From
Our President Barbara Murdock It is that time of year when I would much rather be
outside working in the garden than doing anything in the house. I
especially love the spring time and all of the beautiful colors that I
see in the trees, grass and flowers. All of our guild members are so
different in the things they love to do, but the quilting brings us
together with friendships and fun times! I just spent two days inside at the Home Machine and Quilt
Show and saw some of the most beautiful, colorful quilts ever. It was
an outstanding show and if you did not go, you missed an exciting
event. The colors in the quilts reminded me of being outside. I
was excited to see so many quilts that were entered by people from
Utah, and also so many winners. The best of show went to a long arm
quilter from Utah, Sue McCarty, second year in a row for her.
Congratulations Sue! We had many winners that are members of the Utah Quilt
Guild. They were Brenda Bell, Lurdes Larrinaga, Kathy Souba, Kaye
Evans, Deonn Stott, Rachel Crane, Joyce Stewart, Ann Seeley, Bev
DeMaria, Sharon A. Wright, Kathy Young, Helen Butler, Yvonne Glenn,
and Debbie Neilsen. Way to go ladies, your quilts were incredible! We
also had many other members who entered quilts and as far as I was
concerned, they were all winners. I am amazed at their incredible
talents. If I have missed any other Utah Quilt members that were
winners, I apologize. (I was checking the March membership list). I saw lots of quilters looking at new long arm quilting
machines. And, I even know of one who purchased one. No it was not me.
I just think you need to have an artistic ability to be able to do
free hand quilting, which I like the best, and I do not have that
talent. For right now, I will keep giving someone some money to quilt
mine and I will stick with planting flowers. I received some information from a long arm quilter, Angie
Watson. She stated she had been talking to a Gammill service
technician and found out some interesting information and so I thought
that I would pass it along to our members. He stated that about 95% of quilts that quilters send in
to be quilted are not square. If a quilt does not lay right after
quilting, chances are the quilter will be blamed. However, most often
it has nothing to do with the quilter. You might want to save time and
check your quilt top yourself prior to taking it in to be quilted
because if it is not square your quilter should give you three
options: 1. Send it back
so it can be fixed. 2. Have your quilter fix it for a charge. 3. Quilt
it as is. (which I assume most quilters do not like to do). To check and see if your quilt is square: Measure
diagonally in both directions. Measure from the upper left corner to
the bottom right corner and then again from the upper right corner to
the bottom left corner. If both measurements are equal, you are off to
a good start. Measure the width at the top, the middle and the bottom.
All three measurements should be equal. Take a square ruler to each of the four corners. If your
corners aren't square, it will be very apparent after it's quilted. If these three recommendations don't measure up, your
quilt may not lay or hang right after it's quilted. Also, the back of your quilt will not be centered with the
front. Keep this in mind when piecing borders onto your quilt
back. And, provide a good 3 to 4 inches on all sides of your quilt
back. It will make your quilter's job so much easier. I was aware of
all of these things, but I don't think I have really paid that close
of attention to them before submitting my quilts to be quilted. I will
check better next time. I know that there are some Utah Guild members who do not
belong to local guilds where they would receive the following
information from their area rep, so I would like to inform you of some
of the information that was presented at the May Utah Quilt Board
meeting: Our secretary, Sherron Watson, has been able to purchase
some very nice large quilt stands for about $110.00 each, which
includes shipping to your home. These are the type we use to hang
quilts at quilt shows. This is about half of the cost that we have
been paying in the past. If you are interested in purchasing a stand,
please contact her, or look for more information in the Beeline.
Jill Cox stated that the first 50 completely finished
charity quilts that are turned in at Quilt Fest this year, will
receive a prize. They need to be at least 40x60. She also stated
that there is going to be a major prize given away each day during the
luncheons (a sewing machine), so make sure you attend all of the
lunches. She is also working on a much better way for seating at the
lunches, so that you will not have to stand in line. This will be
nice! There is still plenty of time to make a block for the
breast cancer fund raiser. If you need any more pink fabric, contact
Valerie Burton. An e-mail test was sent out to 852 of our members, with
about 68 that came back as invalid. If your e-mail has changed,
or you did not submit it, please let Corrie Moore or Shelli Stephenson
know. We are still progressing with putting the Beeline on
line. If you are going to enter your Baby Jane quilt at Quilt
Fest this year, please let Carol Armstrong know by July 1. She
needs to know how many quilt stands we will need. This will be a
display only, no prizes. If you are going to enter a quilt in the quilt show this
year, which we are hoping that many of you will do, make sure that you
read all of the rules before submitting it. If you need to contact any of the above mentioned ladies,
their phones numbers and e-mail addresses are listed in the Beeline.
There will also be some follow up information coming in the next few Beelines.
Back to the yard work, so much to do, so little time! It
is the friends that you can call at 4 a.m. that matter. "We have
had several people ask if we are going to have the quilts at
Thanksgiving Point again this year. No, it was a fund raiser for
2007 and 2008. Sorry." Utah Quilt Guild Membership Privacy Policy CHAPTER CHARTER INFORMATION To become a chartered chapter of the UQG you must have three members who belong to the UQG including the CHAPTER PRESIDENT. Fill out the Chapter Charter Form and return form to Area Representative or VP. It is that EASY! Benefits to your guild are: Utilize the Resource Teacher List to obtain teachers for classes or trunk shows. Request funds for quilt show prize money. Each month guild news, activities and fund raisers published in the Beeline. Print an advertisement for chapter event in the Beeline once a year. If you have any questions about how to charter a
new chapter or information needed on the Chapter Charter Form please
contact your Area Representative or the Vice President of the UQG.
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