It is JUNE already! Where did the Spring go? It seems like one day it is cool and dreary and the next day it is sunshine and warmth! It seems that as I get older (I don't know how that happens!) the time goes faster and faster. Here in the Seattle, WA area it is light outside until nearly 10 pm. I hope all of you have a great summer planned and visit with family and friends and are keeping busy quilting.

In April I traveled to North Carolina and had a wonderful time visiting with my daughter and grand children and then teaching for several in Elizabeth City, NC.  It was a great trip and I met many wonderful quilters. I also had fried green tomatoes and crab cakes for the first time! I loved the crab cakes but I thing the fried green tomatoes are an acquired taste.

It is so much fun visiting with quilters from other parts of the country. We are so much the same yet we all have different styles of quilting. That is what makes quilting so unique!

Feathered Wreath Mystery Quilt
Earlier this year Longarm University hosted it's first online class with the New Year's Day Mystery Quilt. (There are few DVD's of the Mystery Quilt left. Click Here for information about this DVD set.) The response was so great that I am working on another online class.  
 
This new online class will be a semi-Mystery Quilt.  You will get some clues about the quilting and the tools that are being used, but you won't know all the quilting details until you are participating in the class.  The details are still being worked out and I will send out emails when all the details have been posted on the website.  
 
For more information about this new online class Click Here

HINT - You will have your choice of using the Longarm University Feather Guide Templates or feather stencils from the Longarm University  Feather Stencil Collection. 

To view a video tutorial for the Feather Guides Click Here

Quilts of Valor
In mid-April I was contacted by Quilts of Valor in North Carolina and I volunteered to send a message to my emailing list about the need for quilts for the wounded soldiers at Ft Brag, NC.  I am more than pleased to announce that over 125 quilts have been donated. I am awe stuck and speechless that so many of you have so very generously donated your time, your talent and your materials to this very worthwhile project. You have made many wounded soldiers very happy.

A list of quilters who donated quilts was kept and from this list, Ruth Stonecifer from PA, was randomly chosen to receive the $50 Gift Certificate from Longarm University. Way to go Ruth!

After I sent the email about Quilts of Valor needing quilts, I was contacted by many, many quilters who are working in their local area making quilts for VA Hospitals, other local veterans groups and military bases in their area. I thank all of you who are helping support our military and their families.

If you would like more information about Quilts of Valor, please visit their website at www.qovf.org.

Another wonderful group which also donates quilts to wounded soldiers is American Hero Quilts. Their website is www.americanheroquilts.com