SunFlower Quilts November Newsletter
November is here and we hope you all have been able to enjoy the International Quilt Festival downtown at the George R Brown convention center. It is a wonderful show to say the least! For more info go to www.quilts.com.
Idea Saturday: Our next “Idea Saturday” will be Saturday November 15th, 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 November 15th!
Charm School was great fun! We learned some good tips about working with charm squares again! We also had show and tell. You can go the the web site and see the October Charm School quilt. It is a Christmas Pinwheel Quilt! We still have a few charm packs left if you want to make the quilt. More info is on the web site. You can also pre pay for your registration and Charm School Project Pack for the next Charm School December 20th at 9am sharp! If you pre pay for your charm school charm pack you will be guaranteed to get the same fabrics in the December Charm school quilt. We will have a limited amount of extra charm packs. You can get all the info and register for Charm School on the web site or come by the shop to register! The December project Charm pack will contain 220 charm squares and cost $58.99. Remember if you pre pay by December 17th you receive 5% off. Get ready to learn lots about using 5” Charm squares! We are going to have sew much fun!
Christmas Ornaments: For the first time at SunFlower Quilts we are able to have a Christmas tree, but 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 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. 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! All the ornaments look great!! You have to come see our tree, a big thank you to all who made those beautiful ornaments.
That Quilter Donna Warnement will be here the 2nd Tuesday November 11th from 10am – noon. 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!
Upcoming Classes: 9 Patch Pizzazz 3 spaces left. Pillowcases class 2 spaces left. Get more info on all of the classes on the classes page of our web site.
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. and 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! October kits will be ready October 25th.
The Thimbleberries Club will meet the 2nd Sunday November 9th from 2-3pm or the 2nd Thursday November 13th 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 one 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.
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! Hooray! There are lots of Hugs coming in, a great BIG Thank You to all you donated Hugs! Call, come by the shop or email with questions.
