for her
daughter.  She displayed this quilt at the Shelley quilt show
and many commented on how cute it was.




Elaine McNair brought her friend, Becky Grover.  This was
Becky's first quilt.  Wow!




Completed friendship blocks made for Serena Yancey.
Tiffany Lamb, Madge Lindsay, Elaine McNair
Louise Harrington and Eddie Van Orden




Doris Coffey started piecing this quilt in 2002 and now it
is completed.  Beautiful work Doris.




Mary McCullough made this beautiful Turning Twenty quilt.




Peggy Bendish hand appliqued this quilt.  She said,
"It only took me 10 years." What an heirloom.




Serena Yancey hand quilted this quilt and
donated it to the Elizabeth Basket.

Helen Keiser made this chalkboard apron.
How fun is that!

Tiffany Lamb made the blue quilt for her husband for Christmas.
He went into her sewing room while she was in the process of
making it, but was oblivious to the fact that it was for him.
While she was making the lamb quilt, her family said,
"Grandma Lamb is making a lamb quilt"



Margo Fisher shared some of the blocks she will exchange
with her Round Robin group.




Louise Harrington shared this Pinwheel quilt she made
with the applique work on the border.  Nice work Louise!




I don't know how she does it, but Madge Lindsay
always seems to get a new quilt project done to show us
every month. This quilt was made for a girl whose Grandma
has Alzheimer's Disease and was not able to make her one,
so Madge made this for her.  She quilted it on her regular machine.




Joyce Lewis shows a block for Dee Bowman made by Melba Shurtliff