Red and White and all things Valentine

Welcome and Happy Valentines Day

Suzanne welcomed everyone and was happy to note we had some new visitors and potential members.  Welcome to Marlena Dover, Crystal Hale and our new Area Rep Marilyn Steele.

Our new Area Rep, Marilyn and Sandra told us about the fun coming up at Quilt Fest this year, including this adorable panel available for $20 that will enter you in a contest.  So much fun to use this panel any way you like to create something fun for yourself.

Door prizes and birthdays are always a fun part of our meetings.

New guest Marlena gets a prize

 News from around the region brings some sad news that some of our local quilt shops are closing up including one in Providence Utah and Daines Cotton Shops.  Sad to see them go.  Quilters's Attic in Bountiful is celebrating their fifth birthday with some fun specials.  Nancy said that Heritage Quilt Shop in the mouth of Ogden Canyon is having a Retreat Day once a month (last Friday of the month) from 1-9 p.m. in their shop.  Anita said that the Dixie Quilt Guild Show is March 13 this year and always a great show.

Three Fat Quarter Table Runners

Many of the members are participating in a project to create a table runner from three fat quarters swapped in paper bags.  It will be a lot of fun to see what everyone does with their  table runners.  

Zinger Blocks

Each month three quilters will take home a bag of fabric with a "zinger orange" and black print fabric and then make a block of their choosing to create a guild quilt.

Margo's Zinger

Another Zinger from Sandra

Linda adds her Zinger to the collection.  So fun

Sew and Tell

Suzanne started this month's Sew and Tell with some lovely red and white quilts

A cute swap quilt with a friend from France

Love these little quilts Suzanne

Suzanne's lovely bed size Red/White

Nancy started this lovely on a Quilt Cruise
and finished up this month

Awe, she loves Cocker Spaniels,
especially her buddy Baxter with this
printed piece from Pattern Jam

Becky's cute little ode to Valentines Day

Becky's "Good Fortune" quilt top finished this
year's Quiltville Mystery Quilt by Bonnie Hunter

Becky also had some quilt blocks finished for the Utah Quilt Guild Fisher House project.  She had some military emblem fabric given to her from American Legion Post #139  for guild members to use in quilt blocks for the project.  She also had some  pillow case kits that members could take home and bring back.

What an adorable quilt but unfortunately I can't remember who is hiding behind this one.  Love it anyway.

Mardell is hiding behind this cute block for Fisher House
that Kathy Compton made

Jennifer  made this cute baby quilt from fabrics donated
last month and backed it with some lovely soft minky. 

Jennifer's crazy quilt which she explained was way out
of her comfort zone, thus the look on her face.

So cool, it deserves more than one picture

and a closeup,  Lovely!

Suzanne talked about the really fun trip she had to California including the "Road to California" quilt show and classes.  Sounds wonderful and like something to put on

my bucket list.  She took a class on using Paintsticks on fabric and creating your own fabric designs.  

Suzanne's Paintstick block, ooh lots of gold, so pretty

Another great meeting and looking forward to next month.