WINNER WINNER!!!

SPRUCE IT UP QUILTING

The last draw for the 60-Incentive was made yesterday!

Look at the bucket of names!!! We ran out of tickets from that huge roll awhile ago! 

I asked Sally to come hold the bucket while I drew the name and guess whose name came out??

Her name has not gone in the bucket since she started working at the shop yet she declined to accept the gift certificate and wanted me to choose another winner.

So the winner of the last $20 Gift Certificate goes to:

CONGRATULATIONS Roberta!!

Thank you so much for a fun year! You ladies rock!

Watch for news of the next challenge!! While you're here, visit the Ornament and the Show and Tell pages for the newest additions... 

Only 2 days left to bring us your ornaments! Voting will begin on Monday!

Toodles!

Lorette

November 11th

Spruce It Up Quilt Shop will be closed 

November 11th, 2015

"Poppies in the Sunset on Lake Geneva" by Eric Hill from Boston, MA, USA 

March...

The Greater Moncton Quilter's Guild's Past President issued a challenge to its members in October 2014 to take a panel and transform it into something, whether a quilt, a bag, a wall hanging whatever. Here are 3 challenges and the winners.

Date: March

Lolah's friend: Marilyn

Name/Pattern of the quilt: Panel transformation

Thread: King Tut Cotton

Panto graph: Sorry... couldn't find my paper with the info!

Batting:  100% cotton

Photos and a finish: Marilyn worked on this at Retreat!

It turned out to be a gorgeous quilt. How fun too!

Date: Feb/March

Lolah's friend: Lorette and Marie

Name/Pattern of the quilt: The Geishas a Robert Kaufman fabric

Thread: Vegas Gold Glide

Panto graph: Romanesque

Batting: 100% wool

Photos and a finish: 

Marie and Lorette worked on the top together and Lorette quilted.

The goal was to sell tickets to raise funds for a charity but it sold for the amount we hoped to raise before we could get the raffle started! The money was sent to The Brain Aneurysm Foundation in memory of my sister who passed away in January 2013 of a brain aneurysm.

Date: March

Lolah's friend: Odette

Name/Pattern of the quilt: panel challenge

Thread: Gold Glide

Panto graph: Halcyon

Batting: 80/20

Photos and a finish:  Odette also worked on this at retreat!

 

There were many, many beautiful quilts and quilted objects but these were exceptional! Well done Vivian, Jerry and Christel!

Fabulous examples of talent... don't you agree?

Toodles,

Lorette

Quilt finishes

Welcome back!! Sorry it took so long... it's been a busy spring and summer.

Here's another installment of quilting photos. I hope you enjoy seeing what quilters are working on as much as we enjoy helping them.

Week of March 30th-April 4th 2015

Date: March 31st

Lolah's friend: Lorette's commissioned quilts

Name/Pattern of the quilt: one baby quilt and one lap quilt

Thread: Glide 

Panto graph: Starflower (baby) Chartreuse (lap)

Batting: 100% poly (baby) 100% cotton (lap)

Photos and a finish: 

Date: April 1st

Lolah's friend: Lise C

Name/Pattern of the quilt: The Fabric Cupboard's 100 Club 2013 quilt: Churn Dash

Thread: Glide Thyme (top) Coral (bobbin)

Panto graph: Garden Frills

Batting: 80/20

Photos and a finish: 

Date: April 2nd 

Lolah's friend: Christel F.

Name/Pattern of the quilt: 3 quilts: 1) orphaned blocks, 2)Blue batiks, 3) French Braid

Thread: Glide 1) Lava (orange) 2) Blue 3) Lava

Panto graph: 1) Freehand 2) Vanilla Cream 3) Burning Bush

Batting: 100% cotton

Photos and a finish: 

 

 

Date: April 4th

Lolah's friend: Lorette's commissioned quilt

Name/Pattern of the quilt: Irish Chain

Thread: Mocha Glide

Panto graph: Echo of Light 

Batting: 100% poly

Photos and a finish:

Toodles!

Lorette