Textile Artists of Greater Yellowstone

NOTE: Special thanks to Alice and Judy for taking notes and photos while I was away! More photos will be added to this!

Members attending: Jan W, Pam H, Alice F, Judy M, Kim L, Sue B, Sue S, Cyndy T, Colleen H, Barbara P, Jeanne K, Carol S, Ginger D.

Announcements:

Map Quilts will be hung at 1^st Bank of Powell on Tuesday, November 4. Bring your Map Quilt to the TAGY meeting on November 3^rd or make arrangements to have it delivered to the meeting.

Please email your Artist Statement to Jan W. at jancwn@tritel.net by October 20^th.

Hanging sleeves are optional. It was decided to NOT include the Mini Me’s with this exhibit as we felt that would be too distracting with the Map Quilts.

The Map Quilts will be hung at the Cody Library in January 2026.

Jan Wilbur has Lion's Club raffle tickets to sell.

The Plaza Diane Fiber Show in Powell will be closing on October 18^th. Remember to make arrangements to pick up your art piece. Check their hours before you go.

Monthly Challenge: We did not have the paper bags to draw for the Monthly Challenge. The members present decided to “Do Your Own Challenge” in the future as you are inspired. It was suggested you could document a challenge you have faced. It might be a serious issue or a humorous one! And it’s always good to challenge yourself to try a new technique on a small scale.

The theme for the Christmas Gift Exchange will be “Container”. As a reminder, the Potluck Party is held in January. The gift should be something you have made, not purchased. The Gift Exchange is optional…if you bring a gift, you will receive a gift!

November Program: Ginger D. will present the November program on Dyeing Fabrics with Natural Materials.

The 2026 Challenge theme will be Haiku. A Haiku traditionally is a Japanese poem of 17 syllables consisting of 3 lines of 5 – 7 – 5 syllables. It was recommended to write your own Haiku. There are many examples of Haiku on the Internet. And as always – the rules for TAGY are “relaxed”! Have fun with it!

Show and Tell

Cyndy T. made a beautiful, bright quilt for the Linus Project. These donation quilts (and knitted or crocheted blankets) go to children and young people in Park County undergoing various life crises. Karista at Wyoming Yarn and Fiber is the Coordinator. Please note all items need to be washable. Ginger mentioned donations of acrylic yarn are gladly taken at Wyoming Yarn as well as finished projects.

Congratulations to Pam Harris for another wonderful Art Quilt in the Fall 2025 issue of Quilting Arts.

Pam showed the new 2026 Calendar made by her art quilt group in Anchorage. The theme was Windows.

A letter from Pardners Café was passed around thanking TAGY and the Meeteetse quilt group for their donations towards purchasing a chair in memory of Ellen Burkhart.

Pam W. has raffle tickets available for the Lions Club Turkey Day.

Ginger D. showed an awesome Famore Rotary Cutter with ball bearings, available at Friends. She said very little pressure is required when cutting. And the blades can be sent in for resharpening.

Ginger D. showed her remade Windows and Cats quilt in bright, Halloween colors. Very creative! And a sweet Baby Quilt in grays, yellows and aquas.

Ginger’s Map quilt is based on an early Lewis and Clark map – complete with their “errors”.

Alice showed her Map Quilt of the town of Cody.

Jeanne showed her Map Quilt of her hiking trails near her home in the mountains.

Program: Fabric Stabilizers and Interfacing presented by Jan W. and Pam H. Thank you for an informative program with a great handout for future use. Jan and Pam explained various creative uses perfect for Art Quilts and brought many samples and experiments to inspire us. Thank you!

The End!

A small but enthusiastic group of artists attended the TAGY meeting on September 8, 2025, in Room 2070 of the Park County Compex Building: Judy, Ben, Jan W., Jeanne, Laura G., Barb P., Barb M. and Jan H.

Announcements:

1. The Quilt Show at Plaza Diane begins September 18, 2025. Several of our TAGY-ites have quilts in it: Jeanne, Jan W., Pam, Jeanette, Barb M., Cyndy, Marybeth. Sorry if I missed anyone!

2. Sue Beardslee has cotton/poly sheets that were donated. Who needs them? Barb Pike will take them for her church (used for backing for quilts).

Annual Challenge for 2026: Several ideas were presented: Haiku, State or State of Mind. This will be discussed again at the next meeting. Keep thinking!

Annual Challenge for 2025: Due at October meeting!!

Christmas Gift Exchange Theme: This will be discussed later. "Leftovers" was mentioned.

Monthly Challenge due at October Meeting: Star (shape)/Dots (element)/Pink & Gray (color). Be creative!!

Show and Tell:

Barb M., Monthly Challenge of Heart/Water/Red

Barb M.'s ever evolving Gingo Leaf-hand stitching

Jan H.'s progress on 2025 Challenge of Map Quilt

Program: Barb Pike, who worked for 10 years at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, gave a program on dating your quilt. There were 2 handouts. Each "team" had a quilt to identify characteristics. It was a terrific program, and we all learned a lot! Barb is a wealth of information!