January 5, 2026

 THIRTEEN Artists attended the TAGY Holiday Party in the Grizzly Room at the Cody Library:  Kimberly (guest), Cyndy, Alice, Judy, Ben, Carol, Pam, Jan W., Barb P., Jan H., Barb M., Carly and Lili.

Each artist introduced themselves and were asked to tell what their New Year resolutions are (if they had one).  I am writing them below so we can remember!!

Cyndy: reorg, UFO list
Kimberly: Reorg, UFO list

Alice: Declutter EVERYTHING!

Judy: Clean out! Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

Ben: Step back, reorg., make time for Ben

Carol: UFO's, get better at everything

Lili: Revamp studio, chair yoga

Pam: Explore all the stuff she's gathered up

Jan W.:  No resolutions (she's being realistic!)

Barb P.: No resolutions, but rethink everything

Jan H.:  Learn Featherweight machine, advance knitting skills 

Barb M.: Gypsy Wife Quilt

Announcements & Show and Tell:

• Barb M. said Fall River Fibers has supplies for felting (in Hot Springs, SD)
• Jan H. gave an update on Colleen.  She is doing well and plans to be here in May.  Yeah!
• Cyndy encouraged membership in WSQG and encouraged participation in Quilt Wyoming to 2026 in Powell.   www.WSQG.org
• Karling is taking a year off from TAGY for personal reasons
• The 2026 Quilt Challenge is due in June 2026!!  The Theme:  Haiku.  No size limit.  These quilts will be hung in Powell in July and Cody in September.

Cyndy shows tote bags she made

Cyndy's wet felted bowl

Barb shows cigar box she was re-purposing

The lid of the cigar box didn't fit afterwards!  It absorbed too much paint and expanded!

Program:

       Holiday Lunch and Gift Exchange!  The theme was "Container." Photos below.

Opener---Giver---Gift

Carly---Ben--Casserole carrier and postcard

Barb M.--Jan H.--Cookies, scarf, cloth bag

Jan H.--Judy--Rope basket

Jan W.--Cyndy--Basket made with Bosal stabilizer, rope bowl

Pam--Barb M.--Redecorated cigar box

Lili--Carly--Rope basket, antique thread, beeswax

Ben--Jan W.--Tote bag

Judy--Pam--Threaded Tote bag

Alice--Lili--Big Dipper bag and tools

Cyndy--Alice--Sourdough starter, canning jar with holder, grape jelly, refrigerator bags

Lunch was delicious!

Carly models Barb's new scarf

Bowl made with Bosal (Craft-tex?) stabilizer

Canning jar with "huggie"

Linen refrigerator bags

Alice's gift bag was the cutest!

Threaded tote bag

Tote bag

Lili opening gift

Re-purposed cigar box

Rope basket

Rope basket

Cookies, scarf, cloth bag

Scarf

Cloth bag

Please consider signing up to do a program!

Casserole carrier

Postcards

Alice and Judy--patiently awaiting lunch!!!

Carol, Ben and Lili

This should be in Show and Tell, but my computer won't let me move it!  Carol completed the top of her holiday quilt.  Yeah!  It's flannel and cozy!

Quilts were hung in the library after the luncheon.  Thank you to all who helped, especially Lili for running to Walmart, and Judy for ladder-duty!

THE END!

December 1, 2025

 FOURTEEN lovely ladies and ONE very well-behaved child attended the TAGY meeting on December 1, 2025, at 1 p.m. in the Grizzly Room at the Cody Library:  Alice, Sue, Pam, Jan W., Barb P., Cyndy, Carol, Vanda, Ben, Barb M., Laura G., Susie, Judy, Jane W. (guest), Kathy L. (guest), Jan H., Karling and "KitCat."

Announcements:

• Barb M. reserved the walls of 1st Bank of Wyoming in Powell for July 2026, for our annual challenge quilts, "Haiku."
• Barb M. and Laura G. took down the Map Quilts and distributed them at this meeting.
• The Map Quilts will be hung at the Cody Library before/after the January meeting.  Barb M. will let us know the plan!
• Please sign up to provide a program in 2026!  You can sign up now and figure out what you are going to do at a later date!
• Bloedorn has a scissor sharpening service.  Drop your scissors off there for service.
• Lyric Montgomery Kinnard has a good video on beading.  This is just one of them: Bead It Like You Mean It, online class with Lyric Kinard, how to sew beads on a quilt 
• ANNUAL POT LUCK:  The next meeting is January 5th at NOON in the Grizzly Room.  This is our annual holiday party potluck.  Bring a dish to share.  OPTIONAL:  Gift exchange.  The theme is "container."  This gift must be made by you!  If you give a gift, you get one.  NO WORRIES if you don't want to participate in the gift exchange!  Come and eat and socialize!  The food is always delicious and the conversation stimulating!

Show and Tell:

Barb P., Cyndy, Jane, Carol, Vanda and Ben

Sue B., Pam, Jan W., KitCat, Susie and Barb P.

Barb M. and Laura G.

Vanda shows a jacket re-purposed from a vintage quilt

So cute!

Vanda shows a bear that won't attack you!

...not yet in hibernation...

Barb likes the bear

Cyndy shows wet-felted vessel from a class that she took at Wyoming Yarn and Fiber

And she beaded it!

Cyndy and Wyoming square

Jan W. looks at Pam's art from a quilt she took apart

Pam has a quilt in this issue

Barb M. has re-purposed fabric to a nostalgic memory piece

...with a pink feather...

Beautiful!

Karling examines Barb's art

Greeting card and Barb M.

Jan H. showed a finger-knitting piece made by a Cody Pardner

Jan H. dyed fabric using Concord grapes...what she learned from Ginger last month

Jan H. is making a whale tail for her step-daughter

Susie and KitCat examine art

The Program by Karling:  Hexagon and Color

    Thank you, Karling!!

Karling and her bag of goodies

What fabric looks like that has been "hexagoned" :)

Y seams

Love those butterflies!

Alice contemplating her "Karling assignment"

Sue, Pam and Jan W. working diligently on the assignment

Guest Kathy L. enjoying her time

Judy working hard

Alice and assignment

Pam

Carol, Vanda, Ben and Karling

Barb M., Laura G. and Lili

Hmmm....a different way of doing things...which is good!

Lili, Judy, Kathy L. and Alice

Vanda and Ben

Jane and Carol

Pam and Jan W.

Judy and Kathy L.

Karling

Lili

Alice and Sue B.

Karling...a most patient teacher!!

Vanda, Ben and Karling...learning!

THE END!