THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who sent cards, or called or texted me during my Surgery. I really do appreciate all of my customers being patient with me during the month of December while I recovered from my knee surgery. I will say it was a hard surgery and I feel that I have bounced back pretty good. I managed to finish two projects and start another one while at home. I have been thinking about what we can do in 2022 at Shining Star so get ready for all the upcoming things I have planned for us!

I pray that you had a wonderful Christmas Holiday and a quiet new year. I will be ready to start the new year in the studio with you there with me. So let's get this party started!

January is 10% Customer Appreciation month. Get a 10% discount on any quilt you drop off in January to be quilted. Its a great time for those large ones!!

Make sure you check out all the exciting things that can be yours if you want!

So until you see me in person, Keep on sewing and I will see you soon.

Lisa

3-5 - OPEN

6 - Quilter's Daycare

8 - Country Piece Makers Guild

10-12 - OPEN

13 - Quilter's Daycare

15 - Retreat Meeting (for March) 9 AM

17-19 - OPEN

20 - Quilter's Daycare

22 - Paper Piece Class

24-26 - OPEN

27 - Quilter's Daycare

31 - Open

1-2 - Open

3 - Quilter's Daycare

7-9 - Open

10 - Quilter's Daycare

12 - Country Piece Makers Guild

14-16 - Open

17 - Quilter's Daycare

19 - Blended Heart Class

21-23 - Open

24 - Hampton Quilt Show Trip

28 - Open

1-2 - OPEN

3 - Quilter's Daycare

6-13 - RETREAT (Shop closed)

14-16 - OPEN

17 - Quilter's Daycare

21-23 - OPEN

24 - Quilter's Daycare

26 - Block Exchange to start

28-30 - Open

31 - Quilter's Daycare

This is a small project that will give a taste of how to paper piece. The KIT includes all the fabrics you will need to make 4 blocks and the papers and a tool that you can make into a pillow, or a table runner, or your own design. This class will be $40.00 per person. Date will be January 22, 2022.

Time will be 9:00 AM until 4 PM. Bring a lunch for the day.

This is who I have signed up for the class. Merci Kessler, Jeanette Reams, Katina Powell, Heather Meadowcroft, Linda Roane, Anna Helms, Teri Donnelly and Margaret Burke. If I don't have your name please call me. I have been trying to keep up with all the responses while I was at home. And you can still join us, I just need to hear from you ASAP. Thanks for everyone who responded for this class.

Saturday, February 19th. This will be a fun project for Valentines day and you can use fat quarters for this one. I'm going to use my batiks for mine. The class will be $25.00 for the day and when you pay, I will give you the requirements for fabrics. You can make this smaller or bigger. The pattern is 60 x 68

Who doesn't need a loveable quilt for Valentines?

Thursday, February 24th. Join the Daycare group as we travel down for the quilt show in Hampton. We will leave the studio at 8:30 am and return after 3 in the afternoon. We will carpool to the show and have lunch at the pub across the street from the show. Please let me know if you are going and if you can drive.

I just received a new book for Christmas called Quilt Club by Paula Barnes and Mary Ellen Robinson. There are some really nice quilts in there. I have been wanting to do another block exchange with friends. We haven't done one in about a year. So I'm looking to see who will be interested. The blocks finish at 6 x 6 inch. So they are not small. We WILL do Civil War fabrics of course. Looking to start in March and run through May. If we can get 10 people you will make 10 blocks each week for 5 weeks. The block is on the front of the book so you can take a look and let me know. Thanks!!

This will be a kit driven sew along or you can buy the kits or make kits to swap with the group. Or you can use your own fabrics and sew along with us. The blocks are 6 x 6 again. The book has over 121 different blocks, but we are going to just do about 50 or 60. The group will decide. We will start this one around September. Look for this book if you want to participate. We will again do this in Civil War fabrics.

There will be a sign up board in the shop. If you need more details, just give me a call.

Several of us will be traveling back to Springfield, WVA in June for a quilt show. I have two spots left in a house, if you want to go. We are traveling June 14-18, 2022 and will be sewing and shopping and attending the quilt show. If you want info about this trip, call me for cost and details. Or you can make plans to attend the show while we are there.

Quilter's Daycare will return in January. We have more ladies joining us. So please make sure that you slide over and make room for everyone that wants to sew. We will have an overflow room in my old office if you would feel more comfortable in there away from the larger group. We want everyone to feel welcome and we have missed many of you. Your $5 covers your seat charge each Thursday. See you soon! Reminder the door opens at 9 am.

I now offer payment through Zelle (which is from your bank to mine) or VENMO. If you use one of these payments types, you can now pay me directly. Just inquire and I can give you my account info.

Please continue to bring a bag with your project when leaving it for quilting services!

See you soon! Trixie and Lisa