Blessings!

Olde Glory Quilt Shoppe is a place of blessings~! Our customers! Wow! Lori and I are so amazed at the support and interest in our "quilting journey"!
We had our first day of beginners lessons and we felt they went well. Our gals got to use our machines and complete their first block on the sampler. We decided that if the new quilter wants to complete other extensions of the beginners' class by the end of 3 sets of lessons the quilt would be complete that is in the lesson book! and what a great feeling that will be by the end of 2008! plus any others classes they may pick up on the way through!
Saturday the Underground RR took off from the "station " also. Lori started the first block with Underground RR, similiar to Jacobs Ladder. One gal decided to do the 12" pattern and one did the 6" block by hand. So you see, quilting can fit into your needs and desires! And you can join in on the samplers any month! We think it would be fun to have a block party, that would be teaching one block at a time~ideas anyone?
Next month we do start the Civil War Legacy. It is also a 12 month sampler of the 1850-1860 blocks chosen per Kaye England in her book. The quilter can use the machine or piece by hand, the pieces are small so it will be your decision. Whatever works! We have no rules at Olde Glory, just to enjoy and laugh....alot!
Bob, from Lebanon, also blessed us Saturday with a visit with his quilt of the 9-11 Memorial Quilt. He made the 1st one after the tragedy and now he has completed a second one with all the names embroiders onto it and hand quilted by Himself. He will take this one to a museum in Virginia, in his hometown...how awesome and what a work of dedicated love! He is a true American and patriot! Thank you Bob and his wonderful wife...such an awesome couple!!
Thank you again if you have visited our shop, we have had over 160 people come to see us in January. God Bless You all and if you haven't some by yet, please do.

We are also planning a quilt show on our front lawn this coming year, be watching for news!!

We changed the hours to 10-4:30, since our customers seem to show up at 10a.m We just weren't sure when we started what times would work.... Our days are the same with Wednesday through Saturday.
Keep warm and enjoy working on your projects.
Quilted Blessings! Kari and Lori

This Little Piggy Went To Market

Haven't we all had days where you just want to sit back and kick your heels up and just relax and "play all day"?!! Well, when you get the opportunity and blessing to be a Grammy or Dobbie you can do that once in awhile! Yesterday, was our day! Coralynn came to visit for the day and we had a "blast", as we use to say in the 60"s. I gave her a basket of ribbons and she went to town. I introduced my oldest "grandys" to my sewing room that way when they were small....they are now teenagers and yes, still creative to the core!! Anyways, I just had to share her "piggy" story. We ended the day with a nice warm bath and then back to Mommy and Daddys' for the night! What a precious and enduring gift children are and you can bet, they are welcome at our shoppe...we are hoping to have a small play area made for them under the stairway soon.

So! God Bless You today and everyday! Enjoy life!
Let us help you get your quilt tops done or get one started! We are here to do just that.. help!!

What happens at Dobbies, lets' say.... stays at Dobbies!
Quilted Blessings! Kari

Quilted Pieces

Quilting is not only an addiction for most that start, it becomes a lifestyle..The people you meet, the places you go and how you spend your time. There are quilters who always quilt for others, some spend a year on one quilt for their home. Lets' say there is no right way to live in the quilters' world, due to all the "pieces" of our community. Like the Lord weaves bright and dark threads into the tapestry of our lives, so are quilters!! So, enjoy the little video!! and come and see us this week if you are close by in Lebanon...God Bless and Quilted Blessings!! Kari

Are You Open?

Yes, we are open! Confusion was made by our 18th sign we had up! Long story, lets' say! We are open, so come on in! We did have a very busy 18th we must admit that!
All the reception to our shop has been so positive. It is felt by most that the community needed this kind of "shop". We are very layed back folks and want our shop to be a "gathering" place for many. And, as others shared their own stories with us, we believe that it certainly will fill that need.

My sister Lori and I have enjoyed meeting you all. You have made us feel so welcome here with the ideas we have and the needs you have shared!....We certainly have the love of history in our hearts and have so much to learn from our customers each new day!!

This week we will have the real beginning of the beginners class and then the Underground RR on Saturday morning. My sis and I will be teaching it together, one will be covering the store as customers come in while the class is going on. But we want to take the class with you too, that way, we all be learning together. So, please, don't be intimidated by the class sessions. Believe me they will be fun!
I am back in COLD northern Indiana for a few days, working on some longarming and working on a quilt top. My youngest granddaughter lives in town and comes out to visit with her Mommy Mindy and our son Kevin; she is 18 months old and her name is Coralynn...she is precious!!
We pray you are all warm and healthy!! see you in a few days!!
Quilted Blessings!! Kari

A Box Of Chocolates!

I just told my sister Lori that life is like a box of chocolates! You just never know what you are going to get! I heard that somewhere?..humm ....where?....humm?.......
We had a great 2nd week at Olde Glory Quilt Shoppe! What can I say but that God is blessing! We have had over 75 folks come to the shop plus a few "kids" have popped in too. Thank you so much if you are reading this and you have come in to see us!! You are making us feel so much "at home" already. A few brave souls have signed up for classes too...I say brave because Lori and I do not want you to think we are these great, so talented, always have what it takes to teach quilt people! haha! We are not! We are just going to share what we know, what we have done and of course what we don't' know too! We are wanting to learn from you! in every case! always learning! that is a quilters' successful k ey! or needle?..hummmm...
Ok, so I have been in the car too much lately or is it that air mattress at the shop..humm? probably both! No, really Lori lets me sack out at her place when my hubby is at work all night..that is so good of her..THANK YOU LORI!!!...
So, as you can imagine, we are busy preparing for the coming week..I am back in northern Indiana and yes, it is snowing..argh! .. but I am encouraging my wonderful daughter-in-law (she is not paying me to add that!) to help me with quilting today and also start helping me with longarming. I love to do both but I can't do both at the same time!..
Lori is cleaning out a storage unit for the school system and organizing OLD paperwork..she is having fun?...maybe not fun but she is thinking it is so cool to see the Old stuff! We get so excited ! ha
Oh, I wanted to know too if you are you a quilter that actually cooks or cleans? Just thought I would ask...I am blessed with the fact that I stood on chairs and cooked with my Mom from a very young age and helped prepare BIG meals twice a day for our ravenous family! so, I can cook, but the cleaning part...yep, gotta do that too....necessary evil?
Lori and I came up with a cute saying for our "threads" that accumulate...."sawdust"..our "sewing sawdust".....since GW and I have been building our cabin and now finishing it for over 4 years, sawdust or drywall dust is part of my genetic code I am sure! Clogging the veins?
Ok!, gotta put my silly thoughts away for now and get busy busy busy!!!


Quilted Blessings, as always...kari

Where did all the Snow Go?

Our first week in Olde Glory was a very good week and we thank all of you who made a visit in to meet us and see our shop made it a very special memory for Lori and I. We have alot of tweeking to do, signs to make, classes to set up, etc but as we begin and you bear with us we hope it becomes "our" shop. A gathering place!
We got home on Sunday afternoon..yes, we did start on Saturday eve but our van developed a short in the electrical system and on 75 near Dayton suddenly I had no instrument panel light, so we pulled off at an exit, fixed the fuse and my husband Gary then drove on..we made it to Troy and it shorted again, so we found a motel and stayed overnight and drove home in the daylight. Now, to fix and decide what we want to do next...all the miles we will be putting on the road in the next few years need to be safe and dependable ones. Our van is "getting up there" as they say..I always do wonder who "they" are....so did my Mom when I grew up...well, "they" are all doing it Mom! ahaha
so! are the "they" quilters doing their most favorite project this month..hummm?..during the winter we might as well right, no flower or vegetable gardens calling our names, so lets' sew, lets' quilt, and you knitters, lets' do fiber!! Our precious ladies that have gone before us in centuries past certainly did not waste their winter hours! They were amazing!
Well, I have 2 blocks cut out for the Civil War Legacy Class in February and the pieces are so tiny I am wondering if we should put them together by hand...I can't believe I am saying that but maybe we would get more "in touch" with those ladies if we would...It is only one block a month...maybe we should try it out! I will check it out both ways and see...we will let you know!
My Home state Of OHIO are playing in the BCS Championship tonight..so I have to get my quilt cut out and supper made so we can settle down at 7pm with son Kevin, who does all our computer work! yea Kevin! and his wife Mindy (she is due a baby in June, the 2nd baby) and their little Coralynn or Corabell! she is a charmer!! busy,busy 18 month old!!
I better get a corndog going or something!!!
Again! Come back to our shop anytime! and bring others! watch us grow!! It should be alot of fun, food and flaughter!!!
Quilted Blessings!! Kari

Let it Snow!!! Let it Snow!!

Yes, it snowed! 12 inches with more coming, but it may be melted by next Sunday!!! But, for now, it out did itself here in northern Indiana this New Years' Day! but never fear!! it was not wasted! My husband Gary had a blast on his snowmobile. he has been waiting for a couple snow less winters here to really "open it up"! wow! did he!! Our Golden retriever never misses a chance to play in the snow..she was a pup in the winter, so she LOVES snow! I stayed in with my sore throat and ears to make him hot chocolate and broccoli soup to warm up his insides!
The snow was just the beautiful wet snow that hangs on the evergreens and the snowflakes were just perfect floating down!!! I know, those in sunny Georgia or Florida dont' understand us snow bunnies!!
We are heading back to Lebanon tomorrow for a few open days there. During the holidays I have been able to make a few contacts and get our shoppe online too in the southwest Ohio web. We know we will be found by many quilters by word of mouth, our service and friendly demeanor with folks, so we aren't really worried about growing. We love people! and we love our fabric and we are sure others will also want to create the pieces into heirlooms. Our finished quilts are also hanging, ready to be bought and taken to a home to be used by families there. It will happen.
My husband starts his position in the Green Memorial Hospital ER in Xenia ,Ohio on Thursday. He is a great guy! He is willing to remodel for us and help us set up "shop" and also to work nights in an ER. He isn't ready to retire from nursing, not quite yet, he says; so time will tell and events will prove the future for us and my sister Lori and her family too!
Come and join us in the Gathering room to sew, chat or just drink something warm!
Snuggle up and enjoy the season of rest and stay healthy! Hope you enjoyed your New Years Day. Look for blessings! They are there to be found!
Quilted Blessings, Karie