Syracuse Utah Quilt Guild
June 10, 2025
This month's meeting was held at the Layton Library
as the Syracuse Community Center was not available.
This month's meeting was held at the Layton Library
as the Syracuse Community Center was not available.
Guild members brought their Patriotic quilts to show and
also brought their favorite sewing gadgets to share.
Announcements
The next Sew-In will be Thursday, June 26th (4th Thursday) from 9am - 5pm
at the North Davis Senior Center in Clearfield.
Cost is $2 Bring your own extension cord.
at the North Davis Senior Center in Clearfield.
Cost is $2 Bring your own extension cord.
Members turned in their Quilt of Valor blocks and some took them
home to assemble a row.
If you belong to the Utah Quilt Guild you are asked to log into the updated site.
One of the Whisper Cove residents who received a comfort quilt from our guild
sent a thank you note and a $200 donation to our guild. It was decided to
use the money to buy backing for future comfort quilts.
Brigham City Museum has a quilt show "Aviary"
June 28th - September 27th
24 North 300 West (lower level)
visit https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/aviary-saqa-global-exhibition
Nuttall's has moved to their new location in Layton.
Sign up online for their Grand Opening on July 1st.
https://www.nuttallbernina.com/module/class/598350/event-new-
layton-store-grand-opening-with-bernina-owner-hp-uelschi
2098 North Harris Boulevard in Layton
We will meet again next month at the Layton Library on July 8th.
155 North Wasatch Drive
Sew and Tell
Ruth showed her cute patriotic jacket.
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Jennifer's long-arm machine is not working so she basted this beautiful quilt using
a Kim Diehl pattern. She is hand quilting it using a large wooden hoop.
Jeanette showed her table runner made a few years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Ixvjje310
She made the baby quilt and it is off to her great-grandson.
This pretty quilt with wool applique was made by Susan.
Susan and Sheila showed their amazing matching quilts.
(I didn't get a photo of them. If someone has a photo please send it to my email).
A beautiful finish of a donated quilt.
and the cute Hello quilt with little houses.
Becky shared her scrappy foundation strip pieced quilt with stars in the intersections.
Pam brought two beautiful large quilts to show.
Pam also has some fun red, white and blue wall quilts.
One was a panel quilt. Can you guess which one?
Amy made this tumbler flag quilt and appliqued the United States quilt.
Maribeth made this Disappearing Nine Patch quilt for her niece in
memory of her mom. It is hand quilted.
Marybeth's heart flag.
Susan started out making a large quilt but it ended up a runner.
Kathy's lucky five grandchildren have all received a graduation quilt.
This is the latest made from jeans and sewn on a featherweight sewing machine.
Jennifer quilted it.
Sewing Gadgets
Mardell showed a Half Square Triangle Block Lock Ruler.
It comes in 3 sizes.
Susan told us about a tool that makes bias binding and can be used
on stained glass quilts.
She uses clamps from Harbor Freight.
made by Bohin. She also showed her knitting pin bobbin holder,
her Ben Franklin planner that holds all her needles and scissors,
and a Sewline thin line chalk pen marker.
Maribeth uses a wooden seam pressing stick.
Susan showed a Famore' rotary cutter that
uses ball bearings so there is no drag. Missouri Star has a similar one.
Janet uses Thimble-It that sticks to her finger in place of a metal thimble.
Sheila brought a rubber spatula that she uses to hold down applique pieces.
Kathy brought a thread cutter that she uses to cut threads when chain piecing.
She also brought two fabric covered pen and notions holders.
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and a Creative Grids Flying Geese Ruler.
So many great sewing Gadgets to make our quilting easier!
Thanks everyone for a great meeting.
See you next month.
Jeanette
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