June 2008

WHAT HAPPENED???

Last month at this time I was spending time outdoors enjoying the awesome temperatures. The thought even crossed my mind to move the sewing machine outside! Then I went out of town for a short time and returned to dyeing plants and 110 degree temperatures, in the shade. Summer has finally arrived in the desert. Guess that means I'll be spending time with my fabric and thread again.

ARE YOU SIGNED UP ???

The Peace By Piece Quilters Retreat is just around the corner! Our very 1st retreat is at the awesome Bear Cabin Inn located in the cool high country of ShowLow AZ. With summertime desert temperatures here to stay you'll be wishing you had a cool place to be by the retreat date of August 11 - 14. So get signed up and you'll have someplace to go where you can cool off for a few days. The cost is only $150 for 4 cool days of un-interrupted sewing, good eats, and loads of FUN. This is a NO CHARITY SEWING retreat so bring your own projects to work on. Get a jump on your Holiday sewing or finish up some nagging UFO's. The Sign Up sheet will be available at the upcoming bees or contact me to get your name on the list. Spending time at Bear Cabin Inn is a real treat! For more details give me a call @ 480-755-0757.



THE CUTTING EDGE QUILTWORKS The May Peace By Piece Quilters bee held at the Cutting Edge produced a total of 17 quilts! 12 child size quilts and 5 Preemies. FUN and chocolate was had by all.
SALLY'S FABRIC At our June Peace By Piece Quilters bee held at Sally's Fabric Store volunteers made a whopping 20 quilts! We made 13 Child size quilts and 7 little Patriotic Preemie quilts. What a productive day!

AZ BLANKETS 4 KIDS HAPPENINGS...

AZB4K has several important dates coming up.

Saturday June 28th the Cutting Edge Quiltworks is hosting a Preemie bee for all the volunteers who enjoy making these adorable little quilts.

ALSO....

On Saturday June 28th the Prickly Piecers chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild is hosting an AZB4K bee. For the location and all the bee details go to the AZB4K website "Calendar" page. You'll find their link on our "Favorite Links" page.

AND...

It's AZB4K Camp Time. The camp is hosted by Cutting Edge Quiltworks. This annual event is scheduled for August 15-17 at Emmanuel Pines Church Camp in Prescott. For more retreat info please check the "Favorite Links" page of this website for all the latest AZB4K happenings.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE...

The latest AZB4K newsletter has been posted on their "What's New" page. You are gunna be surprised at what they put on the front page!

CHECK IT OUT...

www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp has all the information you could EVER want to know about your birthday. I've spent some time reading ALL the facts about my birthday and you can too. Like I learned I am currently 27,425,943 minutes old!

Man, do the minutes fly by fast when you're having FUN! Elvis Presley had 3 songs in the top 10 the year I was born. AND, the number of candles on my next birthday cake will put off enough heat to boil 6 oz. of water! Now everyone needs to know that kind of information.

QUOTES & TIDBITS...

A man who works with his hands is a laborer.

A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.

But a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

~Louis Nizer~

Did you remember to update your bee calendar for July? The Peace By Piece Quilters will NOT be holding a bee at Sally's Fabric Store during the month of July. Instead volunteers will be celebrating our countries Independence.

UPCOMING BEE DATES...

The next Peace By Piece Quilters bee is Thursday, June, 26 at the Cutting Edge Quiltworks. Come to this bee for FUN, chocolate and we may even get to see some new pictures of Terry and Janet's grandbabies! CUTE, CUTE, CUTE.

The next Peace By Piece Quilters bee at Sally's Fabrics will be held on Friday, August 1. It will be a cool place to hang out on a hot summer day.

NO BEE AT SALLY'S IN JULY.

Quilt On!

~Wanda Dix~