QuiltBug Quilt Shop
169 Main St, Box 273
Shop News September 1, 2010
Hello and welcome back! This is the Quiltbug News and Views list, an occasional newsletter telling you about the events at the Quiltbug Shop in Esperance NY or at the Hickory Hills Quiltbus website. Be sure to bookmark http://quiltbug.com/Shop/Shop-News.htm to see the latest updates between newsletters.
Labor Day
We will be open 10 - 5 on Labor Day, Sept 6, 2010.
Click on the underlined hyperlink below the picture to go to the page where the fabric is sold. The Arnolds Attic quilt was featured in the August/September 2010 issue of Quilters Newsletter Magazine.
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Kona Bay Sale- More Fabrics Added!
We have partnered with Kona Bay Fabrics to offer you fabric at incredible prices. They are selling special 6 yard bolts a super price of only $6.00 per yard. Normally these fabrics are sold from $9.00 to $10.00 per yard. This is a great savings and it is a sale that simply cannot be passed up. To get your hands on these beautiful fabrics at great prices visit http://www.konabaygifts.com/quiltworks-nw-fabric-sale.html. Be sure to use the coupon code 2693 when you check out to get your FREE bonus gift!
“ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles” provides fun, whimsical pillowcases to
brighten up the day and put a smile on the face of children in the Oncology
Unit. ConKerr Cancer started when Cindy Kerr’s son was diagnosed with cancer in
2002 and she began making pillowcases to brighten up his hospital room and to
put a smile on his face. He loved it and so she began making pillowcases for
other children.
Since then the pillowcase project, A Case for Smiles, has grown in amazing
ways. Hundreds of thousands of pillowcases have been provided to sick children
from across North America and in South Africa. School groups, sewing circles,
religious groups and fabric stores have all pitched in and are making
pillowcases for the kids. For more information, visit their website at
http://www.conkerrcancer.org
As September is Pediatric Cancer month, we have chosen this time to bring as
many smiles to as many sick children as possible at Albany Medical Center. From
now through September 13th, purchase of one of our pillowcase kits (which includes all
fabric and the pattern) is only $5 - which will be refunded if you bring the
pillowcase back by Sept 19th so we can donate it as part of the ConKerr
initiative.
You don't have to buy a kit to donate a pillowcase! Make as many as you like - it's a great stash buster. There is a free pattern at http://quiltbug.com/free/free.htm
We hope you will join us – we guarantee it will put a smile on your face too!
Raffle Quilt
A local group raising money for Parkinsons brought in a 78" x 78" log
cabin raffle quilt yesterday - very rich, intense colors. If you would like to
buy a ticket, stop at the shop or E-mail me at
krisdriessen@yahoo.com.
The quilt is hanging in our classroom. Click on the picture thumbnail to see it up close.
Lost/Stolen Quilts
These quilts were part of a trunk show from the book
World War
II Quilts that author Sue Reich sent to the Asheville Rotary for their
quilt show. They were not properly secured by the Rotary for the return trip
and disappeared from the Keasbey, New Jersey FedEx facility on August 11, 2010.
They do have Sue's name and address on the hanging sleeve.
Update: All but the Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt have been found! Thanks to the efforts of a very persuasive quilter, three of the quilts were found by a FedEx employee.
Care Collection
We will not be having a class on September 11. Instead we will be taking up a care collection for local military personnel stationed overseas. If you are local to Esperance NY, please consider taking up a collection at work and donating it to us on the 11th. We will pack and ship it, don't worry about that:-)) If you need some suggestions, feel free to print and distribute this Soldiers Wish List. By the way, expired coupons can be used at the PX overseas. If you would like to donate just expired coupons, E-mail operationcoupons@comcast.net for more details.
The IBOL guy is at it again!
If you sew or knit, and have extra stuff that you would like to donate, check out the IBOL guy. He is a soldier who gathers Bundles of Love from all over America and ships it to Iraq to help the families there. As he says, Iraqi's need a chance, not charity.
What is IBOL? Donors send a flat-rate box of sewing / quilting / knitting supplies, all bundled up to a military address in Iraq. (This is considered a US address, so special discounted mailing rates apply.) Once it’s there, someone will open the box, pull out the fully-contained bundle, and hand it off (with others) for distribution in the Salah ad Din area.
The stated intent
of this operation is to put sewing and quilting and knitting supplies into the
hands of two types of recipients: locals who desperately need such things, and
local sewing co-ops and other small businesses who have received grants or
loans (typically to purchase sewing machines, rent space, etc). The
picture to the right shows him sitting on just one of the palettes of IBOL
boxes received last year.
For more information on IBOL II, visit his website http://ibol.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/ibol-ii/ . If you would like to read about IBOL I and the effect it had on him and the donors, you can read his essay at http://www.artlaflamme.com/blog/KMZ/IBOL_Book1.pdf
Facebook Fans
Our Facebook fan hear about the latest fabric arrivals, the newest gadgets, and special events first. For example, they were the first to learn about the IBOL guy above. If you would like to join the Facebook Fan Club, click on this link: http://www.facebook.com/Quiltbugcom or text "fan Quiltbugcom" from your mobile phone to FBOOK (32665) . If you would rather not join Facebook, you can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/quiltbug. We post the same information to both.
Until next time,
Enjoy,
Kris
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