Month: March 2013

Yes, they are!

Here are the details:

“We’re sponsoring our first quilt retreat at St. Francis Retreat Center located in San Juan Bautista. While this retreat is yours and you may sew whatever you’d like, quilter extraordinaire, Annie Smith of Simple Arts will be on site teaching Annie’s Favorite Techniques. You’ll create nine different blocks featuring a compilation of nine different tricks and techniques. Fabric kits will be available as the retreat draws closer.”

WHEN
Sunday, August 11, 2013 through Wednesday, August 14, 2013

WHERE
St. Francis Retreat Center
San Juan Bautista, California

COST
– Private room $525
– Shared room $450
– Commuter $330 (driving up every day, no lodging)

$100 non-refundable deposit required at sign up. We have a minimum person requirement to meet by May 1st, so please sign up early!

The balance can be broken into 2 payments, half due June 1, the final half due July 2.

WHAT’S INCLUDED
All meals, lodging, a Sunday evening dessert social and FUN, FUN, FUN!

TO SIGN UP
Visit the Family Threads website or give us a call at 831-623-0200.

Dear Quilting Friends —

International Quilt Day is just around the corner, and as a featured artist on a past episode of The Quilt Show, (www.thequiltshow.com) I wanted to let you know about a gift that Alex and Ricky have put together for quilters around the world.

Beginning on Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 17, everyone who signs on to The Quilt Show will have free access to over 120 of their internet shows, including my episode

# 209 – Annie Smith, the Fabric Detective. You can watch the shows, check out the great tutorials, browse the gallery of over 19,900 member quilts, visit the forum for answers to the most burning quilt questions and lots, lots more. And if you missed my show, you can see it now.

You can also enter the TQS prize drawing with fantastic prizes from companies we know and love like Bernina, Gammill, Superior Threads, AccuQuilt, C&T Publishing, RJR Fabric, and Ricky and Alex will have gift baskets to give away too. The grand prize is a new Bernina 550QE sewing machine!

I wanted to make you aware of this amazing event so you can take advantage of everything this exciting weekend has to offer without leaving home and all for free.

Don’t hesitate to share this email with your quilting friends, fellow guild members, social networking friends and local quilt shops so that they don’t miss out on this fun weekend. And feel free to post an abbreviated version of the details on your Facebook page. I want everyone to know about this amazing 3-day celebration of all things quilting.

So check in at www.thequiltshow.com on Friday, March 15, and enjoy the shows and exploring The Quilt Show website and all it has to offer! And I’d love to have you view my show, episode #209!

Here is a photo of the quilt that I made with the blocks that I used from my episode of the show:

I had it hanging around as blocks for the longest time, and then realized that they were pretty special, and should be made into a memory quilt of the magical experience of being a guest on the show! I love this quilt — and it does have GREAT memories of that day, and the honor it was to be a guest.

If you haven’t seen episode #209 – please watch! You’ll see a special quilt (the purple one) that is also available, now, as an online class. Ricky commented that the quilt looked as if it were painted on the wall when we filmed the show. Just click on the link to Classroom above for all of the details.

Also, you may want to listen (or re-listen) to the podcast interviews that I did with Alex and with Ricky after the show. Just click on the banners on the left-hand side of the page. (You may need to scroll up ; )

Happy quilting — good luck!

Annie