History of a Thimble

History of this thimble, January 25th 1935. This note tells the history of a thimble handed down four generations, and the note was given to the grandmother of one of our guild ladies, who later received it from her mother, adding several generations to its history.

The thimble was over 150 years old when the note was written in 1935. The thimble was made by hand, before thimbles were made by machine, and its owner says it fits her better than any other thimble she has ever tried. What a family treasure!

Transferring to Facebook

I have not had any feedback about keeping this blog alive, so I am going to go ahead and transfer over to our facebook group.

You can find it HERE.

And I will link one last time to our November 2013 show and tell.

 HERE

Facebook Group?

I am thinking about transferring the things I do on this blog to a facebook group. Does anyone who reads this have concerns? I just think it will make it more interactive, and possibly involve more of our members. I can make it public so even non-facebookers can see, I believe. Let me know by commenting if you have any feedback on this.

In other news, here are the latest photos from the last couple of times I have photographed. You can see them in this flickr stream:

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO SET. 

TTFN: Ta ta for now!

Jen

Bad News and Good News

The bad news is that I have not posted since the spring, and now I have a huge back log of photos that need to be shared and shown here.

The good news is, I have done it, and you may now click

HERE 

and see 104 photos of show and tells from everything I shot all summer and so far this fall. There are two fun trunk shows included as well. One of them has a lot of hand embroidery, and the other one is a lady from St. George who has had quilts hang in some very prominent shows.

I feel bad because we had a trunk show this month, but I didn't photograph it because I forgot I had done it in the past. I apologize for my laziness, but if you are a local that just means you should join the guild!



This was a highlight for fall. This sheep is part of a Christmas block exchange we did in September. We are still waiting on a few ladies to finish their blocks, and I love all of the blocks I got this month!


This is a super cute Utah quilt that the Main Street Quilt Cottage was selling in kits this year. I love the beehive and the other symbols of Utah pioneer heritage.


This fun contrasting quilt came from an exchange of black / colored half square triangles we did a couple of years ago. Way to go Becky Carter for finishing her quilt! Mine is still hiding in my UFO pile...


Some cute wool applique and embellishments.
Make sure you look at all of the photos. We had some amazing quilts come through the guild this summer!

Spring Show and Tell

If you would like to see our spring show and tells, or at least the ones I have photographed,

Click HERE.

I am in the process of moving, but after that, I am excited that I will be preparing a virtual tour of everyone's sewing rooms for the ladies. We will be presenting it sometime in August, probably.

October and November

Hello Ladies,

I hope you are all having a lovely holiday season. I am linking to our show and tells from our October meeting, including our block exchange.



October and November 2012

The link above is also a link to our November meeting, in which we even saw a few completed quilts from the blocks we exchanged. I am still working on mine. Kudos to those busy bees who finished them so quickly!




Next year we will resume meeting at our usual date on the second Thursday of January at 6:00 p.m. in the Hurricane Community Center with our new president Lynette Bingham. Special thanks to Judith Davis (pictured above with her Halloween quilt), who served as our president this past year. I know it is a lot of work. We had a great year and look forward to another great year with even more fun, fresh ideas.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

-Jen

June, August, and September. Whew!

I forgot my camera in July, but I did remember it in June, August, and September. I had a job for a couple of months, and it seems that may have been too much for me to keep this blog up. Thankfully, I have quit, and you may now view our show and tells from

JUNE AND AUGUST

and

SEPTEMBER

by clicking on the month's name. For June and August, note there are a couple of cathedral window photos. Judith did a great mini class on them for us.

For September, you can see the Peach Days challenge quilts all together in one photo. 

For October we will be doing a Halloween exchange, so bring 16 blocks of 11 by 11, whether you want to do half square triangles, some other block, or plain fabric is up to you. See you there!

April Show and Tell

We started Round Robins this month, so we look forward to seeing what that produces in coming months.

See HERE for Show and Tell.

Pat Peters Trunk Show, Amazing!

Tonight we were treated to the spectacular work of Pat Peters, who hand quilts and hand appliques with amazing skill. You can see her quilts on my Flickr  stream

HERE: Pat Peters

And our Show and Tell

Here: Show and Tell

You can see even more of Pat's work at the Utah Valley Quilt Guild's blog, linked HERE.

We also have a new block of the month, it's the bowtie on the bottom right.


Pictured below is a special quilt we are making to thank the Senior Citizens Center for letting us use their facility for such a long time:

Someone asked how she keeps her kids from stealing her quilts, and she said they have their own. But later she mentioned her husband's hobby, and I think that is the real reason no one steals her quilts: He collects guns.

February Meeting

Sadly, I forgot my camera in January, but I remembered this month, and I was rewarded.

If you want to see the two items for show and tell, click HERE. I also had one, but it is in my sewing block flickr account, so I will just paste it:


We also had some great instruction on the block of the month:

And this Arrowhead block:

I couldn't believe how easy this was to stitch and cut into all the pieces. You sew the two 8" blocks right sides together according to the diagram, and then you cut as you can see on the design board. Then piece your block, and trim it to a 9" block. Amazing, and super minimal waste!

Not Even November!

If you would like to view our show and tell from October, please click

HERE.

We are looking forward to our year-end dinner next month. We will be eating at Triple TJ's, and the cost is $15. They are closing the restaurant for us, so we really appreciate that. It will be at our normal date and time, 6:00 on the second Thursday.

April. And June and August, With Many Apologies

Dear DeAnna, i.e. perhaps the sole reader of this blog, I apologize for slacking off for the entire year after the birth of my son in March. I apparently forgot my camera in May. But I have uploaded all of the pictures for all of the show and tells I shot (April, June, July, and this month), and you may now view them

HERE.

I did not crop them or pretty them in any way. I just sized them for the web and uploaded them, because I have three children now, and apparently that may just be too many this year.

Thank you for the reminder.

Love, Jen

March Show and Tell

Hello everyone. We had a great meeting this month, with Eve teaching about circular patterns, sewing a y-seam, and a few other fun techniques.

You can check out our show and tell at the flickr stream:

CLICK HERE for show and tell.

I am sorry I missed February, because I was deathly ill and couldn't make it to the meeting. You know I am very, VERY sick indeed if I can't make it to Quilt Guild.

I was lucky to make it this month, because my baby was due on the day of quilt guild. Sadly, I am STILL pregnant, four days after my due date. I guess it's not sad for the readers, because I am keeping myself busy by posting more quickly than usual!

January Show and Tell

January show and tell can be seen by clicking

HERE.

I have started uploading the photos at full resolution, so if you want a copy of a photo of your quilt, you can now download a printable size.

Next month Virginia will be teaching us how to make the lovely baskets she makes with small strips of fabric wrapped around cotton clothesline. If you want to make one, bring a clothesline, some strips, and a machine that can do a zig-zag stitch.

Last Half of 2010

Time for catch up again! Here are some of the projects that were shown at show and tell last year:

Actually, as I began uploading these photographs, I realized that there is an easier way to share all 50+ of them. I have a flickr stream, so you can click

HERE

to see the group of photos. I will see how next year goes as far as time. I am expecting a baby, so I am taking a lesser role in the guild. I was the president last year, and this year I hope to have a little break. I will likely continue to photograph the show and tells, but I may start just posting a note and link to the flickr stream to view them.

The new president this year will be Anne Beddo, so I am excited to see what she has in store for us.

June / July Show and Tell 2

Some of these show the quilting on the back of the mystery quilt. I know some people were interested in seeing these pictures, and I'm sorry it took so long to get them up! But they are awesome!

June / July Show and Tell 1

I lost some show and tell pictures, and I think it was June's so I apologize. Here is the rest of what I have.

Show and Tell

Eve did two of the blocks for Breast Cancer Awareness, the Susan G. Komen Foundation fundraiser.

Judith volunteered to do the long arm quilting on several quilts for injured soldiers. They turned out really nice.

I am behind, so I have several months to put up. For August we only had the five items above. 

Virginia Olson Trunk Show 2