Nebo Modern Quilters

We are the Nebo Modern Quilters. We meet for the first time this year, tomorrow, January 19. We begin promptly at 10 am in the teaching room of Corn Wagon Quilts in Springville, Utah.

UFO due this Saturday

**ADDRESS UPDATE:   Rather than having our meeting at Corn Wagon, we will be meeting at their retreat center instead (still this Saturday, the 10th). Just a few blocks away and the same location for our December meeting.  The address for the retreat center is 385 S 400 E.  It is in the BASEMENT of the Work Med building.

This is the final due date for UFOs.  Check out the UFO page. If it was in the book, you'll find it there. Check out all of our sponsors. They have been generous.  See you Saturday.

A year in the Making

It has been an inspiring year of guild meetings.  Here are just a few highlights.




Sonia Barthlomew (@hobblecreekquilts), a good friend and sometimes member of the guild, taught us the fine art of English Paper Piecing, including the basic quilter's knot and the knicker knot, the importance of a good straw needle (maybe size 11), and the Bottom line thread. 

       

We had a visit from the owners of Stately type and Maker Valley, Dave and Holly are two of the most delightful people on this planet.  Their story is no less impressive, perhaps even more, than their products.   It's not just quilts and shirts anymore. It's inspiration.   

    

  

Our most recent gathering included a lovely trunk show by Kaitlyn from Knots and Threads. Her sweet personality and delightful designs were wonderful.

    

New Swap: Pillow Covers

Our first swap of 2018 was announced at our January guild meeting: We'll be swapping pillow covers!

It will be a secret swap; you'll be assigned a swap partner and given the answers they provided to the pillow cover swap sign-up.  The person you are assigned will more than likely NOT making a pillow cover for you, this won't be a partner/partner swap.

The two size options for the pillow covers are 12 or 14 inches square, and you will NOT be responsible for providing the pillow insert to your partner--just the pillow cover.

Pillow covers will be due at our April guild meeting.

A sign-up email was sent out to members who are current on their dues, so if you didn't get one, chances are that you haven't paid your dues for 2018!  A PayPal link can be found in the right sidebar of the blog.

The sign-up survey will ask you what your favorite colors are, what particular patterns are catching your eye, and your answers will help us assign you your partner.

The sign-up deadline is February 3rd (this Saturday), so don't procrastinate filling it out!

January 2018 Guild Meeting: Abby Hicks of Tweetle Dee Design Company

Happy New Year, quilters!

We are looking forward to our first guild meeting of the new year on Saturday, January 20 at Corn Wagon Quilt Company, starting at 10:00am.

At our meeting, we'll be discussing the following:

Sign-ups for our new "Member Spotlight" campaign

Sign-ups for the 2018 UFO Challenge

Introducing our new Charity quilt for 2018

Sign-ups for our first swap of 2018

Sign-ups for 2018's "Tips & Tricks"

and we'll be enjoying a presentation by
Abby Hicks,
owner of Tweetle Dee Design Company!

We hope you can join us!

(Also, we've added a "follow by email" option in the right sidebar of the blog!  If you enter your email address, you'll be emailed every time a new blog post is published.)

October Meeting Announcements

Hi everyone!
For those who weren't able to make it to our October meeting - here are some of the important announcements we went over:

• Sew Day: October Sew day is on the 26th (the last Thursday of the month, as usual)
• November Sew day will be 11/16 (2nd Thursday of the month)
• December Sew day will be 12/7 (1st Thursday of the month)
• Usually we have Sew day on the last Thursday of the month, except for November and December, which we move because of the holidays.
• Charity Quilts:  If you took home a Quilts of Valor quilt to finish, they are due back at our NOVEMBER meeting (11/18). We will be showing all of our finished quilts before sending them off to the Veterans Home in Payson.
• New President and President Elect Nominations:  Next month we will be nominating new a new President and President Elect for the 2018 Calendar year.  Be thinking of someone you would like to nominate (even if it is yourself).  Our beloved president Emily will be stepping down at the end of the year.  :(
• UFOs: November is our FINAL UFO month of the year!  Check the tab on this blog if you need a reminder about what you signed up to finish!  This is a meeting you won't want to miss - there are always amazing prizes!
• 2018 Membership: Dues for next year will be due at the end of December, so it's not too early to get them paid!  The cost is $35 and you can pay by check or cash at our next meeting, or through the PayPal link in the sidebar of this blog.

We had some amazing bags shared with us today!  Check our Instagram feed for photos!  

See you next month!  

January 2017 Meeting Recap

Hi Friends!  We loved seeing you all at our meeting last weekend!  For those of you who couldn't make it (that was a crazy snowstorm!), we missed you!

Here's what went down:

Announcements:

-All guild friends are invited to Sew Day on the last Thursday of every month (our next Sew Day is February 26th).  We generally sew from 10 am to 10 pm.  Stop in whenever you can and bring your own projects!  If you need the address, leave a comment on this blog post and we'll get back to you.  :)

-Charity Quilts.  This year we will be making "Quilt of Valor" quilts for the Veteran's Hospital in Payson. Check out our "Charity Quilts" and "2017 Quilts of Valor" tabs at the very top of this blog for more information.

-Our new challenge this year is Optical Illusions!  Check out our previous blog post (or just click HERE) for more information. 

-No new swaps yet - come back in February to find out what our next swap will be!

-We are continuing our UFO challenge in 2017.  Check out our "UFO Challenge" tab at the top of this blog for the rules.  We handed out a notebook for everyone to sign up for the UFO challenge during the meeting and all of those projects have been typed up under this tab - just in case you forget what you signed up for.  If you didn't get a chance to sign up, you can still sign up next month, or leave a quick comment on this blog post and we'll get you signed up.  :)


April Rosenthal gave a fabulous trunk show and shared many many of her amazing quilts designed by her and including her own fabric lines.  Thank you April!  We love you!