LoveQuilt Cruise Sails in June!

Hi Fellow Quilters

Things have really been busy lately. I just returned from the International Quilt Market in Houston, Texas. I walked the show, visited with lots of friends, had several meetings and had lots of fun. With me was Mary Kaeser, National Coordinator for the non-profit LoveQuilt Connection.

Mary and I met with Diane from Blank Fabrics. We will be coming out with at least one fabric to use for our LoveQuilt Events around the country. As time goes on, we will add more fabrics to this line. This fabric will be available through Kaye Wood Inc and also through shops nationwide. Sales from this fabric will help to support our national events.

There will be some other surprises soon on companies who want to support our effort to provide quilts to people who need a little extra love.

Now on our upcoming quilt cruise, scheduled for June 6-13, 2009. I chose this cruise because it will be one of the first going to the Turks and Caicos Islands, and I’ve never been there. I chose Carnival because they are relatively inexpensive, are very cooperative, and a little less formal than some of the other cruise lines.

As far as we can tell, this is the first ever quilting cruise where quilts are made for charity. The cruise will be lots of fun. After learning the techniques for the 6 Hour Quilt, our quilters can volunteer to help non-quilting cruisers to help with making the quilts. Our goal is to make 60 quilts during the cruise; these will probably be donated to Quilts of Valor, for our wounded warriors.

There will also be several lectures, sharing and group events for the quilters on board. Come aboard and sail with our quilters for a week of fun, sharing, learning and giving. You can see more info here:

http://www.kayewood.com/tips/cruise_2009_.pdf

Kaye