4th of July Hours
Hello my fellow fabric lovers!
This isn't our official newsletter, but it is a little bit of news, and it is a letter! I hope it finds you all well and enjoying your summer. Can you believe it's July already? I know it's a busy time packed with vacations, holidays, graduation parties, weddings, kids and grandkids on school break, and trying to figure out what to do with 7000 zuchinni! Sometimes it's hard to find the time to quilt, but it's always in the back of our minds! Isn't it? We're always dreaming of fabric and planning that next quilt!
As I'm writing this, I have the song "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" in my head! We've been working on entering Christmas fabric into inventory today. It's the time of year when fabric designers start sending out fall and winter lines, and all the sudden we have found ourselves surrounded by pumpkins and pine trees, and planning for Thanksgiving tablerunners and Christmas quilts. At the same time the shop is filled with Red, White & Blue as we celebrate our country.
So, as we're preparing to be in Hebron's Independence Day parade, I'm planning and dreaming of quilts made with Santa Clause fabric! Yes, that's how Jolly Old St. Nicholas got in my head today. Around here we're ALL always thinking and dreaming of quilts for every day and every season, and we're more than happy to help you plan yours! Any quilt, any time!
We've changed our hours this week, around the holiday. We'll be open on Wednesday from 10-4, Thursday we're closed, but hopefully you'll come out to see us in the Hebron, Indiana parade at 10:00 a.m. On Friday the 5th we're open from 10-4, and we have a FREEDOM FRIDAY SEW DAY! It's free and you can sew 10 a.m.-4 p.m. And on Saturday we're open from 9-2. John Supan normally visits us every Thursday to pick up and drop off sewing machines for cleaning and repair. However, this week his services will pick back up on Thursday, July 11th.
Many of you have been asking, and your concern has been so sincere and appreciated. My surgery went well, and the recovery time is flying by fast. I will be up and at'em in no time! We are busy getting classes organized and back on the calendar, as well as retreats, events, and sales. Watch for the updates coming soon in the next email.
For now, I just wanted to tell you that we're closed for the 4th of July and introduce you to some of our new lines here at the shop. I hope you all have a safe holiday with your friends and family! As we draw near to the day we celebrate our nation's independence, I wanted to leave you with this:
Elizabeth Griscom was born on January 1, 1752, to a Quaker carpenter. She was the 8th child of 17 children, and was born with fully matured adult teeth, known as natal teeth. She was brought up in the Quaker faith and attended a Quaker school where she learned reading, writing, and was taught to sew as a trade. She loved sewing samplers with her Aunt Sarah and creating quilts. She finished school at the age of 12 and was apprenticed to become an upholsterer. She fell in love and married a fellow upholstery apprentice, John Ross. She eloped with John at the age of 21, and was shunned by her family for her choice. The couple started their own upholstery shop, however, two years later the Revolutionary War broke out. Her husband joined the Pennsylvania Militia and was killed in an explosion leaving her a young widow. She continued upholstering, also making tents, quilts and repairing uniforms for the Continental Army. In the spring of 1776, Elizatheth was visited by her late husband's uncle, Col. George Ross, Col. George Washington, and Robert Morris at the upholstery shop and was commissioned to sew the first true American flag. "Betsy" was 24 years old when she hand-stitched the thirteen alternating red and white stripes together, and the thirteen 5-pointed stars arranged in a circle. An act of treason. She was not credited with this work during her lifetime. The story of our beloved Betsy Ross was not known until 1870, when her grandson presented family records and documents to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
"May the fabric of our nation always be strong and vibrant." - Betsy Ross
I love this country with all of my cotton heart, God Bless the USA,
Dawn, and all of us at Cotton Hearts Quilt Shop
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