It's Close!!

Yes, the wedding is almost here. I know you all can't believe I got the bridesmaid's bags done ahead of time, but I did. We went to St. Louis shopping last weekend for the bachelorette party. Now that is my type of a party. On the way home, my extremely organized sister, Kathy, helped me make a list of all I had to do this week. I'm getting the things crossed off little by little. - The shop hop was a success! Now we are just waiting for all of the passports to come in so we can draw the winners. How fun! - Remember, we still have room for our Crazy For Quilting Bus Hop on October 15th and 16th. If you want more information, just give us a call! - Believe it or not, it is time for us to be thinking about the Madison, WI quilt show. Our class room shows we have work in progress!! The dates for that show are September 9, 10 and 11th. Be sure and put it on your calendar. Well, must get back to work!!!

TTFN,
Carol

Summer is Here!!

I think summer is finally here! It is time for the M-P Fair, so it must be here in full force! We have our free-motion quilting class tomorrow. The class is full, but we will be scheduling another one soon. We all have so many quilt tops to finish and learning to free-motion quilt is a good beginning!--Remember, the shop hop is next week--Wednesday,July 14th-Saturday, July 17th. What a fun way to spend a few days! Get a carload of friends and aim your car towards Interstate 80. The passports are FREE! Yes, I said FREE! The grand prize is a Janome Gem Gold 3. What a great machine for classes. Speaking of classes, we just finished an apron class. A picture is included so you can see our accomplishments. Of course we get a little goofy by the end of the class, but some things will never change. - Our friends, Mary and Bill Fowler, have been frequenting Quilter's Garden a lot lately. (Well, actually more than lately and we love to see them come in. Bill says that we torture him, but for some reason he keeps coming back!) As you can tell, Mary keeps very busy quilting. She keeps her machine a hummin'. Mary is in the process of making a quilt for all of the members of her family. What a gift! - Thank you to all who took advantage of our quilt appraiser, Janette Dwyer. What a great 2 days we had! Janette taught us so much--label, label, label. Did I say you needed to label your quilts? I will really have to work at taking her advice, but learned how important it is. It is also sooooooooooo important to get your quilts appraised so you can list them on your insurance. Unfortunately, unless you have your quilts appraised, if something happens to them, the insurance companies compare them to those found at the "W" store. Ouch!!! I know I am going to have more appraised! Well, it is closing time and time to head to the Marshall-Putnam Fair. Oh darn, I will have to sit for 3 hours and stitch while "guarding" the food department. I may even have to try out a corn dog, elephant ear and lemonade shake-up. At times life is so hard!!

TTFN,
Carol