Sept 20, 2023 - UVQG -- The Bees (4) (KNOTTS)

 

K.N.O.T.T.S.

Kreative North Orem Thimbles & Threads

(The papers say "KNOTTS".)

Began in 1994 – next year will be 30 years.  Created by Liz Teerlink and others.  First started meeting at the Quick Quilts store on North state street, then moved to the Stitching Corner in South Orem.

 We have 39 members and have an ongoing wait list for new members.  Our membership is limited to the size of our meeting place.

 Our members include very talented quilting instructors, machine embroidery work, long arm quilters and hand quilters.  Included, is crochet, knitting, embroidery and other crafts.  Many of our members are closely associated with the Utah Quilt Guild.

We meet at the PG Senior Center each Thursday morning at 10am. A monthly luncheon with assigned dishes.  (This is our most well attended meeting!). We share books and magazines at our meetings.

We have a Christmas party with a potluck luncheon and gift giving!

We have two retreats each year and contribute to the July Fair Bake Sale and other meetings.

Some of our fun activities are:

Our President’s Challenge.   The current KNOTTS president gets to choose a challenge for the group.

Last year, was our black, white and one other color quilts which we displayed in our February Guild Meeting. 

This year, we have a Bonnie Hunter quilt challenge.  I heard a few moans when I announced this, but I think many of our members have stepped up to the challenge….we’ll find out in January!

Another activity is our ‘get things done challenge’. 

We look at the quilts that we would like to finish by year’s end.

Pay $1 into the kitty for each UFO; when UFOs are completely finished and shown at a weekly meeting, we can take back our $ and put a ticket with our name on it into the pot. (2 tickets if it has a label). Tickets are drawn at our luncheon & the winner takes remaining cash.

There are many reasons to join a “Bee”…or even just get together with a few friends.

-You have something to look forward to….

-You make new friends…

-You learn new skills and techniques…

-You share your love of all things crafty with similar minded spirits!!

Sept 20, 2023 - UVQG -- (3) History of quilting Retreats

22 years of quilting retreats

By Barb Murdock

 

Some were wondering how this retreat got started, who was in charge and where they were held.  Caisa Hess seems to be a person with unending information, so along with her, Lynette Rose and Trish Derrick’s records, we came up with the following information, just in case you are interested.

 In 2002 the Utah Valley Quilt board had discussed having a retreat, and after much discussion, Ann Lewis chaired the first retreat in 2002 and it was held at Aspen Grove, up above Sundance.  The retreat was Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon.  They had lots of classes, but only 20 sleeping rooms and so the numbers were limited in who could come.  The sewing room was also small, and power was limited.  Two people were assigned to a sewing table and no personal irons.  But, the scenery was beautiful!  By the time they hit 50 attendees at Aspen Grove, it was very crowded.

 2002:  Ann Lewis

 Then a group of four planned the next several years taking turns being the chair, but all on the committee.

 2003:  Wendy Liddle

2004:  Penny Craner and Pat Banner, “Quilters of One Heart”

2005:  Marcine Brown, “Hearth and Home”

 Then:

2006:  Carol Ford and Lisa Dunn

2007:  Jessica Ribble and Kim Dodds

 Starting in 2008 the retreat is now going from Wednesday to Saturday

2008:  Laurel Christensen and Cassie Stephens

2009:  Mary Jo Roberts and Kim Borup, “Quilter’s Haven”

2010:  Barb Ostler, Becky Lambert and Ann Alexander, “A Quilter’s Dream”

 Because this venue was small, and for other reasons, it was decided to try another venue and they went to Park City at the Marriott.

 2011: The Mae Sisters, (Margaret Cooper, Dee DeHart, and Liz Laney) put on the first retreat at the Marriot, in Park City.

 2012:  Lynette Rose, “Bound Together with Friends”. This was the first year with the secret sister event and the year they moved to the Yarrow in Park City.

Pin cushion exchanges were from 2012 to 2017

 2013:  Crystal North, “Let it Snow”, Yarrow, Park City

 2014:  retreat was scheduled to be held at the Yarrow, with Lynette Rose in charge, but near the time for the retreat to happen, we found out the Yarrow was cancelling our event, said they were going to remodel.  So, Crystal North and Barb Murdock went out searching for a new place for the retreat to be held.  We looked at many places, but in the end, we moved to the Zermatt in Midway.

 The following retreats have all been held at the Zermatt, Midway

 2014:  Lynette Rose, “Quilting in the Pines”

2015:  Davidene Zimmerman, “Beach Party”. (First year with over 100 attendees)

2016:  Davidene Zimmerman, “Let’s Party”

2017:  Davidene Zimmerman, “Timeless”

2018:  Barb Murdock, “and Bonnie Crysdale, “Sew Many More Friends”

2019:  Barb Murdock and Bonnie Crysdale “A Christmas in Stitches”

2020:  Barb Murdock, “Sew into Fall”

2021:  Hollie Peterson, “Sew fun in 2021”.  (Celebrating 20 years)

2022:  Hollie Peterson, “My favorite things”

2023   Barb Murdock, “Fall, Friends and Quilting”