Dear Quilting Friends,
The excitement of our annual quilt show
still lingers, even though all the quilts have gone home with
their owners and Founders Hall has gone back to hosting weddings
and other special events. For all who attended, memories of the
433 beautiful quilts are the inspiration for dreaming up our
next projects. The Best of Show and People's Choice quilts are
pictured here but if you would like to see all of the
prizewinning quilts, visit our website at:
http://www.saudervillage.org/Creativity/quiltfair_winners09.asp
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Many,
many thanks go to everyone who shared your quilts with the
larger quilting community so that we can all benefit from each
other’s talents and dedication. Our heartfelt thanks also go to
the many volunteers who donated hundreds of hours to make the
show run smoothly and beautifully. With a quilt shop staff of
only four people, we could never make an event of this size
happen without dozens of dedicated volunteers.
While the show in Founder’s Hall was the first stopping point
for most people, hundreds of dedicated quilters made Threads of
Tradition their next priority. Even though there were often many
people shopping at once, lines were never very long and our
guests were patient and happy to look a little longer while
waiting for their turn. The Fun & Done Easy Diamonds
demonstration, with its simple quilt-as-you-go technique,
created the most interest, as everyone seemed to be looking for
that series of patterns and the Batting Buddy template. You see
our black, white and red Easy Diamonds quilt in progress as Pat
Hilbert is showing guests how to assemble the blocks into rows.
Wednesday through Saturday Nancy Odom of
Westfield Indiana, worked with groups of students, teaching
construction techniques and her special methods of machine
appliqué. Nancy’s signature touch is designing quilts that
combine piecing and appliqué either in the border or in the body
of the quilt itself. At the dinner lecture on Friday evening,
Nancy entertained the 86 attendees with a trunk show of her
quilts and hilarious personal stories that were somehow tied to
her quilt-making experiences.
The Sauder Village Challenge is
always one of the places in the show that attracts a lot of
attention. This year we were excited to feature a record number
of 40 entries in that competition. First place was awarded to
Joanne Gray of Canton, MI for her "City Bred Daisies" and
there were many other wonderful original quilts as well. This
exhibit stimulated so much interest in the 2010 Challenge “Small
Matters”
that we sold out of two of the three color ways of fabric
bundles. I’m really looking forward to seeing how many challenge
quilts will be designed for next year’s show - I’d love to break
the record again! If you would like to participate but have not
yet purchased a fabric bundle, never fear - we have reordered
the sold out fabrics and will bundle more of all the color ways
as soon as the new bolts arrive. For more information on the
2010 Challenge either stop in the shop or check our website -
Challenge guidelines and fabric swatches will be posted soon.
Nifty New
Notions
Whenever quilters gather, we always have ideas and
suggestions to share! Students in classes introduced us to some
of these new gadgets, our quilting friends requested some items,
and our friendly Checker sales representative introduced others
to us. The best of the best includes Perfect Circles by
Karen Kay Buckley—a set of heat resistant plastic circle
templates in graduated sizes from less than ½” to 2” in
diameter. Follow Karen’s instructions for perfect appliqué
circles every time!
Clover’s extra fine patchwork pins pass smoothly through
cloth. They are useful when pinning down detailed piecework and
are so fine that you can sew over them with ease. These heat
resistant glass headed pins will make patchwork even more of a
pleasure!
How
many times have you seen the perfect quilt marking design
printed in a magazine or book and had no way to trace that
pattern onto your quilt? Thanks to Bohin of France, there is now
a simple solution to that dilemma. A new, non-woven fiber sheet
and special marker allow you to transfer to fabric any design
you can trace, without even needing to reverse your design!
Simply place the transfer veil on the design to be duplicated.
Trace the design onto the transfer veil with the washable
transfer pen. Then place your reproduction on the fabric on
which you wish to duplicate the design. Draw over your marks
again with the same transfer pen. Pick up the veil and your
design appears on your fabric! Mark as many times as needed,
then wash the transfer veil—the design disappears, allowing you
to reuse the transfer veil over and over again. The beginner’s
kit contains three transfer veils (12” x 20” each) and one
transfer pen. Larger sheets of transfer veil and the marker pen
are also available separately. This product also
works
on wood, paper, cardboard, etc for many craft applications.
Tiger Tape, a guide for evenly spaced stitches is back
again. It’s great for straight-line quilting, buttonhole stitch,
topstitching or any craft that needs a guide to keep stitches
even. Make Purr-fect stitches every time with Tiger Tape!
We
are now stocking two sizes of the Ruler Organizers from
ROM Woodworking. The Junior Organizer has space for six rulers
up to 16.5" square in the back and the Ultimate Organizer has
space for six rulers up to 24.5" square in the back. Use the
front for your 6" x 24" and all the smaller rulers you have.
Either organizer can be hung on the wall or used on your
worktable. Both sizes are made from oak with a clear urethane
and feature rubber bumpers on the feet so they do not slide. The
Junior Ruler Organizer measures 12" Wide x 18.25" tall x 6.5"
Deep including feet, while the Ultimate Ruler Organizer measures
18" Wide x 27" tall x 10" Deep including feet. One or the other
is sure to be the solution to ruler storage in your quilting
studio!
Fabulous
Fabric Finds
Of course we can’t forget our first love -
all that beautiful fabric that seductively calls our name!
Delicious new bolts continue to arrive every week. New designers
and even new companies arrive on the scene, making a name for
themselves. Our latest discovery is a new company called Fabric
Art Gallery. We currently have two fabric collections from them:
Sentiments II that has an aura of scrap booking with
words featured on some of the fabrics and a combination of
Chic Blooms and Botanica with florals and coordinates in
soft green, peach, yellow and brown.
This season every color seems to team up with brown. The latest
is Michael Miller’s purple, green and brown collection with fun
patterns names like Feelin' Groovy, Lollidot, and
Roundabout.
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| Sentiments II |
Chic Blooms and
Botanica |
Feelin' Groovy |
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Objects of Desire by Moda with it’s
saturated orange, green and coral prints would be perfect for
summer sundresses, a playful Take 5 quilt, or whatever your
imagination desires. The similar colors or yellow-orange, pink
and green in Free Spirit’s Wildwood fabrics could mix
well with the Moda group for an interesting combination.
Elizabeth’s Studio, maker of the renowned Fruit Ladies fabrics,
has done it again! The stamens of the large flowers in the main
print of their new fabric group are really the legs of the
Can Can Girls and the flowers themselves are the girl’s
swirling skirts. Brightly colored and fun, these fabrics make
everyone take a second look!
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| Objects of Desire |
Wildwood |
Can Can Girls |
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Fun Class!
With summer almost upon us, we do take a bit of a break from
classes so that everyone can enjoy the great outdoors for a few
months. But we do have one class coming up in early June that
may be of interest, especially for teens and young adults or
those sewing for them.
Frenchy Bag
Saturday, June 6, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Instructor: Linda Rufenacht
Skill Level: All
Class Fee: $30.00 / $27.00 Members
Class Size: Minimum 4 / Maximum 10
Create your own handbag and shoulder bag with this new Amy
Butler pattern. Over your shoulder or close at hand, these
vintage glamour bags are quintessential for keeping your
everyday necessities handy.
Goodbye and Hello!
Sometimes change seems to be the only constant in our busy
lives. Right now we are experiencing some changes in the staff
at Threads of Tradition as Nancy Rosendaul has decided to
join her husband Rex in retirement. We are happy to report that
Nancy will continue to help out as a volunteer in the shop one
or two days a month. We wish her and Rex the best as they plan
for a more relaxing life style.
Wendy
Gerity has been training to take Nancy’s position and will
be working on Thursdays, some Saturdays and every other Sunday
afternoon during the Village season. Also, the Heritage Inn has
agreed to share
Katie Harmon with us. Katie is usually seen at the front
desk of the Heritage Inn, but will be alternating Sunday
afternoons with Wendy in the quilt shop. Both of these women are
avid quilters and I’m confident of their ability to help our
guests in the shop. I’m sure either one will be happy to help
you with your quilting decisions!
We are all looking forward to summer with its new challenges and
opportunities. We hope those opportunities include helping you
find inspiration and products for your summer quilting projects.
Come in and see us - we’ll have the air conditioning on if it
ever gets hot enough to need it!
Until then, keep on stitchin'!
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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