Why do good things have to end?

Well, it's already the final evening of our visit to Branson. Yesterday, we shopped the historic downtown of Branson as well as an outlet mall. We ate at two restaurants we discovered and liked last year--a hamburger joint for lunch decorated in a 50's style and The Fish House at Branson Landing (a new downtown shopping area). Carol and Beth went to a performance in the evening by Debby Boone and the Country Tonite band and singers. It was a fabulous program! Today, we shopped again (we all accomplished quite a bit of Christmas shopping) and went to an afternoon performance by Christian singer and comedian, Mark Lowry. His piano accompanist was Stan Whitmire. Both were awesome, gifted and very inspiring. Oh yes, while at the Debby Boone concert, we learned that a very well known friend of Debby's was in the audience and we asked to have our picture taken with him after the concert. Can you tell who it is from our photo?
Well, we need to get to bed, up early and on our way home tomorrow. Just a reminder that the shop opens up again on Thursday, December 3.
All for now, Beth & Carol

Greetings from Branson, Mo,
Carol,Beth and our friend Linda have just arrived today in Branson and we had a startling revelation by Linda once we got here. She saw a very good looking man with a great body, and unfortunately an attractive wife. Oh well, she said she at least realized she's not dead.
After getting lost a few times under the direction of our fearless leader, Carol, we finally made it to our hotel, rested a few moments, then headed out for a couple hours of shopping. Our evening was definitely the highlight of the day when we went to the Sight and Sound Theater to see an amazing performance of The Miracle of Christmas. This was a fabulous rendition of the birth of Christ.
Well, tomorrow will be another full and fun day, but Linda and I agreed that Carol is no longer the navigator.
Ta Ta,
Beth & Carol

Oh my, our brains are on overload (okay, no comment from anybody)! We had an EQ6 class taught by Susan Knapp. Carol and I took the class also and we are of course, ready to go quilt design crazy. There are just endless possibilities to do with this program. Hurray for the creator of EQ6. Want to get in on this class next time we have it? Just give us a jingle or send an e-mail. We will post the dates when chosen for either late February or March.
Our friends, Mary and Billy brought in this gorgeous quilt that we helped choose fabrics for and we had to take a pic. The pattern is called The Man Quilt and the pattern company is Perkins
Dry Goods. Isn't it boo-ti-ful? Billy is such a great supporter of his wife's hobby. She showed us her book of photos of the quilts she has made. This is a great way to record one's accomplishments over the years. We recommend labeling quilts also for the benefit of future owners.

New Accu-Quilt Go Owners

We have some new Accu-Quilt Go owners and we want to share their photos. Sherrye is on the right and has only owned hers a few days. She has already cut hundreds of pieces and is planning to make a quilt for each of her grandchildren for Christmas. Bonnie is a brand spanken new owner and we know she is going to quickly make plans to use her new toy.

To see the available die shapes, you can go to accuquilt.com and look through the choices now in stock. We feel sure that more designs and shapes will be coming over the next months.

We had Sew Day today and as always it is fun to see what gals are working on. We had purse projects, quilt borders being put on and a microwave potato bag completed during the day.

It has been a full day!

Aunt Sewzy Strikes Again

Aunt Sewzy and Beth had a great time last night doing our program for a group of ladies at the Coal City Public Library. The library had quilts on display throughout the building for a one month period of time. And that was the most "happening" library we ever saw! There was so much buzz and activity and so many events going on. They had children's story hour, craft tables, teens on computers, adults in easy chairs reading and then the tea in the back room with the sewing group. It wasn't a noisy place, but there was an undercurrent of fun and activity that we have never seen at any other library. If you ever drive through Coal City, stop in the library--it was way cool!
Oh my--it's Christmas again today: more pre-quilted fabric arrived, our Aurifil thread has been replenished, Bali Pops (2 1/2" pre-cut batik strips) in 6 new colors, more flannels, fishing fabric, new Ackfeld quilt hangars, and lots more. Gotta go and work on checking it in.....

Aunt Sewzy

Oh what fun we had yesterday, November 1 doing our Aunt Sewzy program for the fund raiser for Hospice in Sterling, IL. They had a beautiful quilt show, refreshments and then our program. We invited Carol's nephew to be part of the program and sing "Downtown"! Yes, the song done by Petula Clark years ago. Don't tell Aunt Sewzy, but I think Clayton stole the show.
This is the time of year that lots of you gals get the knitting needles clicking and we have been getting some beautiful yarns in as of late. I know my needles click at night until my hands hurt.
We still have two openings in the EQ6 class for Sat. Nov. 14. Carol and I hope to sit in on it also and get a better handle on using the program.
We will be closing early, Nov. 5, Thursday, as Aunt Sewzy will be on the road again.
Keep on quiltin',
Beth & Carol