May 2007 Newsletter
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May 2007 Newsletter
Volume XV, Issue 5 May, 2007 REMEMBER TO . . . ❏ Come early and visit. ❏ Sign-in. ❏ Wear your name badge. ❏ Bring a friend. ❏ Bring change for the raffle. PROGRAMS Marilyn Pond May 10, 2007 will be Quilters by the Sea’s 14th Birthday. We have a special celebration lined up that will include a mini-quilt show of the winning quilts from the "Springtime by the Sea" Quilt Show. In addition, Bring your project from previous workshops. we are having an Appetizer Pot Luck. Please bring a ❏ Bring goodies - appetizers this month. provided. ❏ Pack your Show & Tell items. ❏ Remember money for the Book Faire. June 14, 2007 Nancy Chong – “Hawaiian Quilting” Make a new friend. Introduce yourself to one of our many new members and guests. July 12, 2007 Peggy Martin – “Quick Strip Paper Piecing” August 9, 2007 Sharon Schamber - “Piece-lique Trunk Show” ❏ ❏ ❏ Bring your own coffee cup. ❏ HAVE FUN - AND LOTS OF IT!! CALENDAR OF EVENTS May 5th 5:00 PM, Sew So Late Sew Vac Ltd. ** May 10th 7:00 PM, General Meeting Guild Birthday Celebration Book Faire! Doors open at 6:15 PM May 12th 9:00 AM Guild Workshop Frances Moore Swimming with the Fishes May 17th 6:30, Board Meeting May 19th 5:00 PM, Sew So Late Bunney Hutch * May 26th 5:00 PM, Sew So Late Sew Vac Ltd. ** * Bunney Hutch Quilt and Sew, 4478 Cerritos Ave., Los Alamitos, CA, 714 226-9647 ** Sew Vac Ltd., 1762 Clark Ave., Long Beach, CA, 562 498-6684 favorite appetizer to share. Dessert will be UPCOMING PROGRAMS: QUILT’N TILL THE COWS COME HOME RETREAT 2007 Connie Higgins This year’s retreat will be September 21, 22, and 23 at the Alhatti Resort in Idyllwild. Registration forms will be available at the back of the room for those that did not get one last month. We will begin to take deposits as well. A $50 deposit is payable with the registration form, due by June 30th. Balance due by August 18, 2007. Page 2 Quilters By the Sea BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITIONS - ELECTED President Connie Higgins VP. Programs Marilyn Pond V.P. Workshops Susan Contreras Treasurer Susan Salinger Secretary Josephine Keasler Auditor Martha Diaz Membership Joyce Hargrove Special Events Brenda Rouse and Caroline Finley Quilt Show (2007) Kasey Egelus Quilt Show (2009) OPEN ! POSITIONS-APPOINTED Intraguild Shannon Gartin & Trish Eastburn Community Relations Randy Miller Parliamentarian Robin Gallagher Librarian Vivs Laliberte and William Johnson Newsletter Editor Patti Paschall Newsletter Distribution Evelyn Matzat SCCQG Rep. Randy Miller STANDING COMMITTEES Bee Keeper Equipment Guild Basket Hospitality Greeters Betsy Morgan Kay Zellmer Terri Ayala and Pam Osorio William Johnson and Vivs Laliberte Joanie Wolf, Jeri Wilson, and Lynne Miller Historian Kayleen Leone Photographer Deb Cardinale Publicity OPEN ! Show & Tell Jana Rogers Webmaster Deb Cardinale Web—Chat Group Robin Gallagher and Cat Harris Opportunity Quilt 2007 Robin Gallagher, Marilyn Pond, Cathy Hageman-Beizer & Joanie Wolf Opportunity Quilt 2008 Cathy Hagerman-Beizer President's Gift Robin Gallagher GENERAL MEETINGS are held the 2nd THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. Doors open at 6:15 pm, meeting starts at 7:00 pm First Baptist Church of Lakewood 5336 E. Arbor Road Long Beach, CA BOARD MEETINGS are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm, same location unless otherwise stated in the newsletter. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE IS THE 3RD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. E-mail articles in MS Word format to: Patti Paschall, treasuresbytrishtoo@yahoo.com This guild is organized for educational and charitable purposes. Its objective is to further quilting excellence through education and travel, and to promote quilting in a philanthropic manner. This corporation does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to members thereof and is organized for nonprofit purposes. Annual dues are $25.00 and shall be payable at or before the January general meeting. Membership shall be prorated if paid at or after the July general meeting and shall be half the full annual dues. Visitors may attend any meeting by paying $3.00 per meeting. May, 2007 E-QBS! QBS e-mail group This e-mail group is restricted to QBS members only and can be used to communicate with other QBS members. Messages should be related to topics of general interest to QBS members and should be guild related. This is a great place to share ideas, photos or to ask questions. Our guild is very fortunate to have quilters of all levels of expertise. Don’t be shy, sign up and introduce yourself. This is a great way for us all to get to know each other better. To join, simply send a message to quiltersbytheseasubscribe@yahoogroups.com or go to http://www.yahoogroups.com and search on “Quilters by the Sea”. Once your message has been received, one of the moderators will approve your subscription and you’ll be all set. We hope to get as many participants as possible to use this great tool and resource. Your quiltersbythesea@yahoogroups.com moderators: Cat Harris, Darlene Fong and Robin Gallagher. QBS website - www.quiltersbythesea.com The website is set up to provide members as well as others with up-to-date information about our guild. ADVERTISING FEES Member classified ad......... ..........N/C Non Member classified add..........$2.00 If you would like to run an ad for your quilt/sewing related business, prices are as follows: Annual Rate Business Card Size .......... ..........$40.00 Quarter Page........... .......... ..........$80.00 3 Month Rate Business Card Size .......... ..........$12.00 Quarter Page........... .......... ..........$22.00 Please support the advertisers in the QBS newsletter and when you visit them please mention where you saw their ad. Page 3 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 2007 Opportunity Quilt 68 members made 121 blocks, of which 113 were used to make the Opportunity Quilt for 2007, Hannah’s Jewels. Many thanks from project organizers and quilt assemblers Robin Gallagher, Marilyn Pond, Joanie Wolf and Cathe Hagerman-Beizer. Thanks also are sent to Margie Oschwald for binding the quilt, and a particularly gianormous THANKS to Sue Salinger for her superb quilting design and sewmanship!!! Opportunity Tickets are available for sale and for guild members to pick up, in packets of 24, to sell to neighbors/friends/family outside the guild. A 5”x7” color photo postcard of the quilt (to show prospective ticket buyers) is also available. This is an important fund-raiser that supports our programs and workshops, and it’s a great opportunity for every guild member to participate with what amounts to minimal effort! Tickets are available at every general meeting, or may be ordered by calling Cathe (562-425-7749), Robin (562596-0602), or Marilyn (562-972-2720). The drawing for the quilt winner will take place at our December 13, 2007 general meeting. The suggested donation for tickets is $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. If you would like to help us show the quilt, and sell tickets, at another guild’s meeting as your opportunity to visit them and hear a speaker of interest to you, please give us a call or stop by our table. We have a list of the member guilds of the Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds, their meeting days, times, locations, and website addresses (also available on the SCCQG website). Most guilds have their program information available online or can be contacted to see who is scheduled for 2007 lectures and workshops. If you are already a member of another quilt guild in So. Cal. and are able and willing to display Hannah’s Jewels and offer tickets at that guild’s monthly general meeting sometime that is prearranged, please let us know – by email, or by phone (at the numbers above) - or stop by our table at the next meeting. And finally, if you can volunteer to sell opportunity tickets for a period of time at a quilt show or fair where Hannah’s Jewels will be on display, we are in the process of scheduling this for 2007 and we can use your help! The following is a list of all our talented and generous block makers for Hannah’s Jewels – many hands made this work of art: Pat Adair, Joyce Andrew, Loretta Barber, Pat Barton, Cindy Beaver, Karen Binkley, Ricky Bragg, Deb Cardinale, Linda Castle, Jan Chiaramonte, Ruth Cox, Lyndell Darby, Paula Dudek, Anne Dutton, Kasey Egelus, Caren Elliott, Nancy Eriksen, Sandy Fields, Alice Finkelstein, Darlene Fong, Linda Fowler, Sally Fuguay, Robin Gallagher, Cindy Garcia, Cheryl Guacci, Cathe Hagerman-Beizer, Connie Higgins, Mary Howland, Dawn Hoyle, Neil Hoyle, Gail Huffington, Sheryl Hunter, William Johnson, Linda Jones, Vivs Laliberte, Ann Leibovitz, Kayleen Leone, Brenda Lotts, Susan MacVicar, Jerilee Malley, Janyce Mathis, Evelyn Matzat, Margie Mendez, Lynne Miller, Annette Morales, Betsy Morgan, Pat Morrison, Margie Oschwald, Pam Osorio, Marilyn Pond, Connie Read, Almira Rodriguez, Jana Rogers, Stephanie Romesburg, Sue Salinger, Sheryl Stahl, Kimberly Stull, Margot Taub, Ray Vargas, Lee Waranius, Sandy Wilcox, Linda Williams, Renate Wilson, Jeri Wilson, Pattie Winters, Nadya Woelfer, Joan Wolf, and Dorothy Young. Page 4 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 Hope you all enjoyed Cathy Van Bruggen. I have always liked the pieced quilts with appliqué added, now if I only enjoyed appliquéing. She showed us some beautiful quilts and it was nice to see three generations involved, mother, daughter and granddaughter. Marilyn Pond has a fun party in store for our 14th birthday. I remember 14, vaguely. Moving on… Along with appetizers and cake, the “Viewers Choice” winners of our quilt show will be announced and Maren’s inventive ribbons awarded. In my book you are all winners. Thank you to all who participated in our quilt show. It has been a busy few months and I am looking forward to a little slow down. Maybe I will even get my “One Block Wonder” finished and actually have something for show and tell in June, along with Sue Salinger and Ruth Blanchette. They have each made two (Sue’s Dragon was in the show) and now Sue is working on a third. That’s what I get for hanging out with over achievers. Love’m anyway. Good luck to all who entered quilts in “Springtime by the Sea”. See you at the party. Connie Higgins PLACES TO GO For more events, as well as more information on these events, please go to www.sccqg.org and select Event Calendar. May 4-5 Inland Empire Quilt Guild Quilt Show May 12 www.citrusbeltquilters.com Citrus Belt Quilt Guild of Redlands quilt show and minihome tour on the grounds of the Smiley Library 9am-4pm. Contact: suslisa319@msn.com May 19-20 www.avaq.org Antelope Valley Quilt Association quilt show in Lancaster Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Eliopulos Pavilion.$7.00 Admission, $3.00 parking. Group discounts. Contact: Dawn at 661.943.4445 May 31-June 3 www.travelingquilters.com Traveling Quilters Quilt-Away weekend in Temecula. Contact: Pam@travelingquilters.com Page 5 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 Show ‘N Tell (aka, Shown ‘n Told!) We had 26 wonderful quilts at the April meeting so in the interest of saving space, I will be brief!! See them up close at www.photobucket.com. Log on using “QBSPhotos”. Password is “quilting”. Click on April 2007 and double click to enlarge any you would like to see up close. Thanks to Jeri Wilson and Renata Wilson for taking notes at the April meeting. Joanie Wolf’s quilt features Batik Hearts. She made it for the first anniversary of her daughter and son-in-law. Karen Binkley brought in a beautiful red and white mystery quilt she started in a class by Celeste Lim at Sew and Vac. Beth Shibley showed us a lovely scrappy star baby quilt. Kasey Egelus showed a unique wall hanging which features a rubbing of Stonehenge. She started it at a QBS retreat last October. Megan Waterbury is probably our youngest quilter ever. She started her quilt when she was four and finished it and entered it in the Orange County Fair when she was five. Way to go Megan!!! You did a wonderful job. Beth also brought in a beautiful Log Cabin in yellows and reds which she made for a graduate in her family. Pat Barton calls her clever batik quilt “Cat Tails.” She also showed us an adorable quilt called “Classy Cats” which she made for the QBS Auction. Cindy Garcia calls her gorgeous quilt “No Pain, No Jane.” It has 5,584 pieces!!! She made it while suffering painful physical complications of Lupus. Page 6 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 Linda Fowler showed us a lovely antique “Flower Garden” quilt that was made in the 1930's and rescued by a 92 year old friend who was cleaning out her attic!!! It has been donated to her church and will be sold on e-bay as a fund-raiser. Jo Melis calls this unbelievable piece “Pythagoras Lute”. It is paper pieced and she learned the technique from a class at Bearly Stitching’. She told us it must have taken “more than 2 hours to complete!!!” Darlene Fong created “Tiger Eyes” using a “Painting With Inks” technique taught by Pat Blair. She plans to donate this fabulous animal to the QBS Auction. Chris Panos brought us several wonderful pieces. First, she showed a gorgeous table runner which she plans to donate to the QBS Auction. Second, she brought in a lovely quilt which contains religious symbolism which she intends to give to a special graduate. Third, she showed her beautiful “Vanilla Latte” which she made as a wedding gift. She told us this is the first quilt she has machine quilted herself. Ann Leibovitz showed an adorable wall hanging called “Siamese Cats” which she made for her sister. She also showed an eloquent quilt she calls “Bella Bella”. Tiffany Mumma showed a wonderful action-filled quilt she calls “Cyclist in Motion.” The block is called “z-star” by M’liss Rae Hawley. Pat Blank showed a sweet quilt she calls “Carousel for Baby” which she machine pieced and quilted for her great grand nephew. The back is soft and minkie-like. Page 7 Quilters By the Sea This beautiful quilt was shown by Pat Adair and is owned by Mary Carbajal. It is a rubbing that started at a retreat. It has circulated as a Round Robin, has been worked on by many hands and shows many techniques. Kayleen Leone brought in four beautiful seasonal wall hangings which she pieced, quilted and machine appliquéd. Randy Miller I went to the quarterly SCCQG meeting Saturday, April 21, 2007, at the LA County Quilt Guild in Downey. The subject was “Combined Quilt Shows.” There were several speakers there discussing the pros and cons of two or more guilds getting together to have a quilt show. One of the speakers was from the Central Coast. They have seven guilds that have formed the Associated Guilds of the Central Coast; their next quilt show will be at the Madonna Inn. I brought back flyers from several guilds regarding their upcoming events. They will be available at the next guild meeting. Our next SCCQG meeting will be held on July 21 at the Central Coast Quilt guild. May, 2007 William Johnson showed a lovely unique circular block quilt which he calls “Twist and Turn.” He told us “you quilt as you go.” This is the first quilt he has made for himself and we think he deserves to keep it! Patti Paschall showed a wonderful quilt she started at the Cherry Valley Retreat last year. It was a mystery quilt and just radiates excitement. She calls it “Just for Me.” Patti is our new Newsletter Editor and we are thrilled to be working with her. Thank you Patti. Page 8 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 Show ‘N Tell (aka, Shown ‘n Told!) - Continued Thanks to all of you who brought quilts to the February meeting. Although we only had a few, they were wonderful. Also, apologies to our February Show ’N Tell presenters. These pictures were inadvertently left out of the March Newsletter. You can also see them up close at www.photobucket.com. Thanks to Jeri Wilson and Lynne Miller for taking notes at the February meeting. Shirley Johanson showed us her beautiful quilt which she calls “Card Tricks” designed by Kathy George. The fabric is all roses and she hand quilted it herself. Way to go Shirley! Susan Goldman displayed a wonderful, cuddly “Winter Flannel Quilt”. She is a new member in QBS and told us this is the first quilt she’s quilted on her new long-arm quilt machine! We need to get this lady’s phone number! Suzanne Rose brought in an adorable quilt called “Ben’s Star Quilt-Where does the water go?”. She made it for her 9 year old nephew. It is composed of water related fabrics and the back sparkles with glow-in-the-dark stars. Patti Paschall showed us her adorable Twisted Kitties. Each one is a different fabric! Jo Melis also provided some “Twisted Kitties”. Hers are red, white and black and she intends to donate them to the QBS Quilt Auction. Thank you Jo! This is a terrific quilt. Karen Kimmel showed an intricate quilt she started in Pat Speth’s class at a QBS Workshop. The workshop was called “5-inch is a Cinch” and everybody loved it. The quilt is called Stars and Hourglass and simply sparkles . Karen also used a technique by John Flynn called “pebble quilting” which added so much to the design. June Stephens brought in a simply lovely “Slanted Stars” quilt top she is making for her Mother. Her Mom is ill and June is working very hard to get it done while she still has time to enjoy it. She found the perfect backing fabric on the way in to guild as it has the word “love” written on it. Kayleen Leone modeled a wonderful scrappy KNITTED poncho in terrific colors. She also showed a cute patchwork tote bag which she made for her daughter. The fabric is by Amy Butler and was purchased in Hawaii. She also brought her daughter. Pat Blank, Kayleen Leone and Kayleen’s daughter, Teresa make three generations of QBS members in one family. Welcome Teresa. Page 9 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 NICKEL SQUARE CLUB QBS is having a Nickel Square (5” square) exchange throughout 2007. Participation each month is optional, sit out any month that you choose – but you just might regret it! To participate: • Get a plastic zipper-top bag and label it with your name, phone number and email address. • Put 25 Nickel Pairs (pairs of 5” squares) for a total of 50 squares into the bag. • The 25 Nickel Pairs can come from one fabric or many – it’s your choice! • Select your fabric according the theme of the month (see below). • Please pre-wash the fabric. • One yard of fabric will yield 28 pairs (56 squares). • One fat quarter will yield 6 pairs (12 squares). • Use 100% cotton fabric of good quality. • Please leave your bag in the designated Nickel Square Club Basket near the membership table at the beginning of the meeting. The Nickel Pairs will be swapped during the meeting. • Please pick up your bag from the same basket at the end of the meeting. Have fun!!! May – florals June – blues July - patriotic August – lights September – darks October – fall colors November – light neutrals December – your choice If you forget to pick up your bag, we will keep it for you. Pick it up the following month. If you have any questions, please contact Paula Dudek at 562-425-8056 or Sonia Das at 562-429-4477. MAY BIRTHDAYS 5/4 5/9 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/21 5/22 5/26 5/30 Dee Qualls Juvie Borges Susan Salinger Pat Blank Regina Lozano Frances Moore Kim Miller & Beth Shibley Lyndell Darby & Rosemary Harding Evelyn Matzat Stephanie Romesburg Betsy Morgon Liz Love Sunshine and Shadows Our sincerest sympathies are with: Debra Carlson, whose grandmother passed away in March. June Stephens and Norma Stryker, whose mother and mother-in-law respectively passed away April 11th. Page 10 Quilters By the Sea May, 2007 NEWSLETTER SURVEY Some changes have been made to your newsletter and we would love to know what you think. Please take a moment and let us know what we can do to improve our Newsletter. Please email your answers to treasuresbytrishtoo@yahoo.com or give them to Patti Paschall at the next general meeting. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What is the first section of the newsletter you look for? What section do you feel is most important? What section do you feel is least important? Is there something you feel needs to be added? Is there something you feel needs to be removed? Do you have any suggestions to improve the newsletter? Thank you for your contribution Library News We continue to add new books to your library. Here's a list of the latest additions: Dear Jane by Brenda Papadakis, Speed Cut Quilts by Donna Poster, Impressionist Palette by Gai Perry, The Quilter’s Legacy (novel) by Jennifer Chiaverini, The Quilters, Women and Domestic Art, An Oral History by Patricia Cooper and Norma Buferd, More Fat Quarter Quilts by M’liss Rae Hawley, Phenomenal Fat Quarter Quilts by M’liss Rae Hawley, Easy Paper Pieced Miniatures by Carol Doak (out of print), The Patchwork Planner by Birte Hilberg (out of print), Sensational Sets & Borders by Rodale’s, Quilts to Come Home to by Hoffman & Zimmerman, The Quilt Maniac’s Playbook by Nicole Chambers, Easy Stash Quilts by Carol Doak, A Floral Affair by Rounds & Comyns, Color Harmony by Ringle & Kerr, and Thimbleberries Guide for the Weekend Quiltmaker. Please remember, books are due at the guild meeting one month after they were checked out. They may be renewed at that time if no-one is waiting for it by bringing the book to the library. You may also renew by calling Vivs with the book number, or stopping in with the books at Bear's, prior to the guild meeting. May is our Book Faire! We'll have catalogs from That Patchwork Place/Martingale, The American Quilting Society, and C&T Publishing, the three heavy hitters in quilt books. You can buy books from them at 10% off the cover price. Books will be delivered to the June meeting, or may be picked up at Bear's, or we can make arrangements to ship them to you. 15% of the total amount spent (pre tax) will be donated back to QBS as a fund raiser! We will take Cash, Check, Visa or Master Card. We will also bring a variety of books that you can purchase and take home that evening, under the same deal. Thank you one and all for your continued support of the guild library. We welcome your suggestions, and will continue to work to build a library the whole guild can use and be proud of. Thanks go especially to those who donate books and magazines to our fund raisers! We are grateful to everyone who has donated something, and especially to those who seem to bring something each month like Ms Keasler and The Hoyles. Your Librarians William and Vivs Page 11 Quilters By the Sea MEMBERSHIP $ Treasurer’s Report $ JOYCE HARGROVE If you aren’t receiving emails from QBS, it may be due to outdated information in our records. Please send any updates to us at the contacts noted elsewhere in this newsletter or to Joyce Hargrove, PO Box 7613, Long Beach, CA 90807. Also, if you haven’t received your beautiful new Roster we’ll have them again at the May meeting. As of April, 2007, we have 172 paid members. 106 Members and 8 guests attended the April meeting! A quilty warm WELCOME to our new members: Theresa McCarthy, Sonya Sabo, Antonia “Toni” Stein, Barbara Winkler, Debra Tortora and Viola Young. COMMUNTIY RELATIONS Randy Miller I want to thank everyone who donated quilts and fabric to Community Relations this month. We have been working hard at our Sunday workshop to make quilt kits for everyone to sew up. I especially want to thank our Community Relations committee, who work to get all this done. Our next meeting will be at the Bunney Hutch on Sunday, May 6, at 11:00. Please note the date; it is on the first Sunday this month because of Mother’s day. Remember, everyone is welcome to come and help make kits or to sew on your own Community Relations project. May, 2007 Sue Salinger QBS Cash Flow Statement - 2007 Citibank Checking Account Balance as of Dec 31, 2006 Deposits Jan $5,625.01 Feb $3,274.89 Mar $3,070.01 Apr TOTAL $11,969.91 Withdrawals/Notes $2,540.00 $1,888.21 $1,753.05 $12,402.89 Balance $15,487.90 $16,874.58 $18,191.54 $18,191.54 $6,181.26 Citibank Savings Account - "Emergency Fund" Balance as of Dec 31, 2006 Deposits Withdrawals/Notes Jan $4.29 Interest Feb $3.88 Interest Mar $4.29 Interest Apr TOTAL $12.46 10,108.02 Balance $10,112.31 $10,116.19 $10,120.48 $10,120.48 TOTAL CASH ASSETS $28,312.02 Total Cash on Hand at End of Interim 2006 = "Reserves" Net Income 01/31/07 Total Current Reserves Reserves Specified for Emergency Fund Net Reserves $22,510.91 $1,386.68 $23,897.59 $10,000.00 $13,897.59 It’s Fabric Department and What You Can Do To Save It If your local Wal-Mart has not been remodeled then it might be scheduled to do so. If the Corporate Office receives enough requests before the remodel date, they will keep the fabric department open. Get your letters, phone calls and emails out there and remember to mention your store. This is what I was told by a Wal-Mart employee (while buying fabric, of course). Patti Paschall Friendly reminder: If you have internet access, the newsletter is posted on our website, www.quiltersbythesea.com. Please save the guild money by having an email sent to you when it is posted rather than having it snail mailed. If you don’t have an email address, just check the website one week before the General Meeting. Thank you. Volume XV, Issue 5 May, 2007 Quilters By The Sea P.O. Box 7613 Long Beach, CA 90807-0613 Email: ndlfsh@juno.com e. d i ins to y e e v v r lo d Su l ou. u o y w om e W r fr hea Bare Foot Quilters Long Arm Machine Quilting 562/355-0529 Proprietor: Rebecca Knight Offering professional machine quilting in variety of thread colors. Batting available by the yard. Basting available for hand quilters Remember, it is not a quilt until it’s quilted!