June 5, 2023

Twenty lovely and talented women attended the TAGY meeting at the Cody Library on Monday, June 5, 2023:  Sue S., Barbara H., Marie, Jan, Laura, Ginger, Jan H., Ben, Mary, Carol, Jan W., Jeanne, Lili, Ginny S, Ellen, Gretchen B., Alice, Barbara M., Linda and Chris.

Announcements:

    Annual Challenge:  Is due at the July 10th meeting.  Bring your artist statement with you.  Jan W., will type up the statements.  Quilts will be hung in September in the library.

    Jeannette:  A card was passed around for Jeanette, who is awaiting complex surgery.

  Quilting Arts Magazine:  Marie Shirley-Jones will be featured in the summer edition!  Congrats, Marie!

    July Program:  Will be a Tea Party!  Lili is in charge (this will be Lili's 3rd program for the year!)  Plus, we will turn in our challenge quilts.  Thank you, Lili!

    August Program:  Ellen will provide a program.  Thank you!

Show and Tell:

Chris shows the Bomber Jackets she has been sewing.  So cute!

Ben's Pair/Pear/Pare Challenge:  A pair of wall hangings.  Note the puffy parts and beads.

Jan W.'s challenge: A PARING knife!  Clever!

Marie is at it again with her beloved silk neckties!

And Marie's PEAR challenge quilt.  She had encouraged irregular shaped quilts for this challenge.  And there you go!

Barb M., expressing herself!

Ginger's leaf bowl from a previous challenge.

Ginger getting ideas for what to do with this quilt top.

Ginger made a shawl with colorful yarn from Hawaii.  So pretty!

And Ginger took a two-day weaving class.  Lots of work!

Ginger's shawl

With a closure using clip-on earrings

Yes, that is Sue S., behind that beautiful quilt!

Sue S.'s quilt using a Jacqueline DeJong star pattern with paper piecing.  Love the beads!

   The Program:  Lili, Carol and Ginny gave a program on their quilt trip to Japan!  Many photos!  After the program, they taught us Shibori dying with indigo.  

Japan Souvenirs: 

Unbelievable silk kimonos!

Lili's Japanese doll she has been longing for.

Ginny shows off a beautiful shibori fabris

Lili, too!

And Carol!

Carol's project matches her shirt with the dragonflies!

Lili's fan.

Carol's fan.

Ginny's fan.  All the fans were painted/dyed by our TAGY ladies!

An intrigued group!

Jan, Marie and Barbara

Ginny's beautiful leather wallet from Japan.

NOW...our Shibori dying (my thumb is still Smurf blue): 

Ellen explaining to wring out the excess indigo dye to preserve it.

Jan H., is going to dye a bucket hat.

Ta-dah!  Bucket hat!

Laura loves this!

Ginny coaching Barb M.

Gretchen's first TAGY meeting.  She's hooked?

Barb M.

Sue S. and Barbara H.

Inspecting our works of art!

Ben and Laura

How fun is that!?

THE END!