JANUARY MEETING

Blackfoot Piecemaker meeting was held at the Lutheran Church in Blackfoot ID
on January 26, 2017

Candy High conducted the meeting

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Our Charity Day was held on January 12.  Connie Tabor made up kits to finish the charity quilts.  When these are done, we will have approximately 23 quilts to donate to charities.  Connie also had 2 quilts that were quilted ready to bind. Members readily agreed to help.

On Feb 23, we will have our annual Chinese Auction.  Bring your items to the Lutheran Church by
12:00 pm.  Tickets can be purchased at meeting.  We will also start our Crayon challenge at this meeting.
  

                                        Two of the quilts made on Charity quilt day in January.

Connie Tabor has been asked to chair the Raffle Quilt for 2017.  She chose a fun block for us and handed out packets containing background fabric and pattern.  We are to make a practice block (which we can donate to the club for later use) and then once we feel comfortable with the block, we can make it using the background fabric.  She asked us to use "muddy colors" such as civil war, Kansas Troubles, Kim Diehl, or Thimbleberry's fabric.  If you have questions contact the club officers or Connie.

                                                              Pattern for raffle quilt

                                              Picture of block we are making for raffle quilt.

  Class - February 9, 2017     Project Bag and candy bag class

                             

 March 9, 2017 class - to be taught by Terilee Jacobson 

Big Star block quilt

 made with 10" or 5" squares

                                                            Terilee's made with 5" squares

                                              made with 10" squares, makes a nice big king size quilt

                                   Lori Jarmin's made with 5" squares. (2 charm packs and plus 2 yds background)

Alice Elison demonstrated a flying geese ruler called by Lazy Girl Designs. She told how it helps to find the sizes of blocks you need to cut for easier making of flying geese. 

                                          Show and Tell

 Diantha Hatch showed two beautiful tables runners

Diantha's Twisting Thirties quilt - class taken at Blackfoot Quilt fest

taught by Francine Barrett

 Vee Gibson's own design - cute girly, girl quilt

 Strippy Owls by Vee Gibson

 Beautiful Batiks by Vee Gibson

All three of Vee's quilt tops are being donated to the Humanitarian Aid Center in Idaho Falls.

These three baby quilts were made by Audrey Eberhard 

and quilting, backing and batting donated 

 by Connie Tabor.

 Audrey and Connie donated all three to the Elizabeth Baskets!!!

 Connie Tabor painfully made this baby quilt for her great grandson.  

She is not a Patriots fan....!!!!

She purchased the Patriots fabric from B&R (here in Blackfoot) but they only had pieces left over from a project they were working on,

so she carefully pieced the blocks and you can't see where her seams are!

 Connie Tabor - strip quilt

 Sally Strawn - Hand Appliqued!!! PHD - so beautiful!

 Linda Michaelson - table topper

 Linda's electronic device holders

 Trudy Stubbs - Fish quilt (PHD)

 Julie Martin - Elizabeth basket quilts

 Julie's Granddaughters quilt

Mary McCullough - Two gorgeous wool projects

New member - Doris Ritchie - Disappearing hour glass block quilt

Rosy Neitzel's - fun scrappy quilt

 Serena Yancey - showed receiving blankets, and her rag quilt.
Which she donated to Elizabeth Baskets.

 Candy High demonstrated how to fold quilts correctly (on bias), 

 so it doesn't have a permanent crease

Next club meeting - February 23, 2017