You only have until this Saturday to vote for your favorite shop table display. We had great fun planning and setting our spots - there are lots of displays to see - you'll probably be able to tell who made each one without even reading the signs! Bring a donation to the food bank and you can vote for your favorite and enter your name in the drawing for a kit for the winning design.

     There are lots of Thimbleberries events coming up in the next several weeks for club members.The year-end is always such fun in this group! You won't want to miss both the 2008 Preview Day and 2007 club member auction on Saturday December 8th! Our holiday party will be held Thursday December 13th at 6:30 pm. We will be sending a note to each club member with all the details, but we thought you might want to add those dates to your busy holiday calendar now. We always love to have new members join the group. January is the perfect time to join so that you can be part of all the yearlong projects designed by Lynette!

     Debbi has just finished piecing the Maple Sugar wall quilt by Toadusew designs. The 53" x 53" seasonal sensation features fossil fern fabrics and batiks. It reminds me of the brilliant fall days that we really didn't have this year! It took us a while to select the fabrics for our model - why can't we ever just do what the pattern says?! To save you the effort we have cut kits for this piece in fabrics as close to those used in our sample as currently possible. The kit includes the pattern, fabrics for the top and binding and is $61.50. Pattern only - $10.00

     We have added a new class to the fall schedule. Joyce's eye-catching teapot wall quilt is sure to garner lots of attention in your home. It is a two-color piece featuring embroidery, crayon shadowing and pieced sashing. The quilt can be made larger or smaller, if desired, by being creative with the setting. The class will be offered Wednesday, November 28th from 10:00-12:00 or Saturday December 1st from 12:00-2:00. Stop in or give the shop a call to register. Fee: $15.00

     Hoffman fabrics has shipped us a beautiful new collection called Kasuri. It is an Asian inspired indigo collection. Kasuri is spectacular - deep blue, beige and brown prints in cotton with the look of woven linen (fine printed lines in the background mimic that fibers weave). They would be perfect to include in a garment for a more subtle Asian accent. $7.20 yard

     Luscious Little Block- Pattern #24 is now available, (we will have one final - yes, additional - block and setting in our next letter!)! We will be happy to send you piecing fabrics for the block as shown (you provide your own block backgrounds). Please send $2.00 and a SASE to the shop and we will get them in the mail so you can begin stitching.

     Each online pattern is available as an Adobe PDF. We also have archived all of the prior releases on Luscious Little Block Page so you will not miss a pattern! Once the file is open in a browser window you can print or save a copy to your hard drive. (Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat for best results.)