We had announcements from several people, including Debbie Schoolcraft from the Utah quilt guild: We can purchase $3 fat quarters for fat quarter charity quilt for the quilt fest in August. The quilt will be donated.

Red Rocks quilt show will be March 2nd and 3rd.

There will also be a quilter’s retreat May 6th-10th

Our members were invited to join the Utah Quilt Guild for $20 a year.

Brenda Daniels announced that our friendship quilt blocks are $5. When they are completed, turn them in
to Cindy.

Our show and tell began with Brenda’s friendship block, ½ square triangle and a connected threads quilt which she started 2 years ago. Brenda also showed her Iron Door quilt-which is connected to a local legend. 

Debbie Schoolcraft, Audrey Jaussi, Nita Workman, Ruth completed a quilt with patchwork on both sides. JoLynn John made quilted bags, Nyla Evans made a beautiful pastel quilt, Bonnie showed friendship quilt squares, MaryEllen Knudson made friendship quilt blocks and a fairy quilt for an 11-year-old granddaughter. Linda Arbuckle and Sherry Wangsgard each showed their work. Denese Hess made quilts for girl’s camp with her daughter, and Rosie showed a quilt made with painted squares. Tina Bullcreek made a Minecraft quilt for a grandson, and Esther Emerson made a bias tape appliqued wall hanging. 

Brenda said to watch where you’re going, not where you’re sewing.

Debbie Schoolcraft taught us about color and how to determine which shades of colors go best together. One thing she pointed out was the small color circles on your fabric salvage. These are the color tones that go best with your prints. You can use color paint swatches from a paint store to help you to find coordinating colors, or you can use a color wheel. You can also use other prints together because fabrics don’t necessarily need to be plain colors. Red or green can make other colors pop, so play around with different colors. A color can be used, even when there is only a small amount of that color in your print. Debbie also suggests a color video from Canada by Karen Brown of Just Get It Done. This is a four-part color series, and it uses the spelling colour.

This month’s block is the forest block, taught by Debra Clark. It is a flying geese block. The white is all made from one 2 ½ inch strip and the green is also from a 2 ½ inch strip. The finished block is 12 ½ inches.

Next month’s block will be Starry Night taught by Rosalie Silvester. It is also a flying geese pattern.