First of all, we would like to thank everyone that came to
our Grand Opening! We had a wonderful time and met so many great new people. It
was so exciting having everyone come experience The Bed-Warmer Quilt & Sew.
As you saw previously, we had to do a ton of work to get the
shop ready for the Grand Opening, but all that hard work was certainly worth
it. We had a few small touches to add before we opened:
We had to display our incredible Pfaff sewing and embroidery
machines,
complete our Zoss Nook with toys and, of course, take it for
a test run,
(for those of you wondering, ZOSS is an acronym for our four
grandbabies: Zoey, Oliver, Sadie, & Samantha.)
set out some samples of the kind of work our Pfaff machines
can do,
set up for our Pfaff Passport 2.0 giveaway,
and, probably the most important to us, hang our signature
quilt and plaque on the wall.
Our signature quilt, the one you will see on our logo, holds
very special meaning to us.
Ann Bunting Ward
Creator of The Bed-Warmer Signature Quilt
Ann Bunting Ward Bacon was born in 1868 in Kaysville Utah.
This quilt was made for her granddaughter Ann Bacon Blake (Darren’s mother) in
the early 1940s where it was used extensively in her home. Grandma Bacon never
learned to read or write, because her stepmother made her go to work instead of
attending school. At age 20, she married Arthur Bacon and they had 8 children.
She lost three children to death while they were still very young. The last son
was Lawrence Bacon, who was Darren’s grandfather. Grandma was left a widow at
age 34 but supported her family by doing laundry in her home and serving as a
midwife. She made a little extra money by constructing piece quilts and rag
rugs out of old clothes that the kind people of the town gave to her, and then
selling them. She did not accept charity and raised a very fine family.
This quilt is part of her legacy.
We were very excited to be able to display our signature
quilt and share it with y'all. Now, we were
ready to open for business!
We were honored to have our regional Pfaff representative, Ann Regal and our Pfaff educator, Gina Hodges, join us for our
first day of the Grand Opening.
It was a very exciting few days and we so loved meeting all
y’all that came out. Almost everyone entered our drawing to win a brand-new
Pfaff Passport 2.0, and we were excited to see what everybody put down as their
favorite type of fabric on the entry cards. We’re getting more and more all the
time and we’re glad that we can order the kinds of fabrics that our customers
want.
At the end of our opening weekend, we did our drawing for
the Pfaff Passport 2.0.
A big congratulations to Holly V. on your new Pfaff Passport
2.0!
Thank you for coming to the Grand Opening of The Bed-Warmer
Quilt & Sew y’all! And a big thank you for catching up with us here on the
blog. We will be starting a post once a month called Ask Shellie, so don’t
forget to submit any sewing or quilting questions to blog@bedwarmerquitandsew.com and
don’t forget to visit our website www.bedwarmerquiltandsew.com.
Have a blessed day!
