December 2, 2024

 SIXTEEN Artists attended the TAGY meeting in Room 2070 of the Park County Complex Building in Cody, Wyoming: Jan H., Alice, Ben, Judy, Cyndy, Marie, Lili, Barb P., Karling, Jeannette, Sue B., Pam, Jan W., Carol, Sue S., Laura G. and Barb M.

Participants introduced themselves and told something interesting about their life.

Announcements: 

    Monthly Challenge:  Begins in January when we will pick from 3 bags for a color/shape/theme and then make something for the February meeting.

    Programs:  Christmas party is January 6, NOON-3 p.m. in the Grizzly Room.  It is a gift exchange and pot-luck.  Gifts must be handmade by YOU.  The theme:  WINTER.  Bring a gift to exchange and you get a gift.  If you don't participate in the gift exchange, you can still participate in the pot-luck!

    Barb/Jan have the February Program. Stay tuned!

    We need YOU to sign up for a monthly Program!

Annual Challenge

    Art Quilt Maps.  No shape or size limit. Due at July meeting.

SAQA Broad Spectrum Abundant Palette:  December 26-January 27.  At the Depot Gallery in Red Lodge. Classes are also offered.

Show and Tell and Useful Tools and Last Minute Gift Ideas:

Karling and comics

Thoughtful Jeannette

Barb and her map quilt as Laura (who loves Wyoming) watches.

Barb, Laura, Sue, Carol

Barb's Rice Pack filled with lavender and rice.

Laura's throw blanket backed with Minky and satin bound.

Barb's quilt map...

...with a face!

Laura

Rice pack

Laura's blanket

Laura's leaf print from last month.

Sue and hot pads

Sue's finished hot pad

Carol (Wyoming native) and her bag of tricks...

which contained a Gnome wine bottle cover.

Jan and leaf print

Pam was named "St. Pam of Garage Sales"

Jan (who confessed she likes to iron) and casserole caddy

Pam put dots on her leaf print. Go figure.

Luggage tags and handles are Pam's "go to" for last minute gifts.

Sue and scissor caddy

Jan W.'s Gingerbread man

Sue with Jan's tissue holder

Jan's leaf print

Jeannette (former hot dog skier) also has a bag of tricks.

Sue S.'s hot pad in the works

Ta-dah!

Gnome wine bottle cover.

Jeannette with vintage ornaments from her early days.

Vintage stocking

Ornaments

Jeannette likes a Christmas bag rather than a stocking (it holds more!)

Gingerbread man

Scissor caddy

Luggage tag in the works

Karling and comics

Tissue holder

Paper-piecing hot pad

Pam's dotted leaf print

Karling's variety of gift ideas: magnetic cans, pretty soap box.

Casserole carrier

Magnetic can.  Use your imagination of what to put in it!

Jeannette's antiquities

Karling explains the finer points of a Wendy's bag.

Books make a good last minute gift.

Or a little bag of treats

Pretty soap wrapping

A manicure makes a nice gift.

Barb P. (was a docent for the International Quilt Museum!)

Buddies Judy and Ben (who has ridden a cow)

Lili explains her rounded rice pack

Marie (long time teacher) talks about doilies and dying them.

Cyndy (loved to ski; now loves to sew)

Marie's doilies

Cyndy had A LOT of things to show:

Cyndy and cookie cutter felted horse

...and dinosaur.

Felted unicorn

A herd of dinosaurs

Jan H.'s hot pad

Jeannette is behind there looking at Marie's doilies (either that or she is flipping a doily pizza)

Cyndy and circles

more circles

Gorgeous circles

Handy tool:  Rotary cutter makes circles!

Circles

Cyndy's shoes caught my eye, too.  Cute!

Quilts for kids--Project Linus

Cyndy

Our fearless leader, Barb M.

Judy uses a board that has very fine sandpaper for keeping paper or fabric from slipping when tracing.

Judy and tea towel

...and gift tags ornaments.

...and little jars with cute lids.

This is Sue's hot pad pattern directions.

Judy's felted work.

Judy's fine quilting work!

and banners for Judy's church.

Judy liked working with this gold fabric.

Ben's bowl cozy

Bowl cozy

Alice's leaf print.

Alice's last minute gift idea of seasoned pecans.

Alice's (knows things about worms) Santa scarf given to her by a friend.

Stiletto made from a skewer by Alice give to Jan--handy tool!

Hair band to keep threads from falling off.

Nice fussy-cutting scissors

Seam ripper with rubber ended "eraser"

Stick on seam guides

Frixion pens. Some think Prisma pencils are better as they erase.

Jan H.'s bowl cozy

Jan's cotton rope basket

Jan's (from Gary, Indiana) petal gift bag

Bleeding tissue paper scarf

Needle case

Cutlery setting

Hot pads

Acorn and veggie

Matching tea towel and hot pad

Kitchen boa

...and matching mitt

Waxed cotton wraps

THE END!