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Dear Quilting Friends,
I hope all of you are
enjoying your summer. The season for graduation parties is over
for most of us and now the weddings are beginning. So many
opportunities for giving quilts to mark important occasions for
the special people in our lives!
If you have gift quilts to make this summer, this is just a
friendly reminder that the discount coupon you received when you
made a purchase at Threads of Tradition during our quilt show is
still valid until June 30th. When you come in to plan your next
project in the next few weeks, be sure to bring it along!
Christmas is
Coming!
The arrival of summer heat is a sure sign of one
thing---Christmas fabric is arriving in quilt shops around the
country and Threads of Tradition is no exception! Many of our
Christmas collections have arrived, with the remaining groups
scheduled for delivery yet this month. These seasonal fabrics
include everything from elegant
 collections with metallic
accents to fun-loving novelties with gingerbread or snowmen. Colors range from the traditional red and green to a
contemporary look of soft teal, green, blue and silver. “This
and That” has published a fantastic book titled Frosted Memories
that gives you a wide variety of ideas on how to use their
traditional Moda red and green fabrics with a woodsy flair.
 Also from Moda, just arriving today, is a more contemporary
Christmas fabric group called Figgy Pudding. Color
combinations of deep red, juniper green, chocolate brown and
soft blue create a stunning new look. Holly, peppermints, trees,
pepperberries, snowflakes, wrapped gifts and even poinsettias
combine in this diverse group for a collection with limitless
possiblities. Let your imagination soar and create something
special with Figgy Pudding!
Other
Great Fabrics, Too
Elizabeth Studios, the fabric designers who
brought us the fun and extremely popular Fruit Ladies fabrics
have done it again with their new Country Quilts
selections. These fabrics feature Diane Phalen’s paintings of
quilts shown in beautiful outdoor settings. Choose from a panel,
coordinating prints, a crosswise stripe of quilts on a fence,
and individual small vignettes just begging to be
 fussy cut!
Seeds of Faith fabrics consist of a panel with
faith-based quotations and coordinating prints, perfect for
encouraging those who are going through tough times. Buggy
Barn’s classy new group, Iced Mocha blends the popular
colors of chocolate and soft teal into plaids, prints, and tone
on tone basics.
Just for fun, the Metro Market funky chicken print
combined with the egg-shaped black and white dots sews up just
too cute into a Four Corners Apron for the cook in the family.
Other prints in this group include a multi colored apple, a
daisy print and white dots on several colors of bright
coordinates.
For gardeners or produce lovers, new fruit and vegetable fat
quarters have arrived from Farmer John’s Marketplace and
Paintbrush Studios. Buy the entire collection or pick and
choose from our produce basket!
New Classes Online!
We’re looking ahead to late summer and fall and are offering a
bountiful crop of classes for your enjoyment. New selections
have just been posted online at:
http://www.saudervillage.org/Creativity/classschedule.asp
Check this site often, as new classes can be added at any time.
Registration for classes can be completed either online with a
credit card or by printing a registration form and mailing it in
with payment. Even though no payment is required for Saturday
Sampler, we ask that you use this same form to register for
that year-long event so that we know how many patterns to order
and how many kits of each colorway to cut. We don’t want to run
out of supplies on September 12 and disappoint anyone!
Sauder Village Quilter's Fall
Retreat
The Heritage Inn will be filled with the humming of sewing
machines during our Fall Quilting Retreat September 18 - 20,
2009. You will notice that we have extended this retreat to
three days instead of two so that you can complete many projects
and still have time for fun and relaxation. Plan to come anytime
after 10:00 AM on Friday and stay until 3:00 PM on Sunday
afternoon for maximum benefit from the retreat. You will find
more information and a printable registration form at:
http://www.saudervillage.org/Shopping/quiltshop.asp#Events
- I hope to see you there!
 Cowboy Quilt Kit
Since she has cowboys and horse lovers in her family, Glora
Belle has sewn up a sample of the Rodeo Stars quilt using
Roundup fabrics by South Seas. This finished quilt measures 70”
x 88” and would be perfect for any young person who fancies the
cowboy life. Kits are available so you don’t even have to worry
about finding all the right fabrics—we’ve roped them all
together in a neat little bundle for you!
 Nifty New Notions
Clover introduced a couple of handy new tools at the Pittsburgh
Quilt Market. The Stack ‘n Store Bobbin Tower neatly
organizes 30 bobbins with the ability to stack more holders on
top to hold even more bobbins. It will hold any type of bobbin
and secures thread ends to eliminate tangles. Convenient and
compact, you can see thread colors at a glance.
 The Natural Fit Leather Thimble features two layers of
leather for increased safety and is sewn 3-dimensionally to fit
the shape of your finger. Needles can be pushed with either the
tip or the sides of this thimble allowing for maximum
flexibility of stitching style. If you prefer the comfort of a
leather thimble, give this new style a try.
Plentiful Patterns 
Both the Snippety Snap Purse and three sizes of Snap
Happy small bags by Stitchin’ Sisters are quick and easy to
sew and snap closed by using a metal carpenter tape to form the
hinge. With just a few snips they will be sewn in a snap!
 Pot Pinchers are the world’s best oven mitt! Don’t let
these handy little oven Mitts fool you—they are really big when
it comes to cooking in the kitchen—they really take a big bite
out of hot pots. Great for sewing in lots of fun prints, pot
pinchers are gifts that everyone can really use!
Keep your baby entertained and your nursery adorable with a
Happy Stacker Ring Toy. Babies and toddlers alike love this
soft and portable toy. Happy Stackers make great baby shower
gifts and birthday presents. Make simple, modern stacks of
rings—or embellish with ribbons and trims.
  This spring Amy Davidson of Humble Bee Quilt Works
visited Threads of Tradition and introduced us to her pattern
company. We are pleased to carry a variety of her popular
patterns that feature a twist on traditional designs. We
especially love her inclusion of unique pieced borders in most
of her designs and the clear, detailed, easy-to-follow
instructions in each pattern.
Inspiring Books
 Established fabric designer and quilter Edyta Sitar of Laundry
Basket Quilts, guides you on a journey that will fill your world
with color as she shares her techniques for selecting and
combining fabrics. Don’t hesitate, just Hop To It! and
you will be able to enjoy creating a beautiful appliquéd album
quilt as well as 8 charming projects that you are sure to
cherish, including table toppers, runners, wallhangings and a
stunning scrappy star quilt. Hundreds of full-color photos and
illustrations, full-size patterns and step-by-step appliqué
techniques make this book a true treasure trove of inspiration!
 Preserve your treasured memories by stitching them into keepsake
quilts! Often our most special memories are attached to clothing
or other fabrics from our past. Join Deb Rowden, author of
Making Memories, Simple Quilts from Cherished Clothing as
she shows us how to create one-of-a-kind quilts from these
cherished textiles, and bring your memories out of storage and
back to life. Also explore other memory quilts—from antique to
contemporary and make your own from one of 8 patterns designed
especially to
 use your treasured garments.
Fat Quarter Cottage by Heather Mulder Peterson includes
instructions for five cottage style quilts for your favorite fat
quarter
 collections. All of these quilts are simply done, with
fusible machine appliqué and straightforward piecing techniques.
And for your summer reading pleasure, a roaring twenties
adventure unfolds in The Quilter’s Homecoming as Jennifer
Chiaverini continues her bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series
that “neatly stitches together social drama and the art of
quilting.
Cousin Farm makes primitive style wooden signs with sayings that
sometimes seem like they were made just for us. In the words of
our latest arrivals, Material Girl(s) are Born to
Quilt, so Quilt Like Crazy!
Stitching up a beautiful summer,
Linda
Threads of Tradition @ Sauder Village
22611 State Route 2, Archbold, Ohio 43502
800.590.9755 or 419.446.2541 ext. 3011
www.saudervillage.org
send email inquiries to:
lrufenacht@saudervillage.org
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