July 2019

Seventeen TAGY members were present at the July meeting.  I, for one, made it home before the thunder showers, and hope the rest of you did as well.

Ginger's quilt

SHOW & TELL
Ginger showed a quilt she recently made, and Ben showed a birthday card she designed (a future demo on this).

Birthday card

Jeanne K showed a "Bob Ross" challenge quilt she made for a Facebook group.  I won't show that one here, as it hasn't been turned in yet.





Barbara P reminded everyone about the upcoming Yellowstone Quilt Fest, and that our Doors & Gateways Challenge Quilts are due at the August TAGY meeting. They should each have a label attached to the back, and a sleeve for hanging.  See size instructions on the right of this page.

Also for each quilt, send Linda M an email with your
name, 
quilt title, and 
artist's statement about your quilt.
This will be printed out to hang next to the quilt at the Show.  This info is needed by August 10th, the Saturday after the next TAGY meeting.  There is no charge to enter the challenge quilts at YQF, as they are an exhibit and will not be judged.

Please consider entering your other quilts, quilted items, and art quilts to the show as well.  These will be judged or voted on by People's Choice.  Entry forms and fees for these other quilts and projects can be found on the YQF website:
https://www.yellowstonequiltfest.info/YQF/index.html

We hope you have quilts to enter to help make this a fantastic quilt show!

Also there will be a fund-raiser Boutique at the YQF Quilt Show.  If you have handmade items to donate, please let Barbara Pike know.  Linda M made Fat Quarter place mats and hot-pads to sell at the Boutique.

For next month's TAGY meeting, please bring your phone with a downloaded pixart app. Ginger will give the Program using this app.

JULY PROGRAM
Jeanne K presented the July program on how to use your photograph to make an art quilt.  She uses Rocky Mountain Photo to posterize or pixelate her photos, and they will print it out as a 24" x 36" piece (or size you prefer).  The process comes from a book by Marilyn Bedford, and Jeanne's experience making them.

Petal shapes are drawn out.

 Short version of program:
A light box is used to trace the petal shapes.
Then fabric pieces are cut out and placed on muslin to create the image, in this case a flower.  When the flower is complete, the whole image is cut out and added to your background, then quilted.

How it looks with the light box

Jeanne has made several of these quilts, some which are portraits.  They are traveling and on display around the country.