October Meeting With Natalia Bonner

October's meeting this month was OVER THE TOP AH-MAZING!!!

We started out with super fun tips and tricks by Janice.  She will be heading up our tips and tricks segment each month from now on.  Thank you so much Janice!

October was the due date for our Solidly Solids Quilt Challenge!  

We had WONDERFUL quilts submitted by our talented members!

Janice

Emily

Laura

Kristin

Natalie

Katie

Marion

Kira

***BE SURE TO GO INTO GRACIE LOU'S IN SALEM, UTAH 

TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!!!***

Now for the highlight of the meeting, the WONDERFUL 

and talented Natalia Bonner of Piece N Quilts

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Natalia and her mother, Kathleen Jasperson.  They make an AMAZING team!

Natalia shared with us her AMAZING story!

Sit back and enjoy the picture show of her wonderful quilts!

Much of what Natalia does is a team effort with her mom, Kathleen.

The following quilts are from Natalia's first book.

Kathleen designed and made this quilt for a competition and won a new Bernina 440

This is Natalia and Kathleen's second book.  The following quilts are from this book.

A special thank you to Natalia and Kathleen for coming and sharing with us their TREMENDOUS talent!

NOVEMBER MEETING:

Don't forget your UFO's are due.  Bring them and share with us what you have completed!  Remember you will be entered into a drawing for a grand UFO prize :)

Our next meeting is November 8th at Gracie Lou's!

As always, THANK YOU to Gracie Lou's Quilt Shoppe for hosting us each month!  We love you!!!

June's Meeting

Here are a couple pics that I got of our Sew & Tell for June

We had so much fun having Amy Smart come, show us her amazing work and tell us her stories! I know Marion took tons of pics, I hope we can get them up on the blog soon.

Designers Series This Saturday!

Playing Catch-up

So this poor little blog has been neglected... here are a few shots I have of the last few months of "Sew & Tell" and  awesome demos by April Massolini showing us her applique technique, Lisa Vance doing needle turn applique and Kristen Roylance demo-ing her 3-D flowers and new book.

 April Mazzolini demo of her applique 

 Emily Carr

 Ilene Christensen

 Nancy Hanson

 Nancy Hanson

 Katie Gardner

 Tammy Murri

 Konda Luckau

 Allison Babcock

 Tiffany Searle

 April Mazzolini

 Lisa Vance teaching needle turn applique

 Nancy Hanson

 Krystal Bockholt

 Kristen Roylance

 Kristen's 3-D flowers

 Kira Carter 

January Meeting Notes

We had a great meeting January. "Sew-And-Tell" was awesome. We had some beautiful items shown, but I was a slacker and forgot to take pics!

One that sticks out in my head is Krystal Bockholt. She shared a beautiful story and a project she had taken on to help an organization called Tiny Tears. They make tiny diapers and buntings for tiny babies that have left this earthly life much too early. She is on a personal mission to make 365 sets! What an amazing goal! Here is a link to her Facebook page if you would like more info: https://www.facebook.com/littlerockflower

Our tip of the month was by Allison Babcock. She talked about a light box app she found on her iPad for tracing. What a great idea and much a cheaper option than a larger light box. Here is a link to her blog where she explains it more.  http://babcounlimited.blogspot.com/2013/12/tuesday-tip-light-box-app.html

Marion explained our BOM: Block of the Month

*6 inch finished block every month

*unfinished size should be 6.5 inches

*everyone interested in signing up to design a block should 

*designs should be original, or a free download from the internet 

I started a Pinterest board for ideas on what to do with our finished blocks. If we can all connect on Pinterest we can all post to that board and collect ideas. 

 http://www.pinterest.com/kirastamp/nebo-modern-quilt-guild/

January's block was designed by April Mazzoleni called Fun Dip. Here is the link to the pdf. http://aprilmaedesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Fun-Dip.pdf

Can't wait to see everyone's block! When you get yours completed post a pic on our group Facebook page! Here is one posted by Lisa! 

Konda talked to us about our UFO Challenge:

*sign up for 3 projects & 1 swap out

*3 deadlines: (May, August, & November)

*Be Specific. What does "Done" mean to your project? Is it have the top pieced? Is it quilted & bound? Is it 50 blocks completed by deadline? 

*We discussed prizes. Fat quarter coupons for deadline prizes. Grand prize drawing.

*Donations of notions, patterns, fabric, etc. be accepted for the Grand Prize basket 

We also discussed and collected dues. We decided on $10 for the year.

Don't miss our next meeting, the 2nd Saturday of February, 8th at 10:30! Invite a friend and don't forget a "Sew-And-Tell" 

Don't forget tomorrow morning, 10:30am.  Here is a link to the BOM for January. http://aprilmaedesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Fun-Dip.pdf  Can't wait to see what everyone does with it.

January Meeting

Saturday, January 11th is our meeting! 10:30 at Gracie Lou's in Salem. On the agenda: tips & tricks by Allison, invisible zipper by Marion, hopefully some more info about UFO and BOM challenges and of coarse show & tell so bring something to show! (at any stage of completion!)