We’re having a Party!!!
Liz Lois – author of Nearly Insane and Just Plain Nuts – is coming to my house for a book signing and show and tell! The potluck party begins at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 27th, so for those of you who procrastinated, and didn’t get your quilts done – you have one more week! My address is 947 Glyn Dennis Drive, Newark, Ohio – google me because I am not good at directions! This is a party for ANYONE who has ever taken a miniature class – Dear Jane, Nearly Insane, Centennial, Sturbridge Village, or my book. The price of admission is a show and tell, a potluck, and $10 to cover Liz’s expenses! (Wine counts as a potluck – so if you don’t have time to cook, we’ll have a glass of wine and forget we didn’t eat!) I am bringing Liz back with me – after being gone for nine days – so not having to cook will be a Godsend!
But, don’t worry about having it all finished! Bring what you have – it is more blocks than she has ever seen done anywhere – I guarantee it.
Think about the Dear Janes alone: Judy Rollenhagen has made three; Sandy Corbett and Linda Weinstock have made two; Kristi Podesta, Linda Pickenpaugh, Kathy Van Wey, Codean Manos, Connie Baker, Deb Ambrus, Jamie Blair, Lois Timmons, Cheryl Lorence, Martha Smith, Sandy Spellman, Sally Elleman, Penny Replogle, Holly Wheeler, Toots Balzano, and a host of others have at least finished the center of their Dear Janes. I know I’m leaving out tons of people – but that is more than twenty quilts just off the top of my head - and there are forty or fifty more that have finished some blocks. I want those of you who have finished your quilts to sign MY Dear Jane as a memory! This is the perfect time to have you all together!
Then there are the Nearly Insanes! Deb Ambrus and her mother Rachel have finished their quilts. Jeanie Downey and Lynn Kraner were close – last I heard. Anne Rowe, Sally Elleman, Pat Sear, Helene Bednarzcuk, and Nada Garvin are over half done….and the list goes on!
Then there are the Centennials – Nancy Allen, Barb Yglesias, Melissa Osborn, and Ronice Kenny have theirs all together – and many of you were working on it so come and surprise me!
Then there are my favorites – MY book! There are at least 40 of those floating around – and many of them I haven’t gotten to see yet. I just hear rumors! Three were in the Zanesville quilt show! I may also have the quilts from the second book – they will be at the Checker Open House, I’m just not sure if I can bring them home with me!
I know I’ve left many of you out – so don’t feel bad! I’m in Nashville at the AQS show and these girls have taught me to drink wine….I didn’t really need another vice, but so it goes! First lesson – Blackberry wine causes memory loss!
At any rate, bring your quilts, bring your blocks, and bring your cameras! Rae and Jed are going to be there to join in the fun so this will be the best class reunion you ever attended! It’s time to strut your stuff ladies. I’m even going to see if Sheri Ross can take pictures for us. I’m hoping that she will do C.D.’s like she did for the Zanesville show. I am also going to contact Dee Dadik and get the information so that if any of you want to have your quilts appraised, we can make arrangements to do that too. Remember – your insurance company considers it a blanket unless you have the paperwork to prove that these quilts are worth several thousand dollars. And, frankly, your quilts are worth more than my car – so respect your work!
The AQS Show in Nashville
We are having a ball! The Opryland hotel is unbelievable and the company is even better. I would tell you who I’m with, but the names are being withheld to protect their reputations! Needless to say, this is the friendliest place in the world! We met four women coming out of a rest stop bathroom in Kentucky – and are now going to Paducah with them! One of them even has a single daughter who would be perfect for Chris…matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match…..Chris gave me crap last time because he said that he was the only one I didn’t mention in the newsletter – I have a feeling that will be his LAST complaint!
Then there is this group from Chillicothe in the adjoining room that just don’t know how to behave! I have seen things and heard things that you would just not believe! I’d tell you I’d post pictures on the site – but they are just not fit for public consumption - so we’ll be seeing a lot more of those girls too! They drove down from Chillicothe and we happened to pull in the parking lot right behind them! How weird is that. And, then the first people we saw at Rita’s booth were the girls from the Kentucky bathroom – we were all just meant to be friends!
Last night we went to dinner with the glass nail file girls. The daughter is Chris’s age and is in college studying to be a teacher! Summers off, both love kids, but she’s from Michigan! I just don’t know if that will fly!!!
News that IS fit to Print
On the home front, Bill and Jenn are expecting so I am going to be a grandma again – this time in March! Rae is expecting two more great-grandchildren that month – I see baby quilts in our future! Maya just learned to walk and will be a year old in October! Her parents are thriving – it is so much fun to see them creating their family traditions! Chris just finished his first quarter of his Master’s at THE Ohio State and we are waiting to hear where he will be doing his student teaching. Laura is getting ready to go to the beach before she moves into her first apartment and starts her sophomore year. And, Patrick started his senior year yesterday! Time is just flying by! His Dad is selling his house and moving to Lancaster so I am looking forward to having more parties at my house this year.
Linda Pickenpaugh’s daughter got married on the same day that Cheryl Lorence’s son tied the knot! They both had family in from out of state so life was fun – but crazy – for awhile!
Stella Jordan’s daughter had her baby so Stella is in heaven! She and her husband fly to the Carolinas every month to see those babies!
On a sad note, Lynda Davidson lost her brother and Bobbie Hall lost her sister this month. You just aren’t ever prepared for things like that!
Martha Smith’s daughter – Marsha – has caught the quilting bug in a big way. She is starting her first Dear Jane while her mom is working on her second!
Jed is alive and well and ornerier than ever! She is sewing up a storm and is going to be hanging out at my house more in the future. I’m just going to kidnap her and bring her over when I’m teaching classes. She even wants to start on her Dear Jane again – and has almost finished all of her UFO’s. Maybe if we all live to be 85, we can too! But, she is already chomping at the bit to start some new ones!
Rae turned 80 on Wednesday. The kids and grandkids came in from all over the country to celebrate with a dinner at the Granville Inn. I went over the night before they all arrived to help her get ready and ended up drinking margauritas on the front porch! What a great memory!
New Classes
Many of you have asked – heck some of you have even begged and groveled – and wanted me to add some new classes to the schedule, so here I go! I miss you guys too!
If you want to sign up for new classes, email my daughter-in-law, Sarah to let her know what class and what time – that way you’ll be signed up for the class and the email list all in one! Her email is haren.13@gmail.com.
My First Book
This six month class will meet once a month – and make four blocks a month. I will cover two techniques per class. We should finish this just in time to do book #2! Since we are covering two classes a month, the cost will be $20.00. Choose the third Saturday of every month at 10:00 or the 2nd Thursday of every month at 1:00. We start in September. I will have some fabric lines available that we used in the book. You need the book and my 6” ruler to get started.
My Third Book – Projects
You get to be my guinea pigs for the projects that will be in my third book. Join us on the third Saturday at 12:00 or the Second Thursday at 10:00 for this class. These are all smaller projects that you can finish fairly quickly for gifts, etc. – placemats, bulletin boards, pictures, wall hangings, a mantle cover, candle rings, etc. I’ll have the projects done a month or two ahead so you can decide if you want to make it. You can sign up each month – but if you sign up for the series, you get first dibs. This is going to be similar to the table runner class that you all loved. The fabric will be kitted so you can just come and sew. But, now I only have a few sewing machines so if you want to sew in class, you’ve got to bring your own. I may borrow a few machines from friends who haven’t used them in awhile (Sue) so if you don’t have a lightweight one, you can probably use one of mine! Or share – there isn’t that much machine sewing in these projects so while one is sewing the other can be pressing! We’ll figure it out – we always do! The cost of the kits will vary – depending on the project – but they are always reasonable! I wish I could tell you that I have all of the samples done and could show you at the party – but I’d be WAY too optimistic! I do have them all planned though!
Appliqué Block of the Month
Many of you – Rae – wanted me to do another block of the month so we’ll begin that one too. We will kit the fabric and instructions for $15 each month starting in September. I will run the templates off for you onto freezer paper. We will meet the third Saturday of the month at 2:00. I want you all to be able to turn your block and have it ready to take home and stitch. Do the prep work in class – and the mindless work in your spare time! We are going to do the appliqué quilt that Rose made that everyone loved at the retreat. Rose – if you are coming to the party on Wednesday, would you bring this quilt to refresh their memories??? If you don’t want to come to class, but want to pick up kits, we can do that too.
CLASS SCHEDULES
I try really hard not to have to change classes, but it happens – so this is a list of classes for the rest of the year. As far as I know, this is it. Sarah is also going to post book signings, etc., on the website so you can come and visit me – but remember! What happens in Newark, Nashville, Houston, Paducah…..stays in Newark, Nashville, Houston, Paducah…..when I am at these events I try to behave and act professional so don’t disillusion them! As Helene says – the vault stays closed!
August
August 27 - Wednesday
Nearly Insane #21 – 10:00 – Liz will be here for this class so it will be really fun. And, if you have already taken this class, come and share your blocks and spend more time with her. How often do you get to talk to the author!
Dear Jane #41 – 4:30 – Come for the class and stay for the party! Liz will love it all! Betty, we’ll sit outside – or figure out some way to get you in!
Reunion Party – 6:00 – Bring your books for signing – or buy one from Liz
August 28 - Thursday
Dear Jane #14 – 6:00 – For those of you who can’t make both nights, come on Wednesday and I’ll have the lesson plans ready for you – but the next day will be the after party when we all talk about everything! How fun is that!
September
September 10 – Wednesday
Dear Jane #40 – 10:30 – Your Dear Jane’s should be done by Christmas – only four more classes!
September 11 – Thursday
The Project Book – 10:00
My Book – Chapters #1 and #2 – 1:00
Nearly Insane #4 – 6:00
Dear Jane #5 – 7:30
September 13 – Saturday
Nearly Insane #4 – 10:00
Dear Jane #15 – 12:00
Centennial #4 – 2:00
September 17 – Wednesday
Nearly Insane #22 – 10:00
Dear Jane #42 – 4:30
September 18 – Thursday
Dear Jane #15 – 6:00
September 20 – Saturday
My Book – Chapters #1 and #2 – 10:00
Project Book – 12:00
Appliqué Block of the Month 2:00
September 25 – Thursday
The Original Dear Janers – 6:30
October 2 - Thursday
Dear Jane #41 – 10:30
My Book – Chapters #3 & #4 - 1:00
Project Book – 3:00
Nearly Insane #5 – 6:00
Dear Jane #6 – 7:30
October 4 - Saturday
Nearly Insane #5 – 10:00
Dear Jane #16 – 12:00
Centennial #5 – 2:00
October 15 - Wednesday
Nearly Insane #23 – 10:00
Dear Jane #43 – 4:30
October 16 – Thursday
Dear Jane #16 – 6:00
October 18 – Saturday
My Book – 10:00 – Chapters #3 and #4
Project Book – 12:00
Appliqué Block of the Month 2:00
November
November 8 – Saturday
Nearly Insane #6 – 10:00
Dear Jane #17 – 12:00
Centennial #6 – 2:00
November 12 – Wednesday
Dear Jane #42 – 10:30
November 13 – Thursday
Projects Book – 10:00
My Book Chapters #5 & #6 – 1:00
Nearly Insane #6 – 6:00
Dear Jane #7 – 7:30
November 15 – Saturday
My Book – Chapters #5 & #6 – 10:00
Projects Book – 12:00
Appliqué Block of the Month – 2:00
November 19 – Wednesday
Nearly Insane #24 – 10:00
November 20 – Thursday
Dear Jane #17 – 6:00
December
December 6 – Saturday
Nearly Insane #7 – 10:00
Dear Jane #18 – 12:00
Centennial #7 – 2:00
December 10 – Wednesday
Dear Jane #43 – 10:30
December 11 – Thursday
Projects Book – 10:00
My Book – Chapters #7 & #8 – 1:00
Nearly Insane #7 – 6:00
Dear Jane #8 – 7:30
December 18 –Thursday
Dear Jane #18 – 6:00
December 20 – Saturday
My Book – Chapters #7 & #8 – 10:00
Projects Book – 12:00
Appliqué Block of the Month – 2:00
Book Signings and Classes
September 6 – Saturday
The Quilt Bug in Lawrencesburg, Indiana – Book Signing and Demo
October 8 – 12
American Quilter’s Society Show in Des Moines, Iowa – I’m teaching three classes and signing and demoing the rest of the time
October 22 – 26
International Quilt Market in Houston – I’m teaching several schoolhouses and demoing and signing at the show
October 28 - Tuesday
Happiness is Quilting Quilt Shop in Dallas, Texas – I’m teaching an all day class
October 30 – November 2
International Quilt Festival in Houston – I’m teaching a make it take it and demonstrating and signing in the Landauer Booth
December 4
Black Swamp Quilting in Millbury, Ohio – Book Signing and Demo at 5:30
December 7
Book Signing and Demo at the Always in Stitches Christmas Open House in Grove City
It’s 2:00 and I’m still in my jammies – and Nashville beckons – so I’ve got to go! I’ll see you all next week after the Checker 60th anniversary party! I am having WAY too much fun!
0 comments:
Post a Comment