May 10, 2016 Syracuse Quilters

May Meeting of the Syracuse Utah Quilt Guild

Another great meeting of quilters and friends.  Several of our members attended HMQS and had a lot of fun.  Lots of great things coming up for quilters with the Utah Quilt Guild.  Jeanette told everyone about the Panguitch Quilt Walk, June 8-11, and the story behind it.  Shop Hop is June 1-4, so get your passports soon and plan on visiting Utah's great quilt shops.  Sandra showed some of the great projects that are being taught at this years Utah Quilt Fest, coming September 20-24.

Quilt Fest Classes Available

Sandra shows some of the samples from Quilt Fest lineup

Leaf wallhanging or placemats taught by Josephine Keasler


Clamshell by Josephine Keasler

Byzantine Star by Marsha Chappell





Barbara and Stormy celebrate May birthdays and lots of door prizes.









Karen gave a great class with handouts on thread properties and selection.  So much information, thanks Karen for another great presentation.


Block of the Month - Pretty Posy

Stormy was the lucky winner of the bunny blocks for April.  Marianne showed us the Pretty Posy Block for May.

Bindings and other finishes for your quilt


Pam White gave a great presentation on binding your quilts.
Lovely rounded corners using bias binding on a beautiful quilt.


Love those half circles added into the binding

What a pretty quilt, includes an adorable black and white
binding
                                                                                   











Sew and Tell


Kim's gorgeous modern quilt

Kim's Modern Paper Piecing - Wow


Karen has been busy making quilts for little boys,
cute little cars


Shelley's Spool Quilt, you really need to see a closeup of
the quilting on this one



Becky's pretty old fashioned quilt she named
Yesteryear


Carol's beautiful Sampler
Too large to get it all in the picture, so pretty

Stormy has been busy making table runners, she has an
interesting process of sewing them together while she
quilts them and then cuts them apart.

Maggie's Tuffet


So pretty Belinda, love that floral border






                                                                           

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