November 2013 Meeting

Looking forward to this month's meeting!

Our guest speaker will be Renae Haddadin. After a short talk Renae will do a book signing for us. She will have copies of her books available for purchase, or, if you are like me and have already purchased her books, bring them and have her sign them.

We will have our year-end potluck. I will bring all of the necessary paper products (plates, cups, utensils, napkins) and water. Our potluck will give time to browse Renea’s books and visit.

After Show and Tell, we will have our drawing for the “Show and Tell Challenge”. We will draw for two $25 prizes. So bring all of your show and tells for chances at the drawing.

Have you decided that you are the one to assist Darlene next year as President Elect. Please call her at 801-295-4442 or darlene.walker@comcast.net

Look forward to seeing you there!

July Meeting Notes

We had a really fun meeting this week. We took care of the guild business and then broke into mini groups. Everyone learned something new!

And don't forget the great discount on the Handi Quilter rulers .Use code: RULERS0713 at checkout for 20% off your ruler order. Good until Aug. 8th!

The mini classes included:

Constructing a square in a square block by Cecilee, the book and ruler are available here: www.squareinasquare.com/shoponline/

Disappearing 9-patch and Recycle by Making Bags from Bags (amazing if you've never seen it!) by Chris

Upgrading to stitch regulation - Mike Evans

Groovy board demonstration - Vicki Hoth, Handi Quilter

Using your laser light at the front of the machine - Kathryn

Attaching binding with your long arm, and adding yarns to your quilts by Val - resources here: www.kimmyquilt.com

Beginning Trapunto - Gaye , check out the tips:

•  www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_wgE74Mro4
• cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-make-trapunto-quilts-tutorial.html
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5_mePiQWyo

Recipes from the July Meeting

Cheese Ball

2pkg cream cheese
1/2 c green onion shopped fine
1 20 oz crushed pineapple drained and dried
1 T. Mayo
1 jar Kraft Rocka Bleu Cheese

Mix and form into a ball. Refrigerate overnight. Roll in finely slivered almonds and cherries.


Fruit Ice Cream - makes 6 quarts

Juice from 3 lemons
Juice from 3 oranges
4c. pineapple juice
1 20oz can crushed pineapple
1 10oz jar of maraschino cherries cur in half with juice
4 c. sugar
3 eggs
3 c. whipping cream
milk

Mix juices and sugar together and stir until dissolved. Freeze for 20 minutes. Add 3 eggs and beat until frothy. Add 3 cups whipping cream and beat. Put into ice cream freezer. Add milk to fill line. Run freezer until the ice cream is frozen.

July meeting is this week!

Hey we're looking forward to the meeting coming up this weekend at 10am at the Handi Quilter Studio in North Salt Lake. We're going to have a lot of good information and great food! Come and visit with us!

In July we will have several mini classes, about 20 minutes, then you rotate to the next. If you told me, after the meeting, that you have a class and would be willing to share it, please send me a description to add to the agenda.

There are also some good local shows coming up:

July Quilt Fair 2012, July 17
www.uvqg.org

Springville Quilt Show - Utah Vally Quilt Guild, July - Sept.
http://www.uvqg.org/Springville_show_info.html

River Day Celebration, Bear Necessities Quilt and art Show, July 24 (Idaho Falls Quilt Guild)
http://www.ifquiltguild.citymax.com

Don't miss these events in August:

August 3 Wheat & Beat Days Quilt Show, Garland, UT 8 – 5 at Garland Tabernacle

August 10 Alpine Quilt Show, Alpine UT

August 7-10 SL County Fair & Quilt Show,

August 22 - 24 Western Legends Quilt Show, Knab, Utah
www.westernlegendsroundup.com 

May 2013 meeting notes

We had a really interesting meeting this last weekend, though it was pretty light attendance with all the other activities going on.

Our guest speaker was Emilie Daly who presented a whole new concept of digitally printed fabric. What an amazing new tool we have available! She is a pattern designer for Modern yardage a company here in Salt Lake City that prints fabric on demand. They have a growing online database of fabric designs to choose from in different sizes and colors. Once you choose your fabric it comes printed in just the amount you need for your project. Never run out of a fabric print again! Designs should always be available so if you end up stashing the fabric and find out 2 years later you need more, you just go online and order another piece. YOu can get a fat quarter or 10 yards at a time. The options are really endless.

Check out the website for Modern Yardage here: www.modernyardage.com or visit Emilie's blog here: www.emilydalydesigns.com

Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on HMQS classes and vendors. Ann reported that the show went really well this year and they see great things in their future. We'd especially like to congratulate all of the award winners from our guild.

Check out our website for an updated list of upcoming events and shows for the summer, and we'll see everybody again at the next meeting on July 20th!

HMQS 2013 Was a Success

Now with HMQS over I need to get my mind on our next meeting. It’s this coming Saturday, May 18.

I hope most of you got a chance to attend HMQS.  We are so fortunate to have such a world class show at our door step. I met people from Europe, Australia, Canada and of course all over the US, who had to travel. The quilts for the judged show, also, came from all over the world.

At the meeting we want to share our experiences from the show, classes, teachers, venders etc. with each other.  Bring projects you started in a class or ideas that were shared by teachers & fellow students or great/fun/useful products you found at the vendor mall and share them with us. I was at the show all 3 days and know that I missed things that you found or saw.

Did you see our booth!!! Thank you to all that contributed their Ghastlie items and a special thanks to Kathryn Lindsey for putting it all together in a wonderful fashion. We had TONS of people stopping to talk and take pictures. It was great exposure for our guild.   

Emily Daly will be giving us a presentation on digital design and custom digital printing on fabric. I’m looking forward to finding out about this new technique.

Ok, 10am this Saturday at the Handiquilter Warehouse.

See Ya There,

Gaye

March Meeting Notes

It started with pictures taken for our directory. Then our business included, a report from Sylvia Zobell about the Utah Quilt Guild, membership fees are due this month, she also mentioned National Quilt Day March 16th, Colonial House, and she had fabric available for the BooBee’s project to fight Breast Cancer.

HMQS is just a short few weeks away. If you haven’t signed up for classes, or registered to show a quilt or two, now is the time. There are still challenge kits available for QOV, Riley Blake and Sew Batik. See the www.HMQS.org for details. Volunteers are needed too, and if you volunteer you get to see the show free, all the info is on the website. Remember to take your “Scavenger Hunt” Sheet to the show (I’ve attached a copy). Find the answers and turn it in at our booth for a drawing at the May Meeting. 

 Our booth theme is anything “Ghastly” bring your items to the show or contact Kathryn Lindsay or myself to arrange for them to get there. If you have signed up to work at our booth you also can get free entry. Check at with us or at the volunteer desk about a volunteer ID tag. 

 We had our Apron Fashion show. Kathryn Winterton showed her work apron and how damaged it is from the machine, pins etc. Work aprons can not only save our clothes but also streamline our process by holding the tools we use most. There were so many fantastic aprons we voted to have a drawing instead of a vote for the prize. 

 The HandiQuilter Gals gave a great presentation on Computerized Quilting. How to size and place purchased designs and also how you can digitize you own designs, even copy your freehand work to save it for another project. They had a trunkshow of some of the quilts they have done with the computer. The item that surprised me was that computerized quilting is not faster than manually driven quilting just more exact. Still, I think many of us want to save for a system 

 After refreshments Renea Haddadin talked about a new direction her shop “Quilts on the Corner” is going. She is stocking several lines of Superior Thread, YLI Thread, Wide Back Fabrics and Longarm Tools and supplies. The shop is in Sandy on Main Street and is worth a visit. Kathryn Lindsey gave us the challenge to share how we quilt rail fence blocks. I’ve attached some of the ideas. If you have more email them to me and I’ll forward them to the group. ( please don’t laugh at my drawing) 

Our first “Spotlight” of one of our members was on Chris Robinson. Chris is a native of Utah, and learned basic quilting from her Mom. She has one daughter and had 43 foster children over the years. Three of her foster daughters are quilters, one an award winning longarm quilter in Houston. Chris has had a HQ16 for about a year and quilts for herself and friends. 

 We had a review of new books added to our library and a brief tools you can purchase at “Harbor Freight”. I’ve attached my favorite quilting tools found at the hardware stores. 

 We finished with “Show and Tell” and got to see wonderful quilts made or quilted by our members. 

Mark your calendars for our next meeting on May 18th. Our guest speaker will be Emilie Daly who is a digital fabric designer – a new direction in fabric production. We will also recap our experiences at HMQS, and have our Scavenger Hunt drawing. Bring any cool tools, ideas or tips you learn at the show and, of course, show and tell.