Air Conditioning is a big plus!

Today the heat is oppressive. Thank goodness for air conditioning. I hope you are all staying cool while stitching your Bicentennial Blocks. The four Red Hooks have been finished and returned, I am excited!! I had the chance to speak directly with the bicentennial committee this week and they are excited too. This celebration is going to be great, lots of activities are planned, but I wont say more until they decide to unveil it all. I can tell you that this quilt project is rolling along very well now. There are a few more applique/embroidery blocks still available if you want to help with this phase, see the list on the red hook 2012 page for more information.

In the meantime, the August schedule has been posted, - good things for a hot summer. The final installment of the strips and strings series, and some landscape workshops to get you going for the Art Explorers Club get together this September. I'll post some photos after I get the samples in. There are some club date changes due to the fair too, so you may want to check those pages. I will remind you that our classroom is air conditioned, and that it is available as long as we have no workshops going that day, so you can come and chill with your stitching.

Lastly for now, as you ready your work for the fair I will extend our annual invitation to all those who enter, to continue to exhibit your piece in the weeks following the fair here at the Village Fabric Shoppe. We are the closest quilt shop to the fairgrounds and you can drop off your piece right after the fair, ribbons and all. We like to have this extended needlework show so that those who wish to get a closer look can do so in a safe for the quilts environment. Generally we have them on display through Labor Day Weekend.

Stay Cool!