SunFlower Quilts September Newsletter
September is here and so are the dropping of the acorns! Fall is coming, I hope it gets here fast! Come by the shop to get inspired to start a new project or take a class! Its nice and cool in the shop!
Charm School was great fun! We learned some good tips about working with charm squares. Everyone seemed to like our first charm quilt for Charm School. You can see it on the home page of our web site. You can also pre pay for your registration and Charm School Project Pack for the next Charm School October 18th 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 October project Charm pack will contain 196 charm squares and cost $49.99. Remember if you pre-pay before August 16th, you will receive 5% off of the regular price. Get ready to learn lots about using 5” Charm squares! We are going to have sew much fun!
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!
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!
Christmas Ornaments: For the first time at SunFlower Quilts we are able to have a Christmas tree, but we 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. We will have the drawing on 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 please. 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 September 2nd from 10am – noon. Please get your quilts needed by Christmas to Donna ASAP as her cut off deadline for Christmas delivery is mid Oct.! 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 Garden Friends, (check it out on the web site) and learn all the details including cost etc. 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!
Upcoming Classes: Basic machine appliqué; Basic Binding; 9 Patch Pizzazz; Pillowcases; Christmas Heart Quilt. Get more info on all of the classes on the classes page of our web site.
Block of the Month Kits: The last Sunbonnet Sue BOM block kit and finishing kit is ready to be picked up. Garden Friends block 2 is ready too; block 3 will be ready Sept. 25th!
The Thimbleberries Club will meet the 2nd Sunday September 14th from 2-3pm or the 2nd Thursday September 11th from 6-7pm.
Ovarian cancer awareness and research update: We want to thank everyone for all of the Ovarian blocks that are pouring in! The blocks are beautiful and will touch so many lives! Come by the shop and see your block hanging! 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.
Calling all quilt designers: The Wild Wild West Shop Hop is having a quilt design contest for the June 2009 shop hop quilt. Go to our web site for more details!
One Yard Hugs: It’s that time of year again to start making “One Yard Hugs” for the preemie babies born at local hospitals! All you have to do is take 1 yard of flannel, cut off the selvages and finish the raw edge. Last year all the Wonderful volunteers donated over 500 “One Yard Hugs” WOW! Lets see how many we can donate this year! Call, come by the shop or email with questions.
In store specials: Come by the shop for some specially selected fabrics on sale! Don’t forget Thimbleberries Club members and Charm School members get special discounts too!
We will be closed Monday September 1, 2008 for the Labor Day Holiday. We hope everyone has a blessed holiday!
