Hello Friend,

You know how most quilt shops are quiet, peaceful, fabric-scented havens of serenity?

Well… not last Friday.

Someone (I’m not naming names, but her initials rhyme with Donna Smith) brought in a fruitcake. Not to eat — heavens no — but because she found it leftover from Christmas and decided it qualified as a “rotating pattern weight.”

Spoiler: It did not.

Now, I don’t know if you've ever accidentally dropped a fruitcake in a quilting studio, but let’s just say… gravity seems to work harder when fruitcake is involved. That little loaf shot off the cutting table, ricocheted off a bolt of Moda, skimmed across the longarm frame like it was auditioning for the Olympics, and finally came to rest firmly embedded in the design wall.

At this point, Kim walked in, froze, stared at the wall, and said in the calmest voice I’ve ever heard:

“Are we… felting with baked goods now?”

Which honestly felt like a reasonable question.

And because the universe has a sense of humor, guess what tomorrow is?

FRUITCAKE TOSS DAY.

A real holiday. A whole day devoted to sending fruitcakes flying through the winter air like dense little projectiles of good cheer.

So the timing? Impeccable.

We will not be tossing fruitcakes in the shop. (Insurance would have questions.)
But if you’d like to celebrate at home, feel free to take your fruitcake to the backyard and give it the send-off it deserves.

Just don’t aim at anything you love.

Including your longarm frame. Especially your longarm frame.

If you need safer, more delicious ways to celebrate…
* Come sew with us
* Or sign up for an upcoming class

None of which involve baked projectiles. You’re welcome.

Have a wonderful (and safe-from-fruitcake) Friday, friend!
— Donna, who is absolutely NOT allowed to use fruitcake as a pattern weight anymore