UVQG
Resizing Quilt
Patterns - Karlene
Oct 15, 2025
Orem Senior Center
1:30 pm
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October 2025 UVQG Meeting
Resizing Quilt Patterns
Karlene Riggs
Oct 15, 2025, 1:30 pm
Orem Senior Center
Karlene Riggs will be presenting tips and tricks for making quilts the size you want and need them to be. Lori Holt's Quilted Witch is 76”x89”. Karlene’s is 38”x44” (pic above in slide show).
Besides pieced quilts, she will have appliquéd and foundation paper pieced quilts she has reduced in size. Take charge of your own quilts, don’t let quilt designers put you in their box.
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2025 UVQG Fall Retreat
November 12-15, 2025
Celebrating Quilters
If attending please answer a one question 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 - September 2025
150 quilts
150 bath blankets
73 fleece blankets
22 flannel receiving blankets
89 bears
55 soft balls
4 burp cloths
Total: 543 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
**Added Dates until Sept 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.
Oct 10 Fri / 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Stitching Hearts
90 S Main, Pleasant Grove
help with their projects
Oct 24 Fri / 4:00 pm -7:00 pm
Sarah's house
249 E 3140 N, Provo
Pumpkin Party! and quilt tying
[Sarah is making pumpkin chili, please bring a pumpkin dish to share.]
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.