UVQG
Applique Quilts
Challenge Display
Nov 19, 2025
Orem Senior Center
1 or 1:25 pm
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November 2025 UVQG Meeting
Applique Challenge Quilt Display
Nov 19, 2025, 1:25 pm
Annual Book Sale, 1 pm
Orem Senior Center
Book Sale It’s book sale time!!! During the November Guild Meeting we will be holding the annual book sale. The sale will include books removed from the library, donations and magazines. Sale will start at 1pm. Cash, checks and Venmo accepted. The regular library will be closed. Come see what bargains you can find!
Quilt Display This year's challenge- Applique!
We will have a quilt show display of challenge quilts. Please bring a quilt you made (finished) this year that used applique in at least one block. Quilts for the challenge need to be quilted and bound. We are also limiting entries to one quilt per person, but would love to see any other quilts during show and tell.
Everyone can vote for their favorites and viewers choice prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place. Please come around 1 pm to help hang your quilt, so they can be on display by 1:25. Attendees will be able to walk around and view quilts until 1:45 when the meeting will start.
The UVQG Board for 2026 will also be announced and refreshments provided.
2025 UVQG Fall Retreat
November 12-15, 2025
Celebrating Quilters
If attending please answer a one question survey about your roommate: marilynphamblen@gmail.com
* Location: Zermatt in Midway, Utah
Retreat Chair: Marilyn Hamblen
Registrar: Trish Derrick
*Lisa Johnson is gathering info about ways we help others with quilting. Please share with her your successes.
*Becky Ghiz is organizing secret sisters for those who are participating. Info will not be sent until October.
*A small service project will be available at retreat.
Service 2025
Giving Update - October 2025
158 quilts
194 bath blankets
91 fleece blankets
22 flannel receiving blankets
89 bears
94 soft balls
12 wall quilts
4 burp cloths
Total: 664 Items
Service Q & A
Q: How can I help?
A1: Do you crochet? We have a few items that are hem stitched that need an edging put on.
A2: Blow the dust off your serger and take home a few fleece blankets to finish for Welcome Baby. Pick up other projects at our guild meetings.
A3: We currently have many tops ready to quilt. Please contact Sarah Yorgason if you are able to machine quilt any of our donations.
Q: Where do you get the fabric for all the service projects?
A: So far almost all the fabric has come from donations from guild and community members, although we do have some guild budget money. Most fabric comes from members like you cleaning out your closets and making room for new treasures. I can use flannel, polar fleece and
cotton quilting fabric.
Q: Can I make a quilt top for charity and turn it in?
A: YES! Certainly. If you have tops in your stash, turn them in and we will find a way to finish it up and give
your quilt the perfect home.
Q: I want to make a quilt for charity but I can’t afford to pay for machine quilting.
A: Go ahead and finish as much as you can. We have several members who will quilt charity tops for us. If
you want to do the binding yourself, be sure to attach a note to the quilt so I can get it back to you.
Service questions? Email Sarah.Yorgason@gmail.com
Service Bee
"Many Hands" Calendar
This group is a support for the guild's mission statement of providing service. The name evokes the true adage "Many hands make light work."
Sarah Yorgason will be heading this group. Meeting dates will vary from month to month, while the location and activity varies as well. You might be cutting fabric scraps or donations or putting together charity quilt kits. So look at the activities each month to find the ones that fit your schedule and preferred activity.
Dec 11 Fri / 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Stitching Hearts
90 S Main, Pleasant Grove
help with their projects
March 18, 2026 Wed / UVQG Service Day
New Project: Baby Tag Toys!
Our friends at the Utah County Board of Health have requested sensory baby toys. At the next meeting of Many Hands Service Bee we will try our hands at toy making. If you have supplies such as ribbon, textured fabric, crinkle fabric or patterns for toys like this, please bring them to Dave’s Bernina on Thursday August 7 from 10:30 until 2:30 or to any future guild meeting.
Cell Phone Etiquette
Please turn your cell phones off or put on vibrate during our guild meetings. If it must be on and it could bother others, use the “silent” mode and move away to talk.