UVQG
Mar 19, 2025
Service Day
9:30 - 3:00
Provo Health Center
Rm 2600
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March 2025 Service Day
UVQG Guild Meeting
Make quilts for others
Wed, Mar 19th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Utah County Department of Health
151 South University Ave, Provo (Rm 2600)
-Park in parking structure, use elevators
-If you want to sew, bring your machine and basic sewing supplies.
-If you don't want to bring a machine, bring fabric scissors!
-Besides sewing, you can measure and cut batting, iron, pin and cut other stuff, plus some hand stitching projects available.
-The guild will provide pizza for lunch. Please bring salads and treats to share.
2025 UVQG Spring Retreat
March 22, 9 am - 5 pm
* Sewing day with friends
* Bring your own projects and sewing supplies
* Bring a potluck item for lunch
* Held in Mapleton at Sandy's home
* Cost for Guild Members $16
* (venmo also $16, note it as spring retreat)
FULL
Retreat Committee: Wanda Sump,
Jodie Banks, Leslie Randle
National Teacher - April 2025
Bethanne Nemesh
Bethanne Nemesh is an award winning quilter. Her work includes pictographic show quilts, contemporary whole cloth quilts, and modern quilts with blended quilt texture. She will present a trunk show and teach 2 classes. Class sign ups will begin at February's guild meeting and are offered to guild members.
"Walk a Creative Path"
Trunk Show @ April 16 guild meeting
(free for members)
"Blending Backgrounds"
4 hour hands on class
April 17 - 9 am-1 pm @ Sandy's house (Mapleton)
($40 for members, Venmo $41)
"Freehand Florals"
2 hour hands on class
April 17 - 2 pm-4 pm @ Sandy's house (Mapleton)
($20 for members, Venmo $20.50)
her website: whitearborquilting.com
July Fair
Wed, July 16, 2025
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
The Red Barn
2583 Main Canyon Rd, Wallsburg
(only 13 minutes from mouth of Provo Canyon)
VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
*Team Members to be in charge of one of the following categories
- garage sale
- bake sale
- quilt show
- class room helpers
- set up helpers
- clean up helpers
*Helpers who can commit to help for 1 or 2 hours in one of the above categories
*Donate to the silent auction
*Donate garage sale items (measure fabric ahead of time and price it at $3 a yard)
Sue Proctor
email: JulyFair2025@gmail.com
[class suggestions also welcome]
2025 UVQG Fall Retreat
November 12-15, 2025
Celebrating Quilters
* Location: Zermatt in Midway, Utah
* Registration form and table layout will be available in the March Patchwords and on the guild website.
* Registration will open at the guild Service Day on March 19th and continue until March 31st or until full (120), whichever happens first.
*Those who bring the registration to service day will be given priority on table assignments. (Please fill out your forms before then so as not to take time away from the service activity.)
Retreat Chair: Marilyn Hamblen
Registrar: Trish Derrick
Service
Giving Update - Yearend 2024
177 quilts
25 fleece blankets
18 flannel receiving blankets
429 soft balls
63 bears
Total: 712 Items
Service Q & A
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. I did use some
budget money to buy a bolt of a constant fabric to make some “I Spy” quilts. 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
March Service Day 2024- by the numbers:
● 65 people attending
● 32 quilts enveloped
● 80 bears made
● 8 quilt tops sewn
● 14 pizzas eaten
● 13 door prizes awarded
Service Bee
"Many Hands" Calendar
**Added Dates until May 2025**
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.
Feb 4 Tues / 10:30 am -2:30 pm
Dave's Bernina
2017 N 550 W, Provo
piecing backs (bring sewing machine)
Feb 14 Fri / 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Stitching Hearts
90 S Main, Pleasant Grove
see NEW warehouse, help with quilts and fabric
Feb 26 Wed / 10:00 am -2:00 pm
Sarah's house
249 E 3140 N, Provo
sorting fabric donations
Mar 14 Fri / 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Stitching Hearts
90 S Main, Pleasant Grove
help with quilts and fabric
Mar 17 Mon / 12:00 -2:00 pm
Sarah's house
249 E 3140 N, Provo
prepare for guild service day!
Mar 19, 2025 Wed / 9:30am -3:00 pm
151 S Univ Ave, Provo Rm 2600
Guild Service Day - Save the Date
Pizza provided, please bring salads, sides, or treats to share.
Mar 31 Mon / 10:30 am -2:30 pm
Dave's Bernina
2017 N 550 W, Provo
strip quilts (bring sewing machine)
Apr 11 Fri / 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Stitching Hearts
90 S Main, Pleasant Grove
help with quilts and fabric
Apr 28 Mon / 10:30 am -2:30 pm
Dave's Bernina
2017 N 550 W, Provo
I spy quilts (bring sewing machine)
May 3 Sat / 10:00 -3:00 pm
location TBA
Jelly Roll Race!
May 9 Fri / 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Stitching Hearts
90 S Main, Pleasant Grove
help with quilts and fabric
LIBRARY NOTES
Check your newsletter to see photos of the newest additions to our library.
We have several books on paper piecing if you are looking for a pattern for this year's challenge!
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.
