Just a reminder about our meeting this coming Monday, May 6. The meeting is at 7pm and will be held in conference room C of the Salt Lake City library located at 210 E 400 S SLC 84111. We’ll be having show-and-tell as usual and then having a mini trunk show/lecture by Elizabeth Hartman. If you have a quilt that was inspired by her, bring it to show. She will also be doing a book signing so feel free to bring your copies of her books.

Since the meeting is at the library, we’re not allowed to bring in food. Just a reminder that dues must be paid to attend the meeting. If you haven’t yet paid you can do so here or pay at the meeting on Monday. If you have an extenuating circumstance, please talk to Rachel or Colleen. Hope to see you Monday.

We are lucky enough to have Elizabeth Hartman join us at our monthly guild meeting in May for a mini trunk show, Q&A session, and book-signing. Elizabeth is the author of The Practical Guide to Patchwork, Modern Patchwork, and of the blog Oh, Fransson! She is also a board member of the national Modern Quilt Guild and is a talented pattern designer.

Our May meeting will be held Monday, May 6. This event is only open to paid members (members in good standing) – a great reason to pay your yearly dues at our April meeting! The time and place of our meeting will be disclosed to paid members prior to the event.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

We had a fun time at our February meeting on Thursday. We were short a few members due to Quilt Con, but had a great show and tell by several guild members.

Here’s Rachel showing us her quickly-put-together lattice quilt that she’s donating to charity.

Kati showed us a variation she put together of her modern log cabins quilt.

Amy made this adorable dog quilt for her daughter’s birthday.

And here’s Sarah’s Valentine’s quilt top…

as well as her x and + top, which she paired with this really bright raspberry solid.

Jane’s son is getting married, so she put together this queen sized quilt top.

Here’s Richard‘s take on a double helix DNA strand using plus blocks.

Barbie showed us her dresden wave mini quilt featuring Art Gallery’s Pure Elements. The pattern can be found in the current issue of Fat Quarterly.

Richard also made this whirligig quilt out of Architectures…

with a fun, offset block on the back.

And to round things off, Jenny showed us the pillow she made using the Somerset Star technique Colleen taught at one of our guild meetings a few months ago.

Thanks to everyone for coming and sharing your work! It’s always fun to see what each other is working on, offer support, and mingle.

This month’s demo/lesson was on binding by machine and by hand.

Here are just a few resources for those of you who may want to try something new.

Machine Binding:

http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2013/01/machine-binding-tutorial.html

http://patsloan.typepad.com/quiltershome/pat-sloan-machine-binding-tutorial.html

http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2009/11/binding-tutorial.html

Hand Binding:

http://turningturning.com/tutorial-invisible-ladder-stitch-for-quilt-binding/

http://www.canoeridgecreations.com/2013/02/double-fold-binding-tutorial-part-two.html

I apologize for being slow in getting the details out on the location for our December meeting. We are moving the meeting location since it is challenging to get a parking spot near the conference center in December.

On Thursday, December 20, we will meet at:

Gracie’s
326 S. West Temple
7:00 pm

This is the same place where the Sewing Summit Mixer was held. We were able to reserve a room just for our group, which made it a better location than other restaurants. Just ask for the room for the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild. This is a bar. Nobody under the age of 21 will be in.

Questions?

Rachel

Following Show and Tell, Colleen taught on button holes and piping for pillows.

This month Lee taught on freezer paper stenciling after show and tell.

We saw some great projects during the Show & Tell portion of the meeting followed by a fun secret pouch swap.  Numbers were drawn, pouches were opened, stolen, and opened again.  Everyone went home with a great swap gift.