A Lot Going On!

Dear Friends Who Love Fabric and Fiber --
This last month has been busy! We are excited to now be the home of LibertyQuiltShop.com. We share a love of Jo Morton fabrics and will be offering more opportunities to use her designs!

Beginning tomorrow, September 15, through Saturday, September 17, we are participating in the annual fall Mo-Ark Quilt Shop Hop. This will be a fun event -- come in and start your hop with us or one of the other participating shops! More information is available on the front page of the website.

Friday night is "3rd Friday Twilight Walk" in downtown Rogers. We will have a young guest, Molly Hargus, demonstrating zipper jewelry. She will be here from 5:30 to 7:00.

On Saturday, the "Quilting a Memory" exhibit opens. This exhibit runs for two months, giving you a chance to plan a trip to see us and the quilt exhibit too!

In connection with the quilt exhibit, we are hosting the "Red, White and Sometimes Blue" challenge. Be sure and pick up the guidelines when you're in the shop, or read about it in the "About Us" section of the website. Deadline for submitting items is October 15.

Only Because of His Grace,
Mary Elizabeth

LouLouThi by Anna Maria Horner!

We are so excited to have this wonderful line of fabric arrive in the shop from Free Spirit! The colors and designs are gorgeous and it won't be hard to find a perfect project for using them!

Here is what Anna Maria has to say about this collection:
"The Loulouthi collection is a treasure box of all that I love about flowers and fabric coming together in form and inspiration. The world loulouthi simply translates from Greek as "flower". But in an ongoing story, my cultural heritage has enlivened these fabrics with visions of needleworks in progress, the gentle tending of village gardens, and the luxury of living alongside everyday works of art. The language of flowers and and floral handiwork has spoken to me since before I could thread my own needles, and this collection is my reply to all that beauty."

You can see the whole collection on our website by clicking Here.

Anna Maria also invites you to see her "Visiting Artists" posting -- This was taken from her newsletter:

"Happy Summer Friends!

You are invited to have a walk through our new gallery of Visiting Artists! One of a kinds for Fashion, Art, Home, Family, + Tidbits (everything I love!) are waiting for you.

What is Visiting Artists?

For years I have had the pleasure of seeing so many beautiful items created using my fabrics, and I love to help showcase them through my Flickr group. But recently I've been inspired to take it a step farther and not just celebrate the making, but also the maker! So I'm proud to curate an edited collection of goods that are exclusive to my shop. I've handpicked each of these makers to share their collections here because I feel they bring something unique and special to my fabric collections. Whether used heavily or sparingly, each of these amazing designers has translated my textile work into their own vision, and I am so excited to share their one-of-a-kind pieces with you (while they last). We're excited for this to be an ongoing gallery, changing up every few months."

We know you'll enjoy being inspired by this beautiful fabric and artistry!

Only Because of His Grace,

Mary Elizabeth

Pillowcases on The Altar

More pictures from The Sewing Bee -- pillowcases and throws displayed on the church altar last Sunday. What a wonderful example of giving from the heart, and it is so exciting to see our fabrics made up to benefit so many!

More pictures are available -- Click Here to see them!

The Sewing Bee

The Rabbit's Lair is thrilled to help The Sewing Bee with donations of fabric for their projects! Here is a brief description of what they do:

The Sewing Bee is an annual project at First United Methodist Church in Historic Downtown Rogers. It is sponsored (organized!) by Boomerang Joy Circle at the church. Over the years we have made school bags for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (to go all over the world), chemo caps for area cancer support homes, pillowcases and travel pillows for Arkansas Children's Hospital and NWA Children's Shelter, Christmas stockings for St. Mary's Hospital. This year our projects were the quilts or throws for the chemo room at Highlands Oncology and full-size pillowcases for NWA Children's Shelter, Ronald McDonald program at St. Edwards Hospital in Ft. Smith, and Circle of Life Hospice. We were also able to complete 5 additional fleece blankets for the Linus Project that gives blankets to area children.

Shown are a few pictures from their day of sewing and working together!

For more pictures, Click Here.

Happy Fourth of July!

Time flies -- here it is July already! We will be closed on Sunday and Monday for the holiday. I hope everyone enjoys celebrating our many freedoms and remembering our troops that sacrifice so much for us.

We are busy getting ready for our "Quilts of Valor" auction at the shop on Friday evening, July 15. Since many of our friends may not be able to come, we will accept prebids on items -- we'll start posting some of them on the website and featuring them in our email newsletters right after the holiday.

If you are unfamiliar with the "Quilts of Valor" program, you can find out all about it on www.qovf.org. Their mission is to provide quilts to men and women who have been injured or touched by the wars. To date, they have given out over 40,000 quilts.

This year, we have been hosting workshops to make quilts for the soldiers, and making available kits with patriotic fabrics. Several fabric companies have designed beautiful collections for us, with proceeds from the sale of the fabric to benefit Quilts of Valor.

Shown is one of the quilts that will be in the auction, donated by Jo Morton. She is a well-known quilt and fabric designer, and this quilt is made entirely with her fabrics from Andover Fabrics. We have enjoyed using her "American Valor" collection in making quilts for the soldiers in our workshops.

Keep watching for more information on what will be happening with our auction!

Only Because of His Grace,
Mary Elizabeth

Quilts for Joplin

Tomorrow - Friday, May 27 - we will begin our efforts in creating quilts of care for Joplin residents whose lives have been turned upside down by the tornado.

We know their recovery will be a long process, and it will be sometime before they will be able to accept our gifts of caring. Right now, the basic necessities of life are what they need. But by working on quilts now we can work toward being ready for when they can accept them.

We'll have kits available in fabrics that will make the young set smile -- "Dino" and "Dots & Daisies" -- or bring your own fabrics!

If you can't make it tomorrow, we've set some other Friday dates -- June 3 and 17, July 1 and 8.

Only Because of His Grace,
Mary Elizabeth

Twilight Walk -- David Moran Trunk Show

Tomorrow - Friday, May 20 -- is the first night of the Downtown Rogers 3rd Friday Twilight Walks of the season!

Our staff member, David Moran, will be here sharing his work. Although he has been quilting only a few years, he is very prolific, creative and talented! You will enjoy meeting him and getting to know more about him. Shown is his "Modern Art with Fabric" quilt. He will be conducting a workshop for this fun and easy quilt on Saturday, July 23 from 10 to 3.

We're hoping for good weather for all those who come out for "Twilight Walk" -- we'll also have some specials in the shop from 4:00 to 8:00 only!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Only Because of His Grace,
Mary Elizabeth