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NEXT Interview: MAY 5, 2008
DOOR PRIZES: If your last name begins with B or C please fetch a door meed; honors; laurels to the May meeting and give it to Elisabeth McMahon. This is a volitional effort, but most of us parallel to receive a entrance prize and we confidence everyone will participate. Please fetch only quilting of the same nature items such as: Quilting Notions, fat stations, triangle writing, magnetic pin holders, scissors, Pigma pens, etc.
PRESIDENT’S Crotch
Where has the time gone! I startle the year off with high in power plans to perfect all of my old projects and blocks of the month that have accumulated over several years, but find that I veritably haven’t made a notch. Then comes the show-and-number during the April interview with all of the wonderful examples from the “Stack-N-Whack” workshop that was held and I find myself cogitative of what fabric I want to use to create that quilt. Every one of the examples were so distinct and I could not tell you which was my darling. All the participants did a immense job! Thank you, Shirley, for a enormous workshop!
Debi Cypert
SPOTLIGHT ON…: Since we have several new faces in the assemblage, we’ve been doing a spotlight on lineament in the newsletter to save everyone get better acquainted. We started with the officers, and pretty soon will run out of “spotlights”. Please take a few minutes and jaculate me a little bio about yourself. Reasonable a couple of paragraphs — how drawn out you’ve been in the Quilter’s Association of Grand Prairie, how lengthy you’ve been sewing/quilting and which quilt store is your favorite. Any other notice you want to fling in about yourself or your fabric stash is greeting. If you don’t lack to write anything about yourself, Paco has volunteered to meeting you for up to 10 minutes. He would then scrawl your bio. You may email your advice to michelle@paco.org or you may give it to me at the May 5 interview. If you want Paco to meeting you, please let me know.
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Christmas Fabric Lot News
Doing Christmas on a budget Quincy Herald Whig, IL - 9 hours ago a lot is using things you have around house to wrap things," Hunt said. Kids, or adults for that matter, can decorate brown paper bags, or use fabric.
Thrifty shopping begins amid dire outlook Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 2 hours ago "We have got tons of Christmas decorations. Some of them are just gorgeous," Rose said. "A lot of people change out their trees every year.
Will the shoppers show up? Bellingham retailers hope for busy Bellingham Herald, WA - Nov 23, 2008 6 am: Target, Kmart, Bellis Fair, Michaels crafts, Home Depot, Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft, Lowe's Home Improvement. Retailers should be able to count on the
handmade for the holidays The Spokesman Review, WA - 9 hours ago and a lot of people are making Christmas presents," Robbins said. Most popular in the fabric area are items for fleece blankets and quilts, she said.
Changing seasons Herald Times Reporter, WI - Nov 23, 2008 "The tablescape is created with the taffeta-beaded fabric table runner as a base … and turkey and pheasants figures to complete the look," Dreger said.
Quilters Round-up
We have lots of drop and Christmas fabric for your projects. We have mainly reduction pricing for our top quality fabric from your darling companies. ...