National Quilting Day: March 16, 2013

National/Worldwide Quilting Day is Saturday March 16th this year. This is our day to demonstrate our passion for quilting.

We are participating in the "7 Summits Strip Quilt Challenge" at our shop. Our first goal is to summit Denali (of course!) the week of March 16-23. If we make it further, great!

To "summit" Denali we have to climb 20,320 feet, or 243,840 inches. Each strip quilt uses 1600 inches of fabric. So that makes 152 quilts.

How are we counting quilts? Each of these will count as one quilt:

• Purchase a jelly roll.
• Sew a strip quilt on National Quilting Day.
• Send us a photo of a quilt you sewed or finished March 16-23.

Donating quilts to charity is encouraged.

You can make a strip quilt in 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. Watch this video by Jenny Doan for inspiration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEJLnaZQOU
It's called Jelly Roll Race! A quilt top in less than an hour!

What is it? Our strip-stick figure ready to climb to the summit!

Her days are numbered! We plan to hold a drawing from all the climbers to win the strip bundles. If you buy a jelly roll, make a quilt, or send a photo you put your name on a hiking boot. Have a shoe fetish and get lots of boots! We will draw from all the boots at the end.