First Day of Shop Hop

Its' finally here - and how fun is all this! I even love the rain. Everyone seems to be excited for the hop - I love that so many folks drive up to Logan to start their trek. Two ladies drove from Salt Lake, out to Tooele and then to Logan and are now working their way home. Which ever way you do it, make sure you have fun. We have heard great comments about the shops so I hope you can visit them all. Thank you for your participation, be safe, and buy - buy - buy!!! Kaye

Monday June 15

Holy Moly - my minutes are flying by - still lots to do - today my great kids (notice today I said they are great) went to pick up a freezer and Fat Boy Jrs at the Caspers plant in Richmond. That is the treat we are giving away for shop hop. The final countdown has begun, we are getting close - but still work left to do. Hope you are all ready for a fun adventure.
I had some great Halloween fabric come in today - hard to think about those fall holidays as we are just starting summer. I don't know about you but I love the rain - must be from all the years we lived in Oregon. Soon we will be whining about the heat and then we will whine about the snow. Will we ever be happy??? No one knows! Take care - and be happy, Kaye

My days are numbered

Only 4 more days to the start of Shop Hop. I hope you have your trip all planned and your credit cards ready!! I will have the quilt done by then - I only have to sew about 85 different buttons on it this weekend and finish the binding. It is a very fun quilt - it turned out much better than I had imagined. If for some sad reason you are not going to go on the hop - try to stop by the shop and see the quilt. I will have to take a picture and post it here. We will be serving a fun ice cream treat, giving away prizes and having a fun time.
We are so excited to have a wonderful trunk show in the shop for Shop Hop. A Utah designer, Cheryl Brown, has published her first book, "Fresh and Fabulous" which is exactly what her quilts are. She also loaned us a few other quilts from her collection that are absolutely wonderful. Her applique work is perfect! Cheryl will be here to greet and even autograph a book for you on Friday, June 19, during Shop Hop. Please stop by and meet this wonderful quilter.
We have been very busy finishing up the last of some new store models, putting out orders and mentally preparing each other for this event. I hope I havn't forgotten anything and I hope everyone will have a great time. I will try to post updates next week. Take care - Kaye

Saturday

Good Morning - It's almost - Shop Hop - its' only 2 weeks away and I am getting nervous!! I have about 100 bolts of fabric on its' way - some new gift items and lots of patterns and books - I hope it is what everyone is looking for! Zephie has come up with some hats - she is going to make me wear one- and some great fat quarters (ice cream) on a stick - so cute. The collectible Shop Hop pins have arrived. They are $5 each and all proceeds go directly to the organization to help us buy some of the wonderful prizes we give away. It is always a last minute rush to prepare for these things - just like Christmas - we know it is coming and we have a year to prepare - but Why!!!!! Have a great weekend - Kaye

Classes still available...

June is creeping up on me too quickly - I don't like it. We still have few classes left in our spring line up - so you can still get in on all the fun. We added another "Beginning Piecing" class with Marie Isrealson on Sat June 13th, a great workshop where you can learn all the basics to get you started. Zephie is teaching a "Simple Sampler" class on Wed. June 3 - you will make 12 different 6 1/2" blocks using "Thangles" - a great paper tool for making half square triangles. On Wed, June 3rd, I am teaching my "Tumblers" quilt - a fun one block quilt using a 5" tumbler template. And last but not least - there is still room for a few more in the Machine Quilting class taught by Renae Allen. For all you who want to quilt your quilts on your home sewing machine - this class is a must - she makes it seem so easy.
If you need any inspiration at all - stop by the shop and we will share some of ours with you - so many projects just calling your name!
Go Sew -----Kaye

Important information

What a lovely morning- but must work! I forgot to post that I am having a SALE on all books and patterns that are in-stock - Thursday -Friday & Sat - 30% OFF. Then - we will be CLOSED on Monday in observance for Memorial Day.
For the month of May - our trunk show is from my shop manager - Zephie Mikesell. She is a very diverse quilter - among her quilts is one of her first projects- a beginning class sampler that she made in a 4 part class she took from me several years ago while I was working at Stylish Fabrics, a Skull quilt - her 16 year old son designed and requested she make for him ( he even gave her the dimensions ), a water color scene, applique quilts and fun piecing. What a gal - she is great. Please come by to see them!
I am sure you all need another reminder about shop hop - June 17,18,19 & 20. It will be a fun time for all. We are all working hard on the preparations.
On the personal side, I visit the cemetery alot, especially on Memorial Day weekend. There are many pictures of me taken at the cemetery as a child - but we didn't picnic!!! My dad used to put the flags on the graves- I would ride in the truck with him and would get carsick - too many turns - what a crazy memory! We remember all our family members as well as my father and 2 uncles that served in WWII. It a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. If you are familiar with the Logan cemetery - you have probably seen the tall statue of the Weeping Woman. That is the grave of my Great Grandmother Cronquist. She lost 4 children from influenza within one year - hence the story of why she wept. Behind the statue is a small grave of 2 sisters, Emilia and Inez. They died within a week of each other in 1901 and are buried together. I have a portrait of them that was done in 1900 hanging over my headboard - it is so lovely. The cemetery is so rich in family history and all the untold stories we will never know of - I find it very interesting. I have my visits all mapped out - the cremains of my husband Rob Roy are buried next to my dad, my mom is with her parents and siblings, my great grandfather Hoffman and his 3 wives all in a row, then my Great Grandmother and then I even visit my first husbands grave - after all I did love him first and he is my Stacy's father. How crazy am I !!! So - whatever you do this weekend - make it memorable and think of those that have come and gone on before us. But please - take some time to sew! Kaye