President Lori Jarmin started the meeting with an announcement that the Piecemakers' had donated $500 dollars to the Lutheran Church to help in their "light fixtures" upgrade project.
Quilt show information was given for upcoming shows in Pocatello & Council, Idaho, Portland,Oregon and the HMQS in Salt Lake City.
The guidelines for the "PHD" challenge were discussed and forms were handed out for the participation deadline next month.
Mary Woods had a handout for uses and types of batting
that was prepared by Fairfield and was an addition to the information
from last months instruction by Connie Tabor.
CHARITY DAY REMINDER for May 8, 2014 at the Lutheran Church
starting at 9:00 am. Lunch will be provided.
Mary Woods, Madge Linday and Alice Baumgartner presented the raffle quilt for this year that will be raffled at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in September.
Mary's wool class projects that have been completed were shown by:
Lori Jarmin, Rita Harris, Peggy Wareing, Alice Baumgartner, Lynn Williams
A drawing was held for those participating in
"getting to know you"!
"getting to know you"!
Vee Gibson, one of our newest members, told us about herself;
where she grew up and how she got involved in quilting
Debbie Miles, one of our longtime members, grew up in the area and her involvement in a quilting group in Pingree that does a lot of charitable work.
Nan Harrison, told us about her traveling over the years (following her husbands' work), her many family members and joining our club.
Lori Jarmin showed a small wallhanging and how to measure for the borders
BOOK REPORT
Mary Woods gave a book report on Color and their use in quilts
and a trunk show with many examples of these.
Mary handed out a paper on important color guidelines and
using the color wheel in planning the use of color in our quilts.
Pure Color - primary colors - Summer quilts
Tinted Colors - Spring
Shaded Colors, diluted with black - Fall
Toned Colors - diluted with grey - Winter
Salmon - Using warm tones for energy against
cooler colors that provide background
Use of Ruby Beholder to help determine value of fabrics.
Pinwheel Baby Quilt - Pure Colors
Fall Quilt - Shaded colors - pure colors diluted with black
Use of light colors for contrast
Storm at Sea pattern showing contrast
Using different sides of the color wheel for the contrast.
Color Enhancement - Using colors next to each other on the color wheel
John Flynn Lone Star - Using pattern in fabric to provide contrast between
the background and the light parts of the star.
Lots of different fabrics with textures - stripes
Baby Quilt - Charlie Harper design - use of textured design fabrics
Other quilts by Mary using her unique sense of color!
Kim Diehl class - use of a fabric line designed to go together
Mary holding her Downton Abbey fabric!
Selection of a border fabric and pulling colors from that fabric
Kim Diehl Class - Don't be afraid to run out of fabric - you will recover!
Paint Chip Challenge - getting us out of our color box
FRIENDSHIP BLOCKS
Blocks for Marty Freeburne
Alice Baumgartner, Lori Jarmin, Julia Wareing, Stacey McClellan,
Madge Lindsay, Leora Melton, Doris Coffey
Blocks for Valerie Lemas
Julia Wareing, Stacey McClellan, Linda Watson
SHOW AND TELL
Linda Beauvais - wool projects - she loves to shop for wool items at DI
Connie Tabor - Pat Speth Design - Zonta Quilt Raffle donates to scholarships
Raffle to be held at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in September
Joyce Brower - Dresden Plate wall hanging
Nancy Furniss - Pinwheel reproduction fabrics
Valerie Lemas - Rail Fence - making baby quilts for her first grandchild
sex unknown! so she's making for both
Valerie Lemas -baby quilt with food design - for her dietitian daughter-in-law
Valerie Lemas - quilt for Elizabeth Baskets - bibs and burps not shown
Elaine McNair - Made for grandson's wedding
Colors are Blue, Black, Beige
Pillows to go with quilt
more pillows
Leora Melton - panel fabric - made for granddaughter
Linda Michaelson - 3 fabric bowls
Linda Michaelson - Diana Phelan printed fabric
Mary McCullough - turning 20 design - UFO challenge
Diantha Hatch - made for her daughter's birthday
from the class she took at Quilt Fest last month
Mary Hege - spinning star blocks
Marty Freeburne - wearing sweater her husband bid on at the Idaho Mennonite World Relief Festival in Nampa, Idaho
hand knit from reused alpaca wool
Cheryl Keller, our newest club member, made this Trip Around the World
Editha VanOrden - left, Audrey Eberhard - right - Carpenter Star variation
first "PHD" done
Julia Wareing - Joseph Smith Tribute Quilt
UFO Challenge
Julia Wareing - Baby Quilt made for grandson, Noxton
for his first birthday
also first "PHD" done
Louise Harrington - One of the three projects she's done this year!
Relay For Life Quilt - quilted by Stacey McClellan
Louise Harrington - Disappearing Nine Patch
Louise Harrington - Pattern from McCall's Quilting Magazine
March/April 2012
Louise Harrington - back of quilt - using up all her fabric???
Stacey McClellan - Christmas Table Topper - Pattern by Kim Diehl
American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine - December 2013
Stacey McClellan - "Gathered Memories" Pattern by Kim Diehl
Fons & Porter Magazine
