Aug 2010

Corrie's anniversary quilt
Nancy C.

Sample of Diane S.'s curtains for bathroom window.


Lenette's tablecloth (she used flannel as batting to make it a bit thinner)

Carolanna's pot holders
Kathi's dresden plate chargers

Carolanna's own design
Maurene's quilt

Monica's daughter's quilt (quilted by Nancy's husband)
Diane B.'s chenille baby boy quilt


Hannah's apron (it's reversible)-Diane B.'s daughter
Lori's sewing machine cover

Lori's Pin Cushion Organizer

Material Girls of Idaho met on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the home of Tracey Braithwaite. Fifteen members were in attendance, plus two daughters. First on the agenda was showing and viewing the pizza box exchange blocks. Each month all of the blocks come back so nice! Sew and Tell next: A discussion was held about the erasable gel pens by PILOT called Frixion. This is a very handy tracing pen that can be used in sewing and stitching. The ink will iron right off the surface of your project. Various colors are available, the pen can be found in most office supply stores.

Also, on sale right now at Hancocks Fabrics is a line of quilting fabric called M'Liss.

Tracey had available for us to sew, a fun tea towel and fabric for Fall. See one pictured below.
Some members shared a seasonal recipe of something from their garden. We enjoyed a pasta dish and some bottled relish. Tracey served a very refreshing slush and delicious Zucchini Muffins right out of the oven. Thank You, Tracey for all your effort to provide a very enjoyable morning! Take a look at this Sew Mama Sew link that Lori Shroath shared. It will lead you to the pin cushion she made for a swap partner. Pin Cushion Organizer. Next month our meeting will be held at Diane Beagley's home on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Thanks to all who attended and showed their sewing creations for the last month. See you next time.

July 2010 Meeting

The July 2010 meeting for Material Girls was held at Susan Tway's home in Garden City. Susan's home is situated with the Boise River right out her back door. We enjoyed watching a mid-summer storm through the big picture windows that morning. Susan was prepared and set up to help us all make a small Santa ornament or gift tag. She also prepared Strawberry Shortcake for our refreshments. Thank you, Susan, for everything. We met one of Susan's friends and hope to see her again at Quilt Group. Sew and Tell was enjoyable and quite varied. Our group consists of many talented ladies. Thirteen group members were in attendance. We continue to exchange pizza boxes with one more completed block each month. We are asking as you complete a block to write your name inside the lid of the box. See you all in August, where we will meet Wednesday, August 25, at Tracey Braithwaite's home in Eagle. Thanks to everyone.
PS It's been so long I couldn't remember who did what for a few things. If you have a sec, go to Flickr and comment on the picture and I'll get things fixed. Thanks!

June 2010 Meeting

Material Girls June 2010 meeting was held on Wednesday, the 30th of June at Jeanie Farnworth's home in Emmett. Sixteen group members were in attendance along with a few daughter's visiting for this summer meeting. Jeanie served delicious cinnamon rolls and fruit. Many many beautiful projects were shown during sew and tell. Corrie Munson showed the group how to make a "Little Wallet" by Valori Wells. Available also, were ready to make up kits for the little wallet. Corrie brought several items showing new lines of fabric. Group members were able to purchase charm packs, etc. Thank You Corrie and Thanks so much to Jeanie for hosting our meeting. See you next month at Susan Tway's home in Boise on July 28th.

May 2010 Meeting

Wednesday, May 26, 2010~Today the Material Girls met at 10:00 a.m. at Nancy F.'s home. Fifteen members were in attendance: Kathi T., Diane S., Lenette P., Carolanna M., Nancy C., Diane B., Nancy F., Monica C., Rachel L., Maurene L., Susan T., Corrie M., Jeri M., Jeanie F., and Tracey B.

After one month of the Pizza Box Block activity, we were able to view the first blocks made. They were all fantastic! Each of us left with yet a different box with another block to make! Note all the pizza boxes in our photos...looks like we had a huge pizza feast.

Sew and Tell was relatively short, so we moved on to yummy fruit and yogurt parfaits. Several ladies brought sewing machines to make the patriotic star that Lori Schroath designed last month. They got to work on those and this concluded our meeting. Next month Jeanie Farnworth is in charge. Thank You. Enjoy the pictures.

The yummy parfaits...

April 2010

On April 28th, we met at Maurene Lamm's home in Eagle. There were 13 members in attendance: Carolanna Mellen, Diane Spackman, Lenette Poole, Susan Tway, Kathi Thompson, Tracey Braithwaite(newest member), Nancy Fahnestock, Rachel Lamm, Maurene Lamm, Robyn Chamberlain, Corrie Munson, Lori Schroath and Diane Beagley. Mary Lloyd dropped in briefly and left several plastic 3 inch template strips for us to take and use with our Vintage Baby Blocks quilts! Rachel Lamm updated the group on the quilt for cancer reaserch that we made 2 months ago. It will be donated to the cancer charity called Expedition Inspiration.
The "Pizza Box Exchange" activity is under full swing. Each person brought a block to be passed in their pizza box to a different member, exchanging every meeting for the next 12 to 15 months. The blocks all vary, from 30's fabrics to black and white to novelty to using shirting from old dress shirts. We missed getting a picture of a couple of the blocks. We will update those next month, and include those of a few members who were not in attendance today. After an inspiring "sew and tell" session, we visited and enjoyed mini muffins and fruit smoothies created by Maurene. Thank you. Next month we will meet at Nancy Fahnestock's home on Wednesday, May 26th. The plan is to make a star shaped red white and blue table topper. Lori will do the demonstration.

Diane S.'s table runners

Diane S.'s exchange block
Rachel's exchange block
Rachel's quilt
Rachel's quilt
Rachel's block
Rachel's table topper
Another of Rachel's table toppers

Close up

Rachel's quilt
Carolanna's exchange block
Carolanna's quilt
Carolanna's quilt. Experimenting with rickrack
Carolanna's quilt
Carolanna's quilt
Carolanna's quilt
Susan's exchange block
Susan's quilt
Susan's quilt
Corrie's exchange block
Corrie's purse
Corrie's Vintage triangle quilt
Diane B.'s exchange block
Diane B.'s daughter's skirt
Mary's exchange block
Maurene's exchange block
Maurene's work in progress
Kathi's daughter's baptism quilt
Kathi's exchange block
Monica's exchange block
Robyn's exchange block
Robyn's quilt
Nancy C.'s exchange block
Lenette's Bullseye friendship quilt
Lenette's quilt


Sew and flip stars designed and made by Lori. We will be making these next month!
Lori's exchange block.