QuiltBug Quilt Shop
Shop News May 11, 2012
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. Be sure to bookmark http://quiltbug.com/Shop/Shop-News.htm to see the latest updates between newsletters. If you would like to receive this newsletter by E-mail, you can sign up in the green box in the left column.
Happy Mothers Day!
Check out our tribute to Mothers Day page here: http://quiltbug.com/free/mothers-day.htm
Always something new...
Our
summer fabrics are finally starting to arrive! Each new box we open is an
adventure. What will we get today, a beautiful blender, a fragrant floral
or - yes! Can it possibly be? Halloween!
Click on the underlined hyperlink below the picture to go to the page where the fabric is sold. As always, orders over $100 get free shipping! You can always find our latest fabrics, patterns and notions listed on the Just Arrived page.
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Shop
Events
(click here for the descriptions)
- May 15: Drop-in Sewing (free)
- May 17: Thursday Tablerounder
- May 19: Claire Bag
- May 25: Finish that Quilt
- May 26: Crazy Quilt Pillow made using Mens Ties (read more about the technique used in this class here)
- May 28: Closed for the Holiday
- May 29: Drop in Sewing (free)
- May 31 - June 3: SHOP HOP
Tool 'n Tell
This weeks tool is a book - Pocket Posh Tips for Quilters.
Written by Jodie Davis, Chief Quilting Enabler of Quilters Club of America, Pocket Posh(r) Tips for Quilters relates sage guidance on everything from selecting fabric and choosing a quilting pattern to perfecting each quilting stitch. Jodie is also the author of dozens of quilting books and kits; she is a seasoned practitioner of all the needle arts and other crafts as well as president of QNNtv.com, co-host of "Quilt Out Loud," and host of "Quilt It! The Long Arm Quilting Show."
I am sure you will have heard some of these tips before, but I found a few that I had never heard before. The tips are sorted into chapters and each tip is given an attribution. The book is small but presented well with a stiff cover and a covered band to hold it closed. It's well worth the $7.99 price. Click here to order Pocket Posh Tips for Quilters
New Quilts
Well, really, old quilts. When I teach, I take quilts with me so people can actually examine them up close. As you might expect, it's a bit hard on the quilts so I do change them every so often. The quilts that I have for sale were my teaching quilts that have done their duty. Do not expect them to be perfect! These quilts are best described as loved. http://quiltbug.com/quilts.htm
The
Shop Hop is Coming!
To celebrate the 10th year of the Quilters Quest Shop Hop, the theme this year is "Thanks for being our friend". All participating shops are giving you two 10" squares...AND... not only are they giving you fabric for a project, but they are giving you the pattern to use in it, too! If you finish the entire shop hop, you will have 12 patterns for various projects using 10 inch squares like purses, totes, aprons, table runners and quilts.
Won't you be our friend this year? The shop hop is May 31 - June 3.
Fund Raisers
Every year I participate in the Great Strides Walk, which is a fund raiser for Cystic Fibrosis. Will you sponsor me? I admit I am primarily interested in raising fund for Cystic Fibrosis
research because of my granddaughter but as it turns out, the research to cure
certain components of this genetic disease will also cure components of other
genetic diseases (such as leukemia.)
Great strides are being made every day - in fact, my granddaughters life expectancy has been raised by at least a decade since she was born 4 years ago. Every dollar makes a difference! http://www.cff.org/great_strides/KrisDriessen
Now, I am sure you are wondering about the cat in the picture to the left. Catamehtysos is an original Catskill Cat. (You can see her in this Animal Planet video.) She was an award winner last year, and even featured on a US Stamp! She was later auctioned and sold for over $1000. The owner thought she looked a bit like a Patchwork Quilt and since she is painted in CF colors, she donated the cat to us to raffle as a fund raiser.
Wouldn't she look good in your living room, or by your mailbox? She is about 28 inches tall and made of fiberglass, so you could feature her in your landscaping. Or, if you win Catamehtysos, you could donate her to your local animal shelter to be raffled off as a fund raiser once again. Tickets are $2, and only 500 have been printed. If you would like to take a chance, you can Purchase a Raffle Ticket online or mail a check made out to Cystic Fibrosis to Quiltbug.com, PO Box 273, Esperance NY 12066. If the winner is not local, the shop will pay for shipping. The drawing will be June 3, 2012.
Quilters are the Ultimate Recyclers
Are you a recycler? If you are in the Albany area, your unwanted paper,
newspapers, old books, cardboard, etc can raise money for Cystic Fibrosis!
GreenFiber will be matching all donations for the proceeds for paper recycling
for the Cystic Fibrosis Walk this month. This year the bin is at the CF office
at 16 Wade Road, Albany NY - so please bring all your recycling there throughout
the month. Remember the more you recycle the more we can donate to CF!!
This is the part of the newsletter....
Where I ask you to consider Liking us on Facebook. But you don't have to do that to see the postings! Just check on http://www.facebook.com/Quiltbugcom from time to time. The big picture at the top will one that a generous quilter has shared with me and allowed me to post. Feel free to scroll down and look at the pictures and ideas that I have posted.
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.
Enjoy,
Kris
