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April 25, 2016April 25, 2016

Spa Retreat Recap // March 2016

What’s more relaxing than a day at the spa? Why, getting the spa treatment while quilting of course! We had a wonderful group of women from around the United States as well as a couple from Australia for our Spa Retreat this March. It was one relaxing, fun, quilty time! 🙂

The ladies worked on two quilts, including the Dresden Sunburst and learned some new techniques. We demonstrated how to use the Sizzix for some other quilts as well as some small projects.

Their days were filled with quilting, shopping, massages, spray tans, manicures, pedicures and hand wax dips. It was amazing!

We even had a fun little contest where the ladies wore a facial into the stores shopping. They won prizes if they would shop for 30 minutes with their masks on. People were giving them funny looks in the shops, but most of them stuck it out and got their prize! When in Hamilton…. 😉

Our two retreaters from Australia, Leonie and Kylie, brought a Missouri Star quilt block with them for Jenny to sign as well as Australian chocolates for everyone. Yummy!

It was such a wonderful retreat and many lifelong quilty friends were made. If you would like to attend a future retreat, you can find them here: Missouri Star Quilt Company Retreats and Events Page.

March 11, 2016March 14, 2016

New Friday Tutorial: The Friendship Star Sashing Quilt

Have you ever found yourself in the situation where you have beautiful fabrics and the cutest quilt pattern picked out, but then you can’t bear to cut your fabric up into such small pieces? The Friendship Star Sashing Quilt gives you the best of both worlds. You can keep your large 10″ squares without cutting into them, but still add a super cute flair to the sashing to give it a little something extra.

Here is all the info you need to create this quilt. You can click on the image to download a printable version of this as well!

Friendship Star Sashing Quilt Details and Supplies Needed — Click on the Image to Download a Free Printable PDF for Reference!

Click on the button to watch the tutorial and shop for all the supplies you need to make your own Friendship Star Sashing Quilt!

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016

Share Your Story With Us for National Quilting Month!

It’s National Quilt Month, and we are ready to par-tay (And give away lots of Quilter’s Cash)!!!! Here’s how you can join in on the fun:

Create: We encourage you to join quilters across the globe as we accept the challenge to #makesomethingtoday! Whatever you choose to make, enjoy it!

Share: We’re continuing the MSQC tradition of holding a “Stitched Together” story contest, and we want YOU to enter! Share your story with us: Has quilting made your life better? Has it changed you or touched your heart? Tell us how in 500 words or less and you could be one of three entrants chosen to have your story featured on our Daily Deal page and Daily Deal email!

1st place will be featured on National Quilting Day (Saturday, March 19th) and will receive $250 in Quilter’s Cash
2nd Place will receive $100 in Quilter’s Cash and will be featured Sunday.
3rd Place will receive $50 in QC and will be featured Monday.

A few details to remember:

Entries must be emailed to stories@missouriquiltco.com by noon (CST)on Saturday, March 12th.
If you would like to remain anonymous, please let us know. (Or, come up with a fabulous pen name!)
Even if your story isn’t chosen as one of the three winners, we might still share it in future Daily Deal stories, blog posts, or magazine articles. By submitting your story, you acknowledge that Missouri Star may use it at some future date for commercial purposes.

We are so excited to read your stories! We want to be inspired! We want to laugh! We want to cry! Just be sure to send your entry to stories@missouriquiltco.com by noon (CST) on Saturday, March 12th, 2016! 🙂

Haven’t read the touching stories in Stitched Together Volumes 1 & 2 yet? Get them HERE! You’ll love them!

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016

New Friday Tutorial: The Ohio Star Quilt!

Raise your hand if the Ohio Star block is on your quilting bucket list! This is such a beautiful quilt block and so much easier to achieve than you might think! All you need is some small hourglass blocks and a square for the center! 🙂

Here’s what you need to make this quilt just like Jenny’s! This is a large quilt, but it will come together so quickly! 🙂

Click to watch the tutorial and shop for your supplies!

February 29, 2016March 11, 2016

Slumber Party Quilting Retreat Recap February 2016

Here in Hamilton, MO, where you can find 12 Missouri Star Quilt Shops, we host at least one themed Quilting Retreat each month! February brought us the “Slumber Party” Retreat.

Jenny gave one of her famous Trunk Shows that had the audience laughing, crying, Ooo-ing and Aah-ing. Mr. Jenny (Ron) has the strongest arms in the quilting industry, as he serves as Jenny’s quilt holder and assistant in each of her trunk shows! Talk about a loving husband! 🙂

This particular retreat is a favorite because those who attend don elastic waists and slippers for the entire weekend (and don’t we all like to be comfy when we’re engrossed in a new quilting project??). Even some of our shop gals and guys dressed in their PJs so that our retreaters could feel comfortable shopping in their favorite PJs. And of course, we quilt.

We had some organized quilting projects as well as some impromptu little projects, which everyone loved.

We had a great group from around the states, from New York to California and many states in between! It is so much fun to meet ladies from all over the United States and sometimes the world. Quilting is what stitches us all tighter and no matter where we are from we all speak the same language, “Quilt”.

If you would like to attend a future retreat, you can find them here: Missouri Star Quilt Company Retreats and Events Page.