Scrap Tamers

First day to sign up for the 2010-2011 session of Scrap Tamers is this Saturday, August 28. We will start signing up quilters at 9:30 AM. We have made a poster of the quilt patterns we will be focusing on this year, along with a time table. We will be using patterns designed by Kaye England for the Bread and Butter Society. (Not sure why I thought all of you quilters liked to be kept in the dark!) I am amazed every year when I drive up to the shop and see the long line of quilters waiting to come in to sign up. It always gets the neighbors talking. And makes me hungry for donuts! If you are in the area and wish to fill out the registration form ahead of time, we do have copies at the shop. You can pick them up for yourself and your friends. It really does speed up registration! If you want more information about Scrap Tamers club, visit our website, check out our class schedule or come into the shop. Looking forward to Saturday!

Wedding Quilt

What a fun weekend! Lots of great family time and a beautiful wedding. Doug and Hayley received the Bali Wedding Star after the rehearsal dinner at our house on Friday Night.

Family fun

What a glorious day for a wedding. Nancy's middle son is getting married today and we could not have asked for a nicer day. Carol has come from Tennessee for the wedding so it's been a fun week of chatting, reminiscing and of course eating lots of Glad's chocolate chip cookies. Life should get back to normal next week.
The class schedule is at the printers. You should be getting it sometime in the first week of August. There will be some fun new classes offered and of course all of our basic classes. Annemarie will be hosting a new club called the Groovy Girls Sewing Club and we will be starting a new session of Scrap Tamers. Signup day for classes is Thursday, August 12. Signup for Scrap Tamers club will be Saturday, August 28. Just a reminder that we will be closed Thursday July 29 for inventory.
The Quilt Minnesota State shop hop starts on Friday, July 30. Be sure to come and visit us during the shop hop. You can pick up your passport at the first shop you go to. Come and see the new fun samples we made using the shop hop fabric.
Susan

Wedding Star - ready to quilt!

I finally finished piecing the Bali Wedding Star quilt for my son's wedding. I shipped it off to Carol on Monday for quilting. It should be back just in time to get the binding on - the wedding is July 24! I know some of you have seen it in process so I'll try to have it in the shop for a couple days around July 15 - 17 for anyone who wants to see the finished product (sans binding!). I'm expecting that the UPS man will bring it mid day on the 15th.
This was another great pattern from Judy Niemeyer. It's foundation pieced using a really neat strip piecing technique. The blocks went together nicely after following her pressing instructions which were planned so that all the seam allowances would wedge.
Thanks to Judy for a great pattern.
Nancy

Minnesota Quilters show

We are starting to get all packed up to go to the Minnesota Quilters Show in St Cloud. Hope we can get all the new goodies in 2 cars. We will have 2 brand new quilts on display plus lots of others and a new mystery by mail ready. We will also be demonstrating some of our favorite tools. We have fallen in love with the rulers made by Deb Tucker for Studio 180 Designs. We'll show you how to use the Tucker Trimmer, the Wing Clipper and the Square-squared rulers. Hope you stop by our booth (H204-206). We're looking forward to seeing you. The show runs from Thursday, June 17 -Saturday June 19. It's always one of the highlights of the year!
Susan

Quilt Market Review

The International Quilt Market was in Minneapolis this spring. Nancy and I found a lot of new items--books, patterns, tools, ideas, fabric. We met and talked to quilt shop owners from all over the country and had many shop owners visit the shop. Fun to show it off! Come join us for a preview showing of some of our favorite finds. We've scheduled a showing on Saturday, June 12 at 10:00. Call and reserve a chair for the event. If the 10:00 session fills, we'll schedule additional time slots. I took a photo of just some of the things we'll be showing. I know you're dieing to know what's in the bottom of the basket! New items are coming in every day! Can hardly wait for the delivery man to come. Come and join us on June 12 if you're able. Be sure to call to hold a spot.

International Quilt market

We are very excited that Quilt Market will be in Minneapolis this spring. We wish to welcome all you quilt shop owners to our wonderful city. We will have many of our Glad Creation quilts on display at the shop. One of our newest patterns is called Tapestry. We have samples made in 2 different color combinations. Check out our website for the complete list of our patterns.
We are only about 15 minutes away from the Convention Center and very easy to get to. We will be open until 8:30 on May 17, May 18, May 24, and May 25. Hope all you visiting quilters will have a chance to come to our shop.