Customers are so amazing!

What a wild snow storm! 6" to 12" in most places on Sunday and completely gone today!! Wow! Only God can do that!!

I am so amazed how wonderful our customers are! One of our customers (her name is Dale, but don't tell her I am talking about her!) had asked for me to take a picture of Kay's newest creation "Christmas Memories" by Blackbird Designs.... Me? Get something done in a timely manner? No Way! So, I asked her to remind me if I did not do it! She did! Now how awesome is that!! Here some photo's of it! It will begin April 15th! Yes, we are celebrating that day! No need to be sad, it will happen again next year!!

I know when people come in and give us positive feedback, I give my honest answer of great employees, talented sample makers, and a great building... BUT, I need to say AWESOME customers!! Wow!

We have another customer very similar to Dale, yes this one has a boys name also! Michael! She is great to read our newsletters, listen to the radio station, and let me know when I made errors --- and she is really really nice about it!

So, from now on --- I have to say our customers is really what makes this shop awesome!

Thanks to all of you for supporting us!

Only Because of His Grace,

Mary Elizabeth!

Upcoming Events!

We have room for 1 more in our Beginning Sewing Class that starts this Thursday!

Spring Fling Shop Hop! This Thursday Friday and Saturday! We will be doing door prizes all 3 days!

Wool! Wool! and more Wool!

Janice Johnson has arrived from The Wooly Woolens Studio and she has brought her wool and patterns!

If you are wool person, this is a delightful time to see some beautiful examples of rug hooking and a great time to get some awesome wools! I am working hard not to just run in the training room and lay in the middle of the wool!

Tonight from 4 to 7 and Friday from 4 to 6 you may come in and see her beautiful work and purchase from her!

Enjoy!

Only Because of His Grace,

Mary E

Moda is back at The Lair!

Dear Friends,

I am amazed on a daily basis how much there is to do in running a quilt shop and how fast the time flies by! That has it's cons and pros! The pros are the customers and new fabrics coming quickly!

Moda is back and we are excited about it! Verna came in yesterday and is going very quickly! Darlene is hiding all the scraps because she cant bear to have the happy fabric gone! Garden Party by Blackbird Designs arrived yesterday! It is lovely!!

Valentines Day is on it's way, so my greetings to you is a 15% discount on any one item! The coupon is good today or tomorrow in the shop! Just wish The Lair a Hopping Valentines and you will get your discount!

Oh yes, the Kansas City Star books are in! If you like feed sacks, Renee Plains and fun these are the books for you!

As always, thank you for your friendship and business!!

A detailed newsletter will come out this weekend!

Only Because of His Grace,

Mary

Are you ready to come into the warmth of inspiration and glorious colors?

If you are ready to get out into the cold to come into The Rabbit's Lair we are ready for you!

Jo's Banner Day will be here to greet you along with samples from Jo's Little Women clubs of the past! We are gearing up for Jo's Little Women Club #9! Let us know if you are interested in this club for $35!

We have decided we cant wait for Superbowl Sunday to celebrate fabric and fun! This coming Saturday (Jan 16th) we are going to have our Superbowl Sale and we are going to stay home and watch the Superbowl this year (ok, so I am not going to watch it! I am going to hang out with Friends and stitch!). So, on the 16th we are offering the Big or Bitty Bag class for $45! The class includes a great teacher (Lela Gaither!), the pattern and the peltex 2 you need for the class!! We are offering a demo of a really cool flower pin made out of wool! Amanda Gaither will be here to allow you to make one! We will have all the supplies for you to use! We will also have our Fat Quarters and Flat Folds on sale!! It will be a $6.75 day! Purchase 3 (pre-cut) Fat Quarters for $2.25 and get the 4th one free! Flat Folds will be $6.75 a yard - and yes, you can purchase as little has a 1/2 yard of the flat fold! And then, if that is not enough... we will have treats, door prizes and lots of hugs for each one of you!

For you bloggers, we want to offer a special thank you!I will open at 7:30 Saturday morning and you can come and do your shopping first thing! We have lots of great Jo Morton flat folds!

Only Because of His Grace,

Mary Elizabeth

Steps are clear! Regular hours are back beginning tomorrow!

Banner Day is here from Jo Morton!
Inspired by a piece of antique bunting, this group features 2 panel prints, 10 coordinating prints, and 4 colors of ticking (16" wide and 44" wide).

Message from Jo Morton!The "free-to-use" quilt (will probably be called "Celebrate") is currently being machine quilted, then will return to Nebraska for binding and sent to Andover's photographer and to the pattern writer. I'm not sure how long this process will take, but wanted you all to know that we are "working on it."

FYI -- One of the delays in my "free-to-use" patterns is the fact that mine are designed and then sewn by our friend Candy Hargrove. Since they are not created in EQ, we have to wait for fabric to arrive to complete the project for you.

In the meantime, if you want some ideas -- go to my blog (use the link in my signature below to access it) -- read my December 30th entry. There is a picture of the antique bunting and how the group came together, plus why I wanted two different widths of the ticking stripe. I hope my ideas on how to use it all will inspire you to come up with even more projects -- Have fun with this great line!

Hope you all enjoyed the Holidays with family and friends! Here's to a great New Year!!

Jo in frigid Nebraska