April Quilt meeting

You're SEW SPECIAL!

In April the guild members were busy building barns. To house the mini quilts they are making each month. What kind of barn do you have? Is it well worm from hours of love or brand new with your boards painted nice and red. Which ever your Barn is it is something special filled with love and hard work. From the bottom of our hearts we thank our guild president Lorri Bashein for teacher us this lovely pattern. Thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us.

Our meeting started with our treasurer giving the financial report and sharing with us the good new of the success of the quilt day sales. It was decided we would like to participate in the events next year.
The UFO # for May is #2 how is your UFO's coming along is the pile getting smaller or still growing. I know at my house it is growing with fun new projects to make one of these days.

The Ott light went to Michelle Stay for May. Do you have a project you ott to have done but just Ott light inspire you. Are you getting your project done or are you waiting for just the right time?

Michelle and Ruth passed out the school house blocks for us. How are your blocks coming along. Is your pile of school blocks growing?

Sewing Tips from February’s Meeting: By Loretta Hunt

©        CORDING: Make covered cording and piping to embellish bags, wall hangings, pillows, and quilts. Instead of basting the fabric strips around the cord, stick the edges together with a glue stick.

©        NON-SLIP TEMPLATES: To keep your templates from slipping, use adhesive-backed sand paper. Cut ½ inch wide strips from the sand paper and use a paper punch to punch out little dots. You can also use scrap book punches to cut shapes like butterflies, hearts and flowers.

©        DESIGN BOARD:  If you have used cotton batting to cover your design board and it is covered with threads, you can place a piece of freezer paper on the batting and iron. The thread will adhere to the freezer paper. Now you have a clean design board.

Old seamstresses never go crazy, they just

stay on pins and needles!!

At our show and tell members brought out there

lovely treasures and creation! Enjoy our show and

tell.

 

Thank you one and all for inspiring us to reach out and

touch each life we come in contact with and improving

 upon and learning as we learn the love of

sewing/quilting.

March guild meeting

March meeting came and went with laughter and fun had by all you attended the sewing's each week and our monthly meeting and sew in.  At our meeting the topic of conversation ranged from providing the group with doughnuts when a personal phone goes off, to placemats for meals on wheels and how the Utah quilt guild quilt show went. 

UFO #8 was drawn, how is your Unfinished projects pile coming along?
The OTTO light went to Laurie Bashein and Sue Hales we look forward to seeing what they Otto to have done this pat month.
A fun history of Scandinavia hand work was presented along with some sewing tips we should all read through and learn from.

Marches sewing tips and tricks:

To store a matching spool and bobbin together, thread both onto a long pipe cleaner and twist the pipe cleaner ends together.

If you like to tuck the thread tail back into the spool edge when you are finished with that thread, but often find it difficult to locate the slit. Mark the slit with a pen or pencil so it stands out where you can see it.

TEMPLATE: Floor tiles makes the best templates. Press paper pattern onto the adhesive side of a self-stick floor tile. Cut the template out on the line with scissors or utility knife. These templates are sturdy and can be used with a rotary cutter. Note: Mark your template- Half hexagon, etc.

 

Kaytlin Sacher a daughter of one of our members donated one of her cherished quilt to Happy Chemo to bless some one's life.

In March we exchanged snowmen blocks. Everyone did a fantastic job and this quilt was darling as it showcased the blocks that were made and exchanged. Thank you for sharing.

Our monthly mini block exchange is going strong and this month Lori showcased the next months block. Which one is your favorite? They are both the same pattern.

We are darling house block with a block with in the house. Mary Jo is showing us what her creative juices created.

Sherri has been busy this month and she showed us what she Otto have done. She gave us a nice trunk show.

Our mini quilt for February. How are your blocks coming along are you keeping up and current or have the patterns safe in a good place to make in the future.

Vivian is showed us what her creative juices have done for this month with a theme of  filled with patriotic items. Anyone would be thrilled to own these darling projects.

 Denise is always busy making something. This month it is tumblers.

Emily showed us how to use up our scraps of fabric to assemble a fun backing.

 Leslie found how fun making her house blocks using blue as the base colors for her houses and fun bright colors for her quilt blocks.

check out this darling quilt holder. The quilt is darling also, thanks Michelle for sharing. Michelle show cased her 10 minute table runner. What a fun fast project.

Bright colors make this darling buggy barn quilt a quilt anyone would love to have in there home on a dark day to brighten up the room.

 Sue is ever present with her mini creations this time it is a mini purse just perfect to put a dollar bill in for a fun surprise for her grandchildren,

You may admire my dust, but please don't write in it!

Sewing forever, house work whenever!