November Meeting

November 3, 2009 BOM/Guild Meeting

In attendance were Tresa, Kristine, Chris & Laurel (you can just barely see her hair)

















Anna, Marilyn, Rose (& Cathie behind the camera)
















and of course, our host, Marla
















Thanks to Marla for hosting a fun block of the month and providing delicious soup and tasty snacks! Loved the homemade crackers with goat cheese :)

The block Marla provided was "Card Trick." Here's a snapshot of the block for those who didn't get it put together on Saturday.



and Laurel with her finished block.





















Anna had show & tell, next month she and Robert will be cuddling together under that snuggly quilt!





















Our annual Christmas dinner will be at Rickenbacker's Bistro on Thursday, December 10th at 6:00p.m. Here's the link to their web site where you can find the menu and directions. http://rickenbackersbistro.com/

Cathie is checking out available June 2010 dates for a Sages Creek retreat at Bear Lake. The RDO weekends for that month are the 11th and 25th we are waiting to hear if either of those are available.

Marla passed around her draft for the raffle tickets. Looked good to all. Now we just have to print fliers and sell tickets!

We talked a little about charity quilts. It was proposed that next year's quilts be done in red/white/blue and donated to the new Veterans Retirement/Nursing Home in Ogden. Also mentioned was quilts for children for Shriners (??? - I forgot to write down the organization)

Without our fearless leader present, other business just fell by the wayside.

Hope to see everyone at Rickenbacker's Bistro in December.

October Meeting

Laurel, Marla, Tresa and I had a great time at Anna’s. Lunch was delicious! The block was fun and easy to make even though it looked more complicated!!! My favorite kind!!! Tresa also completed her block from Linda and Marla worked on a BOM from Sew and Save! Anna, Laurel, Tresa and I also worked on some charity quilt blocks. I passed out enough for each person to make a quilt. Cathie and her daughter stopped by to drop off a few things and I gave her a couple of completed charity quilts to quilt. Laurel also took 2 of these for Marilyn to quilt…I have plenty at home!

The opportunity quilt is finished…including a beautiful label made by Marilyn! If you haven’t seen it completed, I have it at my house! Laurel has taken pictures which she will forward to Marla. Marla has the tickets ready to go and is making a flyer to go with these. Thanks for everybody’s help to get this underway. We can start selling tickets in January. I know I’m going to buy some. My hairdresser is also going to post the flyer in her shop and sell tickets for us for a couple of months. Marla is going to print up about 500 tickets initially. We all have to be responsible for any tickets we take to sell as you will be expected to return a minimum of $5 for every 6 tickets…along with ticket stubs. Does anyone have a large popcorn tin? This would be good to put ticket stubs in. The drawing will be 6 Nov 2010 at our meeting. Who wants to keep and account for the money collected? I can do it…but I don’t want to be thought of as the control freak! It should at least be someone that comes regularly to meetings since we’ll need to turn in collections and ticket stubs at least once a month. Also, anyone that gets a shop to sell tickets needs to be responsible to check with the shop regularly and collect from them.

December’s meeting has always been dinner somewhere – and has been the first Thursday instead of Saturday. We need to decide where we’re going and get reservations made as this is a popular time. This is also the time we reveal Secret Sisters…and choose new ones if we’re going to do that again. I, for one, don’t think I’m going to participate next year. I haven’t had as much fun with it this year since we have to mail everything and, in all honesty, I haven’t really done much. Our participation at meetings has also fallen down so I’d like some suggestions to develop more interest. I know some of you have other things going on the week end…so maybe we need to look at a day change. I’m open to pretty much any ideas.

Retreats – Cathie is running the retreat thing this year – destination I believe is Bear Lake! So closer to home. We’ll need to decide on a date soon, though, so we can get the time reserved and other plans can be made around this. Maybe it would help Cathie if we told her the dates we just wouldn’t be able to go (if you’re planning to go at all). Also, I haven’t requested a refund of the deposit at Teton Patchworks since I was thinking some of us might want to do a second retreat there…or even go up for classes. Give me some feedback on this!

I am putting in a Connecting Threads order. If I get an order totaling $50 or more there is no shipping. So if you need anything from them, let me know ASAP. I’m hoping to get the order in by the end of this week. If you need to look at a catalog, you can do so on line or stop by my house. We’re already close to the $50 mark…in fact if I don’t get any more orders I’ll just get more thread to put us over the mark!!!

The November meeting will be at Marla’s on the 7th… same time. I probably won’t be there as I’m scheduled to teach the Tresa Shoulder Bag at My Heritage in North Ogden that day…provided at least 3 people sign up to take the class!!!

2009 Retreat at Teton Patchworks

We had another fabulous retreat at Teton Patchworks. Barbara & Nancy came from California to join in the fun. Debi, Anna, Laurel, Kristine, Cathie and new guild member Theresa were the locals who attended. As usual, Lea and Jim were terrific hosts. We did a lot of visiting, a lot of quilting, a fair amount of eating, and visited several quilt shops during our 5-day trip.

Laurel's "Laps from Fats" Pinwheel in progress.

















Debi's big Wacky 4-Patch

..................and her little one

Theresa worked on her Christmas tree skirt panels which she is going to quilt on her machine. Good luck Theresa!

















Anna spent the first night and part of the first day piecing the back for the Buggy Barn Star quilt she made several years ago. The back looks terrific - you should see the top, it looks even better!

Kristine finished her Tresa Bag - love the jeweled bug dangling from the zippered pocket!

And Cathie's finished a wall hanging using coffee blocks from a panel and a paper pieced kitty wall hanging. Go Cathie!















Anna got the layout done for her "Ugly is in the Eye of the Beholder" quilt (taught by Lea in April) - looks amazing. Who would guess it was made from the scraps of 8 quilters.














And ta da! Laurel's finished pinwheel quilt. Notice the little tiny pinwheels she added in the borders. Too cute!

Kristine finished getting the blocks togther on her stained glass quilt.





















Don't tell Robert but Anna made him this wonderful snuggly quilt for curling up in the recliner.

















Nancy made several trips to the quilt shop to get the fabrics for this beautiful french braid.

Laurel cooked us sliders on the barbie!




And Cathie finished yet another wacky four-patch, this one using wine bottle fabric. These things are addicting!

I don't have pictures of the disappearing 4-patch quilts Nancy and Barbara made or of Barbara's hand stitching she worked on. If anyone got photos of these please e-mail them to Cathie to be added this posting.

As usual, this was a fun, relaxing, and very productive stay in Tetonia. Can't wait until the next one!

August Guild Meeting

I fail as the volunteer blogger for the group. I took terrible notes for the August meeting and waited too long to post them so I am having a terrible time remembering what was said and done. That's what I get for staying up so late the night before the meeting! Please make any corrections or additions as you see fit.

BOM/Guild Meeting Notes
The meeting was at Cathie's house. Thanks to everyone who made the long trek to Sandy for the 2nd time this month. The BOM was a 3-D pinwheel which had most everyone mumbling under their breath if not out right cursing. It was definitely a challenge!

Debi taught the lesson on Tools, Notions, & Equipment. She'll have to post her notes because mine are awful! For example, Rotary Cutters - DON'T CUT YOUR FINGERS. Well, duh!

Show & Tell
Most everyone worked on their Wacky 4-Patch. We'll have to get pictures at the October meeting. Lots of fun to see everyone's partially finished and finished blocks.

Upcoming Events/Activities
August 29 thru Sept 2 - Retreat at Teton Patchworks
September 19 - Old Saint Nick Class @ Debi's, 11:00am - ?
Saturday, September 26th - Laps from Fats Class @ Thimbles & Threads, 1:00 pm - 4:00ish (Charity Quilt Day, originally planned for this date, will be rescheduled)
October 3 - BOM/Guild Meeting @ Anna's house, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

June 6th Guild Meeting

This is the first meeting I've been to in a few months so there are no meeting notes for April or May. Hopefully someone else can fill in blog entries for those months.

Thanks to Tresa for hosting our June meeting and providing the delicious chicken taco lunch. The weather cooperated and we had a lovely morning/afternoon quilting on the back patio. Tresa had a really fun block for the BOM.

New Projects Debi taught her Foundation Pieced String Block technique. Instructions are in the next blog entry.


Marla, Laurel and Chris worked on quilting their purse fabrics in preparation for next Saturday's "Tresa Shoulder Bag" class. Debi and Tresa are publishing the pattern for this bag under Sew Can You Designs and will be marketing it at local quilt stores. We have entrepreneurs in our midst. Best of luck ladies! Please remember us when you're rich and famous.


Show & Tell
Lots of fun projects to share!






Tresa has been very busy! Here is her Fall Wall Hanging class project - this is the first one I've seen finished - can't wait to see the rest!

And her beautiful oriental vase. I would love to learn how to make this one. Sounds like a great activity for retreat........

Ant-titude, all quilted and ready to be bound.









Marla's "Ugly is in the Eye of the Beholder" quilt started at a class at Teton Patchworks in April. This beautiful quilt was made with "ugly" scraps from 6 friends, triangles on a roll, and a good eye for contrast and value!























Cathie & Debi with their "Quilter's Wash Day" paper pieced wall hangings. Debi's (bottom) is quilted and bound finished, Cathie's (top) is pieced finished, just waiting for time on the longarm to be quilted.

• And last, but not least, Debi's May "Laps from Flats" quilt. She and Cathie attended the free (yes, FREE) Laps from Flats class offered the last Saturday of the month at Thimbles and Threads. I think this will become a monthly excursion for any who want to join in the fun. It's a great way to start using up those stash fabrics.
  

Debi's Topic of the Month - Pressing

• To prevent warping fabric during initial ironing, press parallel to the selvage.
• When pressing blocks, pay attention to both color and construction. Avoid creating bulky intersections.
• Set seams by pressing stitching in place before opening block and pressing seam in desired direction.
• To fix a stretched bias, spray with sizing and gently press.
• Press blocks on a firm surface.
• Press applique on a soft surface.
• Always press your quilt top and back before sandwiching and quilting.
• Steam can stretch fabric when pressing, use carefully.
• When pressing curved seams, press in the direction the fabric wants to go.
• If you pre-wash, use sizing when pressing to put crispness back in fabric.
• To expand your ironing board surface, simply cover a board cut to the size you desire with batting and cover that with plain muslin. You can secure the batting and muslin on the bottom side of the board using duct tape.

Upcoming Events/Activities Closer to Home

"Tresa Shoulder Bag" Class, 11:00am - 4:00 pm @ Debi's house on June 13

Retreat Deposit Due - Teton Patchworks Retreat deposit is due to Debi by June 15 with remaining balance due July 15.

2009 Wasatch Front Shop Hop June 17th-20th This year's theme is "Around the Town" Visit wasatchfrontshophop.wordpress.com for more information.

Laps from Fats Class Jun3 27th, 1:00pm - 5:00ish @ Thimbles & Threads in Draper

Charity Quilt Day July 24th @ Debi's house, 11:00 am - ? Bring something for our pot luck lunch and spend the afternoon as part of our quilt assembly line. We'll put together as many blocks and quilts as we can squeeze into the afternoon using the "Disappearing 4-Patch" pattern . Instructions posted in another blog.

Lea's Wacky-4 Patch Class, August 7th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm @ Cathie's house. Lunch is provided.

Guild Meeting/BOM - August 15th, 11:00 to whenever, Cathie's house

Teton Patchworks Retreat - August 29 thru September 2, caravan from Debi's house at 10:00 am on 8/29

Utah Quilt Guild Annual Quilt Festival "As Ye Sew, Sew Shall Ye Rip" - September 22-26, Davis Conference Center, Layton, UT www.utahquiltguild.org


And for the truly dedicated quilter

Sisters 34th Annual Outdoor Quilt Show - July 11, Sisters, Oregon http://www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/

Innovations 2009 - September 16-19, Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma WA http://www.mqinnovations.com/

Pacific International Quilt Festival - October 15-19, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara CA www.mancusoshows.com

Road to California Quilter's Conference & Showcase- January 14-17, 2010, Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA www.road2ca.com

February 7, 2009

Thanks to Rose for hosting our February meeting and providing the block of the month. Everyone loved the Chinese chicken salad she served for lunch and she'll be posting the recipe for all to enjoy.

Attending
Debi, Chris, Rose, Anna, Laurel, Linda, Tresa, Marla, Kristine, Cathie

Show and Tell

I would like to start posting pictures of show-and-tell projects each month. Everyone brings such beautiful things to share but by the time I get home I am afraid I have forgotten half of them. Since I am usually late to the meetings, is there another member who would like to volunteer to take pictures?

This month Tresa had a gorgeous cherry blossom wall hanging in oriental fabrics. I would love to have a class on this quilt!

Debi's January class shared their Star wall hangings - it was fun to see how different each turned out.

Rose shared the pillow she made at a recent class. She will be teaching it at our March meeting. If you would like to make one, supplies needed are 1¼ yards material or, if you want two different fabric colors, you will need ⅝ yard each. If the fabric you pick needs to be matched please get ¼ yard more of eachpillow formtwo “Buttons to Cover” available at JoAnn Fabrics
thread.

Rose also made beautiful apron. The pattern is by Indygo Junction and is called Bon Appetit. It is available at their web site http://www.indygojunctioninc.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=271

I know I've forgotten some of the show-and-tell projects and I apologize to anyone I left out. (We really need pictures!)

Block of the Month

Thanks to Rose for a very pretty block for February.

Susan will moving to Ohio for her new job (Congratulations and best of luck Susan!) so the March 7th meeting will be at Marilyn's house. Cathie will provide the block of the month pattern. If you are still looking for a block pattern for your month McCall's has quite a few free 12" block patterns http://mccallsquilting.com/qb/ also http://www.quilt.com/Blocks/AlphaBlockList.html

Charity Quilts

This year we will again be making quilts for the Burn Center. The pattern we will be using is Snuggle Up http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/snuggle/ At the March meeting we will schedule some dates to get together and work on these.

Teton Patchworks Retreat

We got our 4th half-week volunteer for the August retreat. The 4 attending half-weeks are Cathie, Kristine, Chris and Marla. The other 8 attending the full week are Debi, Anna, Laurel, Tresa, Linda, Karolyn, Barbara, and Marilyn.

Upcoming Events

HMQS 2009 Show
May 7-9, 2009
South Towne Exposition Center 9575 So. State Street, Sandy UT
DEADLINE FOR CLASS REGISTRATION IS APRIL 25TH
http://www.hmqs.org/

34th Annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™
Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Sisters, Oregon
http://www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/


Utah Quilt Guild Festival 2009
Sept 22 - 26 2009
Layton - Davis Conference Center
http://www.utahquiltguild.org/annual.htm


Pacific International Quilt Festival XVIII
October 15 - 18, 2009
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California
http://www.quiltfest.com/activities.asp?id=7

Debi's Class News

Ant-titude will be February 28th from 11:00-4:00, lunch will not be provided but Lance will run out and pick up sandwiches if anyone is interested.
I'm actually finishing this post after the class. Debi (on crutches with a broken toe) taught a terrific class as usual. Karolyn decided that needle-turned applique was never going to be on her list of fun things to do. Everyone has selected some really fun fabrics. It will be so much fun to see everyones finished quilt.

Bounty will be March 14th from 11:00-4:00. The class fee is due February 14th.

Wash Day has been rescheduled for May 9th from 11:00-4:00.

Nostalgia (the August class) has been cancelled.

See you at Marilyn's house on March 7th.

January 3, 2009 - Meeting Minutes

In our effort to lighten Debi's load, we've distributed the various duties associated with running the guild among the members. Cathie will distribute the minutes via the Blog each month so please send any additions or corrections to her.

This month's meeting was held at Debi's house and we thank her for the use of her home, the delicious ham & bean soup, and a really fun BOM pattern. In attendance were Linda, Rose, Debi, Cathie, Laurel, Marla, Marilyn and Barbara.

SECRET SISTERS - Secret Sister names were drawn at the December meeting. For those participating (Debi, Linda, Tresa, Chris, Anna, Laurel, Marla, Kristine & Marilyn) here are this year's guidelines:
1 - Gifts around $10 for Birthdays & Christmas
2 - Small mementos otherwise
3 - Mail or hand deliver
Debi will e-mail the updated spreadsheet with birthday, anniversary, hobbies and other important Secret Sister info.


OPPORTUNITY QUILT - Debi finished piecing the Opportunity Quilt - absolutely beautiful! - and passed it off to Cathie for the machine quilting. Cathie will have it ready for Linda to bind at the February meeting. Marilyn will complete a label on her amazing embroidery machine, also ready for Linda at the February meeting. Once completed, Laurel will take photos and Marla will create flyers and raffle tickets. Marilyn has agreed to contact venues (HMQS and QuiltFest) to see if we can set up a booth to display the quilt and sell raffle tickets. Anyone visiting a quilt shop or with quilt shop contacts should see if we can post a flyer and sell raffle tickets through their shop. Raffle tickets will sell for $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing for the quilt will be November 1, 2009.

BOM - This year's Block of the Month will be hosted by a different guild member each month.
The host is responsible for providing pattern, instruction, and quilt-shop-quality fabric for each participant for that months block. Fabric colors are black and white with yellow accent fabric. Blocks will finish at 12" square (so the blocks will measure 12.5" x 12.5" before sewn into the quilt)

January - Debi
February - Rose
March - Susan
April - Marilyn
May - Laurel
June - Tresa
July - NO MEETING
August - Cathie
September - Linda
October - Anna
November - Marla
December - HOLIDAY DINNER, NO WORKING MEETING
January '10 - Kristine

My notes say 12 participants so I am missing someone - please let me know if you're missing!

2009 Teton Patchworks Retreat - The retreat is on for August 29 thru September 5, 2009. Right now there are 14 on the list to attend:
Marla, Cathie, & Kristine each attending for 1/2 week
Barbara, Anna, Tresa, Linda, Laurel, Debi, Marilyn, Chris & Karolyn

That is 1/2 person too many so one of the full-week people will need to volunteer to become a half-week person. Please let Debi know if you wouldn't mind just doing the 4 day session instead of the full week.

Debi will have the final cost per person at a future meeting. 50% will be due in May/June with the balance due in July.

If you haven't been to Teton Patchworks before, check out their web site http://tetonpatchworks.com/index.htmltp://tetonpatchworks.com/index.html

Barbara is off to California to spend time with her Mom. We'll miss her at upcoming meetings, but she'll be back for the occasional visit throughout the year.

If I've forgotten anything I apologize. Just pop me an e-mail and I'll put in an update. Check back each month for the meeting minutes, information on Debi's quilting classes, and updates on the 2009 Retreat.

See you at our next meeting - Rose's house on February 7