Quiltmakers Cottage: November 2012

We have been busy as usual at the Cottage. Some of the things that have been going on are -

Saturday, 20/27 was our pajama sale. It is so much fun to wear pajamas all day - I am almost tempted to make that our shop uniform! You can rely on the quilters to participate in something as fun and silly as this, especially when it means getting a good bargain on fabric.

On Thursday, 11/8, we had quilters visiting from Spain and Hungary. Rosario owns a quilt shop in Spain, and traveled to the US for quilt market. When she came to market she brought 7 quilters to Lancaster, and they stayed a week to tour the area. While they were here they wanted to take a quilting class, so they came to our shop to learn how to use the strip-tube ruler. It was a really neat experience to be with quilters from across the globe, with a completely different culture and language, and to be instantly connected through our love of quilting.

Friday, 11/9 was our last meeting of the Contemporary Quilt Club for this round. The show and tell sessions throughout was amazing, and the sharing of ideas was very inspirational. The group has decided it wants to continue, so it will resume beginning in January. There is room for more members to join the group, so please sign up if you are interested in contemporary quilting.

We had our final session of the Crowning Achievers UFO club on Thursday, 11/15. The group had such a great time, and got a lot of sewing done, too. They requested that we have another session of the UFO club, so it will continue in 2013. The same quilters are coming back, so the group is already full. We may need to consider having another UFO club in the future...

We published a post on facebook last week that we were collecting quilts for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Here are photos of the quilts we received so far. We will continue to take quilts - they can be new or used, any size, any style. We hope these quilts would brighten the lives of people who are terribly distressed.