Blackfoot Piecemakers Quilt Club: JANUARY 23, 2014 PIECEMAKERS' MEETING

President Lori Jarmin welcomed everyone to the meeting. She introduced herself and gave a summary of her life and things she likes to do.

Announcements were made for upcoming classes and challenges. Charity Day will be on January 30th. Kim Diehl's class that was cancelled in January, will be held February 13th. The UFO Challenge will be due March 27th.

Connie Tabor's spinning pinwheel class will be March 14th. She showed examples of some of the quilts she has made using this technique

Connie Tabor

Lori Jarmin Spinning Pinwheel

Mary Woods explained about her wool class in April. The class projects we will be working on will be a pouch or a pillow. When signing up for her class you will need to decide if you want a kit also.

Editha VanOrden (left) and Julie Martin (right) mentioned new books for the library

Madge Lindsay, Mary Woods, and Alice Baumgartner presented the Raffle Quilt idea for 2014 to be made with 8 1/2 inch blocks. The quilt will be tans and blues with applique on the border. Funds from the raffle will be donated to Meals on Wheels. Joyce Brower was introduced as the person in charge of the raffle.

Valarie Lemus, friendship block chairperson told about the program, who is eligible and what types of participation needed to get on the list.

Several members showed their friendship block quilts they have finished:

Audrey Eberhard - started with the original group in 1995 when three yards of fabric was put in a bag and the bag was traded every month taking approximately 25 months to get all the blocks.