2009 Cruise For Cure

WE'RE SORRY YOU MISSED THIS CRUISE WITH EARLENE FOWLER, PAT BUCKLEY MOSS, AND QUILTING CLASSES WITH AN OUTSTANDING FACULTY OF INSTRUCTORS BUT HOPE YOU PLAN TO JOIN US IN 2011 when Earlene will be returning as our special guest on the 2011 Mexican Riviera cruise!

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Photo Galleries from the cruise

Pre-cruise Shop Hop

Photos of some prizes

Miscellaneous photos

Class and lecture photos

Oh what an exciting cruise THIS was!!!  We had incredibly gorgeous weather, except for half an hour in Boston when it poured on those of us who ventured off the beautiful Grandeur of the Seas for some optional shore excursions!!  Every quilter won at least one prize during the cruise (and quite a few won a LOT of prizes!!) and even some of the non-quilters were big winners of prizes with a total of more than $13,000.00 in prizes given away during the cruise!!  Our thanks goes to Vikki Knudson and Doug Grau of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for their assistance in cruise arrangements and to Natalie and Allen, Group Coordinators on the Grandeur of the Seas for their onboard event services assistance.  Special thanks to Janome America for donating the 6600 Memory Craft machine won by Vernie Sharp-Rovig and to AccuQuilt for donating the GO! Cutter won by Carolyn Jackson.  Thanks also to Judy Munro of Bears Paw quilt shop in Towson, MD for the fabulous door prizes and 20% discount provided for guests on the pre-cruise shop hop and to Patches Quilt Shop and Traditions of the White Swan quilt shop for hosting our quilters during the shop hop; to Marilyn Upton and the Marco Polo Guild in Saint John, New Brunswick for the tour, gifts, and presentation; to Helena Pandelidis for the Fabricville tour and incredible gift bags for quilters in Halifax, Nova Scotia; to Ellen Agger and Alleson Kase for the Threads Wrap the World presentation in Halifax, Nova Scotia; to Erin Early and Nessa Reifsnyder of Fabricate in Bar Harbor, ME for the delicious snacks, cold beverages, and lawn chairs for the quilters visiting their shop; and our deepest appreciation to Laurette Koserowski, editor of The Quilter Magazine, who was an inspiration to all of us with her constant smile (even after the downpour in Boston!!).

Thanks to Jody Houghton, The Artist’s Palette, Northcott/Monarch, Aurifil USA, Barnes and Noble, Madonna Kay Sweeney and Longaberger for the gifts they donated for the breast cancer survivors gift bags.

Thanks to Ken and Kevin Clounch of Ken’s Sewing Center in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for providing the Janome 6600 machines and to Amy Henley of Material Girls Quilt Boutique in LaPlata, MD for providing the onboard quilt shop.  Thanks to Bob Dietrich for his assistance with shipping coordination for the class kits, prizes, and supplies, to Laurie Gregg and Linda Newsom for the beautiful fabric packets created from fabrics donated by P&B Textiles, Northcott/Monarch, Timeless Treasures, and Benartex.

Thanks also to Susan Hill for creating the exquisite Cruise Memory Scrapbook won by Sheri Eaton, to Lori Hein for creating the beautiful Cruise Memory Quilt won by Carol Evans, to JoAnne Gordon for assembling the quilt top for the Raffle Quilt (created from the winning challenge blocks on the 2008 Cruise For A Cure) won by Cass Pasdach, to Earlene Fowler for donating the entire collection of her books won by Carrie Sindorf, to Pat Buckley Moss for donating the giclee of Trees at Twilight won by Jan Pannabecker, to Janet Bottroff and Joyce Becker for donating quilts as prizes won by Harold Tucker and Elaine Babcock, to Material Girls Quilt Boutique for the quilters basket of goodies won by Susie Wollard, to Ken’s Sewing Center for the Natural Light lamp won by Gloria Hoopes and the Scissor set won by Brenda Asbury, to the quilting instructors who donated their class projects for fundraising efforts on behalf of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation during the silent auction, and to Black Mountain Quilts, Greenleaf Publishing, Inc, American Jane Patterns, Martingale & Company, Blue Feather Products, Inc., Tsukineko, Inc., Kathy Schmitz, C&T Publishing, Nancy Halvorsen, Wooden Spool Designs, Clover Needlecraft, Inc., Paper Pieces, Pam Bono Designs, and Allison’s Quilt Designs for door prize items.  Len Tobin of Quilt Camp at Sea/Travel Leaders, Inc. contributed two separate $500.00 future travel gift certificates won by Karen Brehm and Peggy Harrison to be used towards any travel arrangements of their choice during the next 12 months.

Congratulations to Donna Fairfield, Debbie Bogenschultz, and Elaine Babcock for being the winners of the Scrap Catcher challenge during the cruise!!!!  They each received gift certificates for shopping in the onboard quilt shop from Quilt Camp at Sea.

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