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A number of people have asked me about collecting quilts for Joplin. I did hear from a Joplin quilt shop and they are acting as a central drop-off point. They are asking for quilts of any size and new sheets or sheet sets, too. If you are local, please bring any donation to the Quiltbug shop and I will send them off as a group when I get enough together to fill a box.
If you would like to ship a donation, please mail it to one of these Joplin quilt shops instead:
Bittersweet Quilts
attn: Tornado Relief Effort
8133 W Hwy 86
Joplin, MO 64804
Block By Block
attn: Tornado Relief Effort
530 W Fir Road
Carthage, MO 64836
Thank you for your generosity.
This is a Thank You gift for buying a raffle ticket
Have you ever been on a shop hop? Shop Hoppers buy a passport and then travel to 11 different shops, entering for door prizes and receiving patterns for shop hop project along the way. When the passport has been stamped by all eleven shops, the hopper receives a finishing gift and becomes eligible to win one of three awesome gift certificate packages, collectively valued at over $2500! Passports and shop hop bags are available now for only $5 at the Quiltbug shop. Our Shop Hop is happening May 19 – 22.
If you plan to visit the Quiltbug shop any time during the shop hop, be sure to give the person behind the register (usually me) the secret password “beehive”. (Don’t share it with anyone, it’s our secret!) The meaning of this password will become clear once you enter the shop:-))
For those of you that can’t make it to the shop, mention the secret password in the special comments section of the order form when you order from Quiltbug.com. We will send you a little surprise with your order.
Again this year we will be collecting cans of food for the local food pantry. You will also be able to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis GREAT STRIDES walk by sponsoring me in my walk on May 22. This happens to be my granddaughter Ella’s third birthday. (Ask me about my granddaughter. Go ahead, I dare you:-)) As you might have guessed, my little Ella was born with CF and I am *determined* that she will outlive me. If you are not local and would like to help me raise funds for research,our Team LaLa page is here: http://www.cff.org/great_strides/JocelynDriessen7477. The picture on that page was taken during her latest hospitalization in April. She finally got to eat something!
I am also sponsoring a raffle quilt called Phoenix Rising to raise funds for her medical bills. It features the dragons that are going to slay CF! It has bamboo/silk batting and is quilted in flames. The picture is here: http://quiltbug.com/Shop/Shop-News.htm. Tickets are $5 each and only 200 will be sold. As a thank-you for buying a ticket, I will send you the pattern for my latest quilt, Roller Coaster. The name refers to the roller coaster of health issues and emotions faced by CF children and their parents. I will also send you the patterns shown at http://hickoryhillquilts.com/savanna-scramble.htm. To buy a ticket and get a free pattern, click here.
Enjoy,
Kris
This is our press release: Eleven local quilt shops have joined together to create a fun Shop Hop May 19 – 22. Shop Hoppers will have the opportunity to travel to 11 different shops, entering for door
prizes and receiving patterns for shop hop project along the way. Each shop will accept donations of non perishable food for a local food pantry during the Hop.
Hoppers who visit all eleven shops will receive a prize and be eligible to win one of three awesome gift certificate packages, collectively valued at over $2500! Passports and shop hop bags are available now for only $5 at all participating shops. For more information visit http://quiltersquest.info/
The Quiltbug shop will also be collecting donations for Cystic Fibrosis research and will be sponsoring two raffle quilts raising funds for charity on Sunday, May 22. Located just over the Schoharie Creek bridge on Main St in Esperance, this quilt shop is packed with fabric, books, batting, patterns, notions, sewing supplies and other goodies beloved by quilters and crafters. If you’ve got the quiltbug, they’ve got the cure!
For more information, please contact Kris Driessen at 1-888-817-6577 or by E-mail at KrisDriessen@yahoo.com
If you are celebrating Easter today, have a happy and blessed day. Start your diet tomorrow.
If you are not celebrating Easter today, you can start your diet whenever you like:-))
As you may have guessed by all the informational articles on our website, I am committed to providing an educational experience for all quilters. Toward that end, I will be presenting this series of Question and Answers about rabbits and bunnies throughout the day.
Q. What do you call a rabbit who tells jokes? A. A funny bunny.
Q. What do you call rabbits that live at the North Pole? A. Cold.
Q. What do you call a bunny with a dictionary in his pants? A. A smarty pants.
Q: What do you call a very smart bunny? A: An egghead.
Q. What do rabbits have that nothing else in the world has? A. Baby rabbits.
Q. What kind of book do baby rabbits like at bedtime? A. One with a hoppy ending.
Q. What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole? A. A Hot Cross bunny.
Q: What do you call rabbits that marched in a long sweltering Easter parade? A: Hot, cross bunnies.
Q: Why are bunnies always tired in April? A: Because they just finished a March.
Q: Do you know how bunnies stay in shape? A: Hareobics.
Q: How do bunnies stay healthy? A: Eggercise.
Q. What is a rabbit’s favorite dance? A. The Bunny Hop of course.
Q. Why can’t a rabbit’s nose be twelve inches long? A. Because then it would be a foot.
Q. What do you call it when a rabbit has an accident with a knife? A. A hare cut.
Q. How can you tell which rabbits are the oldest in a group? A. Just look for the gray hares.
Q: Why did the magician have to cancel his show? A: He'd just washed his hare and couldn't do a thing with it.
Q. How many hairs in a rabbit’s tail? A. None, they’re all on the outside.
Q. Why does the Easter bunny have such a shiny nose? A. His powder puff’s on the wrong end.
Q. Why is a bunny the luckiest animal in the world? A. It has 4 rabbits’ feet.
This is a cool idea! 10 Designers got together and created a blog hop. Each day a different designer tells you a little bit about themselves and offers a project. At the end there is a grand prize:-)) This is our free pattern: Boo-ti-ful Halloween Wall Hanging
Here is the schedule:
Sept. 27th : Gudrun – GE Designs Falloween Designer Blog Hop
Sept. 28th : Sandy – Pieces from my heart
Sept. 29th : Roseann – Rosebud’s Cottage
Sept. 30th : Kari – New Leaf Stitches
Oct. 1st : Terry – Atkinson Designs
Oct. 2nd : Heather – Anka’s Treasures
Oct. 3rd : Terri – Whimsicals
Oct. 4th : Carrie – Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.
Oct. 5th : Linda – Linda Lum DeBono Designs
Oct. 6th : Pat – Pat Sloan’s Designs
Charity Gift Certificates
Are you trying to find a gift for someone who literally has everything? Here is a great new idea for a completely unique gift – a charity gift card.
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Charity gift cards are pre-paid donation cards that gives the recipient the opportunity to donate to the charity of their choice A recipient can designate the donation gift amount to as many as three charities from a list of over 100 nationally recognized charities. This gives them the freedom to choose a cause of meaning to them, not one pre-determined by the giver. Go to http://www.charitygiftcertificates.org/ to purchase a card.
Here’s a story about an inmate that makes quilts for charity out of old prison blue jeans and worn out orange offender transport jumpsuits. http://www.swxrightnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12158570
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I’m not sure how I feel about that. It’s nice that he is doing something good for others, but I am not sure I would like getting a quilt made from old prison clothing. What do YOU think?
