Syracuse Utah Quilt Guild Meeting

April 14, 2026

It is so exciting to see our Guild quilt come together that 

we are making. It includes the some of the history of Syracuse 

and the 250 year celebration of our country this year.

Many talented people worked on designing 

and sewing the blocks.  

All Quilt Guild Members names will be embroidered below the flags.

It came about from a request from the Syracuse City Museum for a 

commemorative quilt.  

Marie headed up the task. Pam will be quilting the quilt.

Lori will make a name tag for the back.

Announcements

The Utah Shop Hop will be April 24th to May 2nd.

It will include 10 participating quilt shops from Logan to Springville.

Each shop will have a free pattern, some may include some fabric and/or kits

will be available to purchase for their block, and there will be drawings for prizes.

The Theme this year is "The Silver Screen."

All shops will be open from 10am to 6pm every day except Sundays.

No passports needed.

https://utahshophop.com/home

The Rusty Barn Quilt show, (also known as the Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival) 

 will be at the Mountain America Expo Center

May 14th - 16th

We still need 11  quilts from our guild as they need more quilts to display.  

The cost is $15 dollars at the door or purchase them from 

The Utah Quilt Guild for $10 on their web site.

https://quiltcraftsew.com/salt-lake-city.html

Quilt Fest 2026

"Quilting America Red, White and Blue" is the theme this year.

It will be held October 6th - 10th at the Davis Conference Center

1652 N 700 W, Layton

They would like one table runner in red, white and blue from our group

12" x 18" or 36" x 52".

Also they are asking for small quilts to sell 20" x 20" or 80" around total.

These will be used as a fundraiser for the Utah State Quilt Guild.

Pam has agreed to collect items for a basket or two from our guild in
the $50 dollar range for the silent auction. 

 https://www.utahquiltguild.org/Quilt-Fest

Ronda Tiedemann from the Journey Clinic

visited our meeting.  She was asking for neutral baby or lap quilts for pregnant

women and their babies in neutral colors for a boy or a girl.

 These women come from all walks of life. 

 Journey Clinic helps with diagnosis, ultrasounds, 

education, and nursing consultations free of charge. 

https://journeyclinic.org/

Lori has made name tags for those who don't have one.

Lori passed out pattern weights for those having birthdays. 

Our sincere condolences to Teri and Susan for the loss of their loved ones.

Next month is our Quilt Guild Birthday celebration and Bingo.

Bring items you may no longer need or want that someone else might like for prizes.

Our Block of the Month color for May will be pink. No holiday fabric and please use white background.  These blocks will be made into comfort quilts.

Jennifer gave a presentation on preparing a quilt

for a Longarm quilter to quilt.

For pricing ask before as it depends on cost of thread, does it need ironing

before quilting, will it be edge to edge quilting or custom quilted, will

the binding be done by the longarm quilter and if so will it be machine 

or hand binding?

The quilt top needs to be squared and flat. 

She said use a thicker batting if not flat to hide imperfections. 

Batting should not be too thin (not flannel) or thick.  

She suggested using starch on the fabric, blocks, sashing and borders.

The back and batting should be 5" larger all around the quilt top.

Take off selvedges, piece backing horizontal, square up backing if the backing 

is pieced, add applique, charms, and buttons after the quilting is done. 

Add fusible webbing to T-shirt quilts, thin Minky like fabric is better.

Spray Minky or use cold water and then put in a low dryer to remove wrinkles. 

Using a steamer or iron on the back side may also remove wrinkles.  

Here is a sample of Jennifer's beautiful quilting.

Ami gave a demonstration on how use a large pool noodle 

to make a quilt sandwich.

This is used when quilting on a sit down machine. 

Pin backing to the pool noodle, 

roll and spray layers with 505 basting spray. 

Then additionally pin baste before quilting.

For larger quilts use 2 pool noodles and join with PVC pipe.

Spray using a shower curtain to protect surfaces.

Amy, our Gadget Girl, this month shared with us many tools 

to make our quilting easier.

Amy uses this double sided nail polish holder for her thread and bobbins.

She showed some Cutterpillar items including a flip and fold self healing cutting mat, 

a clamp light for quilting rulers, a flex light to add light to the sewing machine 

and for hand sewing projects. 

She likes the Missouri Star green rulers and a Hot Hem Ruler made out of felt

from Madame Sew and Clover.

Amy uses Creative Grids Stripology rulers to cut strips.  

She hangs her quilts in the bath tub to spray them with starch, 

she uses washers for pattern weights, a face shaver for a seam ripper,

and a dual duty seam ripper stiletto combination.

She likes fork pins, curved scissors for cutting threads, and she buys long tweezers and magnet bowls from Harbor Freight.

Sew and Tell

We were encouraged this month to bring our Dresden Plate quilts in addition to 

others we have been working on.

 Teri made pillow shams and pillows from leftover fabric to go with her

Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt.

Pauline brought two of her cute apple wall hanging to show.

Becky brought this beautiful fan quilt her grandmother hand quilted.

Becky made this disappearing four patch quilt from 5" charm squares.

This quilt was made from a Block of the Month at K & H Quilt Shoppe.

Suzanne brought her three Dresden Plate quilts.

She made an updated version of a Dresden Plate quilt.

One her grandmother made the blocks in 1950 and were found in a box

and the turquoise quilt she bought at a sale.

Pam continues to work on her wool block of the month quilts 

showing March and April.  She made this fun sports themed quilt 

using fabric designed by Lori Whitlock.

Pam made these two quilts for her twin granddaughters.  Lucky girls!

Susan brought her sweet Dresden Plate Quilt.

Susan finished her Thimbleberry quilt and found some blocks in the process 

so she finished the strip quilt.

Lori showed some graduation quilts she is making.

Kathy made this amazing Dresden Quilt and a couple of small Dresden Plate quilts

Kathy put together a T-shirt quilt for her granddaughter and showed a tied quilt.

Kathy bought this beautiful Crazy Quilt near Missouri Star.  

Jeanette brought a couple of spring quilts she found 2nd hand.

Jeanette recently finished this Dresden Plate table topper/wall quilt.

This disappearing Four Patch quilt will be finished and 

given to Jeanette's 7th great grandchild.

Anita treasures this quilt started by her mother in 1942 before she passed away

when Anita was just 3 years old.  Anita finished in in 2013.

Ami taught this sunny Dresden quilt to her quilting group.

She showed her beautiful quilt with large Dresdens.

Happy Quilting.  See you next month.

Jeanette