Owl Sewing Buddy From Shanni

I need one of these - thanks for sharing the pattern Shanni.  you can download it on her website.

Shanni Loves...: Tutorial: Owl you need is a sewing buddy...

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Cute, practical AND uses up some scraps. I'm making this for sure, thank you so very much for this project!/Hugs 

Over the River and Through the Woods is one of my favorite quilts

Being taught by Susan Hyatt at Quilt St. George

My fondest memories are those of Sunday night dinners, and holidays spent at Grandma’s house.  Every first Sunday  of every month, after church, we’d pile into the Oldsmobile and head for grandma’s, where dinner was served on hot plates directly from the oven, and I was seated next to my grandmother, a proud, statuesque woman who evoked pride for her family in food and conversation.  On the ride home my sister and I would lie down in the back of the station wagon and watch the moon and the stars following us home . . . believing they were watching over us until our safe arrival back home. . . . That’s what this pattern brings to my heart.   The kit includes the pattern, 5-6 skeins of black floss, a package of redwork/embroidery needles, 1 ¼ yards of Kona, 1 ¼ yards of muslin, and each panel of the pattern printed on Solvy so that no lightbox is required.  However, if you prefer a little homework to the convenience of having it done for you, you can pre-purchase the pattern, use your own fabrics, and trace the pattern yourself.  If you choose this second option, she recommends that you use a fabric pencil (like Sewline or Fons & Porter) to trace with rather than the pigma pen Meg Hawkey suggests.  We will be doing the embroidery only in this class.  Piecing the blocks for the quilts can be done before or after class.  Fabric for the pieced blocks is not included in the kit.   More details on website Skill Level: Intermediate Instructor: Susan Hyatt

So true!

Visit www.quiltstgeorge.com for more quilting fun!

Why Did I Buy This Ugly Fabric? by Cynthia England

Lecture by Cynthia England and Thursday Night Dinner - Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Cynthia England to speak at Quilt St. George "Why Did I Buy This Ugly Fabric?" by Cynthia England - A lighthearted presentation looks at conversation prints and offers ideas on how to incorporate these fabrics into your quilts. Samples shown will include a wide range of techniques. Topics discussed include how to design a quilt around a particular fabric, block exchanges, and the various techniques used to create the quilts. Dinner Bone in Chicken (so tender it falls apart) Garlic Whipped Potatoes Grilled Garden Vegetables Green Garden Salad with Ranch & Poppyseed Dressings White & Wheat dinner rolls New York Style Cherry Cheesescake If you last name starts with O-Z, bring your show and tell Quilts to share with all of us.  And of course - Door Prizes!! More details on website

Quiltmaker Shuffle

Hi Everyone - Here's the Quiltmaker Shuffle (produced by the good people at Quiltmaker magazine and now on youtube).  It was choregraphed by Gudrun Erla and was taught for the first itme in Portland at the Spring Quilt market ot a group of Designers.  Learn how those everyday moves of cutting,sewing, pressing,quilting and stitching are actually aerobic!

Hope you enjoy!!

Celtic Maze taught by Shantelle Cox and Cat Beckstead

We are honored to have "sisters by choice" with us to teach - Cat and Shantelle.  They have some fun classes prepared for us, among them this innovative celtic quilt.  Using patches and rails combined with a  2-color fabric palette creates a dynamic visual interpretation for this quilt.   A celtic inspired pattern cimbining the old established blocks with a modern twist. Fabric requirements and supplies listed on the website. Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Skill Level: All Skill Levels Instructor: Shantelle Cox and Cat Beckstead

Quilt shops in and around St. George, UT

Have you been wondering what there is to do in St. George, Utah.  If you haven't been here in a long time you will find that St. George, Utah and it's surrounding cities of Ivins UT., Hurricane UT., Washington UT. and Mesquite Nv.  are a positive mecca for Quilting.  Everytime I visit it is so much fun to visit every shop.  

Here is a list of the brick and mortar Quilting stores in and around St. George.  

• Superior Threads,  87 East 2580 South (lower level), St. George, Utah

• Mother Superior’s Fab Fabrics,   87 East 2580 South (upper level), St. George  

• Sewing and Quilting Center of Southern Utah, (authorized dealer for Janome and Baby Lock machines),779 S. Bluff, St. George, UT

• Main St. Cottage, 72 N. Main, Hurricane, UT

• Quilted Works, 140 North, 400 West, St. George, UT

• Clover Patch Quilt Shop, 2721 Santa Clara UT

• Scrap Apple Quilts, 144 Brigham Road, St. George, UT

• Lazy Daisy Cottage, 46 North 100 west, St. George, UT

• Quilt N Sew, 900 S Bluff St., Suite #4; St. George, UT 


There are also several active quilt guilds in the Southwest Utah area such as: 

• Canyon Country Quilt Guild, United Church of Kanab, 530 S Hwy 89A, Kanab UT 


• Cedar Chest Quilters, Cedar City Senior Citizens Center, 489 E. 200 S., Cedar City, UT


• Dixie Quilt Guild, Lexington Hotel, 850 S. Bluff St., St. George, UT


• Patchwork Pals, Opera House/Senior Ctr., 20 E Center St., Beaver, UT 


• Raising Kane Quilters, Kanab City Library, 533 E. 300 S., Kanab, UT 


• Vegas Quiltin' Bees, Hollywood Rec Ctr., 1650 Hollywood Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 



Sound off with your recommendations for theses stores and guilds.  Let me know if I have missed any also.



happy Quilting!


Marian