Oct Meeting 2023

 Darla and Caren hosted a wonderful fall quilt group this month. Thank you also to Rachel for taking all the photos!!

Our next meeting will be our holiday potluck hosted by Jeri on Wed Nov. 29th at 10am. More info on that to come!

Show and Tell

LUNCH

Sept Meeting 2023

 We're back from our summer break.  Our first meeting took place at the State Street LDS building in Eagle.  Diane arranged for a guest speaker, Nathan Smith, who shared a great trunk show filled with stories and beautiful quilts.  Diane and Kathi provided some yummy bagels and spreads and freshly juiced fruit juice.  

Next Meeting:  October 25 hosted by Caren Beal and Darla Birch

Show and Tell

Diane's quilt top....pattern Vintage Stars.

Diane's fence rail quilt top...scraps, scraps and more scraps.

Diane's patriotic pinwheels table topper.  This was made from the fabric square exchange in April.

Visitor Andrea Meikle made this fun costume hat for her son.

Darla made this quilt top.

Darla also made this one.

Kathi crocheted this jellyfish for her granddaughter who got stung on their family vacation to the beach. The baby jellyfish hide up inside the mama jellyfish.

Rachel used some of her fun fabric to make these table runners

A wool table topper made by Rachel

Cindy designed and made this bag.

Cindy made this wall hanging for her camper

Debbie made this quilt from denim and scraps.  This is her repurposed project inspired by the quilt group meeting in May!

Jean made this quilt from a pattern called Black-eyed Susan

Christine Whitaker, a visitor, shared this wall quilt.

Another visitor shared this quilt that is made from Batik fabric.

There was a discussion about Half Square Triangles. Here is a link for the directions and measurements. 

 https://youtu.be/z3oB97dHlQM?si=EEjlQsCdy82Lzs5s

NATHAN SMITH

Nathan's first quilt!!!

His scrappy fabric is beautifully showcased by using a dark background. 

Nathan shows his quilts photographed all around Boise, on his Instagram account.

Traverse Quilt made from warp and weft wovens.

"A River Runs Through It" quilt in the background, a quilt to compliment and honor BSU in the foreground.

The solid color (orange) was made from the "color of the year" called Crush.

Nathan used chenille to highlight his quilt design using Anna Marie Horner fabric

The daisy quilt below was photographed at the Anne Frank memorial in Boise.

The daisy flower represents beauty, purity and innocence.

 THANK YOU, NATHAN!

Thanks to all who attended!