April 2019

Pam's Easter cards

There were 21 members and guests present for the April TAGY meeting.  The Marketplace quilts were displayed and returned to their owners.  

The meeting began with introductions and Show & Tell.  Barbara P informed us that the dates for the Yellowstone Quilt Fest will be September 12 - 14 this year.  Entry forms will be completed by April 15th and posted on-line.  The TAGY Challenge of "Doors and Gateways" will be shown as an exhibit on the stage of the Cody Auditorium, and there is no entry fee for this exhibit.  Other quilts  entered into the YQF show will have the usual $3 entry fee, and these will be numbered and judged by people's choice.

Jan W's stamping

Pam's stamping

Jan W and Pam showed us examples of fabric stamping they did recently, and Pam also made some cute Easter cards.

Lindsay showed a large quilt that she quilted and displayed at the Big Sky Quilt Show in Billings. 

A big Thank You to Lindsay, Lili, and Marie for taking the quilts to Billings and hanging them for us.  Also Thank You to Marybeth, Marie, and Barbara H for taking down the quilts and returning them to us.

Ginger informed us that the new "By Western Hands" group has taken over the old Cody Gambles building, and they are in need of volunteers to work from 10-2, Monday thru Friday.  There are 39 members who are local artists and their work is on display there.

Linda M told about her quilts on display with "Moon Rover" being at West Point, and the HERstory quilts at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah.  Also, the Texas Quilt Museum is currently exhibiting TAGY's "Fabric of Memory" quilts of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.   And Jeanne K's OURstory quilt is featured in the latest issue of Quilting Arts magazine.

Sue's 3-D flowers

Sue showed us an example of using a fabric stiffener product to make 3-D flowers. 



Alice provided the program for April which was a demo of surface printing on fabric, with many different design ideas.  She refers us to Deborah Boschert's articles on collage quilts. https://deborahsstudio.com/


Alice showed us how to write on fabric, make stencils from freezer paper, roller printing with TP rolls, and using a brayer, among other things.  She also showed us how to make beautiful fabric twine with scraps.  Thank you Alice for a great program.