Iris Festival

 The winner is Becky Haley! $50 gift card! 

I wish I was better at photography. Her piece is amazing. Everyone did such a wonderful job. 

Thanks to everyone who participated - watch for next year's details!

The Iris Challenges are hung from the ceiling with care...

Iris Festival Challenge

Well, we've had a busy week for sure. The Iris Festival Challenges are all in & were judged by the Chamber of Commerce.
I'll show you a peek, but you really must stop in to see them. They're magnificent. What amazing talent we have among our customers!
Iris Challenge Fat Quarters were purchased with rules & entry forms. There were size constraints, & each has to include a visible piece of the Challenge fabric. The entries are all hung in the shop now, & will be up until June 1.
We'll announce the winner of a $50 gift card Saturday at the Iris Festival.

These two are front & back of a two-sided entry.

Quilt Show Success!

Here's our booth at the Best of the Valley Quilt Show this weekend. We had a great time & saw lots of friends. After a year, we feel like maybe we're getting the hang of this vendor both business.
The quilts are phenomenal. I'll take some quilt pics tomorrow. It's just been too busy so far. Notice the groovy green light over our booth? They replaced it last night & today I felt like I was under a spotlight all day! It was great.
We took lots of batiks, animal prints, Very Hungry Caterpillar, Yo Gabba Gabba, brand new Christmas, local olives & citrus fruit, pomegranates, some trendy new gray & yellow, Hoffman Challenge, & some soft new Moda prints.
The Thimble Art patterns are flying out of the booth. Everyone is loving these dimensional patterns.
We have some new Pockets a Plenty sample bags, thanks to our teachers & customers. These bags are so versatile & everyone who makes one ends up making a bunch!
So it's been a good show, with one day left. Tomorrow we're open 10-4. Drop in & say hello.

Best of the Valley Quilt Show

We're making big plans for the Best of the Valley Quilt Show April 13, 14, & 15 in Lindsay, California. It's just a hop, skip, & a jump up the road from us. That's not the only reason we're excited, though.
It's a big show with cash prizes & lots of beautiful pieces. All our best quilters bring their best work & it's amazing to see.
One of the most interesting aspects of the show is the way all the local quilt guilds & clubs work together to make this show fabulous every year. You'll see several organizations there with membership booths & opportunity quilts. All the docents & workers are members of local quilting groups. They run an amazing show. You just have to come & see!

We're cutting & stickering & getting ready to pack it up!

For more information, look here: http://www.botvquilts.com/ We hope to see you there! Mention this blog post for 10% off your fabric purchase at the show!

Thank you for a wonderful party!

We thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone last weekend. Lots of friends stopped in to have a cupcake & say hello. It was a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who came & sent goodies, balloons, or flowers. Everything was beautiful!
Debbie won the first door prize, so she got to choose. If your ticket was drawn & you weren't still at the shop, we called you. So check your messages.
Everyone blew a birthday whistle to see if their discount would be 15% or more. It was fun, but a little touchy when the threats started! ;)Don came to our Grand Opening last year & bought this cross stitch kit. He came back Saturday to show off his beautiful work. He did a great job.
Crave Bakery made the cupcakes for us. Wasn't that sweet? People are still talking about how delicious they were. And a customer, Misty, made this amazing mermaid cake. It's so cool!
Thank you to everyone for a fabulous first year! We appreciate all our wonderful customers & friends very much. You've really made this year one to remember!