Friday, April 30, 2010

Operation Pillowcase

As Linda says "Give yourselves the clap". I mailed off a box of 38 pillowcases to Afghanistan on Thursday! And have 7 more to start the next box. That's a 120 from Ely!!  I will be sending them as long as you guys make them so keep it up.... Thanks Teresa

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Operation Pillowcase

Operation Pillowcase is an ongoing service project aimed at sending a pillowcases to our troops serving in Afghanistan. Our guilds goal is to send 200! If you interested in helping, we are making standard size pillowcases in medium & dark flannels & cotton prints. You can do a internet search to find many different construction techniques. They can be made on a serger or your sewing machine. Whichever your comfortable with. I'll be collecting & mailing them as long as your making them, so have fun!
Check out this earlier blog entry for more info.
Any questions, you can either email or call... Thanks Teresa

Pennies for Postage

Paula's raffling off this beautiful Patriotic Carpenter Star Quilt to help raise much needed funding for the Pennies for Postage program, which helps reduce the cost of sending care packages to our friends & family serving in the Armed Forces overseas. Contact Paula if you would like to help & to buy chances!

Relay for Life Info

SHHHHHHHH.  IT'S A SECRET!  Be sure to be at quilting this coming Thursday night (May 6) by 6:00 p.m..   Last thursday we discussed the possibiity of doing a calendar as a fundraiser for this event.  Melody has recuited 12 good looking men who are willing to be on our "Block Party Boys" calendar to help us raise funds.  Please be sure to come to quilting and bring your ideas to discuss for the calendar.  At all day quilt on Saturday May 8 Raeghan will bring her laptop to help us individually register at the www.relayforlife.org/elynv site. You must create a username and password.
Raeghan Cooper
Executive Lending Assistant
Rural Nevada Development Corporation
1320 E. Aultman Street
Ely, NV. 89301
(775) 289-8519
raeghan@rndcnv.org

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Opportunity Quilt is Finished!!

A big hand of applause for the quilters that met last Thursday at Paula's house. The Rag Time Opportunity quilt is finished!! So that's 1 item off our agenda for the 4th of July Quilt Show. How are your challenge projects going? Believe it or not the quilt show is only 3 months away! Time flies, sure wish we could figure out how to slow it down...