Lora and I had donated a Quilters Color Therapy sample quilt as the 2024 Opportunity Quilt for the Delta Quilters Guild. We’re members of the Delta Quilters Guild. Raffle tickets were sold throughout the year to raise funds for the guild’s quilting and charity programs. Last weekend, Delta Quilters had its annual Quilt Show. Sunday, 3 pm, was the big drawing for the winner of the Quilters Color Therapy Opportunity Quilt. Drum roll, please…
Lora and I were at our booth socializing, I mean, selling kits and patterns and didn’t realize the drawing was happening. When Judie, one of our guild members, comes running into the room. “I won!! I won your quilt!” What?!! We were so happy!! This was the first time we had known the winner of the Opportunity Quilt. We were over the moon, happy for Judie.
You can win a quilt too. Buy Opportunity Quilt tickets from your local guild. The funds are always used for a good cause. Better yet, join the quilt guild. It is a great place to learn to quilt. Members range from young to old, novice to expert. You’ll meet wonderful people, make new friends, learn new skills, and join a group that makes a difference in their community. If you don’t have a guild near you, there are online quilt guilds that meet via Zoom.
Do you need a copy of the Quilters Color Therapy pattern? Visit MaterialGirlfriendsShop.com and enter IWon! coupon code for 20% off the Quilters Color Therapy booklet.
If you can’t tell, I am thrilled to have won your beautiful quilt. Thank you for sharing your talent and creativity with all of us and for your generosity
– Judie
3YD India – August Free Pattern Download
We’re all winners! Meet us in the Winner’s Circle to download your FREE 3-Yard Pattern. Click on the 2024 3YD Quilt Series Sew Along and scroll down to August 15. This quilt takes three yards; 1 yard each of Light, Medium, and Dark. For the Medium fabric, I chose a multi-color cheater quilt fabric because it looks like it has a ton of little piecework. Nay. This pretty Fool’s Puzzle block is made from just eight Flying Geese units. The 3YD India posting has instructions and pictures plus the pattern to download. Enjoy! Have you miss the previous months’ downloads? The 3YD Series is 50% off digital downloads on our Etsy store.
In the Shop
Inner Reflections is back in stock! We have kits in two colorways; black background or cream background. Unfortunately, this beautiful Material Girlfriends fabrics line is sold out and we are unable to get more fabric from Marcus Fabrics. These kits are all that are left. *sad sigh*
The Inner Reflections Pattern includes three bonus projects, plus video tutorials for every technique in the pattern.
What makes this pattern special? It includes fun information on quilters’ personalities! We’re all different, yet seemingly made from the same cloth. Let’s pull on a thread and unravel quilting personalities.
There are four different personality types. From Hippocrates to Freud, philosophers to psychologists have been studying the mystery of personality for decades. We prefer the four-style model as a guide to understanding quilters. To be clear, we are not psychologists. We are just having fun applying personality to quilters.
Not a single person in this world was created the same. We are all a wonderful mixture of different temperaments and personalities. As you read about the four personality types in the pattern, you will identify your strongest personality trait, as well as, the personality of your quilting friends! While we all have a mix of the four basic personality types, one personality tends to dominate.
There are four main personality types:
• Red Lion – the doer and leader of groups and events
• Blue Monkey – the life of the quilting bee
• Green Owl – the analytical thinker
• Yellow Koala – the nurturer and caregiver
Enjoy more information on Quilters’ Personalities in the pattern. As Aristotle once said: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
Coupon Code
Visit MaterialGirlfriendsShop.com and enter coupon code IWon! for 20% off the Inner Reflections kit price ($155 less 20% coupon code is only $124!) or 20% off Inner Reflections, Quilters Color Therapy, and Bundles and Bows patterns. Kits include the pattern but if you already have the pattern, just leave a note in the order form and I’ll take out the pattern and refund the pattern price back to your payment method.
In the News
Recently, Missouri Star Quilt Company aired a video tutorial for one of our patterns, Bundles and Bows. That’s going great! Watch the tutorial here. Yes, she mistakenly calls us Material Girls a few times. No worries. We’ve been called worse. 😉
The Bundles and Bows pattern has multiple layouts which has created a fun little buzz on the MSQC Facebook postings. Use coupon code IWon! for 20% off Bundles and Bows pattern.
We hope you’re enjoying your summer. Stay cool. Come indoors and quilt when it gets too hot outside. We can’t wait to see your 3YD India come together.
Happy sewing,
Lisa W. Norton and Lora W. Zmak
