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Heber Valley Quilters Retreat

March 8-9 2013

Homestead Garden Room

Time: 8 am Friday-7 pm Saturday

Meals: Friday dinner at Mattie’s Bistro at the Zermott and Saturday lunch at Fanny’s

We have planned 3 projects for you this year.

Susan Turpin is teaching her owl pincushion. It’s fun, fast and fabulous.

Deonn and Debbie will be teaching us curved piecing using the drunkard’s path pattern and the AccuQuilt machines.

Sally will be teaching a great way to make half square triangles to help us with our design challenge for this year.

Woolie Owl Pincushion

Materials List:           1 – 8” x 8” piece of felted wool for the owl body and base

                                    1 – 4” x 4” piece of felted wool for the owl tummy

                                    12” piece of embroidery floss for nose (gold is a good color)

                                    2 buttons for eyes

Walnut shells will be provided for stuffing; however, if you prefer to use silica sand or poly stuffing, please bring your own

Drunkard's Path Class

by Deonn & Debbie

Test out our AccuQuilt machines to quickly die-cut perfect shapes, learn some great tips for curved piecing, then explore design/layout possibilities with these versatile blocks.

Fabric Requirements:

Wall Hanging 28'x 28" (17 @ 7" blocks)

1/2 yard each of 2 contrasting (dk, lt) fabrics

1 yard backing/binding

Table topper or small wall hanging, 18"x21" (42@ 3" blocks)

1 charm pack

3/4 yard backing/binding

(You may want to bring additional fabrics and fusible web to play with other AccuQuilt die cut applique' shapes.)

Half Square Triangles tutorial

2 fat quarters- light fabric

2 fat quarters-dark fabric

Make sure you bring:

*Sewing machine with presser foot and power cord, thread, scissors, projects, supplies for classes offered at the retreat, pincushion for the exchange, rotary cutter, seam ripper,  ruler(s). I’m sure there’s more but that’s up to you!

February Guild

Girls from the FFA group.  We are making 27 twin size quilts for the group so they can tie them.  Once they are tied they are going to be given to the Road Home ( a homeless shelter).  They all need to be to Debbie Proctor by THIS Friday.

 

Here is the next blocks we are doing this month.  Pick one of the 6 or do as many as you want.  Each one completed you get 2 owl bucks.  These blocks are found

Timpi doing "Who's Who"  Kami was one of the 4 spot lighted.

Rachel's cute baby

 

Who's Famous: Amy Ellis from www.amyscreativeside.blogspot.com

She had so many Beautiful quilts and projects.

 

                   She washes her quiltes before they are photographed because they photograph better.
                                                                   Thanks for sharing Amy.





Shirley made this quilt for her son and daughter-in-law

Leah's cute snowman Block and she finished her sewing machine wall hanging from last years retreat.  So Cute.

Amber's snowmen blocks.  Her daughter made her this cute figuring of her sewing.  I want one, it's so cute.

                                                                    Sally's Snowman

                                                                       Our new member

                  Barbara Finished we LOVE wall hanging and her Craftsy BOM quilt.

                                                                 Shirley's Snowman

                                                          1 of Natalia's snowman blocks

                                                            Kami's quilt that she is quilting

                                                                    Nina's snowoman

Margaret finished her mystery quilt from last years retreat and finished her snowman and nutcracker blocks.

                       Patty's snowman family.  The faces are all embroidered. amazing

                                    Our new member Kathy and her snowman block

                                Beth E.  Her cute baby quilt and apron

Candy finished her civil war quilt, at church they had a block exchange and the red and white quilt is what she made.  She put minky on they back.  She said it is her Husbands cimo quilt.  She snowman block and her cute buggy barn witch quilt.  I love how the legs are free and hang.

                Vicky Finished her flag quilt, made a snowman quilt and an "I spy" quilt.

Rachel finished her quilt from 2008

                                Tamara got her buggy barn Bird Brain quilt done

Retreat MArch 8-9 @ The Homestead

Here are what the 2 options for the drunkers path at retreat look like.  The red and white one you need 1/2 yard of 2 fabrics.  For the one on the left you need a charm pack.  These will be fun to make.

Also for the design challenge that Sally is going to show us how to start at the retreat you need (4) 9x11 or bigger fabrics.  You want (2) light and (2) dark fabrics.  You want lots of contrast.  Sally is going to show us how to do a 1/2 square triangle method.  We are going to make blocks and then will exchange and then do another step.  This is all I know about it so far.  The design challenge will be due in October.

Curved piecing class

Here is the fabric requirements for the curved piecing class at the retreat.

Drunkard's Path Class by Deonn & Debbie

Test out our AccuQuilt machines to quickly die-cut perfect shapes, learn some great tips for curved piecing, then explore design/layout possibilities with these versatile blocks.

Fabric Requirements:
Wall Hanging 28'x 28" (17 @ 7" blocks)
1/2 yard each of 2 contrasting (dk, lt) fabrics
1 yard backing/binding 

  
Table topper or small wall hanging, 18"x21" (42@ 3" blocks)
1 charm pack
3/4 yard backing/binding

(You mau want to bring additional fabrics and fusible web to  play with other AccuQuilt die cut applique' shapes.)

2013- January

Hoo'll sew with me?  Ow'll sew with you!

This is our new theme for 2013

The board was spot lighted as the Who's Who for the month.  It was fun to learn a little about each one.  If you were not able to come to the meeting, talk to Timpi and get a forum to fill out so you can be spot lighted one month this year.

For the Charity quilts this year, we are going to sew together quilts envelope style for the FFA group to tie like we did last year.  This year we want to do 50 quilts.  They are going to be handed out at February's meeting.  Also There is going to be a quilt design coming up during the year that we will give to charity groups for children.  What a great way for us all to give back to the community.

Beth Wagner is the new president (Head Owl)

Beth the President with Amber Sisson President Elect(Vice president)

Pattys cute nut cracker block

We talked about label's at the January meeting and "Whoo made that quilt".  Barbara O. showing off her label.

Barbara O. cute Christmas table runner.  She traced a wood cut out for the applique'

Sally's finished her out & cookoo quilt

Barbara's Block Head quilt group is doing a block of the month.  This is her January block.

Barbara O. leaf quilt that she showed the label on.

Amber made love letter envelopes on the border.  Such a cute idea.

Amber saw this quilt below in a magazine and made it.

Shawna's cute nut cracker.

Tamara finished her, "Believe you can...Sew you will"  wall hanging from our 2012 retreat.  

Amy showed off these cute blocks that are a sample of a free pattern that is on her web site: amyscreativeside.com

A friend gave Nita this embroidered Christmas table runner.

Nita nutcracker had some bling. Very cute

Margaret gave Beth this cute bag.  We all oooed and awwwed over it and then laughed when she said that shedidn't make it, she baught it for her.  That is so sweet of you Margaret.

Cami's quilt as you go quilt

Debbie is finishing up quilts and cleaning out her room.  These 2 pictures are a few quilt she got done.

Candy's nutcracker

Candy has been collecting fabric for a long time to make this quilt by "Thimble berry".  She was surprised when she made it because she thought it was going to be much bigger and not just a wall hanging.

KayeDawn made this cute winter quilt from American Quilting.

KayeDawn made this cute embroidered quilt label to mach her quilt top that is pictured next.

Michelle made a case to put your flat iron in.  It is made with insul brite so it won't burn

Michelle made many of these cell phone cases for Christmas.

Marcia got a quilt that her brother that is 50 years old.

Leah's nutcracker

Leah's block Sweet & Simple from American Quilting.

Barb's grand daughter made her this cute pincushion.  Her grand daughter group that made these, didn't have thread so they sewed it together with dental floss.

Barb had a block exchange and made this rail fence quilt that she calls, "The Wild One"

There was also a hands on demo on how to use Heat transfer paper to make quilt labels.  It was a fun night. Thanks everyone.