May is here already!

The month of graduations and start of the wedding season!  We are so glad to see all of our wonderful customers at our new shop’s location and thanks for all the positive responses!  Go to our web site and click on the contact us page to find a detailed map if you haven’t been by.

New Email Address:  We have a new email address! SunFlowerQuilts@comcast.net

Idea Saturday : will be Saturday May 17th at 9am sharp!  Come get inspired with some new ideas and receive an Idea Saturday booklet with all the instructions free on that morning only! If there are any Idea Booklets left they will cost $5 per booklet.  We have some great ideas this month, there are 3 quilts and 2 other ideas to inspire and help you!

New Books and Notions: We are carrying Quilting Arts Magazine, Quilts and More, And Fons and Porters new Easy Quilts Magazine.  We have lots of new books for charms, jelly rolls, fat ¼’s and just about everything else to make a quilt!  We have new patterns for quilts, clothes, home dec items and even stuffed animals.  Notions, Marti Michell’s new templates called Kaleidoscope ruler in 2 sizes, Setting triangle rulers in 2 sizes, and 2 ½” Strippers rulers.  We are also carrying Misty Fuse fusible, Steam a Seam 2 in regular and light 24” wide.  The bendable light just came in and we only have 8 left!  They are $49.99 each, 

Upcoming Classes:  Check our classes’ page!  I know a lot of you have been asking about our classes we are finally adding some classes as they become available.

Ovarian cancer awareness and research update: The online auction that MD Anderson conducted was a wonderful success!!  The quilts and all of the wonderful hands and creative juices that made them made $11,440! Lets 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. Also, this weekend May 3rd kicks off the Sprint for Life fun run to start this year's campaign for Ovarian Cancer Awareness you can get more info at www.mdanderson.org/departments/ovarianquilt .

The Wild Wild West Shop Hop dates have been set for June 19 – 22, 2008.  We are asking our customers to donate 12” predominately teal 12 ½” unfinished blocks again this year.  We already have 3 beautiful blocks hanging in the shop and we are working on teal block kits that will cost only $3.50 per kit!  All the shops will be involved again with MD Anderson in the Quilt Teal campaign.  Blank textiles have designed 14 new Ovarian Cancer Teal fabrics for us and they are HERE! Remember when you buy these fabrics a portion of the purchase goes to ovarian cancer research from Blank Textiles! We will once again have a sew-in to put all the blocks together into tops September 28, 2008 from 2-8pm.  We are very excited about the new Quilting Arts show on PBS at 8am Saturday mornings, its fresh and will certainly inspire you, the Wild Wild West Shop Hop Shops have an advertisement on right before the Quilting Arts show begins to help promote the Ovarian Cancer campaign, you might even see your quilt in the background from the last years Ovarian Cancer Quilts!  You can go to www.wildwildwestshophop.com web site for more info.

That Quilter Donna Warnement will be here the 2nd Tuesday Mat 6th from 10am – noon. 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!  Donna does beautiful work; you will be pleased with her quilting expertise!

Block of the Month Kits:  May Sunbonnet Sue BOM kits will be ready May 15th.   We are working hard on our new BOM called Garden Friends, we hope to have it ready in June, you can see a photo of it on the web site.

The Thimbleberries Club will meet Sunday May 4th from 2-3pm or Thursday May 8th from 6-7pm.

Airing of the Quilts: will be this weekend May 2nd and 3rd in Huntsville, you need to go to this show and see all the beautiful quilts hanging you’ll be glad you did.  For more info go to www.tallpinesquiltguild.com.