Heber Valley Quilters Blog

Saturday, November 2, 2013

October Guild

Sorry I am late getting these put on. October got away from me and then I had some family emergencies come up.

Beth's Doll quilt as a reminder that you need to bring all your doll quilts to the December meeting so that we can donate them to the toys for tots for Christmas.

Beth's BOM block

Barbara M. Ironing boards and pin cushions that she has been making

All of the quilts that were made for the design challenge. Everyone did such a great job. It was hard to choose. Below are close up pictures of each of the quilts.

Everyone voting

And our winners were: 1st Michele, 2nd Leah, 3rd Tricia. Way to go Ladies you did an amazing job

Margaret made a doll quilt and below is her BOM

Leah's BOM as she called it, "Take the R out" Our Britches Block of the Month was a bit harder then some.

Mauve and flower design quilt

Green and blue twist and stitch lap quilt

Bethany has been working 9 month on this AWSOME project. He is so cute.

Carols BOM

Carols snowman wool candle holder, they made these in the Midway Thursday threads

Earthtone colors "Every which way" quilt that Noel Minneci in the Midway guild taught a class. It turned out great. Thanks for sharing everyone And I can't wait to see you at next months meeting.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

It was so much fun to get together and sew and the last meeting. I know I did not get much done because of all the fun visiting. It is nice to get to visit with everyone.

We did the ugly fabric exchange. If anyone want to still do it, you can. Just bring your fabric to next months meeting. Out of the fabric we are making Doll Quilts. In December we will bring back the doll quilts and donate them to toys for tots or some other orginization for them to give away as Christmas gifts. There really was not any ugly fabric. My pictures all got mixed up when I was loading them so sorry.

Leah Made a skirt for her step daughter, Her chicken block.

Amber crocheted this blanket, below she finished this quilt

Leah made this sewing kit

Sally is making a costume

Michele got all her patterns organized intoa binder and below she made patio cushions

Patti got her flag blocks done and her chicken blocks

Margaret made her chicken block and some doll quilts.

Barb's friends all made her blocks for her 70th birthday. She had enough for both sides of her quilt.

Another doll quilt

Carol's chicken block

Liz made this cute quilt for her grandson

Beth made this family quilt from Natalia's Book.

Carol's flag block

Tamara made this spool quilt for Seasons of Home

Beth finished both of her Hawaiian applique pillows.

Next moth all design challenges are due. You need to have it quilted and bond and needs to be at least 20 X 20. See you at guild

Monday, August 19, 2013

Quilts for the Officers

This just came in from Barb our area director.

Today I counted and bagged all of the quilts for charity for the police officers. We are hoping to deliver them on Tuesday.

Please let your members know that we more than made our quota, in fact we made 33 more than our areas requested. So, I gave two extra to each of the Heber City and Park City police departments.

The state guild is in dire need of more quilts to help in other areas where the quota is far short, so we are donating the extras to the Utah Quilt Guild to be given where needed.

Some of the members went way above what we asked for and made multiple quilts. Wow!

I am sure that some child, somewhere, will benefit from our generosity and time and that the quilt will give them comfort in some way.

The Utah State Guild Guild also said to say thank you many times over! Please know that I also send my many thanks to everyone. We have some fabulous members in our area who care about others.

Way to go Guild. All of your help and charity helped us get to our numbers plus. Some little boy or girl is going to be so lucky to get one of your special quilts.

Friday, August 16, 2013

August guild

Sorry I did not get pictures because I was gone. Next month's BOM is a silly chicken. It is on www.quiltercache.com background is off white or chicken wire. It is a paper piecing. Beth has copies you can pick up if you give her a call 435-503-1997.

Since there were people at guild we are going to do the ugly fabric exchange again in September. Bring a fat quarter to yard of fabric you don't like and we will swap. Also we are going to do a group sew night. Guild will start at 6:00pm and go until 10:00pm. Bring any project you want to sew and sew with friends. This would be a good time to work on your design challenge that is due at the October guild. Also bring a treat to share.

We hope to see everyone there. Yeah schools back in maybe life can slow down.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

July- Hawaiian Applique'

Beth taught us how to do Hawaiian applique'.

We got to work on making our own pillows. It was fun get to make something. Beth says the hardest part is cutting it out. She is right. It takes a little time, but the out come is great. what makes this form of applique' different from any other is how it is cut out.

Carol Has been very Busy.

Her sail Boat

Her Twist and Stitch from the Midway guild

Her drunkards path from our retreat

BOM (block of the month) from June 2012 @ Season's of Home

Snowman Panel

Kit she bought years ago, 2001. Prints that are cut out

Beth's sail boat

Bucket, wool applique'- the midway guild os doing

Margaret's sail boat

her friend can hardly see tied this quilt. Margaret helped finish it.

Rachels President quilt that she taught us.

Nina fish fabric art she did at her daughters house

More of her snowman embroidery

Shirley "I made 12 of these little hummers"LOL. made them for all her girls at church

Made little leather shoes for her new grand baby

made 2 car seat covers

Little patriotic quilt

Little watermelon quilt

Her sail boat block

Made at pattern off of a shirt that she already had and then made this shirt.

Timpi is sanding and repainting her whole bedroom set.

Patti's sail boat block

Sashiko (Japanese Embroidery)- got it at the Home machine quilt show. It comes stamped and then you stitch it.

She has been doing lots of beading. Below is a closer look

Tamara made this really soft double sided minky quilt

A buggy barn quilt with buggy barns fabrics- "for the birds"

Her son just finished designing and sewing this quilt together. Tamara quilted mustaches all over in it.

It was great to see every one's show and tell.

Next month is "ugly fabric Exchange"
Please bring a fabric that you do not like and we will exchange fabrics. Size must be any where from a Fat Quarter(smallest) to Yard (largest).
I can't wait to see what you all bring.

Our Block of the month to be making to bring to the August meeting is called Glory in scraps. Here are the directions if you missed it. The directions can also be found on at www.quilterscache.com

This makes a 12" block!

This is an original pattern. Please abide by theTerms and Conditions of use! :o)

** Preparing the Pieces and Sewing the Block **

First, from a navy print, ...stars work well... cut one 9-7/8" half square triangle (from a 9-7/8" square cut in half once on the diagonal)...

Next, cut thirteen 3-7/8" half square triangles from a variety of tan/cream prints. It's okay to have some repeats within a block, but the more different prints used, the merrier the block! Cut ten 3-7/8" half square triangles from a variety of red prints...

Sew pairs of red and tan half square triangles to make a total of ten half squares. Use scant 1/4" seams, and press seams to the darker side. Trim these back to measure 3-1/2" if needed...

Next, piece the block! Sew four vertical rows of half squares, using the extra tan half square triangles at the top of the three shortest rows. Sew these vertical rows together using a scant 1/4" seam, and then sew on the blue corner triangle to complete the block! ...on to Page 2!

Glory in Scraps - Page 2