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

My thanks to the Susquehanna Valley Quilters of Oneonta NY for their generous donation to my fundraising for CF research this year. The research on this genetic disease is very close to finding a cure – along with its genetic cousin, one of the forms of leukemia. If you would like to make a donation, too, please visit http://www.cff.org/great_strides/dsp_donationPage.cfm?registeringwalkid=7477&idUser=467469. Don’t worry about the amount. At this stage of the research, every dollar donated has the potential to save a life. Someone you will probably never meet will thank you!

 

Just a quick reminder – Anyone who comes in to the Quiltbug shop and wishes us a Happy Mothers Day or puts “Happy Mothers Day” into the special comments on the order form will get a free fat quarter! If you are in the shop, you can pick one out – if you order online, just let us know in the comments what type of fabric you like. We’ll try to send you something you consider a gift. This event ends May 8, 2011. Be sure to check out our new fabrics – Quilts of Valor, Savanna Scramble and Jingle all the Way.

 

The pattern below is available as a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. Click here to order.

The Quiltbug shop is closed today! And in case you wondered why, here is a poem from my friend, Diana Feit:

“Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But Quilting is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go (or any way to get there)
Gonna sew, gonna sew, gonna sew ”

LOL
(The picture above was actually taken December 13, 2008. That’s my back yard, which looks a whole lot more romantic in this picture than it does in real life! Be sure to click on the picture thumbnail to see it up close.)

Every Monday night we have a Sit and Sew group. This Monday we were treated to a group of traveling carolers!

Well, not really. Our reorder of Kinyo fabric came in, which means this kit is back in stock. Get it while you can!

We traded food for the food pantry last Friday & Saturday, and look how much we got! There is actually more on the floor and on a side table. I like this picture of me because I actually look like I have a figure.