Jelly Bargelly and lots of belly laughs

Eileen stopped by to show us her Alaska toss!
Below is Shana's bright quilt she donated to a fire donation.
Christy wow'd us with her baby blanket.

Maribeth is a great teacher. We had 5 jelly bargelly quilts going and she kept up with all of us. Here's just a few of the pics we took. Sandi had a beautiful flower garden quilt, Pepper had a gorgeous aqua, brown, etc. colored quilt, Ruby had an earthy Victorian quilt going, Julie had modern pastels and Denise had tropical bright fabrics to create hers.

We really shouldn't have so many jelly belly laughs and try to quilt. Yum! And the potluck!

Jelly Bargelly Class - March 29, 2008

Brown Bag Night - March 28th..come for BB Nite and set up for Saturday's Class!

Jelly Bargelly Class - March 29, 2008

Instructor: Maribeth Miller

Jelly Bargelly designed by Nancy Altsman 56" X 81"

An amazing bargello style quilt constructed completely of jelly rolls strips. Use strips from various packs and create a fabulous one of a kind design.

FABRICS REQUIRED:

51 jelly roll strips OR 1/3 yard of 17 fabrics or 17 fat quarters

Inner Border: 1/2 yard

Outer Border: (62) 5" charm squares or 1 1/4 yard fabric

Backing : 5 yards

Binding: 2/3 yard

Black Cat Creations

Spring Fling Lisa Moore's "Quilts with a Twist" Creations

The "huddle"

Spring Fling Lisa Moore's "Quilts with a Twist" Creations plus paper - piecing samples from Pat White...........for CRAFT DAY!!

Lisa Moore & Maribeth

Lisa Moore travels to Delta Junction

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Lisa Moore travels to Delta to instruct

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Quilts With a Twist offers a free quilt pattern, Quilt Pattern (s) online,

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The Calico Cow has Lisa's patterns and many Alaskan fabrics in stock!

March Craft Day at the Calico Cow

Totally Rearranged

Dave Becker-Jackie's husband and he also works on Thursdays at the shop!

Hey, everybody!

Check out our new arrangement! We totally rearranged everything today! Thanks to Dave and a couple of wonderful, strong, and helpful young men, we unloaded all the shelves, moved ALMOST everything, and reloaded the shelves. Some things are still needing a little help finding homes, but those who have seen it think it looks great. Ya gotta come and see!

The Forget-Me-Knot Quilters' Spring Fling is coming up soon - March 14-15. Lisa Moore of Sitka will be our Saturday teacher, and she'll be teaching any of four of her newest patterns. They will be in our shop soon, so you can buy your pattern and choose fabrics. We have color copies of 3 of the 4 patterns now. We'll be having a sale to celebrate Sping Fling sometime that week.

We would also like to announce a sale for Leap Day (February 29th). Seems like a reason to celebrate, don't you think? And a good way to explore the new lay-out of the shop! I guess that's still a couple of weeks away, but it will go fast! Can you believe this weather?! It feels like spring, and the daylight is wonderful!

Marcia's class didn't go as planned last weekend, since she was sick, so I'm hoping she'll do it again. I heard something about this Saturday the 23rd, so if you're still interested, call & ask. The Jelly Bargelly class will be March 29th, which will give you time to recuperate from the Fling! Feb 22 is Brown bag night, March 7 is Pizza night. I think! I'm pretty tired from the rearranging today, and I feel I am beginning to ramble!

Thanks everyone, hope to see you soon!
Maribeth, Jackie,
Eddy, Marcia, Dave

Bargello Northern Lights

Maribeth & her beautiful quilt she's binding!
Bargello Northern Lights Wallhanging in Construction

2008 Spring Fling

Christmas Party with the FMKQ Guild Members 2007

Dear Fellow Quilters

It’s Feb. 5th and a crisp - minus 50 here on Sawmill Creek. Mark your calendar on March 7th & 8th for the Forget-Me-Knot-Quilters annual “Spring Fling”.

The perfect solution to chase the winter “blahs” and get together with friends for a weekend of quilting, food, surprises, and fun.

Our guest instructor is Lisa Moore of Sitka. Lisa is a very creative quilt designer and will be teaching us a brand new quilt design. She assures me that beginners need not be afraid and experienced quilters will enjoy the challenge of her latest design.

Send in your registration and fee today as space is limited. As soon as we receive your registration and attendance fee we will send you more information, event calendar, etc. Your fee includes food and lots of surprises. ?????

Marcia Ward

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Spring Fling – 2008
“Quilt Alaska”

Member - $35.00 / non-member $45.00
Name:
Address:
Phone:

Mail registration & attendance fee to:

Marcia Ward
Box 1087
Delta Jct., Ak 99737
Any Questions Call 895-5415

January Update

Owners: Maribeth Miller and Jackie Becker

Hello!
You are getting this either because you signed up for our email list, or you are an FMKQ guild member. We wanted to let you all know what is coming up at the Calico Cow. If you don't want to be on our list, please let us know. Or if you know someone who would like to be on this list, please have them let us know. Thanks!

We've been meaning to do this for a long time, and January seemed like a good time to start it! We might be downsizing our ad in the Delta Wind, so this will be a good way to get the word out.

First of all I wanted to remind you all that this Friday night (Jan. 11th) is PIZZA NIGHT! 5:00 to whenever (usually 9:00 or so). We order the pizza and you pay $15.00 for pizza and fun times with other quilters (who are automatically friends, right?)

Saturday the 12th is the FMKQ guild craft day, when we will be working on our raffle quilt for this year. Start at 9:30, and bring a potluck lunch.

On Saturday January 26th Jackie will be teaching a heart wallhanging, in celebration of "July in January". It is red, white and blue, and could be used for Valentine's Day, or to be patriotic - any time of the year! It is not a beginner project, because of small strips, etc. Stop in the see it. To reward our long-time customers, this class is only $10!

Brown Bag night is Friday night Jan 25th - I think! I'll let you know if it's not. Brown Bag night is the same as Pizza Night except you bring your own supper, and it's only $5.

February starts off with Pizza Night 8th, followed by the FMKQ craft day on the 9th. We do it that way so people can come to pizza night and leave their machines set up for craft day - no hauling it back and forth! For February craft day, I (Maribeth) will be teaching a small bargello wallhanging of northern lights and a polar bear, that people have been asking for. Fun!

Saturday February 16th, Marcia will be teaching a beginner quilt in flannel, for any beginners who are interested in a class. We hope to have a sample and fabric requirements in the shop soon. $20, which is a really great deal for a quilting class.

The next Saturday, Feb 23rd, I will teach a larger bargello quilt for those who want a bargello, but are not satisfied with a wallhanging! $20 plus pattern "Jelly Bargelly".

That's about it for now! March will be the FMKQ Spring Fling, and hopefully we can squeeze in another class or two. Thanks for listening - feel free to give us feedback on this email idea. We'll give you any updates as needed on classes and sales.

Happy quilting, and be sure to let us know soon if you're coming to Pizza Night this Friday!
Maribeth

The Calico Cow
P.O. Box 648
1380 Richardson Hwy
Delta Junction Alaska
www.thecalicocow.com