Blog Reading List

My quilt room and what happens in it is the last thing on my mind lately.  Lots going on so I was reading blogs and trying to find that spark of inspiration again.  I came across these and thought I'd share.

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be focusing on our upcoming Quilt Festival.  Please send any questions you'd like answered so I can tailor these posts to help get information out there!

Deciding What to Quilt Blog Series by Angela Walters

Loose Ends by Stitched in Color

Sewcialists Meetup

The Last Tuesday of Every Month by Diary of a Sewing Fanatic

"Gillian Saunders of Richmond, New Zealand created “Inkling”. A celebration of traditional tattoos, this piece is really thirteen individual pieces."

WOW World of Wearable Art Exhibition by Karen Kay Buckley

A final video... a YouTube by Angela Walters "The Midnight Quilt Show" and Solar Flare Quilt

UQG is infectious and has been caught on film!

Always wanted to get into quilting?  Nancy Henderson answered questions on Fox13Now.



How to Quilt Your Way to Christmas: Cindy Hutchison and Kathy Porter stopped by Good Things Utah to talk about the annual Quilt Fest.



Quilting Extravaganza:  Wendy Jones and Krisanne Watkins visited Good Things Utah to talk sewing!

Bonnie Hunter Classes

July 25-26 in Brigham City and July 27-29 in Riverton.  Registration for any of Bonnie Hunter's 5 classes opened today!  Click here to register UQG website.

Happenings

Some Happenings To Be Aware Of

• March 16-18, 2017, Sew Simply Stitched Quilt Retreat, in Roosevelt, UT. www.SewSimplyStitched.com 
• March 16-18, 2017, Ruby Jubilee Quilt Show, Brigham City, UT. www.utahquiltguild.org/ruby-jubilee-2017.htm
• March 23-25, 2017, Quilted With Love Quilt Show, Bennion Student Union, Idaho Falls Branch of Idaho State University, 1784 Science Center Drive, Idaho Falls, ID. www.srvquiltguild.org/quilt-show-2/quilt-show
• March 30-April 1, 2017, Blackfoot Quiltfest, Snake River Junior High School.  Contact blackfootquiltfest.com or contact Jenny Callison at 208-681-8264.  Registration is open for classes.
• April 13-14, 2017, Gems of the Desert Biennial Quilt Show, Dixie Center, St. George, UT. www.dixiequiltguild.com/2017-quilt-showinformation.htm
• May 4-6, 2017, HMQS is now called UQSM, South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Snow Continues To Fall

It's January 21, 2017, here in Utah, and the snow continues to come down.  Some members report so far up to 11 inches today alone.  These kind of days are well needed and loved by quilters as we don't necessarily have to venture out into the snow but instead can retreat to our sewing projects.

Lisa Chin - instagram

As I type this, Road to California in Ontario is in full swing and the Sundance Film Festival is happening in Park City.  Many people are out and about and what do many of us quilters do if not there... quilt and get caught up!  So neener neener to the partying Kardashians and quilters roaming a convention center with lots of rain.

Personally, some of my unfinished objects (UFOs) that I plan to work on are a couple of Laura Heine (FiberWorks) projects including Old Blue and Oh Deer (possibly Cora Common Owl), Hoffman fabrics project called City Skylines, and a baby quilt for my sister in law.




I would love to showcase some of the quild member's UFOs in future blog posts if you wouldn't mind sending me the following information:

• Your Name, City, State
• Project/Quilt Name (include pattern references)
• Brief Description of project progress
• Photos (no more than 3 good quality resolution)
• Email them to UQGsocialmedia@mail.com

Whatever you are out and about doing, don't forget to tag the Utah Quilt Guild in your social media posts by simply typing #UQG within the text - even of your selfies!

Recent articles in the news regarding Utah area quilters:
Ruby Jubilee Exhibition
Dave's Bernina Moving
La Plata Quilters

Volunteers Needed

The Utah Quilt Guild needs Volunteers!  If you can help please email the guild at President@UtahQuiltGuild.org

We need Area Representatives, Website help, and Quilt Fest Committee members.  Take a look at page 2 of the December Beeline newsletter and see what positions you may be able to fill.  Many of this years' volunteers need to step down.

Bloglovin'

Can't believe it's been 4 weeks since Quilt Fest!  I hope you enjoyed all of the photos.

Since I'm staying in tonight and not trick or treating, I have discovered a little thing called Bloglovin. At first I wasn't exactly sure what it was but after toying around a bit it seems like a Pinterest page.  So far it has captured all of our past blog postings for easier access to others.  They can "like" or "follow" the Utah Quilt Guild along with other blog categories of their liking.  Google says:  Bloglovin' is a tool for keeping up with blogs - a way to manage feeds.  Lots of bloggers turned to it after the demise of Google Reader.  When you create an account there, you can follow any blogger on any platform, whether or not they're also signed up.

Follow us on Bloglovin

And now... for the QUILTS!

What everyone has been waiting for..... QUILT SHOW photos!!!