Quilt Patterns Found Everywhere

St, Patrick's Cathedral

Quilt patterns and inspiration can be found everywhere. While Bobby and I were wandering around Dublin, Ireland, we photographed floors in two cathedrals not two blocks apart, one a Catholic facility and the other Protestant. I have never been one to make hand appliqué for quilts although I love appliqué. But these floors and patterns might just push me over the edge. (Someone revive Judy Rhone, please.) The Celtic designs are simple, but beautiful. This floor is in St Patrick Cathedral.

Christ Church Cathedral

The floor in Christ Church Cathedral has quite a lot of black and white in it and the designs differ from one section to another.

When you see some inspiring design it is easy nowadays to take digital photos and file them for future reference. Don't waste opportunities to collect.

Sara

H&C Feature of the Week: 20% off One Item of your Choice
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week we will feature 20% off any one item of your choice, excluding machines, cabinets, software, and items already discounted. You choose what you wish to purchase, and we discount it.


Shop Hours for Selected September Dates
At Heirlooms and Comforts we will be closed Monday, September 5 for Labor Day holiday. We will return to regular hours on Tuesday, September 6.

Saturday, September 10, we will close at 1:30pm because of a Clemson Home Football Game.

Saturday, September 17, we WILL NOT OPEN because of a Clemson Home Football Game at noon that day.

Saturday, September 24, TBA because we do not know the hour of the Clemson Home Football Game.

Construction Continues
The progress with the new streetscape on Madden Bridge Road seems a little slow at a glance, but those of us on the "inside" looking out at the young men who are working in the heat and dust think that it is moving along at a steady pace. We are sorry for the inconvenience and the temporary confusion of the construction, but when they are finished this is going to be good for us all. You will have clearly defined parking and safer, easier access to Heirlooms & Comforts. Not only that, our intersection of Gaines, Bank and Madden Bridge will be safer with the third stop sign in place. That means all traffic will stop at that corner and the risk of someone going much too fast thru the intersection will be reduced. At first, however, I think we all should be aware that some "regulars" thru the intersection might have difficulty noting the stop sign. Better watch carefully for a while to be sure they are going to stop.

September Classes
At Heirlooms and Comforts class offerings for September are listed on our web site. We have not yet completed the listings for October thru December. So look over this special page for September and choose what you would like to register for in this month. As soon as we fine-tune the list for the remainder of the fall we will announce the posting in an e-mail letter. Complete your registration quickly so you are not left out of the class you want.

H&C Class Listing

How Many Shades of Green?

How many shades of green can there be? Oh, my goodness! We have all heard of the Emerald Isle, right? I've heard that for years. Little did I know how really green the island of Ireland really is. The contrasts in value, tone, and tint of the color green can be eye-popping. The landscape is a patchwork quilt and every quilt you see in the landscape has a polka-dot fabric with a green background and cream dots, the dots being sheep. So many sheep in so little space and time! If the dots have a bit of black in them, that is probably dairy cattle. Bobby and I had two wonderfully informative and pleasurable weeks of learning about the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. We visited the cities and the villages. We visited family-run farms and crowded pubs. We saw pre-historic sites and modern cities. We learned of a very smart guy who leased a section of Dublin for 9000 years - even saw the lease papers that were signed by all parties. Talk about locking in your options! The rent never goes up. That 9000 years is not a typo - Arthur Guinness contracted for that many years. What a great trip this was for us and we are grateful to the employees at Heirlooms & Comforts for filling in for us to be away for that time. Just watch out now for Bobby; he kissed the Blarney Stone so who knows what kind of verbal attitude he will exhibit now that he should never again be at a loss for words.

Sara

H&C Feature of the Week: Clean Off the Bolt
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week we will feature Clean Off the Bolt all week long. You will get a 25% discount on any regular price fabric when you take everything left on the bolt-1yd or 18yds. If you take all that is remaining on a sale price bolt you will get an additional 10% off the current discount-if it is marked 30% off you will get 40% off when you take it all. There are some really skinny bolts on the shelves. You could get a real bargain on that piece you have been eyeing.



Store Hours for Labor Day Weekend
At Heirlooms & Comforts we will be closed on Saturday, September 3 and Monday, September 5 in observance of the national holiday of Labor Day. We will reopen on September 6 at regular time.

Watch carefully this fall for special store hours with regards to Clemson University home football games. We will announce each week when we have home games what our Saturday hours will be for those weeks - it will depend upon the starting time for the games. This will be subjective, selective, arbitrary store hours to accommodate the situation. Announcements will appear in the weekly e-mail and on signage in the shop. Heads up.

Stuffits Doll Show
The Stuffits Doll Club, which originated at Heirlooms & Comforts years ago, will have a show at the Pickens County Museum from September 10 to November 10. The members of this club are incredible artists in the world of dolls. They create the most wonderful dolls that illustrate so many different ideas, stories, techniques, fantasies, and customs. You have missed a real joy if you have never seen one of their shows. How could people have such great imaginations and talent all in the same being? The skill with which they create these dolls is awe-inspiring. Make time to go to Pickens to see this show. Pick up announcement cards at H&C detailing the show times.

September Classes
At Heirlooms and Comforts class offerings for September are listed on our web site. We have not yet completed the listings for October thru December. So look over this special page for September and choose what you would like to register for in this month. As soon as we fine-tune the list for the remainder of the fall we will announce the posting in an e-mail letter. Complete your registration quickly so you are not left out of the class you want.

H&C Class Listing