SunFlower Quilts August Newsletter
August is here and so are the dog days of summer! Come by the shop to get inspired to start a new project or take a class! It's nice and cool in the shop!
Charm School is coming! The first Charm School will be Saturday August 16 at 9am sharp. You can get all the info and register for Charm School on the web site or come by the shop to register! The first project Charm pack will contain 180 charm squares and cost $45. Remember if you pre pay before August 16th you receive 5% off. Get ready to learn lots about using 5” Charm squares! We are going to have sew much fun!
New fabrics: Lots of great Christmas fabrics and quilts on display. Debbie Beaves new line from RJR “Violetta” is here and it is beautiful and I know it will go fast! We sold out of the “Violetta” charm packs in 1 week! Halloween fabrics are coming in and we expect the fall to start coming in this month. Next month we are expecting the new “Dear Jane” line of fabrics as well.
Christmas Ornaments: For the 1st time at SunFlower Quilts we are able to have a Christmas tree, but need help decorating the tree with ornaments. We are asking volunteers to take an ornament donation tag that is now hanging on our tree, make a handmade ornament (it has to be handmade) bring the tag filled out and hang the ornament you have made on the tree. Give us the filled out donation tag and you will be eligible for a drawing Nov. 26th, 2008 where you have the chance to win a $50 gift certificate, a $10 gift certificate from the shop or a bundle of Christmas fat quarters. One ornament per donation tag. On December 1st all the ornaments will be donated to
The Cottage of Spring Branch, an Alzheimer residence care facility to decorate their Christmas tree! Thank you so much for helping spread the holiday cheer to Alzheimer patients!
That Quilter Donna Warnement will be here the 1st Tuesday August 5th from 10am – noon. You can bring your tops for Donna to quilt or pick up a quilt that is ready from Donna, or just come for the fun show and tell of all the beautiful quilts! Donna does a great job!
New Block of the Month has started! We just started our new BOM called Flower Garden, (check it out on the web site) and learn all the details including cost etc. and you can sign up for the new BOM through the web site or come in the shop! It looks so much better in person! You are going to love it and it was so much fun to make!
Group Meetings: SunFlower Quilts would like to extend an invitation to morning or afternoon bees/small groups to meet here at the shop. Let us know if you need a place to meet and we can see if the shop is the right fit for your group!
Upcoming Classes: Check our classes’ page! We’ve Pretty on Point Lap Quilt class Sunday August 24th from 1-7pm has 4 spaces left. The Beginner’s sampler class has some spaces left. Due to popular demand Marilyn has added a second class. Call the shop the dates for the second class. The finishing your quilt class is full. Keep checking the class’s page of the web site as we will be adding some new classes in the next week or so. We will add a binding class and a great beginner class called 9-Patch Pizzazz. If you were at Idea Sat. in July you saw the 9-Patch Pizzazz quilt. Check all of the classes out on the class’s page of our web site.
Idea Saturday: Our next “Idea Saturday” will be Saturday September 20, 2008 at 9am sharp! Come by and we will share at least 5 ideas and have free instructions for each idea! We will have refreshments as well! You can get the instructions free at 9am; if we have any “Idea Saturday” booklets left they will be $5. See you September 20th!
Ovarian cancer awareness and research update: We want to thank everyone for all of the Ovarian blocks pouring in! The blocks are beautiful and will touch so many lives! We are asking our customers to please make at least 1 – 12 ½” unfinished block and bring or mail to the shop by December 31st. We have block kits available for only $3.50 with suggested block patterns. We will then have a joint sew in at our church January 18th (Sunday) 2009 from 2-8pm and put all the blocks into quilt tops. Then we will ask for volunteers to quilt and bind them and turn in the completed quilts to the shop or MD Anderson by July 15th 2009. The quilts will then be auctioned online in October 2009. Lets see how much money we can all raise for MD Anderson again with the quilts! For more info you can contact us or MD Anderson at www.mdanderson.org/departments/ovarianquilt. Last Spring’s online auction that MD Anderson sponsored was a wonderful success!! The quilts and all of the wonderful hands and creative juices that made them made $11,440! Let’s see if we can raise $22,000 for next year’s auction! I know we can do it. All proceeds go for Ovarian Cancer Research,
Block of the Month Kits: The last Sunbonnet Sue BOM block kit and finishing kit will be ready August 15th.
The Thimbleberries Club will meet the 2nd Sunday August 10th from 2-3pm or the 2nd Thursday August 14th from 6-7pm.
In Store Specials: Come by the shop for some specially selected fabrics on sale!
Blessings,
Logan and Jill
