Bunny's Sew Fine Fabrics
28 Price Rd. Newark, OH 43055-3351
740-366-1433
Email: sewfinefabrics@hotmail.com
Web: www.bunnys-sewfinefabrics.com
Hours: Mon. -Sat. 10:00am – 5:30pm, Wed. 10:00am until 7:00pm, Closed on Sunday
December 30, 2013
Sale Dec. 30 - Jan. 4
$1.00 Off regular priced fabrics (1 yd. minimum)
Closed New Year’s Day - have a safe joyous celebration!
Tuesday Dec. 31 - normal hours
Thursday Jan. 2 - normal hours
Sale Jan. 6 - 11
Fat Quarter Frenzy $2.00 each
Sale Jan. 13 - 18
Buy 3 yards get the 4th yard (lowest price) free
Sale Jan. 20 - 25
Clearance fabrics $2.99 (1 yard minimum)
Wire Hangers
We have several styles to choose:
*16” Believe with wooden dowel
*6” star, apple and Santa
*8” Snowman
*Holly ornament hangers
Patterns - unleash your creativity!
Make great gift items all through the year:
*Snap Happy - bags to make in three sizes
*Hot Stuff - casserole, cake pan carriers
*Yo-Yo Pincushions and Pieced Pincushions - by Indygo Junction
New Owl Fabrics
We have two new bolts of owl fabrics by Timeless Treasures ready for kids quilts, eye
spy quilts, PJ’s, pillow cases…….. The large owls are approximately 3” on a black
background and the small owls are 1.75” on a pink background.
2014 Block of the Month
Thursday January 9 at 10:30am or Monday January 13 at 6:30pm. Our Block of the
Month for 2014 is The General’s Wives. The quilt is 100 x 100. The pieced blocks finish
at 12” and are named after the great women who were behind their General husbands.
The first block, named after Anna Marie Hennen Hood, was married to John Bell Hood,
who led the Texas Brigade during the Civil War. Anna was the mother of 11 children (3
sets of twins!). Each kit has the history of the woman for whom the block is named. This
BOM will be 14 months and have the cost of the patterns, fabrics and class fee is spread
over 14 months. Patty will teach techniques and tricks during the monthly class. Call to
be added to our waiting list! Our background fabric is a rose/pink toile and the dark
fabric is a brown with small rose dots.
Custom Machine Quilting
We do custom long-arm machine quilting. Stop in to see our shop samples. We have a
selection of wide backing fabrics and batting on a roll. Visit our website for more
information and costs. Turnaround time estimate is 8 weeks.
Class Enrollment Policy
Please pay class fees when enrolling for a class. Minimum class enrollment is 3. If we
have to cancel a class due to low enrollment or if you are unable to attend and give us 72
hours notice, we will gladly refund your class fee. Happy Birthday to You
Stop by the shop within 7 days of your birthday and you will receive 25% off all “on-thebolt” regular priced fabrics with minimum 1 yard cuts. Limited to one day's purchase
with proof of your birthday.
Heart of Ohio Quilter's Guild Meetings 2014
The quilt guild meetings (unless otherwise noted) are the 3rd Tuesday of each month at
7:00 p.m. at St. Leonard Church, Dorsey Mill Road in Heath. Guests welcome.
Mark your calendar for 2014: January 21, February 18, March 18 and April 15
A look back in quilting history:
American Patchwork Quilts by Lenice Ingram Bacon, copyright 1980
~ Quilt Renaissance (continued from 12/23)
All over the country professional designers are making use of old quilt designs for
every conceivable commodity. Patchwork adorns not only women’s clothing but men’s
fashionable trousers. The son of the family has a patchwork hunting shirt and jeans,
while the daughter has patched denims as well as a very feminine pieced evening frock.
Exclusive gift shops feature patchwork pillows in every style and size, including
enormous floor pillows, and stuffed animals, tablecloths and handbags.
Quilt designs are the inspiration for all sorts of commercially produced articles writing paper, wrapping papers, place mats, playing cards - - just to name a few. Truly
distinctive is a recent wallpaper design by Philip Graf of New York. He has most
successfully done a hand-printed paper called Quilting Bee, impervious to water and
stains. The design was executed by Scott Nutter of Connecticut, inspired by Nutter’s
grandmother’s crazy quilt. Every charming detail has been retained - - autographs of
fond aunts and other relatives and all the fancy stitchery.
Patchwork has become an investment - - big business. But also, once again, it is an
accepted folk art, perhaps America’s most indigenous and vital one, enthusiastically
received north, south, east and west.
What should be of the most lasting importance than the social and commercial
acceptance of the patchwork quilt or the monetary value now being placed upon it, is the
new awareness of its “significant contribution to American artistic achievement” in the
world of abstract art. Museums in all parts of the country are now proud to exhibit
examples and to be a part of the great revival - from Greenville County Museum in South
Carolina, to the magnificent Shelbourne Museum in Vermont; the Baltimore Museum in
Maryland to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
Espresso-Chocolate Shortbread Cookies ~ Smitten Kitchen
Makes 42 cookies
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
1 tablespoon boiling water
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (plain, or a toffee variety), finely chopped, or 3/4 cup
store-bought mini chocolate chips
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting (optional)
1. Dissolve the espresso in the boiling water, and set aside to cool to tepid.
2. Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a
hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the butter and confectioners’ sugar together on medium
speed for about 3 minutes, until the mixture is very smooth. Beat in the vanilla and
espresso, then reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour, mixing only until it
disappears into the dough. Don’t work the dough much once the flour is incorporated.
Fold in the chopped chocolate with a sturdy rubber spatula.
3. Using the spatula, transfer the soft, sticky dough to a gallon-size zipper-lock plastic
bag. Put the bag on a flat surface, leaving the top open, and roll the dough into a 9 x 10
1/2 inch rectangle that’s 1/4 inch thick. As you roll, turn the bag occasionally and lift the
plastic from the dough so it doesn’t cause creases. When you get the right size and
thickness, seal the bag, pressing out as much air as possible, and refrigerate the dough
for at least 2 hours, or for up to 2 days.
4. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone
mats.
5. Put the plastic bag on a cutting board and slit it open. Turn the firm dough out onto
the board (discard the bag) and, using a ruler as a guide and a sharp knife, cut the dough
into 1 1/2-inch squares. Transfer the squares to the baking sheets and carefully prick
each one twice with a fork, gently pushing the tines through the cookies until they hit
the sheet.
6. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. The shortbreads will be very pale–they shouldn’t take on
much color. Transfer the cookies to a rack.
Love is Not Blind
No, love is not blind,
It knows what it seeks and leads the soul in the right direction.
Neither deceptive nor inconsistent, neither negative or doubtful.
Love accepts no imitations never settling for “close enough.”
Love tires, but does not abandon, weakens, but remains undaunted.
Love latches onto Truth, and never, ever lets go.
No, love is not blind, love sees with clarity.
Thou art Love;
I’ve seen You through the eyes of my soul.
by William D. Canavan, Iowa
Happy New Year! Quilt on!
Linda, Deborah, Patty, Hiroko and Barb
“We will make a quilt to help us remember home,” Anna’s mother said. “It will be like
having the family in back-home Russia dance around us at night.” Patricia Polacco, The
Keeping Quilt