In case you didn't get to our latest Shop Hop, this is the pattern we featured. It is called "Winter Table Runner." I do have kits available for $33.00 which includes pattern, all fabric and Theremore batting(very light wieght).

This is actually my day off and I am on my way out the door to a jewelry demo at the East Lugington Gallery in Escanaba. God bless the rest of your day!

This pattern is called Fantastic Forest. I also have kits in the dr. green/black, red/green and royal blue. It is 28" x 19". My friend Amber http://www.mywebquilter.com/ will be working on putting the kit prices and buy buttons on my web site as soon as I give them to her. I will try to do that today. The kit prices for Fantastic Forest is $25.00. Amber now has all my new patterns on my site. http://www.quiltsnstuff.net/ Hope you have a great autumn!

Pumpkin Row

I've celebrated my 20th Anniversary in business and have been very busy putting all the new fabric away. This is my newest pattern. It was a pattern for the Batik Club but I made it into a wool pattern also. There will be kits for both

I now am carrying wool 1/8's and varigated #8 pearl cotton. Come to Quilts n' Stuff to see them. Amber will be putting them on the web site soon (to purchase with Pay Pal) www.quiltsnstuff.net

Have a Happy Fall. We are doing a small shop hop starting Oct 7 thru the 10th.

This is my newest pattern, called "Iris Silhouettes." You can order it by e-mailing me at garkens@quiltsnstuff.net I am celebrating my 20th anniversary in business and you can get half this pattern for free if you come to my shop and spend $10.00 now through August 14th. Quilts 'n Stuff is located in Escanaba, Michigan at 608 So 14th Street.

Our local art fair is this Saturday at Ludington Park. the Rapid River Quilt Guild is selling raffle tickets for a queen size + scrap quilt. If you're close to Escanaba, MI check it out.

You're invited to a Bead Pary

Quilts 'n Stuff is celebrating 20 years in business. From August 2nd through the 14th we will be having a sale, there will be free stuff, a contest, a guessing game, prizes and a Bead Party!

Above is a small sample of the beads. There will be bracelets, necklaces, earings and lots of loose beads so you can make a quilt with beaded embelishments. Bead for Life is an organization that supports African women who make paper beads out of recycled paper to support themselves and their families. We'll have a dvd showing you about them or you can go to their web site http://www.beadforlife.org and check it out yourself before you come to my shop.

The green beads at the bottom are beads my Mom bought over 20 years ago from a similar organization.

Come and celebrate with us!

New Big Buttons

I am back from vacation. We didn't rest much- my sister planned 2 days of visiting Quilt Shops. All the shops had something to offer. Mary or I bought quilting patterns and fabrics in all the shops. The one that impressed me the most was The Quilted Cottage in Saginaw. Nice bright shop and they have a lot going on.

2nd photo: NEW Dill buttons. the picture is deceiving-they are BIG buttons. Great for quilted purses and totes. The large (2 1/4") are $2.50 and the smaller (1 3/4") are $2.25. There are square and teardrop shape too.

Gotta get back to work-lot's of things to get ready for my 20th Anniversary Celebration starting Aug 2nd thru the 14th.

1st photo: Flowers buttons for $1.00 and that black one to the right has holes so you can run ribbon or beads through ($2.10)

You can order by calling my shop - find more information at http://www.quiltsnstuff.net/.

Cardinal and Scarlet Tanager

These are my "Redbirds"-they are both in the new quilting pattern. I have kits also available for around $18.00(Cardinal or Scarlet Tanager) but you would have to e-mail me to order them. garkens@quiltsnstuff.net Larry is working to get the new patterns on my shopping cart at www.quiltsnstuff.net

I get to go on vacation this week. I'm going to my sisters in Midland and we're going to visit a number of new quilt shops. I'll let you know which ones I liked best.

I will be celebrating my 20th anniversary in business as a quilt designer and as a quilt shop in August. One thing I'm doing to celebrate is having a "Bead for Life" bead party. You can check out their site if you would like beadforlife.org
I will have their beaded jewelry and loose beads at Quilts 'n Stuff by Glenna, August 2nd thru the 14th. Come check my shop out if you are in the area then.

Songbirds

You may have seen the Baltimore Oriole on my home page. It is one of my newest quilt/wallhanging patterns. We have not gotten it on the shopping cart because we had a hard drive problem so if you would like to order it, just e-mail me at garkens@quiltsnstuff.net.

A Brown Thatcher is also included with the Oriole pattern. That's the shape bird I had in my head when I started the bird patterns but I just couldn't make one bird.

On the next blog I will show you the Cardinal and the Scarlet Tanager.

Welcome to My New Blog!

Hi Quilters!

I'm Glenna Arkens and I own a small quilting shop and I design quilt patterns under the name "Quilts 'n Stuff by Glenna." This is a picture of me last summer at my friend Sally Zimmer's Quilt Show she held outside on their forested property. I dressed for the occasion.

Customers love my shop. It is in a 120 year old house and the first 3 rooms are the shop. I feature batiks and I'm always making new patterns and changing things around so you'll see something new every time you come in.

My web site has just been revamped by my friend Amber Lippold who has a web site where you can build quilts-it's great. Check it out. So she suggested I start this blog so you can see what I have done in the past and what I am doing new.