Note! The Quilt Festival Brochure is now online
From
Our President, Jill Cox As you read this newsletter, I can just imagine how
busy some of you are as you try to get ready for Quilt Festival that
is scheduled to start in a few weeks.
I have been getting ready not only by making a centerpiece, but
a mini quilt, and especially trying to save up money that I know I
will need to spend at the merchants’ mall.
Doing all this busy work and being a mother, wife, and
president has kept my mind busy.
I have been so busy that I finally needed some “down time”
to gather myself. To take
a break, I decided to search the internet for fun facts about
quilting, and I want to share them with you. I first thought about Hawaiian quilting and how it
came to be. On the
internet I discovered that the first Hawaiian quilts were made of
fabric pounded from the bark of a tree.
They would put layers together and make quilts, putting
snowflake type designs on the top layer.
In the 1800’s missionaries came and brought to Hawaii woven
fabrics and steel needles and taught others how to make patchwork
quilts. The missionary women that came over on big ships
had a lot of small pieces of fabric from which they could piece a
quilt. The
Hawaiians were confused on why someone would want to cut up a piece of
fabric just to sew it back together again.
This is when they combined their teachings and would cut giant
snowflake patterns out of the fabric and appliqué them onto another
piece of fabric. Once
they had mastered the art of appliqué, this seemed quite easy and fun
for them. Their children
were taught at an early age how to fold paper numerous times and cut
snowflake shapes out. The
Hawaiian women found this a much better way to make the designs that
they had been making on the fabric that they got from the barks of the
trees. It is also said that a Hawaiian woman was once
laying out a piece of fabric on the grass to dry when she noticed the
shadow that was formed from the branches of a nearby tree. She next went to her fabric and cut out this shadowy design
and added it to her quilt and thus the first Hawaiian quilt was made.
This journey of making a quilt by the Hawaiians is considered a
very spiritual journey that can take hundreds if not thousands of
hours to complete. Each of us this month have the opportunity to go to Quilt Festival and get a
taste of Hawaiian quilting. The
classes and lectures that are being offered will be informative and
fun to participate in. We
always have a wonderful quilt show that is judged by some of the best
quilters in the state of Utah. To
me one of the best parts of any Quilt Festival is the friends that I
get to see. Some of these friends I see often where I live, but there are
some that I have formed a relationship with that I only get to see at
Quilt Festival. The
stories and memories that we get to share are unforgettable.
If you have some time, please come and experience a “Pieceful
Paradise” with the Utah Quilt Guild.
You will be missed if you are not there. Quilts
in the Garden Quilt Show by Barbara Murdock On Saturday, August 23, from 10 am
to 3 pm, a quilt show in the "Gardens at Thanksgiving
Point", in Lehi, Utah, will be held. This is a
fund raiser for the Utah Quilt Guild. We did this last year and the people at
Thanksgiving Point loved what we did and asked us to please come
back and do it again. We are hoping for lots and lots of sunshine
and zero rain. There will be a special showing of some
of Kim Diehl's quilts in the Secret Garden area. In fact, Kim
will be there roaming the gardens with the rest of us.
We hope that you will plan on attending
and supporting us. Tickets can be purchased from any area rep, board
member, or Barbara Murdock, 435-654-0656. Tickets are $8.00 in advance
and $10.00 at the gate. Pre-ticket sales will go to the guild,
those purchased at the gate will not. The gardens cover a very large
area at Thanksgiving Point, so wear walking shoes and bring water.
There are lots of benches in shady areas to sit and rest. Quilts
in the Garden by
Barbara Murdock I would really like to thank everyone who purchased a vinyl
bag, or multiple bags, and supported the great fund raiser that we had
for the Utah Quilt Guild. No more bags will be ordered. On Saturday, August 23, we are going to have a quilt
show in the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. We are encouraging you to
purchase your tickets for $8.00 in advance, as we will be able to
keep all of the pre-purchased ticket money for the Utah Guild. Tickets
at the door will cost $10.00 and it will not go to the guild.
These tickets will be available for purchase starting in June. You
can get them from your area reps or by calling Barb Murdock,
435-654-0656. In addition to having a fun day with your friends and viewing
quilts that some of our members have made, we will have a special
showing of some of KIM DIEHL'S quilts that will be hanging in the
Secret Garden area. Quilts
in the Gardens by Barbara Murdock We hope that
you are planning on attending our quilt show that will be held in the
gardens at Thanksgiving Point on Saturday, August 23 from 10 am
to 3 pm. A special showing of some of Kim Diehl's quilts
will be in the Secret Garden. We just
received word that Kim Diehl will be at Thanksgiving Point on that
day. She is flying in to Salt Lake after teaching at
the Buggy Barn. Kim also loves gardening and will be touring the
gardens along with the rest of us. If you would like something signed,
check in at the Secret Garden. We are hoping that she will be
showing some of her new quilts that will be in her new book, Simple
Comforts, that will be released next spring.
Remember to buy
your tickets ahead of time and support the Utah Quilt Guild. Tickets
purchased at the gate will not benefit us. You can purchase your
tickets for $8.00 in advance, from your area reps or by calling
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