President, Candy High announced the birthdays for the month. They were
Julia Wareing and Linda Watson.
Other announcements were: There will be no board meeting on May 5th,
and the bag class to be held on May 12th
was cancelled due to an illness in Valarie Lemas's family.
Other quilt related information: HMQS is being held on May 5th, 6th and 7th in Salt Lake City and $1.00 off coupons are available at Day Dreams Quilt Shop in Idaho Falls. Other information can be obtained by going to www.hmqs.org.
There is a quilt show in Council, Idaho for those interested,
a pamphlet was available.
Next months meeting will feature Leslie Stevens on drafting blocks.
The raffle quilt was presented to the membership. The size is 108 inches by 108 inches. Tickets will be available soon for those members wanting to sell them.
Friendship blocks for Mary Hege were made by: Judy Kirkham, Marty Freeburne, Gloria Udy and Trudy Stubbs. No Picture available.
The following members received their PHD's for completing all those items signed up for last year: Jean Korth (6), Sandra Shelley (6), Stacey McClellan (8), Joyce Lewis (8), Madge Lindsay (14),
Diantha Hatch (9), Lynda Sponenburgh (20), 2nd place winner receiving a magnifier. Those not present were:
Vee Gibson (24), first place winner to receive a sewing kit, Debbie Miles (16), third place winner to receive marking pens.
Candy High showing the sewing kit prize for Vee Gibson.
There were 37 members that participated in the PHD signup, and 260 projects were completed. Those that received a packet of sewing machine needles were:
Scarlett Atkins (3), Joyce Brower (4), Doris Coffey (11), Janey Cook (19),
Audrey Eberhard (13), Ann Faulkner (3), Marty Freeburne (8),
Nancy Furniss (2), Mary Hege (8), Candy High (2), Terilee Jacobson (6),
Lori Jarmin (11), Tiffany Lamb (2), Valarie Lemas ( 2), Julie Martin (1),
Mary McCullough (1), Linda Michaelson (8), Karen Price (1),
Janine Shigihara (3), Susan Spencer (2), Trudy Stubbs (3), Connie Tabor (33),
Lorraine Troescher (6), Alice Elison (?), Julia Wareing (7), Linda Watson (4),
Serena Yancey (2), Editha VanOrden (8).
Madge Lindsay gave a demonstration/trunk show on how to hand quilt.
She recommended the book called "The Perfect Stitch" by Roxanne McElroy.
Some of the topics she covered were: Backing fabrics, batts, threads, thimbles, quilting hoops, marking pens and pencils. She demonstrated how she layers a quilt for quilting and the quilter's knot when threading her needle. She made many recommendations based on her hand quilting for the last 50 years.
Hoop made for Madge by her son.
Use of different hoops based on the size of the quilt.
Quilt that Madge is in the process of quilting and the hoop
fits the block she is quilting
The following are projects that Madge has completed over the years
with her hand quilting.
SHOW AND TELL/PHD'S
Madge Lindsay, baby quilt top made in Candy High's class
with the Buggy Barn style pattern "Hearts and Stars".
Connie Tabor, baby quilt made for one of her great-granddaughters.
Connie Tabor, 2 pieces of flannel quilted together for her grandbabies.
Because they are so soft they like to sleep with them.
Because they are so soft they like to sleep with them.
Connie Tabor, making this for the Relay for Life with blocks
from individuals that have had cancer.
Connie Tabor, Flag quilt made for her grandson that is autistic
and loves flags. She used Minkee on the back.
Linda Michaelson, PHD # 1
Vintage Farm Girl pattern from Lori Holt
Bottom section to show all the blocks
Linda Michaelson - back of the quilt with leftover blocks
Trudy Stubbs - made from a kit that was over 20 years old - finished by
her friend and former member Scarlett Atkins.
her friend and former member Scarlett Atkins.
Trudy Stubbs - Minion panel
Trudy Stubbs - Selvage Quilt - made from what her husband called
garbage when he noticed the pieces. He liked the results!
Doris Coffey - Autumn table runner
Doris Coffey - Table Topper
Marty Freeburne -made from Kaffe Fassett fabrics
Marty Freeburne - 5th quilt she has made with Dr. Seuss fabrics
Marty Freeburne - book used for "Women of Courage" quilt
Marty Freeburne - "Women of Courage" quilt - quilted by Laura Jones.
Marty thanked Connie Tabor, Julia Wareing and Mary Hege for donating quilts for the Mennonite Relief Fund. The total money made was $37,000 with hand quilted quilts going for $4,000 and $3800.
Mary Hege's quilt went for $750.
Mary Hege's quilt went for $750.
Joyce Lewis - finished a polyester quilt for a friend
Joyce Lewis - baby quilt for the Elizabeth Baskets
Julia Wareing - Americana Quilt - Made for her 9 year old grandson
She mentioned that there is a band called "Madison Rising" that sings
the "Star Spangled Banner"
Julie Martin - a basket full of goodies donated to the Elizabeth Baskets
Stacey McClellan - PHD's for 2016 - # 1- "Front Porch Posies"
pattern by Kim Diehl
Stacey McClellan - Wool bunny sampler
Stacey McClellan - PHD # 2 - Double Wedding Ring
class by Bev Hindman taught at Blackfoot Piecemakers
Candy High - "Razzle Dazzle" - A tesselated quilt made from a pattern obtained by Candy from the original designers she saw in an APQS magazine
dated October 1999. She calls it "Razzle Frazzle"
A Quilter's Hack - instructions to follow in an email
"triangle corner trick"
Joyce Brower - quilt made for her son
Tiffany Lamb - baby quilt made for a school auction for scholarships
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