May is when school is letting out, and we thank our teachers for a year of learning. We celebrate Mother’s Day and get ready for Father’s Day. We’re on the lookout for meaningful quilty projects to give our graduates. Weddings and baby showers and birthday parties will be coming up, and we’re working on special gifts from the heart for people we love.

This year is… different. But it’s also… not. We still thank teachers. We still honor moms and dads. We’re still celebrating our seniors. We’re finding new ways to wrap our love around people as they hit milestones. Quilters are givers - we’ve always known that, but oh, my, how we’ve seen that this year. This month, let’s celebrate giving to the people we love and pausing to love ourselves, too. We love sharing our love of quilting with you.

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HOW DO YOU PERSONALIZE PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE YOU LOVE?

DO YOU SURPRISE PEOPLE WITH GIFT QUILTS OR DO THEY KNOW YOU’RE WORKING ON SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM?

WORKING ON GIFTS FOR MOMS, DADS, KIDS, GRADS? WHAT KINDS OF NOVELTY FABRIC

MAKES YOU THINK OF YOUR PEOPLE?

**Every Friday, rain or shine, we share a new tutorial from Jenny! And tune in to Missouri Star Live on Quilting Deals Facebook Page or Missouri Star YouTube channel Tuesdays at 11am Central for giftable project ideas!

"When we give

cheerfully and accept

gratefully, everyone

is blessed."~Maya Angelou

©2020 All Rights Reserved by Missouri Star Quilt Company

Track your sewing dates and plan your fun! Check out Missouri Star events and special holidays to stay in the loop.

Cinco de MayoMAY 5

MAY 28 National Hamburger Day Made just the way you like it, there’s nothing like a hamburger. Kinda like quilting in a way - no matter what “toppings” you put on, it’s beautiful. Show us your picnic quilt - maybe even your favorite hamburgers! #msqcshowandtell

MAY 4 National Candied Orange Peel Day We think it’d be sweet to celebrate this fun holiday with an orange peel quilt project! Check out one of our sweet little orange peels! msqc.co/orangepeelquilt0520

Missouri Star Live! Tune in Tuesdays @ 11am CST on Facebook and YouTube

New Tutorial Every Friday with Jenny!

Dance Like a Chicken DayDance Like a Chicken Day - This one is for everybody who likes to do the "Chicken Dance." Chuck the Chicken Duck is all in. All 'ya gotta do is dance like a chicken. While any dance song will do, we’re partial to Jenny’s tutorial theme music…

Memorial Day

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We have lots of tutorials, classes, ideas, and more to support your quilting dreams! missouriquiltco.com/classes

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Do the Chicken Dance! Put on your favorite tutorial with Jenny and dance with us! Quilting is sew much fun, but sometimes we start sitting a while longer than we meant to. So take five minutes to stretch and shake a tail feather!

Make a giving plan. Think about who you would like to give your quilty projects to (by the way, giving yourself beautiful quilts is totally awesome). Are there milestones coming up this year? How will you personalize those gifts? Write down a little bit about how you’re feeling as you think about making a project for someone special - it’ll come in handy when you’re ready to label your labor of love.

Make a wish list. (We have a handy little heart button on items on our site to make this easy!) Maybe you’re not quite ready to dive into your next quilting project just yet - or maybe it’s temporarily unavailable… if you make a wish list we can let you know when the items are back in stock - and sometimes that window shopping is the inspiration we need to grab a digital pattern and get stitching right away!