823 E. Main Street, Montrose, CO 81401

Phone 970-249-1600

Email: info@ladybugzquilt.com

MARCH 2016 --- NEWSLETTER

Can you believe we are already into the third month of the new year!!. I have lost track of time …. so-o-o March is here and the Colorado weather only gets better from here going forward … those upcoming “windy” days means we can stay inside and use our sewing machines for what we ENJOY, starting or finishing up another quilt or project .. Hours remain: Tuesday thru Friday 10:00 am - 5:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

March 13th

- Daylight Savings Begins March 17th

- St. Patrick’s Day

March 19th

- National Quilting Day March 20th - FIRST DAY OF SPRING

March 25th

- Good Friday March 27th

- Easter

April 1st

- April Fools Day April 22nd

- Earth Day

May 8th

- Mother’s Day May 21st

- Armed Forces Day

M ay 30th

- Memorial Day

Date: July 29th - 31st, 2006 --- Where: Telluride Elementary School Gym, 447 W. Columbia Avenue, Telluride See website for details: www.manyhandsfiberartsfestival.com

International-Award Winning Quilter SUZANNE MARSHALL

Will be teaching classes and exhibiting some of her gorgeous quilts

Suzanne Marshall is an international-award winning quilter. Her quilts have won numerous prizes, including multiple awards for Best Hand Workmanship at the American Quilter's Society shows in Paducah and Lancaster. Her quilt “Toujour Noveau” was named as one of the Twentieth Century's 100 Best

American Quilts. This quilt is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in Paducah, Kentucky, as is her Mother’s Day. A significant honor was being selected as one of the "World’s Distinguished Quilt Artists” to exhibit three selected quilts (Dragonflowers, Leafhoppers and Konnichiwa) inTokyo, Japan in January, 2003. In 2010, one of her latest creations, Vases, received the Best Handworkmanship Award at the AQS Show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Vases and its quilted tiling patterns are featured in Suzanne’s newest book.newest book.

"No Girls Allowed!" will be on display from January 29th

through April 26th, 2016. The Rocky Mountain Quilt

Museum is located at 1213 Washington Avenue,

Golden, Colorado. For more information, visit their

website See more at:

http://willywonkyquilts.blogspot.com/2015/11/no-girls-

allowed-rocky-mountain-quilt.

Do you have pieced quilt tops ready to be quilted ……… Ladybugz is offering long arm service -- edge to edge quilting … and binding application … check

it out on Ladybugz website or contact the store for details….. “‘“Qualit y work …

ARE BEING RESEARCHED AND A SCHEDULE IS BEING PUT CLASSESTOGETHER WHICH

WILL BE COMING SOON … IF THERE IS A CLASS OF SPECIAL INTEREST PLEASE LET US KNOW

Look forward to seeing you soon!!!

CLASS SCHEDULE

THE QUILTIN’ TIMES ARE A-CHANGING

by CindyThury Smith 1999

For our Great-Great Grandmothers, in quilting times past—

A frugal quilter had to scrimp, make every scrap last— Today wasting fabric is not such a crime—

Today what’s scarce is a quilter’s TIME. Patterns used to travel with pioneers going west— Now we swap and share instantly on the Internet—

Once templates were traced, fabric carefully scissored— Now we slice multiple layers, we’re all Olfa wizards. At one time a two fabric quilt was a sign of status—

Now Watercolor quilts have hundreds of prints comin’ at us—

Quilters used to gather at small local quilting bees—

Now we congregate at conferences, national teachers to see. Like our Great-Great Grandmothers our lives are busy, we’re stressed—

But with the beauty of our quilts, we feel we are blessed—

As with Great-Great Grandmother, our quilting serves many goals—

To give warmth, grace our homes, and feed our souls..

and to make room for new fabric ………

$9.00 YD

(Selected Sale Fabric as marked - 30%, 40% & 50% )

$10.00 YD

Regular Priced Notions, Patterns, & Books -- 20% off (Sale Items & Kits Excluded) Regular Fat Quarters --- $2.75 each ….. Batiks --- $3.25

SALE DATES: MARCH 15th - March 25th, 2016 Store Hours: Tuesday thru Friday …. 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM / Saturday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM