March Minutes

Just some info on our last meeting:

Announcements: 

•  Quilt Market will be here in May! They are collecting Quilts of Valor Quilts and we are invited to donate. Handiquilter will provide the batting for donated Q of V quilts. 
• HQ Academy in Layton. June 8-11, 2016. See handiquilter.com for details
• Utah Quilt Guild: In need of a South Davis rep.
• We've been encouraged to sign up for Smiths Rewards on the Smith website under Community Rewards. Must have a Smiths card first. A portion of all your purchases will be given back to the guild. 

HMQS:

• April 16 is the deadline for quilt entries.
• Need volunteers – Contact Gayle Hansen to schedule 801-571-7818. Specifically need volunteers on Tues afternoon and Wed to hang the quilts.
• There is a special exhibit of 500 quilts this year – you won’t want to miss this! 

Speaker: Nancy Allen
Thanks for the beautiful trunk show and the history of making your book, “Triple Play Scrap Quilting”. It shows 3 different approaches to quilting. 1. A planned color scheme. 2. Using a fabric collection. 3. Scrappy. It was fun and informative. Nancy suggests looking on thousandsofbolts.com for backing fabrics. Another good resource is quiltshops.com. It finds all the shops that carry a line you are looking for.

Reporting on our red and white quilting day

We had great fun and got lots done. We need another quilting day to sew it into blocks and then sew the blocks together. We had tentatively planned on April 30th and Diane had volunteered her house. After the very successful day we had at the church that Nancy had scheduled for us, it was decided that that location was ideal, in terms of parking and ease of access. So Nancy is trying to get that church on the 30th of April so we can work some more on this.

Quilt Fest:
Theme is Christmas. Buy a $5 stocking to decorate and donate. There will be a drawing for a sewing machine for contributors. The stockings with be donated to children.

 

Red and White Quilting Day this Weekend!

It's this Saturday -  
Red and White Quilting day. 
We will be meeting at a church in Bountiful ( address and directions below) at  9:30. We are excited to start working on our wonderful quilt.
Everyone pre-wash your reds (minimum 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in) you are bringing to set the colors.
We will need 3 sewing machines with red thread 
3 cutting mats, cutters and rulers
2 ironing boards with irons
power strips and extension cords
sewing supplies - pins, machine needles, thread scissors etc

If everyone that comes bring one of the 3 main items and a power strip and then I think we will be great!!! 

Also don't forget to bring a pot luck - It can just be munchies if you want.

We look forward to seeing you there.

RSVP to wrenwoodland@gmail.com or 801.787.2446 (text)
so we have an idea how many will be there.  Thanks so much

3599 Orchard Drive in Bountiful (at the edge of North SL)


If coming from NORTH, traveling on I-15 take the last Bountiful exit at 2600 south.  Come east to third stop light, (Colonial square shopping mall is on the R), Turn R or South just past this landmark.  There is a church on the L but go past that.  The street jogs over a couple of blocks and becomes Orchard Dr.  Turn back South and follow Orchard Drive as it curves past 3100 So  (where the Val Verde arches are on the East or L side) and another stop light.  Past the Winegars shopping plaza on East (L) and a Sinclair gas station.  The next thing you will see on the East is the church house.  Blonde brick bldg.  Park behind.

If coming from the South, traveling on I-15 take the first Bountiful exit, ( 2600 South).  Come east to third stop , (Colonial square shopping mall is on the R)  Turn R or South just past this landmark.  There is a church on the L but go past that.  The street jogs over a couple of blocks and becomes Orchard Dr.  Turn back South and follow Orchard Drive as it curves past 3100 So (where the Val Verde arches are on the East or L side) and another stop light.  Past the Winegars shopping plaza on East (L) and a Sinclair gas station.  The next thing you will see on the East is the church house.  Blonde brick bldg.  Park behind.

January Meeting Information

We had a really great meeting in January! Pictures are posted on the gallery from the website, and below are some of the items that were covered.

Ruby Jubilee is coming up to celebrate 40 yrs for Utah Quilt Guild.  Our guild is making a quilt for it.

HMQS – all challenge quilts are due APRIL 2nd

Quilts of Valor – Jo Anne Hawkes is our representative. $20 kit.  These quilts will be judged and donated.  Must be machine quilted.  Size range: 55/65– 72/90 inches

Riley Blake challenge – Deonn Stott is our representative “Ardently Austin” is the theme. $20 kit. Quilt must be donated for auction to benefit The Christmas Box

Adornit Challenge – Ann Collet is our representative “You and Me” fabric line $20 kit. This quilt can be kept after HMQS.

Show and Tell:

Binding Pad – Michele Noble showed us her binding ironing pad.  Contact her if you need more info on it.

Owl pincushion tutorial – Moonstitches.typepad.com - tutowlrial

Bird pincushion tutorial – quiltscapesqs.com – Deonn’s blog

Service Projects

Council Bluffs thanks us profusely for our generous donations last year.  They will accept fabric donations this year again.

Ronald McDonald House – save the pop tops off of soda cans and give to Darlene W.

Photos of our meeting are posted here.

See you again in March!

November Meeting

YES!! We’re having our meeting this Saturday!

Even though the esteemed Ricky Timms is in town, we still need to have our meeting.

We will be having a Guild Trunk Show. Please bring your favorite quilt(s), and tell us why it’s your favorite. We want to concentrate on Christmas quilts, but your favorite is more important. It can be either a quilt you quilted, or a quilt you received of bought from someone else. More than one if you like.

We will also have a discussion on our bylaws.

Don’t forget your potluck refreshments! It is your chance to show off your shopping…er…cooking skills to the rest of us.

We will still be having our regular show and tell, I always get so many good ideas from you all that it’s something I would hate to miss.

I’m sure there will be announcements from many different sources, i.e. Utah Quilt Guild, Quilts of Valor, etc.

We will also have a questionnaire to fill out about what you would like to do in the coming year.

Hope to see you there!

September Meeting

SALT LAKE/OGDEN LONG ARM QUILD GUILD

Date: Sat., September 26, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Handi Quilter, 501 N 400 W, No. Salt Lake

Please don’t forget our meeting this Saturday!! We're a week off because of Quilt Fest this year.

I hope you all enjoyed Quilt Fest, now we’re ready to dig in for the rest of the year.

Our speaker this month will discuss color theory, so if you have any fabric that you would like help matching color-wise, feel free to bring it so we can discuss it.

Don’t forget your show and tell, along with any problems you solved or difficulties/techniques you mastered to share with us.

Our service project this year is to contribute leftover fabric to the Council, Idaho high school. This may be the last month we take donations for it, so please be generous with your leftovers. Right now we have quite a bit, but they can really use it—I don’t know if you noticed the student quilts at HMQS. They are doing a fabulous job!

Now is the time to start thinking about who will be the guild officers for next year, so please consider helping out. It’s not a matter of knowing more than someone else (boy, do I know that!!), but taking a turn to help us all. I so appreciate all the work from those that have contributed!

See you Saturday!!

July Meeting

Date:  Sat., July 18, 2015 Time:  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location:  Handi Quilter, 501 N 400 W, No. Salt Lake

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far! It is our longarm quilt guild meeting this Saturday, so this is a reminder to come!

Our guest speaker will be Luanne Farr, the owner of Winline Batting.  She will be talking to us about how to choose a batting, how to best use a batting, I think she’s planning to make us “batting-y”!

Please bring any show and tell, that is always my favorite part of the meeting.  I thought it would be good if, when you present your show and tell, to let us know how you may haveovercome anything in particular that we can learn from the challenges that you have overcome.

Also anything that you might need help with, as we have some pretty awesome people there.

Also please bring any donations you have for the Council School in Idaho.  I plan to deliver these in October, so we will be taking donations at our July and September meetings.

Thank you to everyone who is so patient with me, and for contributing to the meetings as you do.  I feel privileged to just rub shoulders with you all!

May Guild Meeting

Oh my heck, where has the month gone?!?!This month has proceeded fast enough that THIS Saturday is thethird Saturday!

Our quilt guild meeting, will be held at Quilts on the Corner, at 10 a.m. this Saturday, May 16th, 2015.  The address of the shop is 208 East Main Street, Sandy Utah. MAP

Renae Haddadin will be showing her newest tools in her newly remodeled building.  Sheis a gem in our midst!

Please remember to bring any fabric you can to donate to the Council, Idaho School.  Even scraps are appreciated.

It was amazing to see all of their beautiful and creative quilts that were displayed at HMQS.  The next meeting will be held July 18th  and will be held at Handi Quilter in North Salt Lake at 10 a.m.