One Million Pillowcases Challenge, Grandma's Gab Sheet

Grandma's Online Gab Sheet  March 27, 2010 This is the newsletter you requested from  Grandma's Attic Sewing Emporium, Inc. We hope you will visit our website at www.grandmasatticquilting.com  Having trouble reading this email... to switch your format to text  click here Grandma's Attic is participating in the One Million Pillowcase Challenge Throughout 2010, Grandma's Attic is particpating in American Patchwork & Quilting's pillowcase challenge. You'll want to read our blog to see how you can help out! For Pillowcase patterns and pillowcase kits, click here. . PILLOWCASE KITS. These adorable pillowcase kits are just right for our One Million Pillowcase Challenge. To order April Showers, click here To order Lime and Purple Batik, click here To order Meadow Sweet, click here    MORE PINK AND CHOCOLATE. Isn't this a lovely line of 19th Century reproduction fabrics? By Windham, their rich pink and brown colors are reminiscent of beautiful 19th Century prints. Prominent during the 1800s, these colors were often seen in clothing and quilts. What can you dream up to make with them?   To order, click here.  Join Darlene's Clothesline Club 2010! New from Darlene Zimmerman! The 2010 Clothesline Club features six months of fun using Darlene's newest fabric line The Three Bears by Robert Kaufman. As part of your club membership, you will receive 5" x 5" fabric swatches, Darlene's full-color project patterns and her monthly newsletter. You will also receive a quilt block kit each month using fabrics from The Three Bears line and a newsletter by Grandma Rachel packed with information about The Three Bears. This club is guaranteed be fun, fun, fun! To order, click here      MEADOW SWEET. These beautiful floral fabrics were designed by Sandi Henderson for Michael Miller Fabrics. The Meadow Sweet Collection features flowers, dots and geometrics in fun retro designs and vintage style colors. There are eight fabrics in our bundle. To order, click here. Blue Moon Tonga Batiks To order the Blue Moon Quilt Kit, click here To order the Blue Moon Fat Quarter Pack, click here To order the Blue Moon Backing Fabric, click here PATTERNS, PATTERNS, PATTERNS. Check out these fun patterns that will give you lots of sewing project ideas. Click here to view Afternoon Tea. Click here to view Pot Pinchers. Click here to view The Hoots.   Grandma Rachel's Redwork Club Calling all Embroiderers! New and Improved! Create the nostalgia of a by-gone era with the delightful Redwork embroidery in this new and improved edition of Grandma Rachel's Redwork Club. Each month you'll receive 12 different Redwork patterns, additional history and/or how-to pages, plus the muslin and floss needed to create twelve (10" x 10") quilt squares. Your choice of colorway. A starter kit filled with everything you need to create embroidered blocks is also available. Click here to order. FAIRMOUNT PARK. In 1876, America celebrated "the year of the great anniversary." It was the year of our nation's 100th birthday and there had been tremendous industrial growth after the Civil War. One particular celebration took place in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Over 100,000 people came to see the great displays of machines, inventions, and amusing spectacles. Machinery Hall covered 14 acres and housed machines to saw logs, spin cotton, and print newspapers. Most stunning was the 700 ton Corliss steam engine, generating 2500 horsepower to power the hall itself. It was said that the intent of the exhibition was to present to the rest of the world the United States as the leader in technological achievement. These beautiful fabrics are from that 1876-1880 time period and are representative of fabrics that were popular during the time of America's centennial celebrations. Click here to order. Grandma's Quilt Club Bobby Sox Sisters is now available by mail! Join the Club our in-store Customers Enjoy! The Bobby Sox Sisters Quilt Club is now as close as your own mailbox. Join our in-store class as we follow three members of the Silent Generation as they grow up, sharing their stories and learning about the 1940s and 50s. Each month you will receive a pattern for a pieced quilt block, plus the fabric you need to create it. You'll receive our exclusive newsletter filled with information from the time period, including recipes, tips, hints and redwork patterns. This is fun, fun, fun, and an incredible bargain! Click here to order. PIECED TREE TABLE RUNNERS. You can make a fun table runner using these tiny Pieced Tree Patterns. Each pattern contains a laminated pattern with the instructions you need to make a table runner. You'll be busy making gifts or decorating your home before you know it! Click here to view the department.   Have you Read Grandma's Brand New Blog?  Click here to visit. Bookmark the site so you can visit often. "FROM GRANDMA'S SCRAPBASKET"  My grandmother was an avid reader and a self-taught historian. Over the years she collected an entire host of quotes, book passages, and inspirational snippets to share with friends and family. "From Grandma's Scrapbasket" is my opportunity to share these endearing tidbits with you each week in the hopes that you too will find them inspirational and thought provoking. Enjoy! -- CHEERFULNESS -- "The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer up someone else."  < Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), 1835-1910 > I hope you have been enjoying the newsletter in our new html format. If you are not currently viewing the newsletter in html (where you can see the photos and click on the links to pages and products), let us know and we'll change your viewing format. Until next week, Come and visit or contact us at: Grandma's Attic Quilting

WREATHS BY ELYSE JOINS CRAFTY1

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My daughter has created a beautiful collection of Grapevine Wreaths this year and they are on display on POGO2GO'S ETSY STORE. I have posted one here so you can get an idea what is in store for you.
Make sure you check them out. She ships anywhere in or out of the US.

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HOW TO SELL JEWLRY LIKE CRAZY!

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In a recent juried show of 40 artists, my jewelry booth was unfortunately located on the second floor of the venue, instead of on the main floor where most of the action was (including several other jewelry artists).

But despite my less-than-prime booth location, my sales accounted for 1/8 of the total sales for the entire show.

In other words, out of the dollar figure representing what all 40 artists together sold during the show, my sales alone were 1/8 of that total - from my booth that was off the beaten path! .

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