Holiday Happenings

The Holidays are upon us, Hanukkah has begun, we have gotten through the longest night of the year, and Christmas is only days away. I finished the last homemade gift last night, are you done yet? We will be closed from the 24th to the 27th. I am sure that you will all want to know that from the 28th-31st, all holiday merchandise and dated materials like calendars and show guides are 30% off, so if you get a gift certificate, you may want to get here then, not to mention that I have some great new books, and a shipment of fun buttons, some practical, some not, but really cute.

Did you see the article in the Almanac yesterday about the Red Hook Quilt? ( page 18, I found my copy inside the Kingston Times) The top is now finished and will be shipped to our quilter next week. I will put a good photo on the appropriate page as soon as I take one. Dear Hubby will help since he shoots artwork all the time. I am pleased with the outcome and can't wait to see what the quilting will do for it.

The new workshops for January are also listed, Rail Fence is a great followup to Lets Get Started, or a quick project for a more experience quilter. If you haven't played with this pattern, you should. Heartstrings, is a pillow slip that uses fancy but simple to do machine quilting, and of course since it is January, the New Block of the month will begin, on the seventh to be exact. Also, the handstitchers club has voted to move our regular meetings from the first to the second Tuesday of each month. There is more information on all of this on the workshops page.

Have a blessed holiday.