SunFlower Quits January 2008 Newsletter

Wow its 2008! We hope everyone had a blessed holiday! With the New Year it’s a great time to start some new quilt/sewing projects. Come by and we will help you get a project started.

We would like to thank all of our customers for their support and friendships this past year. We look forward to a great 2008! Remember that SunFlower Quilts is Your shop, we would not be here without all of you!

Idea Saturday

Idea Saturday is the 3rd Saturday, January 19th at 9am sharp! Come for at least 5 ideas and get the instructions for each idea FREE! Logan will make his egg tortillas and we will have juice, so come have breakfast and get some new Ideas! A big thanks to all of you who came and hope you enjoyed it and most importantly were inspired to get sewing!

That Quilter

That Quilter Donna Warnement will be here the 3rd Tuesday January 15 from 10 – noon. Donna is coming the 3rd Tuesday instead of the 1st Tuesday. Please put her and her family in your prayers as her daughter had a medical emergency. Come bring your tops for quilting or pick one up that’s been quilted. Come for show and tell, you will be inspired seeing all the quilts!

Upcoming Classes

We have added a new class called County Lines, what a great way to start the New Year with a fun quilt. The quilt would look great in some of the new Bluebonnet or Valentines fabrics. It only takes 6 fat ¼’s plus the sashing and border fabric, and it is so easy! Not only that, Lorrie Sanwald is a wonderful teacher! There are 4 spaces left!

Another new class is 30’s Basket Quilt where you will learn to make a basket block without any diamonds or Y seams. Great for the confident beginner or intermediate quilter. The class dates are Jan. 29th and Feb. 12, 2008, taught by Marilyn Boismier. If you haven’t taken a class with Marilyn, you need to! You will learn much more than just the particular quilt design!

The third new class is Itty Bitty Broken Star Quilt class. This one is conducted in two night classes Feb. 21 and March 6, 2008. If you can cut accurately and sew on a drawn line you will succeed making this quilt. Taught by Marilyn Boismier.

We have listed another One Block Wonder class for Feb. 2 & 3, with 1 space left.

Check the classes page on the web site, as we will be adding more classes! We are so blessed to have great teachers! You not only learn specific techniques but also learn many tips and make new friends that can last a lifetime. And it's just good fun!

Thimbleberries Club

We have info about next years Thimbleberries club. It's called Lodge and Lakeside. We are doing the Lakeside color way. Here is a photo of it. If anyone is interested in the Thimbleberries Club for 2008 please come as a guest to one of the meetings and see how much fun we have! You can find information about the club costs and meeting dates/times using the following link. The first meeting is Thursday January 10th from 6-7pm OR Sunday January 13th from 2-3pm. Click here: http://www.SunFlower-Quilts.com/BlockOfTheMonth.htm

Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer awareness and research update! Go to our web site for all the info for the Ovarian Cancer Awareness campaign. We have 5 tops left for volunteers to quilt. You don’t have to bind it, we can do that for you. But we need them back by mid Feb. 2008. Come by and pick one up if you can. The online auction that MD Anderson is handling will be in March 26th – April 9th 2008! If you have a top that you have quilted please return it by Mid Feb. 2008. Thanks to everyone who has helped in this wonderful campaign!

New Fabrics

Moda’s new Bluebonnet line is here and going fast! They did a great job on this new line! Come see it. We also have new Valentine’s fabric from Moda and RJR fabrics, as well as new fabrics from Blank textiles. Check them out on the fabrics page of the web site.

Block of the Month Kits

December Sunbonnet Sue BOM kits and Flower of the month BOM kits are ready.

One Yard Hugs

A great big THANKS to all who contributed to the one yard hugs! It was a great success. Our original goal was 300 hugs and we received 583 hugs! What a blessing.

Blessings,

Logan and Jill