April 2026

Welcome 

Chris Ann welcomed everyone to our April Quilt Guild. Here she is holding the gift that will be given to our on-time winner at the morning meeting.

On-Time Drawing

Arleen Reid won our morning drawing. She won a small canvas covered with fine sandpaper. Put a square on it. It stays in place when you draw a diagonal line on the square. It holds anything in place.

Bibs for the Millard County Care Center

Deanna Peterson displaying one of the bibs she made to donate to the Millard County Care Center.

Some of the other bibs that were made for the Millard County Care Center. This is one of the projects we can do at our Summer Sew. 

You can get a pattern from Deanna Peterson or Chris Ann Jensen. We would love to have you participate in this service project. We need bibs for men and women. They can be made out of any washable material.

Future Plans and Events

Save the date: Saturday, July 18, 2026

We will meet at the She Shed and have our Summer Sew event. 

You can work on:

- A Pouch Bag

- Bibs for the Millard County Care Center

- Finish your Block of the Month Basket Quilt

- Work on projects you want to finish

- Tie quilts to donate to the Millard County Sheriff's Office to distribute when needed.

- We will have a potluck lunch and snacks.

Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

We talked about storage solutions for quilting products. 

Tafta Watson presented some ideas for storing quilting equipment. After she showed some ideas, everyone shared a storage idea that they use. Here are some ideas that were shared.

Tafta showed how she stores some of her rulers. Long rulers are stored on hooks that hang over the sewing room door. 

She stores smaller rulers in two accordion files. The names of the files are listed on the front of each file. Inside the files, the tabs are labeled with what files is behind that tab.

A master sheet lists rulers she has and where they are stored.

Another way to store rulers is to use file folder holders. They can be plastic, metal, or other materials.

Ellen Harmon's husband, Claire, made this ruler holder for her.

Karen showed different storage ideas that she uses.

Tafta and Ellen all showed plastic containers that they use to store projects and other items. Suzanne Hillestad said she stores scraps in her plastic containers.

Diana Fuller stores her fabric in totes. They are sorted by color. They look so organized and neat.

Arleen Reid talked about her thread holders. One they bought from Doug's cousin, the other her son, Eric, made for her.

Here is another way to store thread.

Marcia Rogers stores her Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, and other pre-cut fabric. and kits in totes.

Show and Share

Judy Womack displayed her delightful denim quilt with embroidered cowboys. She used machine applique, hand, and machine embroidery.

Diana Fuller displayed her beautiful, soft quilt. Its colors are so inviting and warm. She made it big enough to fit her king-size bed. 

Deanna Peterson displayed this delightful quilt. She added a criss-cross braided border that brightens up her quilt.

Valene Haupt brought this delightful star quilt. The back is charming too. I'm sure Valene did her own  quilting.

Marsha must be getting ready for the fall. Look at this cute pumpkin block.