Notes from the Lodge June 24, 2007
Home from another great show!!! I had this thought as I was breaking down the booth today---I saw and heard so many husbands, sons, fathers, brothers and probably a friend or two helping all those lovely ladies from the Schoolhouse Guild. Those guys really deserved a big hand—I’m sure that without those willing and strong hands the work of the show would be much more difficult. As usual the Cumberland/LaVale/Frostburg gals really did an amazing job and ran a superb show. And, I always love to spend time with them---really the best!!!!
As I mentioned it was a great show and now I’m back making plans for the next trip. Bridgeport, West Virginia the first weekend of July—come in and pick up information. This will be my first trip to this show but it sure sounds like fun.
Now for the MOVE news….as of Friday I think we are on track for the first of August. Renovations are back on track and it seems a safe bet that all will be ready well before the end of July. I will give you more definite dates and times later.
To get ready for all of this and to celebrate our Birthday—beginning Tuesday, June 26 we will be offering sale prices on the entire store—25% off all purchases. Come in and take advantage of some great savings.
Don’t forget to start planning now for Quilt Odyssey. That show is the last weekend in July and a wonderful event in Hershey, Pennsylvania. We also have complete information about this show as well.
See you soon—Barbara
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Notes from the Lodge June 17, 2007
Another busy week and it seems like summer has really kicked in for good. Remember not too long ago we were all complaining about the cold going on forever? I love these lazy kind of days when the warmth just envelopes you—yes, I am one of those that really doesn’t mind the soaring temperatures—oh well, I have been spending time with my appliqué, a nice respite from the outdoors. We will be running Robyn’s new block of the month as our Willing Hands project in 2008. This is the first full size quilt project that Robyn has designed in several years. The blocks will be made using her new line from Free Spirit, Chateau Recoco. We will be taking signups for this Club in July. Because of the need to order fabric, I will need to have an idea of how many will be planning on joining this outstanding club next year. A sample will be available for you to see when you stop by. We have received our shipment of this wonderful line of fabric—red and green—and absolutely beautiful. This will be available in just a few days for your pleasure.
I will be talking with the new landlord this week and will soon be able to tell you the new date for our long anticipated move. As I ponder our delay I am so happy that the sewer problem was detected before me moved. I shudder to think about the possibility of being closed because of the lack of bathrooms. The good news is that we know for certain that the bathrooms are going to be in PERFECT working order. Thanks to everyone for being so understanding about the delay. The old saying about lemons and lemonade certainly applies here.
This coming weekend is finally the Cumberland show. Don’t forget to put this great show on your list of things “to do”.
See you soon—Barbara
Another busy week and it seems like summer has really kicked in for good. Remember not too long ago we were all complaining about the cold going on forever? I love these lazy kind of days when the warmth just envelopes you—yes, I am one of those that really doesn’t mind the soaring temperatures—oh well, I have been spending time with my appliqué, a nice respite from the outdoors. We will be running Robyn’s new block of the month as our Willing Hands project in 2008. This is the first full size quilt project that Robyn has designed in several years. The blocks will be made using her new line from Free Spirit, Chateau Recoco. We will be taking signups for this Club in July. Because of the need to order fabric, I will need to have an idea of how many will be planning on joining this outstanding club next year. A sample will be available for you to see when you stop by. We have received our shipment of this wonderful line of fabric—red and green—and absolutely beautiful. This will be available in just a few days for your pleasure.
I will be talking with the new landlord this week and will soon be able to tell you the new date for our long anticipated move. As I ponder our delay I am so happy that the sewer problem was detected before me moved. I shudder to think about the possibility of being closed because of the lack of bathrooms. The good news is that we know for certain that the bathrooms are going to be in PERFECT working order. Thanks to everyone for being so understanding about the delay. The old saying about lemons and lemonade certainly applies here.
This coming weekend is finally the Cumberland show. Don’t forget to put this great show on your list of things “to do”.
See you soon—Barbara
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Notes from the Lodge June 11, 2007
Where did the week go? Busily getting ready for the trek west to Cumberland. The Schoolhouse show in Cumberland is next Fri, Sat. and Sun. The dates are June 22, 23 and 24. This is a wonderful show put on by a great group of ladies. We have brochures at the shop and complete info on the front page of the web—check it out and come out to the show.
Now for the dreaded news about our move---well as is the way of real estate and relocation, our site is not going to be ready in time for us to move the end of June. How sad!!! And how disconcerting!!!!! But as with all challenges, things will happen when they are supposed to. I can not tell you the exact date of the move at this moment---it seems that when the developer got ready to start the fit out in the building, a huge sewer problem was uncovered that had not been expected and all work ceased and began a huge refit of the entire sewer system from the complex out to the street. Until all of this problem is fixed, inspected, and determined OK, I will not have a definite date for the move. Please bear with us and check the blog and shop for more information on this.
I have said before that I really do have an amazing group of ladies who work at the shop!! On Saturday I presented them with a huge challenge and they met the task with an unbelievable energy. Now thanks to Judy, Marcy and Kelly we will have a wonderful array and number of charm packs. The charm packs will go with all the patterns that we have that calls for this cute little bundles. I have also located the straight bamboo handles that one of our bag patterns calls for.
Come in this week and receive 25% off your purchase on all batiks. This kind of sale will continue until we move---don’t miss out on the ongoing sale.
See you soon--Barbara
PS: If you read the blog earlier, you will know that I had the dates for Cumberland wrong--sorry!!! I think I am back on track now--yey!!!!
Where did the week go? Busily getting ready for the trek west to Cumberland. The Schoolhouse show in Cumberland is next Fri, Sat. and Sun. The dates are June 22, 23 and 24. This is a wonderful show put on by a great group of ladies. We have brochures at the shop and complete info on the front page of the web—check it out and come out to the show.
Now for the dreaded news about our move---well as is the way of real estate and relocation, our site is not going to be ready in time for us to move the end of June. How sad!!! And how disconcerting!!!!! But as with all challenges, things will happen when they are supposed to. I can not tell you the exact date of the move at this moment---it seems that when the developer got ready to start the fit out in the building, a huge sewer problem was uncovered that had not been expected and all work ceased and began a huge refit of the entire sewer system from the complex out to the street. Until all of this problem is fixed, inspected, and determined OK, I will not have a definite date for the move. Please bear with us and check the blog and shop for more information on this.
I have said before that I really do have an amazing group of ladies who work at the shop!! On Saturday I presented them with a huge challenge and they met the task with an unbelievable energy. Now thanks to Judy, Marcy and Kelly we will have a wonderful array and number of charm packs. The charm packs will go with all the patterns that we have that calls for this cute little bundles. I have also located the straight bamboo handles that one of our bag patterns calls for.
Come in this week and receive 25% off your purchase on all batiks. This kind of sale will continue until we move---don’t miss out on the ongoing sale.
See you soon--Barbara
PS: If you read the blog earlier, you will know that I had the dates for Cumberland wrong--sorry!!! I think I am back on track now--yey!!!!
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Notes from the Lodge June 3, 2007
Back from the QU Show and boy what a great time!!! First, those QU girls really know how to put on a quilt show…..the quilts were absolutely fabulous, the vendors were great and the attendees were many, fun and busy buying!!!! I had an absolutely great show in so many ways. My good friend from Roanoke and I stayed near the Expo Center and it was like a “working vacation”. The best part, I sold out of a great many things so the load coming home was a good deal lighter. Now I have to get ready for the Cumberland show. Another great group and I really look forward to spending time in the mountains.
We will have the Bra Challenge entries on display on Tuesday. Come in and vote for your favorite. If you have not brought in your entry, even though the deadline was Thursday, I will extend your entry and you can bring it in on Tuesday. You really will enjoy seeing the fun and innovative entries. Come in and vote!!
The hottest thing going right now is the Piping Hot Binding technique. The inventor and author of this “fool-proof” technique was at the QU show. I spent some time with her and she was delighted to see a finished binding in my booth. Stop in this week and I will give you a demo. I restocked our supply of the tool and booklet so you can get started with this amazing technique right away. It really is an amazing process and the edge on a finished quilt is so professional, you will want to put this on all your quilts.
So much to do, I will close this message for now and look forward to seeing each of you soon--Barbara
Back from the QU Show and boy what a great time!!! First, those QU girls really know how to put on a quilt show…..the quilts were absolutely fabulous, the vendors were great and the attendees were many, fun and busy buying!!!! I had an absolutely great show in so many ways. My good friend from Roanoke and I stayed near the Expo Center and it was like a “working vacation”. The best part, I sold out of a great many things so the load coming home was a good deal lighter. Now I have to get ready for the Cumberland show. Another great group and I really look forward to spending time in the mountains.
We will have the Bra Challenge entries on display on Tuesday. Come in and vote for your favorite. If you have not brought in your entry, even though the deadline was Thursday, I will extend your entry and you can bring it in on Tuesday. You really will enjoy seeing the fun and innovative entries. Come in and vote!!
The hottest thing going right now is the Piping Hot Binding technique. The inventor and author of this “fool-proof” technique was at the QU show. I spent some time with her and she was delighted to see a finished binding in my booth. Stop in this week and I will give you a demo. I restocked our supply of the tool and booklet so you can get started with this amazing technique right away. It really is an amazing process and the edge on a finished quilt is so professional, you will want to put this on all your quilts.
So much to do, I will close this message for now and look forward to seeing each of you soon--Barbara
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