May Meeting Fun

May meeting was a lot of fun.  Janet Platt came and showed a demo of her quick points ruler.

We had a reminder from Ardeth to work on the charity quilts for the Utah Quilt Guild service project.  The Foster kids really appreciate them.

Verneal's Tip of the month was "Pin Clips"  They are a clip to hold fabric, vinyl, or heavy fabrics together.  They are nice to use because they grip well and have a flat side on the back, so you can have it flow well while you are sewing.  You can purchase them at quilt shops, amazon, or from JoAnn's online. 


Michelle reminded us to keep working on our BOM.  Janine Manzione has completed her top and is going to be working on her boarders already.  We need to be working on section 3.



Katie did a fun round tuit...it's a great reminder that we all need to quilt "Smore"



Show and Tell...It's always so fun to see what is being worked on and inspire us to keep quilting!











Janet Platt and Her Quick Points Ruler

Janet Platt gave us an amazing demo and fun tips on how to use her quick points rulers.  It was a ton of information so hopefully with these pictures you can remember the fun things you can do.  You can also visit her website www.quickpointsruler.com. or Google u-tube. Quick points ruler and watch all of her tutorials online.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

Her new product: 

  

 

  

  

 

Next Few Month's of Fun 

 

June's meeting:  June 18th

 

We will be having a fabric trade. 

Please Bring:

16-9 inch dark value prints.

16-9 inch light value prints.

(Only quilt shop fabric-NO Brights or White) 

*sewing machine-thread, pins scissors, mat, rotary cutter, paper scissors, glue stick.

We will learn to make a quilt block and have lots of fun. 

Questions call Janine-882-0436

 

July meeting: Visit from Mary Fojtek 

   

August meeting: Ora Bridges Table Runner

Keep a lookout for a fun charm pack (40-42/5 inch squares)

 

  

On The Trail Shop Hop

The Idaho/Wyoming/Utah shop hop is Thursday, April 24 - Saturday, May 10. You can purchase a passport for $1 at one of the 12 participating quilt shops. If you visit all 12 shops, you will be eligible for the Grand Prize (your choice of a Baby Lock Aria sewing machine worth $4,999 or a 3-day quilt retreat for 8 people at a choice of 2 locations) or 1st Prize (a $25 gift certificate from each shop and a bundle of 20 fat quarters from each shop).  If you visit 10 shops, you will be eligible for a $50 gift basket.

Read all about it at On The Trail.

April Meeting: Welcome to the Buggy Barn!

Quilt Guild is always fun when Crystal teaches! This month she taught us the basic technique of any Buggy Barn pattern. The chairs where we were to sit were divided into four sections: the horse pasture, the cow pasture, the pig pen, and the chicken coop. The quilters at the back working on charity quilts were mice. When you had a question, you had to make the sound of the animal section you were sitting in, and the "farmer" would answer the questions. 

Check out all these cute Buggy Barn patterns:

This one isn't a buggy barn pattern, but the technique is the same. . .

Verneal's Tips of the Month:

Do you need something to put over the tip of your scissors to protect the scissors and other things in your bag? Try a Gel Grip for larger scissors, or a piece of flexible hose (from the hardware store or even aquarium hose from the pet store).

After all that work piecing and quilting your master piece, you don't want it ruined when you wash it. Throw in a COLOR CATCHER (someone said the no-name brand is good, too) so the colors in the fabrics won't bleed.

Round Tuits and Show & Tell

Embroidery Class Update:

 Ora is doing a great job teaching needlework to this group of ladies.

Beginning Quilting Class Update:

Here the students are learning and practicing free motion quilting on a domestic machine for the very first time. They did great!

One student has her pieces cut and is organizing them so she can sew the pieces back together.

The teacher is demonstrating how she did fusible applique on the Galleria quilt top.

Reminder:

We are participating in the Utah Quilt Guild's 2014 charity project. Their goal is to have 1000 quilts made for Utah foster children who are waiting to be adopted. Typically these are older children, so twin size quilts have been requested. Bring your finished quilt top and prepared back to the meeting next month, and Ardith's brother will quilt it on his Quilting Master, a computer-guided quilting machine. Check out this amazing machine in the video below: