Valley of the Sun Shop Hop

2011 Shop hop is in full speed, only 3 days left! This week has just flown by, it's been so fun to see all the shop hoppers. Many faces we recognize from previous years and we have meet many new quilters & sewers. It is wonderful to see so many people enjoying our wonderful hobby and hear about their passion for quilting. It is especially fun to see the fabrics that they are choosing for their quilting projects. I just love seeing their fabric choices.
Thanks for sharing your time with us here at the shop. I hope all of you are enjoying the shop hop & good luck to all of you.

The count down is on: 2011 Shop Hop starts in 36 hours.
Hope everyone is ready for some fun, a bit of education, and some wonderful shopping.
We are prepared for you to visit us, with refreshments to start your morning or to help rejuvenate you after a big day. We will have our shop hop quilt hung in the classroom where we will be demonstrating another great tool.
If you haven't already purchased your passport don't delay! You don't want to miss out on the opportunity of possibly winning the grand prize:
This beautiful Bernina 350PE sewing machine provided by Bernina Connection.

If you are the lucky winner of this great machine you will receive guide classes to learn how to use it to it's fullest potential.
This machine MSRP is $1799.00

If you don't win the machine you just might be one of the twelve lucky winners of $100 gift certificate to one of the participating shops.
Think of the shopping you could do..


Looking forward to seeing all of you. Kathy & the Oasis staff

Civil War Club 9/9/11

Thank you Karen Housner for such a special treat, the antique quilts you shared with the Civil War group were absolutely wonderful. The quilts dated from 1850 to 1930/1940. The creativity of the quiltmakers from the 19th century was truly amazing. Considering how these quilts must have been constructed, the hexagon quilt with it's fabulous design. It is sad that the person who

constructed this work of art is totally unknown.

For this reason Karen encouraged us to label all of our creations, no matter the size.

Several of the club members brought their antique quilt treasures. It was interesting to hear some of the quilts stories. Thank you ladies for sharing your quilts with the group.

End of a Busy Week

This week has been busy, all 100 bolts of new fabric have been loaded into the computer & are out on the shelves.

New fabrics include:

Buttons and Blooms by Whimsicals from Red Rooster: Here is just a glimpse of the cute panel & one of the coordinating prints.

Here is the link to check out the Buttons & Blooms book; the cut projects made using this fabric line. The book will be available in the shop very soon.

http://www.redroosterfabrics.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/9044

Indian Summer from Riley Blake Designs:

These are just a few of these very fun prints in the Indian Summer line. We have pre-cuts; Layer cakes (10 inch squares), charms (5 inch squares), & Jelly rolls.

Batiks are full & the array of colors are beautiful. I just can't get enough of these fabulous fabrics. I have become totally addicted to them.

Sorry there are just too many to post pictures of; we have 3 new batik roll-ups (40-2 1/2" strips) in purple, fall colors, & rich jewel-tones all from Robert Kaufman fabrics. That just means you have to come in & see these for yourself.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Until next time, have a great weekend & enjoy some time quilting.