SunFlower Quilts June 2006 Newsletter

Trip Around the World Class Filling Up

There are a few spaces left in the Trip Around the World class on Tuesday June 6th from 6-9PM. See more information on our class listing page.

June Means Shop Hop 2006

June is here and summer is upon us. Boy, we can't believe ½ the year has come and gone! June means Shop Hop month! We are excited about the Wild Wild West Shop Hop 2006; it will begin on Friday June 16th and end on Sunday June 25th. Wow that's ten days and 2 weekends! The theme for this year's quilt is basket blocks. Each shop has designed a basket block for a particular month. SunFlower Quilts' month is March. Each shop has also designed their own setting. During Shop Hop, you will receive a free pattern for the basket block or you can purchase a block kit for $5, which includes all the fabrics for the block! There are some wonderful prizes, so get your passports and get hopping! For more info go to our website.

Quilt Pink

We are participating in the Quilt Pink program this summer. We are honored to be a part of this wonderful event to help in the fight against breast cancer, but we need your help. We are asking our customers to please make at least 1 Quilt Pink block. It can be any size, but the only restriction is that it be predominately pink.

We have put together Quilt Pink block kits and they are available for $3 each. Each kit includes fabric and several free block patterns. These are just ideas, you can make any block pattern you wish. We will hang them in the shop as we receive them. Our goal is to have lots and lots of Quilt Pink blocks hanging in the shop. We will be accepting blocks between June 1st and Sept. 23rd. You can bring them by the shop, mail them to the shop or have a friend bring them. Then on Sunday Sept. 24th from 2-8pm we will have a sew-in at Gethsemane Lutheran Church to put the blocks into Quilt Pink tops! On Saturday Sept. 30th we will host a Quilt Pink open house. We are hoping our wonderful customers will come by and pick up the tops to quilt and bind them and bring them back by Jan. 31, 2007. We will then ship them to American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine to be auctioned off online in May 2007! All proceeds of the auction are going to breast cancer research. We can't do this alone, so please consider making a Quilt Pink block. For more info contact us at the shop or go to www.quiltpink.com.

Christmas Fabrics

The Christmas fabrics are starting to come in. This is a great year for Christmas fabrics, its not too early to start your Christmas projects!

Summer Class Schedule Now Online!

This summer, why not take a class at the shop. The summer class schedule is ready to view on the web site or come by the shop for a copy. We are offering more classes this summer than we ever have before, if you have been thinking about taking a class, be sure to check out the list.

"That Quilter"

"That Quilter" Donna Warnement, will be here the first Tuesday June 6th from 10-noon. Come and bring her your quilt tops or pick one up.

Donna does exceptional machine quilting!

Thimbleberries Club Meeting

The Thimbleberries club will meet Friday June 9th from 6-7pm or Sunday June 11th from 2-3pm.

Frequent Buyer Card

We have started a frequent buyer card to benefit our wonderful customers. We will keep the cards on file here at the shop and when you spend $500, you will receive a $50 gift certificate from SunFlower Quilts! Come by and ask us about the details for the frequent buyer club.

Idea Saturday

Thanks to all of you for coming to Idea Saturday in May, it was lots of fun! Our next Idea Saturday will be July 15th at 9 am sharp. Put it on your calendar.

Block of the Month

The long awaited Log Cabin Sampler block of the month will begin June 15th. The sample quilt is being quilted as we speak and as soon as we have it, we will send out an email to let you know it is in the shop. We designed this Block of the Month series ourselves and it will be a SunFlower Quilts exclusive! We are extremely proud of it and hope you will like it too!

Christmas BOM

The Christmas BOM kits are ready to be picked up.

Lots of exciting, fun things are happening at SunFlower Quilts, hope to see you soon. Come by and see what all the excitement is all about.

Have a very Happy Father 's Day!

Blessings,

Jill and Logan