Monthly Archives: January 2017

Local Quilt Shop Day is a worldwide celebration for independently owned quilt shops everywhere, meant  to connect retailers and fabric lovers.  It will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017 with special events, depending on your shop. Quilt shops everywhere can choose to participate in their own way, without being an officially registered participating shop.  Make sure to check with your favorite LQS to see if they are celebrating with a special offering this day.

One popular shopping destination among our guild members, Old Country Store in Intercourse, PA, is offering 25% off all sewing notions, drawings to win fabric and free cookies served throughout the day on January 28.

Click here to check what is happening in your area from participating shops.  If you don’t see your favorite LQS on the list, ask them to join in the celebration!

This article is submitted by Jackie Hesselton who is a healthcare manager at MedStar Health:

The NICU (23 beds, newly renovated and state of art) at MedStar Franklin Square would welcome hand crafted quilts to cover the isolettes/bassinets of the smallest of our patients. Quilts should be 100% cotton, carefully constructed to avoid loose threads and measure anywhere from 18 x 24″ to 36x 36-40″ (preferable). Please avoid flannel.

Here is a link to the story of the purple butterfly found on some bassinets. http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/what-purple-butterfly-stickers-at-the-hospital-mean-w211508  This indicates that the baby was part of a multiple birth and not all babies survived, therefore I would avoid the use of purple butterflies. I will collect the quilts at each guild meeting and deliver them once we have 10 or 12. The NICU team appreciates the gesture.

Thank you.

Jackie