This week's photo/fabric collage celebrates Fashion and Fabrics – two of our great loves that go hand in hand.
The photo is a statue of Queen Victoria, in Glasgow Scotland. If you look closely you'll see her flowered dress and lace trimmed sleeves. Like most women, she loved her accessories… in this case a crown, orb and scepter. The rest of us have to make do with handbags, hats, watches and shoes.
What's even more fun is to make pillows, totebags, garments or even curtains from these fashion-themed fabric designs! There are so many ways to express our love of fabric.
Sophie is away at music camp this week, and she celebrated her 12th birthday with her musician friends. I am on my way to a very special private event in Vail Thursday and Friday… I'll tell you about it in the Saturday night newsletter!
July 19 I am departing for South Africa. I am traveling with Carolyn Mazloomi's tour group. We will have opportunities to visit an orphanage and groups in need of support.
I'd like to put out a call for lap-sized quilts for the children. If you would like to donate a colorful happy quilt to a child in need in South Africa, I will personally take the quilts in my 2nd suitcase, and make sure they are given to a special child there. I will take photos and share them on my photo page as well. eQuilter will also donate needles, thread and sewing supplies to a women's collective there.
If you'd like to donate a quilt for South Africa, please mail so we will receive them here at eQuilter in Boulder by July 15th. Please also call or email before shipping, especially if you are sending out close to the deadline. If the suitcase is full then we will advise you to hold the quilt for a future quilt project, or we will send additional quilts to the Mission of Love's next airlift to Guatemala. However if you contact us before shipping, we can confirm if your quilt will fit in my suitcase.
I am told that we still have a couple spots in our Polar Bear tour to Churchill! If you've dreamed of seeing the bears in their environment, please join our small band of quilters on this once-in-a-lifetime journey to the edge of the Arctic! This trip sells out every year because there is such limited space in Churchill, so don't delay! We will meet fellow quilters in Winnipeg, and I'll give a presentation on the last day, to the Manitoba Prairie Quilters guild.
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