February Meeting 2021

 This month's meeting was on Zoom and was called Scrapalicious. Peggy and a few others put on the meeting. I was not able to make the meeting, and am sorry I missed it because I love scrap quilts. Here are the pictures that have been sent in.

The following few pictures are some finishes by Linda. 

Ant quilt finish by Dianne G.

Dianne G finished the Quilt Etc. block of the month "Music"

February's tablerunner of the month by Jill

wallhanging by Linda

Dianne G's Christmas fabrics all organized.

Clear plastic shoe organizer to organize pieces smaller than a fat quarter in Cathie's sewing room.

Scrap block taught by Virginia. Each cut piece measures 2 x 3.5

New addition to Diane's mini quilt wall

Diane said the color red in this wall hanging lifts her spirits when she looks at it

This red and white top is Barbara's version of the Quilty Girl Mystery that Peggy had for Sandy Stitchers on New Years Day!

This is a photo of a scrap quilt Barbara made years ago. She wanted to share it since our program was on scrap quilting. Our presenters called it a crumb quilt because it used lots of little scraps.

January 2021

 Our speaker for January was Marianne Ballash.  She shared her knowledge on tiny piecing tips and showed us a trunk show. Members shared show and tell and will be sending pictures along soon. We will be doing a tabletopper of the month this year instead of  a block of the month. Leanna showed us the first table topper. All of the information about the meeting is in Leanna's email which was very thorough.

Two examples of Marianne's tiny quilts. Precision is important when working with tiny pieces. There is not a very big margin for error. Marianne uses paper plates to keep her cut pieces organized. She can then stack the plates when she is not working on her project and everything is in order.

A bargello quilt by Marianne. She likes to use best press and a mister on her tiny pieces.
To find out more about Marianne go to her website:  www.Quiltingwithmarianne.com

Cathie's rail road sign block for our auction quilt. Jill is putting this together for us so it will be ready to be quilted soon.

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Wolf throw made by Cathie as a Christmas gift for her sister-in law.

December 2020

Our December Meeting was on Zoom. Peggy updated us on the delivery of the charity quilts we made in 2020.  She sent an email telling us all about it as well. Sounds like there were many happy recipients of the quilts we made for the nursing home residents! There were 5 homes that received 64 quilts.

Diane E.'s challenge quilt

Diane's cute puppy

Cathie's challenge quilt

Christmas gift by Cathie

Mini quilt by Diane E.

T-shirt made for Diane's grand daughter

Another

I think these next few photos are charity quilts held up by Peggy. But I am not sure who did them. Anyone know?

Diane E's wall of minis

mini by Diane E.

Pup with quilt made by Dianne G

picture from Dianne G.

pup with quilt made by Dianne G

Challenge quilt by Barbara

Bernadette's challenge from Missouri Star Quilt Company

Pam's challenge quilt

Susan's challenge quilt

Book Susan used for challenge quilt

The following quilts were all Christmas gifts done by Jill. This is a picture of her cute grandson!

Quilts for Christmas gifts by Jill

Watercolor charity quilt by Susan

Two quilts by Jill

Linda's challenge quilt

Dianne G's challenge quilt

Sherri's challenge quilt

October/November News

 Hi everyone!

In October we had Lisa Chin come and talk to us via a zoom meeting.  Lisa is a surface design artist who belongs to the Utah Surface Design Group.  This group meets every other month at the Salt Lake County Government Center.  They are an eclectic group with members representing many arts and crafts including printmaking, drawing, embroidery, quilting, dyeing and collage.  Lisa recommended some books to get you started on surface design.  Modern Hand Stitching by Ruth Chandler, The Geometry of Hand Sewing by Natalie Chanin, Hand Sewing Magic by Lynn Krawczyk, and any books by Laura Wasilowski. 

In November we had a presentation by Emily Bailey of Auntemsquilts.com on scrap quilting.  She has an Etsy shop ( Aunt Em's Place ), and also a Youtube channel.  She talked about how she organizes her scraps, from itty "bits" to bins containing different sized strips.  She uses the smallest bits to make crumb blocks.  She uses strips to make the blocks from her orphan bin the size that she needs for her latest quilt using orphans. One good tip she had is that if you are having trouble wondering whether all your scrap colors will go together or if they will just be a big hot mess, just choose a single fabric that already has a lot of colors in it. Use this piece of fabric as a guide to selecting your scraps from your scrap bins.  The scraps will all look well together.

Linda asked me to remind everyone that the Deck of Cards Challenge Quilts are hanging in the Riverton Nuttalls Store. They will be displayed there through the end of November. You can vote for your favorite- the winner of the most votes will get a cash prize. Two Sandy Stitchers members have quilts in the show, Linda and Cathie.

Also received the links for the Modern Quilt Guild from Janean ( September's meeting). 

https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/

https://www.quiltcon.com/

https://www.facebook.com/saltlakemodernquiltguild/

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!  The show and tell pictures are in the previous  post!

October/November Meetings 2020

 

First up show and tell. This is 

an orphan charity quilt by Susan. The flowered  blocks were cut for a watercolor quilt. 

Another quilt by Susan

Linda made these treats to give out at Halloween instead of candy!

Cathie's finished orphan charity quilt

Fun block made by Cathie. Tall Pines block by Lori  Holt.  She has a you tube video to show you how to make it.

Geometric mini by Diane E.

Crayon embroidery by Diane E.

Finished orphan block charity quilt by Diane E.

Crayon embroidery by Diane E.