FINISHING BEE

With all of our Bees this year, we will also have the Finishing Bee. Bethany is in charge of this motivating Bee and it will be a great time. To participate in the Finishing Bee this year, you need to remember to bring a fat quarter of fabric (good quality, quilt shop fabric) and also your list of 10 projects you would like to finish this year to our February 5th meeting. Bethany has details of what and how you can list your projects if you have any questions.
The number 4 was drawn out for January's project which means you need to work on and complete the project you listed on your list as #4 for February's meeting. If you finish it, bring it to Sew and Tell and enter your name into the drawing. If you do not finish it, bring an additional fat quarter to contribute to the cute little basket.


Here is the little basket of bliss. Soon it will be full of fat quarters, since EVERYONE that wants to participate must contribute one fat quarter to begin the year. Then it will slowly fill up as the months go by and we can't quite finish the project for that month. But that is okay. Someone gets to win the basket of fat quarters at some time and it could be you!


If this sounds confusing, come to February's guild meeting and talk to Bethany. She will answer all your questions and get you ready to finish a few of those projects that were started a few years ago with good intentions of finishing.

The hands of quilters

What do quilting hands look like?

This is what they look like! Any guesses of what guild member belong to these quilting hands?

Birthday Presents

Here are a few of the January Birthday girls, Beth and Sally, with their new cute cute cute BEE pin cushions. They were handmade by Sherron. All guild members will receive one of these cuties for their birthday this year, along with a quilting notion. Thanks Sherron!

Bee creative, bee precise, bee unique, bee daring, bee different, bee adventurous, bee challenged, BEE WITH FRIENDS

January's Sew and Tell

The most inspiring part of our guild meetings - SEW AND TELL!

Rachel's

Heather's

Bethany's

Michele's made by Barbara

KayeDawn's

Crusan's made by KayeDawn

Cathy's

Liz's

Shantelle's

Barbara's

Quilting Bees

The theme for the Heber Valley Quilters for 2009 is Quilting Bees.

quilting bee - 2 dictionary results

quilting bee - noun
* a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.

Origin: 1825–35, Americanism
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, ©

quilting bee - noun
*a gathering to make quilts

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Well ladies, there you have it. We are in for a great year of making quilts and being social! Our first guild meeting is on January 8th at 7:00 pm in the basement of the Am Bank Building on 100 South.

Please remember to bring your $25 annual due fee if you would like to become or remain a member. If not, the charge is $5.00 per meeting, but since there are so many perks to being a member of our guild, just bring the 25 dollars. Sherron has a special gift for those of you that bring your dues to the January meeting. Natalia is the secretary for this new year, so she will be the one collecting dues.

See you all on Thursday night!

Look at what is in store for 2009!

Ladies of the Heber Valley Quilt Guild, look how exciting! Everyone else, look how exciting! Cat, Shantelle, and Sherron have been busy for months planning and designing this wonderful row quilt depicting the Heber Valley for us to make in 2009. Natalia did an excellent job quilting it also. It is gorgeous and hopefully you are excited about what is to come in 2009 for our great little guild. Come back and visit for more information on the upcoming year, but in the meantime mark your calendars for our January 8th guild meeting.

Super cute Lullaby quilts by Connie

One more post about our wonderful year of applique. KayeDawn arranged for us to make the cute cute Lullaby quilt pattern. Connie, who moved away from us and back to Washington a few months ago, has been so busy with the fun fun Lullaby pattern!

Connie is the happy grandma of two new babies and look at the darling quilts she made for her new little pieces of joy. You did a great job Connie, so cute! These are two lucky little ones to have such a talented and nice grandma! We miss you Connie and wish you the best!

Thanks KayeDawn for being our guild President in 2008. You did a super job and we had a great year!

December Sew and Tell

December's Sew and Tell was so full of finished projects! Good Job Ladies!

Sue had Deonn quilt her beautiful oriental quilt and what a sight it was to see!

A fun scrappy quilt by Linda

Stella's AMAZING paper pieced masterpiece

Christy's snail trail and cute little turtles quilt for her very soon arriving baby boy

Rachel's bargello top she learned at Quilt Fest 2008

Barbara's super fun friendship house quilt

Cathy's gorgeous wedding quilt with great pictures

Paulette's fun quilt, I think she said she made this while traveling!

Natalia's HVQG Friendship Block quilt from 2008, so cute!

KayeDawn's amazing Sun Bonnet Sue quilt made MANY MANY years ago. She said so many great greats that I lost track. How very precious.

Our Christmas Social

What a super time we had at our Christmas Social! Thanks KayeDawn for the fun fun mind-juggling/scrambling game, all the prizes, arranging the GREAT food, and of course a super 2008.

Barbara, so sorry about this picture with you eating, but we needed to see your fun table and all the amazing food that ladies brought for us to feast on.

Debbie, Angie, and Margaret, getting ready for the 'How much do you REALLY know about quilting?' game. Lets see, unscramble this word - wapkthcor and where did Trapunto orginate?

Jenny and Tamara

Here are the big winners for the 'Wooden Thimble - most improved' award. Liz won the award, and Bethany and Margaret were her attendents. Good Job ladies! They each won a hand turned wooden thimble made by KayeDawn's husband, and Liz got the cutest little plaque. Thanks to everyone who voted for who they thought improved the most during 2008.

Sherron was the big winner for the "Finish a Project" drawing and also she got the most answers correct in our fun game of 'How much do you REALLY know about quilting?' She won a great little sewing kit/ensemble made by Cody Mazuran and also $$ toward quilting services.

Thanks ladies for a super evening and have a super holiday season!