Quilts of Valor

Paula and Jan have gone to the QOV Retreat this weekend. It's an annual retreat for the volunteers who work on Quilts of Valor out of Wichita, the QOV--Kansas Bee. From what I have heard, it's a fun weekend, but also very tiring for the participants. Some of them sew all night. In the past, the average number of quilt tops produced at this retreat is abou 10 - 12.

The Stafford American Legion is also having a fund raiser dinner to help raise funds for the QOV--Kansas Bee tonight. There will be a presentation of one of the QOV quilts too.

For those of you that don't know what Quilts of Valor is, check out their national website www.qovf.org

National Quilting Day Festivities

Join us at Sew What Quilt Shop March 19th as we celebrate National Quilting Day. We will be having a sale on patterns, books and notions -- 25% off, that day only. Also, we will be hosting a special project day. We will be making pillowcases for the Quilts of Valor -- Kansas Bee out of Wichita. The pillowcases are used as storage cases for the quilts they present to our wounded soldiers. The kits for the pillowcases will be available for a donation of $2.50 . You can either make them here that day, or take them home, make them and bring them back. All donations collected for the pillowcases will be given to the Quilts of Valor -- Kansas Bee to be used for purchasing batting and backing fabrics for the quilts they make. I do hope you will join us March 19th and help with this worthy cause. Space is limited at the shop for sewing, so if you do plan to join us, let us know ahead of time so we may plan accordingly.

Thanks, and Happy Sewing!

Free Kids Class Scheduled, Holiday Open House and more

We have scheduled the second in our series of Free Kids Classes for November 20th. The kids will be making a Christmas Stocking. The class is free and we will supply the fabrics needed. The class is open to girls and boys aged 10 - 14. The cost is free to kids. Class space is limited, so sign up early. If we have more kids interested than we can accomodate on that date, we will schedule a second class. You can get more information at the shop.

Our Holiday Open House is scheduled for November 11 - 14. All of the details have not been finalized yet, but you can bet it will be a fun 4 days. Check back soon for more details.

Hours for the shop will be slightly different over the next two months. We are looking forward to spending a little time with our families over the Holidays. Here is a list of the dates to look for:

November 11- 14 Holiday Open House

November 25 CLOSED Thanksgiving Day. We will be open Friday and Saturday
though.

December 25 CLOSED Christmas Day.

January 1 OPEN!!!!! All of you football widows can come join us at the shop on New Year's Day.

Proud to be a sponsor of QOV

Sew What Quilt Shop is proud to be a sponsor of Quilts of Valor. If you don't know what QOV is, you might want to take a look at the Kansas Chapter's website at http://www.qovkansas.org/ or the national website at http://www.qovf.org/ . Not only are we a sponsor, we are also a drop off point. You get it to us, we'll get it to them.