2/3 of the Summer Has Passed.

 Getting closer to the end of August ... this has been a very long summer, with heat waves, high humidity, and many long hours cutting and sewing face masks for the pandemic. I'm very happy that I started and nearly finished my granddaughter's first birthday quilt six  months ahead of time ... so it  was ready to be dropped off, left in a bag at the gate to their side door on her birthday, where her dad or mum would find it and bring it in to her... Keeping social distance and not seeing my grandchildren has been very challenging. But as the white house occupant said, "It is what it is."

Here is the quilt I made for her, from a doll house panel on the front (from Red Rooster's Home With Me line) and a beautiful foliage/forest (from Timeless Treasures) print on the back. 

A few cute dolls from the dollar store makes this sweet panel a happy play space for a one year old granddaughter.

The mask production continues ... 'smile masks' are coming along more quickly now, and the pleated masks still disappear quickly each time I put some out on the bench for free. Donations for masks (and sometimes for free fabric for mask makers) also continue to arrive, those more slowly on these very hot August days ... Still, nearly a thousand dollars have been sent on to the food pantry.

I'm doing my best to stay cool and productive. I plan to interrupt the daily mask making sessions next week so I can make a few more comfort quilts for the fire and police vehicles... I haven't brought them any since February, and feel remiss!

Visit the shop's Facebook page for more updates on in-stock materials. I'll continue with the Covid-19 Stage Two contact-free plan of 'storm door pickups' and online orders.  Call or email your requests, and I'll do my best to respond on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of each week. 

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It's summertime, and the fabric is pretty ...

Not a lot of text today, except to say that you're always welcome to call us ahead if you can't make it to the shop during regular hours ... we'll do our best to meet your schedule.  Here are some of the beautiful fabrics you'll find at Quilters' Quarters.  In time they will all be added to the selections at our website as well (Terry Crawford Palardy webstore)

You'll see birds of all sorts and all seasons. Fruits and berries as well. Some are panels, some are yardage from bolts. A few are repro vintage to the thirties featuring children's prints, and others are fabric books ready to be made. My photos don't do justice to the beauty of these colors ... please come visit us if you can.

And as always, if you are receiving this update in your email ~ thank  you for signing on to follow our newsletters. Please forward this to your friends to let them know that we are here in Georgetown and also online. See rules for online distrubution of special items at our Row by Row™ page of this blog.

You might also enjoy checking in on the Vintage and Antique Sewing Machine page to see what's been happening with the collection, or visit the 2015 Quilting Journal page to follow what I'm working on presently. 

Be well, enjoy the summer, and happy quilting to all! When you go to the site, pleaser remember to scroll down and see all that we've prepared for the Row by Row™ 2015 event~  and thanks again!

Goldfinch, bluejays and cardinals for spring

winter cardinals

summer cardinals

more cardinals and friends

so many cardinal fabrics, for all seasons

Autumn birds

panels of cherries and bolts to blend

Strawberry panels,
and bolts of blueberries and cranberries

a fabric panel of Table Manners pages and bolts of
colorful buoys and Snoopy's heroism stars

two bolts of baseball fabrics, and a book panel
 "Tips from the Gang"

Sweet 1930's repro fabric
for children's themes.

a small panel waiting to be surrounded by high
quality fat quarters from Quilting Treasures.

Nautical and colorful fabrics to
enhance your 2015 H2O Themed
Row by Row™ quilts, with Superior Threads

We're easy to contact and would love to assist you in designing and making your own quilt.  Terry will not be taking on any more quilt orders herself until fall of 2016.

Terry, web page/store TerryCrawfordPalardy.com
     email: needlesandpens@comcast.net
Terry's blog:  AtQuiltersQuarters.blogspot.com (you are here.)

Rick, web page/store WoodenToyandGift.net, 
     email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.net
Rick's blog: WTandGNews.blogspot.com