Quilting Gallery Newsletter – Issue #15 – September 2009
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The cooler weather brought out the cleaning bug in me last weekend. Check out the before and after photos of my sewing room clean-up. I was glad to finish that job. I am far more creative when things are well organized. Gorgeous summertime mini quilts and friendship bags are travelling around the world. Combined, that’s 498 packages and new friendships. Registration is underway for the first-ever Inchie Ornaments Christmas Swap and the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest. See below for more information on these two events. Registration for the Fall-themed swap will start at the end of September and the mail date will be next January. Quilting Gallery merchandise is now available through Cafe Press. Below are a few of the products:
If you’ve ever wondered why I started the Quilting Gallery web site? Or what was behind me creating the Quilting Bloggers directory? Or my vision for the Quilt Shop Locator? Find these answers and more by reading my guest blogger post at Women on Quilts.
Happy quilting! Michele (aka Mishka) Summer Savings – Quilt Shop LocatorThe Quilt Shop Locator is a growing network of quilt shops, online retailers, retreat facilities, pattern and fabric designers, authors, teachers and other quilting professionals from around the world.
Summer special ends September 15, 2009. News from the Quilting Gallery
Along with Nadine Ruggles of Inchie Quilts fame, I’m pleased to host the first-ever Inchie Ornaments Swap. Come join the fun, be creative and make new friends.
Whether it’s the nature-themed fabrics we use, or the quilts we design and create, nature provides us with endless opportunities. Enter the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes:
It’s two contests with one theme: small projects (e.g. table runners, bags, wall hangings, lap quilts, etc.) and full-sized quilts. Submissions close September 25, 2009. A new give-away is posted each Friday. You have until the following Thursday to leave a comment for your chance to win.
Many thanks to the latest sponsors for their donations:
The Quilting Bloggers directory has more than 3,320 bloggers from 66 countries. Thank you to everyone that has joined and promoted the directory. You can now search for the latest additions to the directory.
Raising Money for Alzheimer’s Research in Houston
The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative is taking more than 1,000 little quilts to Houston’s International Quilt Festival next month to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. You can find them at booth #4660. Last year they sold $45,000. They are going to attempt to TWEET every sale so that quilt donors around the country will know exactly when their quilt sells! Hopefully with pictures too! Follow them on Twitter at AAQIUpdate. The AAQI is a non-profit all-volunteer charity dedicated to raising awareness and funding research through art. Reality?I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and of course I have been married for 20+ years. We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by wearing a black leather bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes. Here’s how it all went. My engaged friend: The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He saw me and said, ‘You are the woman of my dreams. I love you.’ Then we made love all night long. The mistress: Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing the leather bodice, heels and mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat he didn’t say a word, but we had wild sex all night. Then I had to share my story: When my husband came home I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. As soon as he came in the door and saw me he said, ‘What’s for dinner, Batman?’ |
