Blackfoot Piecemakers Quilt Club

Blackfoot Piecemaker's Quilt Club

met at the Methodist Church on

October 24, 2024

Jolene Secrist conducted the meeting

Announcements:

UFO prizes will be given - report your finished UFO projects to Serena

We will not have Show and Tell, you can bring them in January to show or we will have a place in the back to display them at the party in December.

These charities were presented at the meeting for next years raffle quilt:

Ronald McDonald

The Village

Meals on Wheels

N. Bingham Heart to Hands (food pantry)

Bingham Crisis Ctr.

Veterans

Next year's UFO challenge will be from Jan 1 thru Oct 31st. (10 months)

Dec 5 is our Christmas Party @ 11:00 am

Everyone bring a muffin tin for the meal.

Bring a dessert or salad

The board will bring the rest of the meal.

Charity drawing: Rita Harris and Janine Shigahara

Membership fees are due in December. $15

Serena Yancey introduced our Trunk Show guest.

Gaye Ann Ercanbrack

Gaye Ann Ercanbrack entered some beautiful hand quilted quilts into the Eastern Idaho State Fair this year. She was so kind to bring and show us her fabulous hand quilted quilts at our October meeting.

Blackfoot Piecemaker's

held their meeting on September 26, 2024

at the Methodist Church

Jolene Secrist conducted the meeting

Announcements:

There will be no Show and Tell next month because we are having a special guest for our trunk show.

In December we will have the drawing for the quilt made from the extra blocks leftover from our raffle.

She reported that we made over $6000 in ticket sales from our raffle quilt.

Jackie Burt from The Village

(center to assist foster children)

accepted a check from us for $2000

She said The Village provides items to 100 children each month. Backpacks, clothes, quilts, stuffed animals, shoes, and coats, etc.

Pam Bues accepted a $2000 check for

Meals on Wheels

They provide meals to seniors in our area. They deliver approximately 90 meals each day.

Their drivers are sometimes the only people that these elderly people get to talk to in a day.

Christine McBride was the winner of the raffle quilt. She was so excited.

This quilt was finished and will be donated to a local charity.

We are donating this quilt to the Methodist Church. They are so wonderful to let us use their building.

These ladies were the top ticket seller for our raffle!

Nancy Diaz - $430

Janette Bowman - $295

Peggy Wareing - $300

Jennifer Vogler - top 2 to work most hours

Annie Gardner - top 2 to work most hours

Jolene Secrist - $530

Not pictured:

Gloria Udy - $267

Janea Smith - $250

The remainder of the money made from the raffle will stay with our club. We will use it to provide backing, batting, and anything else the club needs to make the many items we donate to charities throughout the community.

Thanks to all who worked so very hard to make our quilt raffle successful!!!!

Show and Tell

Joyce Lewis