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And The Winners Are....

Congrats to Kate Brown and Bobbie Owens!!!!!  They are the winners of the first QQ Games!!!!

They sure did know QQ very well!  Both have won a beautiful Fat Quarter Bundle!

Thanks for playing and be sure to watch for the next game to be posted soon!

Congratulations!!!!!!!

QuiltingQuest Games

It is getting intense with the "How Well Do You Know QQ"   We have a few running neck and neck!  Who will be the winner?   We shall see in 10 days!  BTW when you send in your answers, unless you put your name on the message, all I have is your email address.  That is good in a way,  because then I won't even know who the winner is until after the scores are in!  BUT if you do put your name, that's okay too because I will be fair.  I am not "grading on a curve"!

If you have already sent in your answers, and then remembered another answer, send in another answer sheet...there were no rules against that.  All answers have to be in by midnight, March 30th!

Can't wait!

Lynne

Quilters and Sewing Services Needed!

From time to time we have people come into the shop that want quilts custom made.  Most are wanting a Memory Quilt made from a loved ones clothing, some want T-Shirt Quilts made for their teen that is going off to college, and some want repairs done on an old Heirloom Quilt.  If you are interested in having your name put in our "Services" book to take on this kind of work, please let me know!  I hate to have someone walk away from the shop disappointed!

Also, if you would like to take on other work such as alterations, embroidery, etc., I will put your name on the list for that also!  People need work done, now I need to find workers.  Let me know if you are interested!

Getting those UFO's DONE!!!!

At our last UFO night, March 8th, Barb presented us with an incentive program to get our UFO's finished.  She set us up with a point system to earn charms for a bracelet.  We get points for things such as, attending a UFO meeting, finishing a UFO, bringing one or more for show and tell, bring a friend to a UFO night, and so on.

I also presented a challenge of sorts by producing 3 bags of strip scraps, each were color coordinated, but since I pulled them out of the trash cans at the shop, this challenge is called, "I was Trashed!"  I asked for volunteers to take some of the strips home, make them into 12 1/2" blocks, then bring them back where we will turn them into beautiful charity quilts, probably during the August UFO Night.  You should see some of them that have already been brought back!  Gorgeous!

I must say that I was delighted to find that all of the scraps had been taken home that night.  We have a great group at the shop!  I have had alot of strip pieces left over from cutting jelly rolls lately, and Virgie has been cutting layer cakes and charm packs so there have been scraps from that too.  We will be continuing to cut more sets, have more scraps, make more blocks, etc.!  So if you missed out on the first set of scraps, not to worry!  I have more all the time so just stop by and get some!  You don't have to come to UFO to join in on this effort, but why wouldn't you come?  It is so much FUN!!!

Now back to the progress of completed UFO's.  On this first night of the new incentive program, Barb showed us "How to recover from pneumonia" by breaking out about 6 UFO's she had finished during her sick time!  So I decided to get myself in gear and not be showed up!  Since I am still on "short time" from the shop because of my surgery, I will show Barb that I know how to "recover" too!  So this week I have...well...I have been working on some...okay...I still have some catching up to do!!!!LOL!!!!

Along with Barb's show and tell, Frank brought in 2 beauties, one was batik of course!  And there were several more!  Vicky, Diddie, Faye...I hope I haven't forgotten anyone...but I have posted the pics of all of them here on the Blog in the photo albums.  And then Beverly and Teresa showed us that finishing a project doesn't mean it has to be a quilt...or even quilted... They showed off their scarves they have knitted!

FUN! FUN! AND MORE FUN! 

Hope to see all of you soon!  Got to get busy now so Barb doesn't make me look too bad! LOL!

Lynne

Already getting responses to the QUIZ!!!!

I am thrilled!  I can tell that the blog and or newsletters have been read!  This is going to be fun!  Send in your answers by March 30th for a chance to win that Fat Quarter Bundle!

Later!

Lynne

Surgery Update

I want to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, cards, and calls during my surgery.  Everything went just fine!  Of course I feel like I've been hit by a mack truck, but I am on the road to recovery.  A few things I want to share, then I will get on with shop stuff.

When I got to the hospital the other night, 3 of the 4 nurses getting me "preped" were customers/friends...Vicky, Angela and Chantel.  Even though Vicky was supposed to be getting off work, she stayed and helped with my IV.  She always goes beyond the call of duty, and has been such a good friend and an enormous help to me.  Thanks so much!   Wait a minute...the thought just hit me...why did she stay to help with the IV?  Was it because she wanted to help or was it because she wanted to inflict pain on me??????LOL!!!  Just kidding!!!!

So anyway, 4 nurses, Roger and I are in the hospital room carrying on and of course talking about the shop and quilts and so on, and Roger finally popped up and said, "Are we going to have a surgery or a quilt party?"  What a party pooper!

The doc came in a little while later, and let me tell you, he is so nice!  As he was talking to me, he kept getting closer, and put his hand on my left shoulder.  When he finished talking, he asked. "Can I pray with you?"  Oh my!  I was shocked and so pleasantly surprised!  I grabbed his hand and said YES!  It is so wonderful to have a doctor that relies on God instead of thinking he is God!

After the surgery, the doc told Roger that this is the kind of surgery he likes to do because my gall bladder was in such bad shape, he knows it was the right thing to do to remove it.  That is very encouraging!

Now, other than being sore and walking like I am 90, I am already feeling some better!  I actually ate and it didn't hurt me!

During my absence at the shop, I am hearing that my MIAs are returning from their sicknesses (that would be Barb, Bobbie and Carolyn) and that between Nic, Virgie, Vicky and Barb, they are keeping everything running smoothly.  Of course I had to have some new shipments come in while I am gone!!!!

While I am home, I am catching up on some bookwork, computer stuff and Quilt in a Box Blocks.  This Saturday is the Winter Block exchange.

Think I better close for now, my pain meds are making me whoosie.  Hopefully I will get the Games posted by the weekend.

Hope to see you soon!

Lynne

Pics Are Up!

I haven't got all of them posted yet, but there are quite a few pics of the cruise in the Crusin 2013 photo album to the right.  Check them out!

The Cruise was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!

We are home!  And I must say, even though the cruise was absolutely FANTASTIC, it is good to be back home.  It sure was nice to  just kick back and relax, enjoy some warm weather (in the low 80's) with a breeze, see some wonderful sights, like the Hemmingway House in Key West and a Quilt Show (what great timing!!!!) in Nassau.  We also enjoyed getting to know each other better. 

Roger says that retirement is not for us, and I have to agree....we ate, and sat around, and ate again, ordered room service while laying back watching tv in mid afternoon.  His exact words were, "We are getting so fat and lazy, we're not worth killing."  That really sounds odd, especially now that I've written it, but I know what he means!  We don't know how to behave when we don't have routine!  He gained 3 pounds, and me...well, I am not getting close to the scales!

We had 29 people in our group!  And as far as I have heard, everyone really enjoyed their trip.  It was the first cruise for most of them, and even though the seas were pretty rough and the wind was up, the ship stayed very steady. 

Everyone stayed in the same hotel the night before the cruise and was given a goody bag, compliments of QQ, and a QQ T shirt.  The next morning, we were all shuttled over to the port, where we were ushered through in a very timely manner, and we were off!!!! to the buffet bars!!   We were all on the ship by 2 or so, but we didn't leave port til 4.  I kind of lose track of all the hour by hour details after that, plus all of us went our own way, usually meeting up with each other at the smoking tables.  It was a very enjoyable time of meeting, greeting and relaxing.  We wound down with the entire group getting together at a cocktail party, compliments of the Travel Center of Lexington, on the last night of the cruise, with door prizes being given to everyone, and a special prize to the 2 people who were voted as having the best time on the cruise...Wavel and Dolores!!! Congratulations!

OH...I did get to do the "Stupid Shuffle" I mean "Cupid Shuffle" 3 times!!! YEAH!!!  I think it embarrassed Roger, but he must have got over it.  He did say something about, "You weren't acting much like a grandmother up there!"  I don't think he meant it as a compliment... LOL!

There was a side show or two, I missed most of it, but got plenty of details.  Security had to be called a couple of times on a group of Truckers that got out of hand...more than once.  There wasn't any violence,  just a few people having "too much fun" and getting a little bit loud.  Frank had to literally step over one of the trucker women that had a few too many. 

And speaking of Frank...Him and Roger got along spendidly...they found something they have in common...and they had a race to see who could "taste test" the most desserts!  Next time I will pack some Alka Seltzer!

In Nassau, completely by mistake, we found a Quilt Show by the local Guild.  It was wonderful!  One of the wallhangings had 18,250 pieces!  Every piece was about a half inch!!!!!  It was a beautiful mosaic type.  I will post the pics soon.  We (Betty, Frank, Virgie and I) traded info with them and hope to keep in touch.

I could go on and on, but I need to head for the bed.  I will say that everyone wants me to book another cruise, so hopefully I will talk to Allison soon and try to set things up for the first week in March of 2014.  I am sure, from all that I have heard already, we will have a much bigger group next time!

It is great to be back though.  I missed the shop so much that I didn't even want to leave at 8:30 tonight.  BTW, Chris did a great job while we were gone!  The shop looked great and I have heard nothing but rave reviews so far!  Thanks so much Chris!

I would like everyone that went on the cruise to leave their own stories by clicking on comments below.

Hope to see you all soon!

Lynne

Another Cold Blast on the Way!

Tomorrow is supposed to be in the mid 30's and WINDY!  How nice!  This Friday is supposed to be a chance of BAD weather....Well...I'm outta here!  The weather forecasts that I've been watching even closer are in Jacksonville, Florida, Key West and Nassau.  And it is getting better all the time!  Wish all of you were going with us.  Maybe next year?

As soon as we get back, I will be getting the games posted on the blog.  I'm really looking forward to it.  Already have a few picked out.

Okay, that's about it for now.  Make sure you have everything you need for working on all those quilting and yarn work projects before the weather gets bad.  BTW the shop will be open while we are gone.  Chris and Nichole will be in charge, and I'm sure they will do a great job!

Hope to see you soon!

Lynne

The End of Another Great Week!

We have had another great week at the shop!  It seems that everyone likes having the calendar 3 months in advance in the newsletter.  We have lots of people signed up for some of the great classes coming up!  It's not too late to sign up, but some of the classes are getting near the maximum amount of students.  So sign up soon!

We had another great UFO!  Some of our regulars were missing, but the ones there sure had a good time!  The food was great as usual and of course we all shared the leftovers to take some home!  After the crowd thinned out, I broke out the computer and got on YouTube.  If any of you nurses out there happen to know of anyone being taken to the hospital for a heart attack, it may be because they saw Diddie, Virgie and me practicing our line dancing for the cruise!!!!  Oh my!  We were doing the Cupid Shuffle, Macarena, and the Chicken Dance!  We had a blast!

In February, UFO food theme will be Hobo Stew.  It is delicious!  Just bring a can or 2 of veggies to add to the stew, or bring crackers or bread or dessert.  Don't forget to bring your UFO Project!

Frank and Betty donated 8 fabulous quilts for Charity. Thanks so much!  I hope all of us will get into this project!  There are so many needy people in our community.

The last thing I will mention for now (it's almost 2 am) is:

2 MORE WEEKS TIL THE CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodnight all!

Lynne