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

The Lost Art of HAND QUILTING

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With progress things change everyday. In my world I am always on the lookout for new crafts to learn and create wonderful things from. One such craft is quilting. I am new to it but I get lots of help from different resources, and Penny Halgren shares the most information resources on the internet.You can join her newsletter HERE:
Here she talks about hand quilting. I like to do mine on the machine but hand quilting makes it convenient to take it with you when you want to. Check out her techniques and tips on how to hand quilt.
Learn from her expertise, she is a professional quilter and knows her stuff.

HOW TO BIND A QUILT

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What appears to be one of the most difficult steps in creating a quilt is the binding, but Penny Halgrentakes you through the steps in this easy tutorial. Take a look at it before you begin binding it will make life a lot easier. She also talks about creating a Landscape Quilt which sounds really beautiful, I might try one myself.
If you haven't signed up for her FREE NEWSLETTER, you should. She is a master quilter and I have used so many of her tips in creating mine. She offers 10 free quilt patterns per month when you sign up HERE.
Stop letting the frustration of quilting get to you, sign up with Penny and get the help that will make thin gs easier for you.

Do you prefer crochet or knitting? What's inside may surprise you ...

You can crochet or knit each project!

Ms Cunniff, Enjoy your time spent crocheting or knitting (or both) with Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club! Each kit you receive contains complete crochet and knit instructions and enough yarn to make the project. That means you can choose which way to stitch it! And it doesn't have to be the same each time; you can crochet one project, knit another or make them all the same way.

Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club delivers a new kit to your door with instructions (for BOTH crochet and knitting) and yarn. That means you don't have to go through the hassle of finding a yarn to match the gauge of your new pattern, it is included!

Not only will you get a new kit about every month, but with this special offer you get 50% off your first kit! Plus, you get a FREE GIFT with your shipment! The handy Crochet & Knitting Stitch Guide is packed with stitch illustrations, abbreviations of commonly used stitches, terms and helpful hints and tips. To finish your projects with ease, keep this handy guide at your side.

Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club will bring you a delightful array of crochet and knit projects! You'll find yourself trying designs and stitches that you might never have thought of doing! And you'll end up with wonderful finished items for yourself, or to give as gifts.

Plus, with Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club you'll always have a project that's ready to pick up and start stitching. So you'll never be without the craft you love. Don't pass up your chance to join Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club today!

Happy stitching, Michele Maks Product manager, Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club

PS. What are you waiting for? Now's your chance to join Annie's Hook & Needle Kit Club and watch your creativity soar like never before. Don't forget, all the yarn and instructions are sent directly to your door, so you can spend more time stitching.

TRAVELING RECIPES

I have completed a cookbook project with my family.  We have compiled our family recipes into a cookbook along with some family memories and inspirational stories.  All of the proceeds from the sale of the book are being donated to The American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association, and Autism Speaks.  You can find the book in my Etsy store at Pogo2go’s Shop.

I hope you will all enjoy the recipes and share your traveling changes with me.