http://www.strawberry-patches.com/specialevents.html

this page splains a lot better than i did, sorry bout that.
if we had that going here for only $5 i'd be doing it.
its my scottish blood, i just loooooooove freebies, lol.
hth, nayy
jeanne


| "nzl*"wrote...
| i've heard tell of some shops who will sell you the first block
| fabric/pattern etc for $5. you sew it up, return the next month with the
| block, stay and listen to some schpiel (sp?) at the shop and they will
| give
| you the next months fab/pattern for free.
| if you miss a month, you start at $5 again.
| so they hope ya keep coming back, learning with each block and buying
more
| fabrics and stuff there eventually i suppose. for a dedicated beginner
it
| sounds like a perfect arrangement. you learn, get all the yrs blocks for
a
| total of the initial $5 and get lots of ideas/tips/meet new ppl who are
| probably also beginners to play with.
| you could start a wee group meeting in each others homes at mid month
for
| a
| tea/cakes, show/tell and discussions on quilting.
| i guess you'd have to do some checking around your area to find a shop
| like
| that.
| theres also everything you could ever ask for free online about
quilting,
| including free BOM patterns of every style
| and you got all of us here to bounce ideas off.
| we looooooooove puttin in our twenty three cents, lol.
| jeanne
|
|
| "teleflora" wrote...
| | I was at JoAnn's today and they have 2 block of the month quilts. I
| didn't
| | care that much for either one of them, but it got me to wondering. I
| think
| | this would be a good learning tool for me as far as technique, color
| choices
| | and patterns go.
| |
| | Are there any online places that anybody is familiar with that would
| offer
| | Block of the Month kits? I would prefer not to be able to buy them
all
| at
| | once, but would like to buy a kit a month and have to finish that one
| before
| | getting the next one. I am slowly learning to discipline myself as
far
| as
| | buying stuff and then not using it.
| |
| | Cindy
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