Merry Merry Christmas From Olde Glory and Congratulations Matt and Joanna

Olde Glory Quilt Shoppe has just finished the first week of offering great 1800 Reproduction and 1900 Vintage Fabric to the public! What an honor to offer the past in fine cotton to our neighboring quilters and "want to be quilters'! God brought so many people in this week that reaffirmed that He really does want us to set this service up in Lebanon. We have meant serious quilters and others who just want to learn..curiosity also caught a few people and hey, we may hook them into the "habit" as they revisit us. What a joy!
My sister and I plan to keep the shoppe family focused, offering classes to Moms, Grammas, and kids too. Today, I am back in Northern Indiana, preparing for Christmas with family here and from Ohio, but Lori was in the shop for a few hours today by herself, ah pitty!, and a couple came in who actually ran a quilt shop in the Amish area for 19 years. They have now retired to Lebanon and family but offered great support and knowledge and previous experiences in the quilt shop world.
We are also introducing the longarm to quilters in the area too..this is a machine quilting that is handquided..you can see it at our web page oldgloryquilting.com...We can turn your attic heirloom pieced quilt tops into finished quilts!! ready to use!
Over all it was a good week, with older quilters stopping by to check us out, so they could inform their guilds and friends; younger women stopping by on lunch breaks and taking our flyer back to their quilting friends; older women (sisters) from Otterbein who just love history and love to quilt; even a woman who had a quilt shop dream but has never been able to see it come true...yet...and then the owners who came today!!
My sister Lori and her husband Gary married off thier oldest son Matt to Joanna on December 14th too..what a week!! remodeling part of an old livery in one month and doing a wedding too before opening up a quilt shop together! Is that a first....atleast for us it is!!
We finished some painting this week and worked on finishing some quilts to display. My husband is working on turning the attic area into a loft apartment for us to stay in when in town working at the shop and he at the Xenia ER...life is a trip isn't it?!!
Hope you are enjoying your journey as much as we are!!
As Always, Quilted Blessings!! Karie