Bonnie’s mother, Beth Guymon was a great example of frugality and made all of her children's clothes as they were growing up. Bonnie never had a store bought dress until she was in junior high school When she married Steve Meyer at 18, she started making all of her daughters’ clothing. This included Easter dresses, Christmas and 4th of July outfits.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Bonnie Meyers: Quilter Extraordinare for 80 Years
Her first hand-quilting experience came when her son, Steven Meyers and his fiancé Emily Riggs, were to be married. Emily’s mother and Adell Lovell, put on a tricot quilt and invited Bonnie to come over and help and Bonnie never looked back! This door opened a new passion and hobby which has never ended. She began the tradition of quilting tricot quilts for her children when they married and then expanded it to include 47 grandchildren when they married.
“Have a thimble, will quilt!” might well be Bonnie’s motto. She has often quilted with friends in town, sometimes quilting until two in the morning! Different people came to help and it was a wonderful way to socialize.
In her younger years, Helen Palmer needed help with a quilt and called Bonnie, asking for help. Helen was an excellent quilter and Bonnie felt that when Helen asked for her help, “I was finally good enough to quilt for others.” Helen’s approval made Bonnie feel like she had “really made it!” Bonnie has made pieced quilts for her boys and three or four for each of her girls with either embroidered blocks or pieced ones. About seven years ago, Bonnie began sewing pillowcases for Christmas gifts for each of her 94 great-grandchildren and her sister Kathleen Lyman’s 18 grandchildren. Each great-grandchild receives a new pillowcase each year with their name embroidered on the case. This is a legacy that she gives to her posterity.
Her talents have rubbed off on all her posterity and one of her grandson’s has even invested in an embroidery machine! STASH! All quilters have lots of stash and Bonnie is no exception. When she goes to Spanish
Fork to visit her daughters, she always goes to fabric stores to buy more fabric. She usually spends around $700. But once, she walked out with $2000
worth of "stash"! Bonnie said that she has 40 years’ worth of fabric. “If you make something for one, you have to make one for everyone,” she noted.
Often, both Bonnie and her sister Kathleen have said that they “cannot die until they have cleared out their stash.” If that’s the case, Bonnie will likely outlive us
all!
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