Monday, February 16, 2015

February Meeting

We had a GREAT meeting this month in the newly remolded Gracie Lou's!

We are so excited to see all of our old friends along with a bunch of new ones!

You will see in the side bar, links to all of our members individual blogs and instagram accounts.  Be sure to check out all of our talented quilters!

We had lots of business and fun this month.

This month Pat dazzled us with all of her wonderful quilting helps that she rounded up at the dollar store!  Who knew the dollar store could be such a fantastic quilters supply stop!


Emily gathered  our charity blocks.  


We have enough blocks for nearly three quilt tops!


Next up was a splendid Sew N' Tell.


We started out with Emily and her son.


He has been working on this quilt for over a year.  (Yes, Emily became quite emotional)


He made it himself.


Ta Da!  We were all so impressed!


Here is Emily's scrap rainbow quilt.


It is even more beautiful in person.


Tiffany made this beauty for her sisters wedding.


This fun quilt is another charity quilt made by Tiffany.


....and Tiffany made a darling hexy Valentine Pillow.


Debbie worked her way through her stash and UFO's and made some fun baby quilts.


It is so wonderful to finish up projects!


Such sweet colors and design!


Katie is blasting her way through her stash with lots of tops this month.


This quilt was made with a layer cake and a pattern from the Moda Bake Shop.


Kristin made this fun farm quilt for her daughters friend that is leaving to serve a mission for her church.


This is a super awesome sampler that Kristen brought to share with us.


Krystal made a new bag to haul all of her goodies to church in!  It's HUGE and BEAUTIFUL!


Krystal also finished up a mystery quilt from the Peteetneet Quilt show a few years ago.


This is the mini quilt that Konda received from an IG swap.  It is FANTASTIC!


Aubree shared this SWEET top with us! So cute!


Kira made this AWESOME bag to haul all kinds of quilt supplies around.


Kira also made this darling pillow....


....and this SA-WEET table runner....


....and this COOL quilt!


For our main lesson, Marion spoke to us about different layouts for sampler quilts.


There is the traditional layout, with all of the blocks the same size, and uniform sashing.

A few of our guild members were involved in a Red & White Modern Block Swap last year.
Marion showed us how four of the ladies laid out their blocks.


Above is Stacy's top.  The grey is so fun!


This one is Katie's top.  The black adds such a cool dimension!


Konda and Marion chose very similar layouts.  Konda's top is above.  
Her flying geese are FANTASTIC!


Marion's is all finished. ...it even had the label ;)



Saturday, February 14, 2015

UFO Challenge Update

The UFO Challenge page has been updated with the information of all those who signed up today. We had a good group sign up. I can't wait to see all of these great quilts and projects at future Show and Tells!

Debbie Camp volunteered to help me with prizes this year. Thank you Debbie! She will be taking donations for the grand prize if any of you would like to pass along some of your new or gently used quilt items. Thanks!

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

1st Quarter 2015 Charity Quilt Challenge

The rules are simple: solids only,  any size or width strips may be used. Put together courthouse step style (not critical if made a different way). End with a 12.5" block or bigger. 

The Blocks are due at the February 14th meeting.

Boy colors together -- reds, yellows, oranges,  greens, blues,  gray,  black, white.  

Girl colors together -- pinks,  purples,  soft oranges,  white,  gray.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

2015 Riley Blake Fabric Challenge

We sent out an email about this challenge a few days ago with a link to sign up to receive the fabric for the challenge for free.  The slots for free fabric filled up in under 8 hours :(  You still may participate in the challenge, you just need to purchase your own fabric.

MQG member that signed up will receive a fat eighth of each print to create with. (ALL THE SLOTS ARE FILLED TO RECEIVE FREE FABRIC.  YOU MAY STILL PARTICIPATE IF YOU BUY YOUR OWN FABRIC) PS- Gracie Lou's has this collection!

What's the challenge you ask?
  • Make something fantastic that is quilted.
  • Make something you've never done before.
  • Challenge yourself to learn something new.
  • Use only Riley Blake Cottage Garden fabrics and coordinating Riley Blake basics and solids.
  • Tag all your photos on Facebook and Instagram with #mqgfabricchallenge
  • The challenge runs from March until July 2015. 
Check out the fun fabric designed by Amanda Herring that you get to play with!
Ps- Gracie Lous carries this collection!  SCORE!

Saturday, January 10, 2015

2015 Sampler Challenge

Guess what???  As a guild for 2015 we are going to start a six month Sampler Challenge.  Can I get three cheers???

So why a Sampler Challenge?  Well, sampler quilts are a great way for us to learn many (many) different techniques and expand our quilting skill set.  It is a super fun way to experiment with colors and prints in a new way.  A sampler will expose us to many different new ways to compose and design a quilt. ....and they look AWESOME!!! :)

Here are the official Nebo Modern Quilt Guild Sampler Challenge Rules (ok, guidelines, really)-
#1 Make a sampler quilt over the next six months (January-June).  It can be any size you like, with as many blocks as you like (at least more than one).
#2  Bring your blocks in to share with the guild each month.
#3  Be BRAVE and have FUN!!!


If you are looking to join in some group fun, a few of our guild members are hosting a sampler quilt along (Blocks From the Past Quilt Along #BFTPqal) so we can just follow along with them if you like :) 

A few of them, from the #BFTPqal, will be sharing with us during guild meetings to help us all learn the beauty of the old time sampler done in a new and modern way!  It's going to be AWESOME!!!

Here are the details.


(If you would like to post this button to your blog, feel free to use this graphic and here is the link address to use with it- http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/2015/01/blocks-from-past-qal.html)


Natalie, over at natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com and Marion of MyQuiltDiet.blogspot.com are going to be hosting a sampler QAL over the next six months with several of our AMAZING quilting guild friends!



A while back, our guild friend April found this old quilting book at a yard sale.  She thought it would make a fun project to update into more modern fabrics and colors.  We TOTALLY agree!



So, you may be asking yourself, how can you join us in all of this 2015 Sampler fun???  Well, here is how!

First off, get a copy of the book, Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past by Marie Henry.  It is available from many online stores.  The publisher is working on getting a PDF version of this book available soon.  We will post the link as soon as it is ready :)

Next, you just need to follow the schedule below!  These amazing quilters will share their secrets and tips for putting these blocks together in their favorite way.

Each week there will be one applique block and two pieced blocks.  You will see in the schedule, the date, page number of the three blocks for the week and the name of the quilter and her blog address/link.


Week 1 Jan 5 Intro to QAL and Schedule (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 2 Jan 12 Fabric requirements (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 3 January 19 p, 8,9,60 (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 4 January 26 p.10, 11, 61 (Konda) moosequilts.com/blog
Week 5 February 2 p. 13,14,62 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 6 Feb 9 p. 15,16,63 (Machelle) cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com
Week 7 February 16 p. 17,18,65 (April) april-makingendsmeet.blogspot.com
Week 8 February 23 p. 19,20,66 (Terry) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 9 March 2 p. 21,22,67 (Ginny) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 10 March 9 p. 23,24,68 (Maggie) shortcookie.blogspot.com
Week 11 March 16 p. 25,26,69 (Emily) Simplegirlsimplelife.com
Week 12 March 23 p. 27,28,70 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com
Week 13 March 30 p. 29,30,72 (Tiffany) Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com
Week 14 April 6 p. 33,34,74 (Maggie) shortcookie.blogspot.com
Week 15 April 13 p. 35,36,75 (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 16 April 20 p. 37,39,76 (Katie) ocouss.blogspot.com
Week 17 April 27 p. 40,41,77 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 18 May 4 p. 42,43,78 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com
Week 19 May 11 p. 44,45,79 (Konda) moosequilts.com/blog
Week 20 May 18 p. 46,47,80 (Machelle)  cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com
Week 21 May 25 p. 48,49,81 (Stacy) Sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com
Week 22 June 1 p. 50,51,82 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com
Week 23 June 8 p. 53, 83, 91(Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 24 June 15 p. 55,84,92  (Tiffany) Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com
Week 25 June 22 p. 56, 86, 93 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 26 June 29 p. 87,88,94 (Katie) ocouss.blogspot.com
Week 27 July 6 Sashing and setting (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 28 July 13  Wrap up (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

We can't wait to see your progress.  Be sure to tag your progress on Instagram with #BFTPqal and #NMQGsamplerCHALLENGE.

 You can also join our Flickr group HERE.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

January 2015 Meeting

Happy New Year!

We are so excited to be starting the second year of our guild! Time flies when you're having fun!  

Re-cap from December meeting:
-we voted to raise our yearly dues to $25
-we are now taking the steps to join the national Modern Quilt Guild
-we made a quilt top to donate to the Utah Quilt Guild Charity

For January Meeting:
-Sew and Tell 
-Tip and Trick
-introduction of our new quarterly charity quilt project by Emily Carr 
-fabric selection demo for our Sampler Challenge by Marion McClellan
-Yearly dues are due this month also 

Can't wait to see you and show you all the amazing things we have planned for 2015!

Saturday, January 10th at 10:30 am
Gracie Lou's in Salem, Utah