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ORIGINAL SEWING & QUILT EXPO
Posted by Julie Ploehn-Vigna on 1st Oct 2017
The Original Quilt & Sewing Expo in Fredericksburg VA is just around the corner! We hope you can come join us, Auntie Ju's Quilt Shoppe, in booth #722! There are always great vendors, Make & Takes, door prizes, sewing machine give-aways, classes.....and did I mention great vendors!
The fun starts next Thursday, October 5 (and runs thru Saturday)!
WORLD RENOWNED FABRIC DESIGNER KAFFE FASSETT IS COMING TO PADUCAH KY
Paducah, Kentucky is fortunate to be included in the 2017 U.S. Tour of Kaffe Fassett, textile artist, author and needlepoint and patchwork master and his collaborator Brandon Mably. Their stop in Paducah will include a lecture and hands-on workshops. This event is sponsored by Hancock's of Paducah. For all the details please go to http://www.paducahsun.com/entertainment/arts/noted... Here are [...]
INTRODUCING TWO NEW BLOCKS OF THE MONTH
Time to start thinking about a new project after the kiddos are back in school and your household get back to normal this fall? Consider one of the two Blocks of the Month we are introducing. One is for the 'primitive wool' lovers and one is for the 'bright wool' lovers.'Fairhaven' is a 9 month [...]
National Quilt Museum
We would like to alert you to the present and upcoming events at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah KY. If you are a quilter and your vacation travels bring you anywhere near Paducah, you might want to stop and take a look at these wonderfully creative quilts.H2Oh! from SAQAJune 25 – September 19, 2017Water [...]
What are you waiting for?
Procrastination. We all know what it is: putting obstacles in our own way by handling those low-priority tasks instead of taking action on the high-priority tasks. The Latin roots of the word mean “in favor of” and “tomorrow.”Dr. Piers Steel, a researcher on the science of motivation and procrastination and the author of The Procrastination [...]
Quilts for MS
Auntie Ju's Quilt Shoppe recently participated in an event to raise funds for MS through the Baton Rouge LA MS Chapter at their 'On The Move Luncheon'. We were happy to donate the pictured quilt.Pictured left to right are, Bill Byerly, Regional Director of MS Society, Judy Williams, local chapter member, Jimmy Fahrenholtz, Regional Director [...]
Bears, quilting and margaritas. Oh, no!
A man with a bear goes to a quilting party, followed by 50 nuns drinking margaritas.This may sound like the setup for a ridiculous joke, but it’s a true story from the remarkable life of Sue (Gruber) Poser, the 2015 Quilter of the Year for Minnesota Quilters Inc.And click here http://mcrecord.com/2015/02/12/quilter-of-the-year... for the rest of the [...]
Once It's Created, Its Copy-righted
Here's a great reminder piece about copyright. "Once It's Created, It's Copyrighted This past week I got a note from one of our members and a CABS attendee about a copyright situation with her guild. While I don't know all the particulars, I do know this topic comes up on a regular basis.I think it’s [...]
WORDS, RESOLUTIONS AND INTENTIONS
This article is used with permission from its author, Morna McEver Golletz.For me in 2015, I'm going with the word 'thankful'!"Words, Resolutions and Intentions Some of you know that I pick a word to guide and inspire me through the year, to serve as a focus or intention as I face each day. I started this [...]
National Quilting Day in Public
According to C & T Publishing, Saturday, June 21st is National Quilting In Public Day! It might be a little late to really do much organizing, but on the spur of the moment you and and few friends could take your lawn chairs and some hand work to a public park and work on your [...]