




Block of the Month Clubs Victory Quilts: July is an “anytime” pick-up month Everybody Duck: Don’t forget to pick up your duck block of the month kit each month. Cost $1.00 Thimbleberries Club 2010 Village Green Upcoming Thimbleberries Meetings are: July 6th 6pm or July 7th 10am Quilters’ Book Club: New members always welcome. Meetings are the 2nd Thursday of the Month, come at 5pm to sew or at 6pm for the discussion and refreshments. The 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge A national effort sponsored by American Patchwork and Quilting to make a difference at the local level by sewing and donating pillowcases. Make a Pillowcase, Make a Difference Every pillowcase can make a difference in our community. A pillowcase can provide comfort for a cancer patient, hope for a foster child, encouragement for a battered woman or beauty for a nursing home resident. What can you do to help? Sew a pillowcase or more. Drop them off here at Seams Like Home. For each pillowcase that you donate, receive a discount coupon for Seams Like Home and a free fat quarter. We will enter your donated pillowcases online in the national total. (To date the national total is at 65,217 pillowcases.) Then, we will donate your pillowcases to local charities including the local senior centers, food shelf, etc.) Christmas in July During the entire month of July all things Christmas are on sale… Christmas fabrics and kits 10% off Christmas patterns and books 15% off Sisters of Summer Sale Friday, July 9th 10am-5pm Saturday, July 10th 9am-4pm Bring in your sister and you each get a free fat quarter! Pick a flower from the flower pot to see what your special savings will be! Turtle Pageant Create your own version for our 5th annual beauty pageant. Last year we had the pig beauty pageant; this year we will be having a turtle beauty pageant. Turtles will be due for drop off on July 29th. We will be holding a pageant starting July 30th and awarding prizes August 21st. Prizes will be based on customer feedback for most unique, cutest, etc. Prizes will include gift certificates, fat quarter packs and other treats. NEW Bag Challenge! Steps: 1.) Make a bag: tote, handbag…the choice is yours. Does not have to be an original design, you can use a pattern. 2.) Drop off your bag entry by July 15th. 3.) Contest will run from July 16th through August 15th. 4.) Voting is done by placing a quarter into each bag that you are voting for. The bag that earns the most quarters wins! All proceeds will be donated to local charities. 5.) Prizes will include fat quarter packs and gift certificates. Quilt Minnesota 2010 July 30th – August 15th Each shop will provide free to each hopper a 5" square of fabric from this years coordinates and a pattern for a 9" finished block, they will also stamp your passport. If you complete all the shops in a section, you will fill out a section completion form that you turn in at the last shop you visit in that section, that will qualify you for that section's sectional incentives drawing. To qualify for State Level Prizes a customer must meet a minimum requirement of visiting eight (8) shops in each of the seven (7) sections. Grand Prize: An Alaskan Cruise for 2 (includes airfare) 7 - $100.00 Gift Certificates If your name is drawn for a section and you've visited all of the shops in that section, it doubles! This year we will be giving away commemorative shirts to those that complete the entire hop! (83 shops total) Each of the different sections will have their own special incentives. We look forward to you hopping with us! It’s a quilters’ yard sale August 28th from 9am-1pm. Fee: $10 to have a table space to sell all of your old quilt tops, blocks, patterns, notions and fabrics that you are tired of and no longer want. You are responsible for marking your items and managing your table during the sale. You provide your own table, chairs, and cash box. (Tables and chairs are available for an additional fee of $5, reserve ahead of time.) There will also be a sale going on inside the shop, along with lemonade all day. Deadline for sign up is July 31st. The more the merrier, so do some cleaning and organizing and let’s have a sale!) |

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