The regular meeting of the Blackfoot Piecemakers' Quilt Club was called to order by Lori Jarmin, President.
Information for tickets sales on the Raffle Quilt was given by Joyce Brower. A sign-up sheet for selling tickets at the fair was passed around for members to sign.
Joyce Brower and Lori Jarmin
The extra quilt top (made from leftover blocks from the raffle quilt) was shown and information on how to earn tickets for the drawing of this quilt at the Christmas Party in December.
Getting to Know You
Doris Coffey - talked about some of the first quilts she has made. One quilt included 1,097 hexagons (queen size)
Joyce Schoonover - a new member has lived in the area her whole life and loves to make quilts with her daughter
BLOCK OF THE MONTH
Diantha Hatch presented the block of the month (two squares become one)
SHOW AND TELL/PHD'S
Alice Baumgartner - bag and flowers - PHD
Alice Baumgartner - Kim Diehl's hopscotch pattern - PHD
Alice Baumgartner - Mini quilts
made from leftovers from hopscotch pattern
July block of the month
Nancy Furniss - baby quilt for her grandson to be born
fabric on the back is all giraffes!
Madge Lindsay - PHD- made for great grandbaby born on July 10, 2014
Diantha Hatch - table topper from one of Kim Diehl's first patterns - PHD
Doris Coffey - "Aunt Mabel's Mittens" - made from flannels - PHD #13
Doris Coffey - Basket Weave Quilt - PHD # 6A
Doris Coffey - flower garden - 1/2 inch hexagons - PHD # 2
Debbie Miles - baby quilt she quilted on home machine - PHD #11
Trudy Stubbs - Picnic Quilt - made for step-granddaughter as a tea party quilt
She used a binding made from 2 colors - called Magic Binding on the web
Linda Michaelson - made 4 blankets and 4 burp cloths for the Elizabeth Baskets
Made from flannel
Melba Shurtliff - June and July Wall hangings - PHD # 5 & # 6
Sally Strawn - Buggy Barn Crazy Cats!
Lynn Williams - 10 blankets for the Elizabeth Baskets
Marty Freeburne - Child's Quilt - "Duck, Duck, Goose"
made from a panel and quilted with the "big stitch"
Serena Yancey - 3 Minkee Quilts - PHD # 27
Serena Yancey
Serena Yancey
Alice Baumgartner gave a talk about Pinterest. She showed us on her computer how to do it!!! It was very informative and how handy it is to save all those items that interest you on a virtual board on your computer.
