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The holidays are over, resolutions have been made and now it’s time to get back to quilting. If you haven’t heard the news, Lunch Box Quilts is having a contest. Many have entered, but we need your quilt too!
Many times we need a deadline or a special occasion to complete a project. Sometimes we need a reason to start a project. This contest is the perfect motivation to complete or start your Lunch Box Quilts project.
Already finished your project? Fantastic! You are ready to submit your entry on the Lunch Box Quilts website. Two entries can be submitted, so there is still time to create a second entry!
The contest is open to anyone who has completed a project using a pattern from Lunch Box Quilts. There are two categories the Quilt Category and Everything Else Category. There will be three winners selected for each category. Deadline is midnight April 15, 2012.
Lunch Box Quilts will be purchasing the winners gift certificates to their favorite Quilt/Sewing/Embroidery shop. In addition several of Lunch Box Quilts favorite companies have been very generous to donate prizes too!
Visit the Lunch Box Quilts website for all details and rules.
Good Luck!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for another incredible year. Without you Lunch Box Quilts would not be possible. Thank you to all of our distributors, the stores that carry the Lunch Box Quilts patterns and the quilting and embroidery community who support their local quilt and sewing machine shops.

There was a lot of travel again this year from coast to coast. I started in the year off with workshops in California. Throughout the year I traveled to Colorado (twice), Las Vegas (twice), Reno, San Antonio, and Orlando. Spring Market was in Salt Lake City this past year, which I had never visited before. Salt Lake City is beautiful. The last of the travel was to Houston for Fall Market.

I also had time to travel locally. Tucson and Flagstaff were fun day trips to teach workshops. I taught workshops very close to home in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
This year brought the release of Fancy Feathers and Picnic Time embroidery appliqué patterns. Fancy Feathers is currently the number one selling quilt pattern at Lunch Box Quilts for 2011.

Cutwork Ornaments was released in July. It’s a different pattern for Lunch Box Quilts. It requires the cutwork tool or cutting needles for your embroidery machine. Check it out if you haven’t already. It’s a very quick and easy project.

I very much enjoyed visiting everyone this year and meeting new friends too. Visit the Lunch Box Quilts website calendar to see if I will be coming your way soon. I’ll have new designs for you in 2012. I have already been working on them!!!!

Have a Wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!

Angie

The past two weekends I have been fortunate to conduct workshops not far from home. I packed up my car with quilts and all the workshop supplies and hit the road. I visited Tucson and then to Flagstaff the following weekend.

The first weekend I visited The Quilt Basket/Sewing Room in Tucson, Arizona.  I always enjoy visiting my friend Lena’s store. Friday night started off with a Trunk Show. I presented to a wonderful group of quilters all of the Lunch Box Quilts samples and all the stories that go with each quilt. Everyone left with plenty of inspiration for their new quilt projects.

On Saturday was the workshop. The workshop was held in the empty store next to The Quilt Basket/Sewing Room. The students and I were so fortunate to be able to have all the wonderful sewing space the empty store provided. The theme for the day seemed to be birds and leaves. Most of the students worked on Fancy Feathers or Autumn Wind. Everyone was working with such passion I hardly saw them take a break for lunch.

Donna was the lucky winner of the Havel’s scissors.

The following weekend I headed north to Odegaard’s Sewing Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. The drive and weather were just beautiful. I arrived over an hour before class only to find students were already there before me. I thought maybe I had the workshop start time wrong. Later I found out that many had driven to attend class from, Snowflake, Winslow, Prescott, Sedona, and Strawberry. Like me, they wanted to allow an ample amount of time for the drive to Flagstaff. We did have a few local gals from Flagstaff. 

The workshop was another success for all the students. They worked hard mastering embroidery machine appliqué and completed many appliqué blocks. Boots and Bandanas, About Trout and Scoop It Up! were the popular patterns that day. Everyone talked of winning the Havel’s scissors all day.

Barbara ended up being the lucky winner that day.

This completes the 2011 workshop schedule. I will be traveling again in 2012.  Stores are busy working on their class schedules for next year. I am currently booked for a Trunk Show and Workshop, March 30 and 31, 2012 at the Bernina Store in Overland Park, Kansas.

Check the Calendar for a Workshop or Trunkshow in your area.