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Sauder Village
22611 St. Rt. 2
Archbold, Ohio 43502
In Northwest Ohio
1-800-590-9755
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Our Mission:
As a destination of choice, Sauder Village offers guests experiences rich in history, hospitality, creativity & fun.
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By
the time you receive this newsletter, the Sauder Village
Quilt Show will be only two weeks away! Right now everything
at the shop seems to center around getting ready for that
fun-filled, weeklong event because we want all of you to have an
exciting and memorable time while you are here. Glora Belle is
busy
creating new displays and rearranging the existing quilts in the
shop to catch your eye and imagination. Dozens of volunteers
have agreed to help with the event and will be doing everything
from hanging the quilts in the show, to waiting on guests in the
shop, staffing the information table at the show, playing piano
and demonstrating quilting techniques. 
I
certainly hope that you will be able to attend at least one day
of the show. Even better, sign
up
for some of Nancy Odom’s classes on Wednesday-Saturday, book a
room at the Heritage Inn and reserve some time for a quilting
retreat for yourself and some friends! There are still a few
available spots in each of Nancy’s classes, so the opportunity
to learn from these special workshops is yours for the taking.
If a hands-on workshop is not your idea of fun, maybe you’d
rather attend the Friday evening dinner lecture and awards
banquet where Nancy will be showing many of her quilts and
entertaining
us with her great sense of humor. Even the ingenious title of
her lecture, “Passion, Insanity and Pieced Inspiration” sounds
like a hoot to me! A new event this year is the Gallery Walk
with the show judges. Held Tuesday morning just prior to the
show opening, Gallery Walk participants will be the first to see
the prize-winning quilts and the entire show. Walk the show with
one of the judges and hear first hand what a judge looks for in
a prize-winning quilt and why they chose the quilts that won.
For more details, check our website at:
Demonstrations
in Founder’s Hall focus on teaching new or foundational
techniques to enhance your quilt making skills. This year Sharon
Moore will show you how to make Cathedral Window quilts using
both square and rectangular blocks, and Gwen Kruse will be
piecing McKenna Ryan’s absolutely gorgeous Willow fabrics into
the Crystal Ball pattern. Velma Kamp will be creating a floral
design with English Paper Piecing techniques and Marilouise
Waidelich and Freida Sauder will show a simple way to hand
appliqué perfect circles. Each day someone will also demonstrate
the Fun and Done quick and easy method of piecing and finishing
quilts and our hand quilters will be stitching on the Diamond
Dazzler queen sized quilt. If something in that list piques your
curiosity, be sure to stop by the demonstration tables and chat
with the ladies. They love to talk with you!
Since
I wrote to you last month, we hosted our spring quilting retreat
at the Heritage Inn. Thirty-eight fun-loving quilters joined us
for 3 days of stitching, chatting, devouring delicious food,
learning from each other, and refreshing relaxation. What a
great way to finish up numerous projects, make new friends, and
take a much needed break from your daily responsibilities. Our
next retreat is scheduled for September 18-20, so mark your
calendar now and plan to join in the fun!
Machingers
are gloves designed especially for machine quilters. Soft,
flexible fingertip grip gives full control with less resistance
and drag on fabric. The form-fitting, seamless design allows you
to keep your gloves on to clip and change threads, adjust
fabrics, and add or remove pins. These gloves come in either
small/medium or medium/large sizes and the breathable fabric
helps retains skin’s natural moisture. Recommended by quilters
at our retreat, they are excellent for machine piecing and
quilting.
We
are testing two new battings to see if we want to stock them at
Threads of Tradition. The quilt in the frame at the Quilt Show
will use Hobbs Tuscany Polyester batting. This is Hobb’s
premium polyester batting and we want to see if it will prove to
be superior to the batting we have carried in the past. We just
need to put it to the needling test to be sure! In their Tuscany
line, Hobbs also offers wool and silk batts that we can special
order in the size you desire.
The
Baskets and Blooms wall quilt that we are currently hand
quilting in the shop features the new Dream Orient
batting from Quilter’s Dream. Combining bamboo, silk, Tencel and
cotton, should result in a low loft, very drape able warm quilt.
The quilters have determined that it does not needle easily,
making it more appealing for machine quilting. I could see this
batting working very well for tablecloths, clothing items and
anything where you want a low loft, yet very flexible result.
We’ll know for sure when we take Baskets and Blooms out of the
quilting frame.
New
from Jennifer Chiaverini, the author of the best-selling Elm
Creek Quilts novels—Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler. This book
includes complete instructions and full sized patterns for all
the six-inch blocks in the sampler quilt. Celebrate the enduring
bonds of friendship and create your own authentic version of the
“secret” bridal sampler from The Master Quilter. Get together
with other quilters to mix, match and share these 140
traditional blocks and enjoy the gallery of sampler quilts made
by other Elm Creek readers.
the
companion CD that can be used interchangeably on the quilted
items.
current
year’s challenge. This year we drew the names of Linda West
of Hicksville, Ohio, Candy Busdiecker of Monroe,
Michigan, and Kris Thomas of Spencerville, Indiana.
Congratulations ladies and I hope you enjoy your day at the
show! And I hope to see all the rest of you there also!