Throughout the years, quilters have been interested in recipes (exchanging them, serving at quilting bees, collecting into recipe books).  It’s not unusual to find an occasional recipe in a quilting newsletter or on a web site.  Havasu Quilts has offered raspberry recipes recently in occasional e-newsletters.
This week, you’ll find one for “Raspberry Pretzel Squares,” which looks delicious and is very timely during raspberry season.  You’ll find the recipe at: http://www.havasuquilts.com/newsletter/newsletter.html . 

In addition to quiltmaking ideas and patterns, the quilters of days ago shared various tasty goodies at their get-togethers.  My grandfather, in writing about his mother and her neighbors at their quilting bees, mentioned their having tea.  I imagine Great Grandmother and her neighbors served more than a beverage.
In the Havasu Quilts (www.havasuquilts.com ) newsletter today, there is a recipe for Raspberry Salad Mold, a tasty dish to serve for your family on busy quilting days or to quilters who come to work at their sewing.

If you’re sending out a quilting e-newsletter, how do you ensure that others will want to subscribe and continue reading?  Generally the newsletters I’ve found are published by quilters and quilt shops selling fabrics, patterns, kits, and quilting related items.  The newsletter becomes a way to connect with your customers.
As I’ve subscribed and browsed through e-newsletters lately, I’ve found these appeal to me:
*Adding something personal about your quilting life, travels, and projects.  This catches my interest more than simply a listing of items for sale, even when those items come with pictures.  This personal blurb generally shouldn’t be too long, but …read more

The challenge of a quilt challenge intrigues many quilters.  These may involve full size quilts, lap quilts, wall hangings, or other types of fabric art.  My daughter had become involved with a number of challenges within online groups she belongs to.  You’ll also find challenges sponsored by quilt shops, quilt guilds, and quilt shows.
These generally involve using a specific number of fabrics and perhaps embellishments.  Colors used in the challenge piece may be designated, too. A definite size usually is given for the piece.  Many will have a theme to the entry.
I noticed a challenge at Havasu Quilts (www.havasuquilts.com) with …read more

Quilters from Pahrump, NV have organized a project, Quilts 4Cancer, to give Christmas quilts to children with cancer.  They plan to provide 500 quilts made from fabric with a holiday/Christmas theme.  If you don’t have time to make a quilt, you can donate fabric with holiday designs.
More information can be found in the current Havasu Quilts newsletter (6/27/06) at www.havasuquilts.com.  Havasu Quilts is located at Lake Havasu City, AZ.