The Oneida County Quilt Guild met at the Senior Center in Malad, Idaho on Thursday, February 9th. We meet on the second Thursday each month unless you are otherwise notified.

Our meeting began with the introduction of the school superintendent, John Abrams, along with Brent Evanson. They were there to inform our group about the upcoming bond issue to support our new Malad Elementary School.

The highlights of their talk included:

·       The money for the school is already available.

·       There will be no new taxes incurred by this vote.

·       Your taxes will not go down if you vote no.

·       This school has already been designed and the work can go forward as soon as the bond passes.

In other guild business, a raffle quilt is planned, along with a new friendship quilt.

·       Allen Drug is hosting a Shop Hop for quilters from September 19th-October 2. Some quilters make an adventure of traveling to gather fabrics from participating shops in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Information is available through Allen Drug and Variety.

·       The Renaissance Fair is in May in Samaria—people can donate unneeded fabrics for the costumes and backdrops. They also need volunteers to sew the costumes.

Show and tell:

We were entertained by a beautiful display of quilts from Helen, Debbie, Patti, Bonnie, Shara, Jill, and our Quilt Guild rep, Debbie Schoolcraft. Sasha made her first ever quilt and made up the pattern. Cindy finished a UFO—unfinished object that she had put away for five years.

Audrey said she started 5 projects, like she has seen others do simultaneously, but now she’s just going crazy.

Our co-president—Brenda Daniels talked about using a color wheel to choose complementary colors for quilting. She also pointed out that many fabrics will have colored dots on the salvage. You can use those dots to find the colors that will complement your fabric choice.