and what is Santa going to bring you?

We have some new goodies at the Quilt Shop that Santa could bring you....

This beautiful quilt is actually made from silk fabrics. We have a kit all ready for it! Isn't it beautiful?








These are Moda Bake Shop snippets, 2 1/2 inch squares of lots of different Moda fabric collections...

Start making your list now....
I'll post more later on!

Hello Dotty

I think I posted last week about how I cut 72 different fabrics last week to start a new project.
Our new project is a great new class that we will be having at the Quilt Shop starting in January.
It is called Let's Go Dotty! This will be a sampler quilt made out of 12 different blocks. Each block will use several dotted fabrics. We will meet once a month to make a block, but that's not all. Class members will also get a separate "Dotty" pattern for different projects, as well as a recipe for a "dotty" snack each month.
Class fee is $25 per month- you will get- fat quarter pack of 6 dotty fabrics, block pattern,project pattern and a recipe, plus the class on how to construct the block. At the end of the year you will have 72 different "dotty" fabrics.
This class will start January 23rd. As soon as I finish the quilt I will post it here. This is going to be lots of fun. Blog readers can start signing up now before the new schedule is out.
Call us today to sign up! :) Class size is limited so sign up soon!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

So much news to share, let's see, what is first.
Our big news is that we are going to be having our first in-store, Snowball quilt retreat.
This 12 hour event will be held January 30th. Your day will start at 8:00 a.m, with a yummy breakfast at Elmer's Diner. After we fill out tummies, we will come back to the quilt shop for a day of sewing, games, prizes, and lots of fun. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are included as well as all material needed to make this great "snowball" quilt. Our day ends at 8:00 p.m. You know that events at the Quilt Shop are always lots of fun. Don't let this one pass you by. You can get all of this for only $199. ( Wouldn't this be a great Christmas present for yourself, ?) We are taking sign ups now. Class size is limited so call your friends and come sign up soon!

Closed tomorrow but.....

The Quilt Shop is closed tomorrow, but we will open bright and early at 9 on Saturday.
We have something new at the shop to show you! Stop in to see us on Saturday to learn more about it!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Sweets for the sweet

I know, it isn't even Thanksgiving yet... but look at these great new Valentine fabrics....
These wont be around long. Get yours soon!

Amy Butler coated fabrics

These brand new Amy Butler coated fabrics arrived last week. Lois used them already to make this great Amy Butler bag. We have the new Amy Butler software, which has lots of great patterns on it, including this bag.
Check it out next time you are in the store. It is great to work with.

Would you like pickles with that?

Ok blog readers, here is your sneak peak into our showstopper quilt for the next schedule.
Amy just finished this quilt. This is the pickle dish quilt from the cover of Kaffe Fasset's new book.
Isn't it beautiful. This quilt isn't for the beginner, but if you are looking for a new project for 2010,, think about this quilt. Best part is, you get to use all of those wonderful Kaffe Fasset fabrics. We have plenty of those too!
If you would like to be put on a list for this class, call us and let us know. As soon as the dates are set, we will let you know.

Anniversary sale Day 2.....

I got up early, ate a healthy breakfast, took my vitamin and laced up my sneakers. I am ready for day 2 of our 15th anniversary sale!
Are you wishing for a new sewing machine? Does your old machine make you crazy with awful stitches and terrible tension? We have some great deals on Bernina sewing machines. A sewing machine is an investment, but wouldn't it be great to have a machine that you can count on. Stay tuned to the blog, we have some special events coming up in the next few weeks! Blog readers will get first notice!
Come and see us today for the sale! We love to see our special customers! Remember you aren't just our customers, you are friends!

Sale time!

The store looks great, we have new things, and lots of great things on sale. Fabrics, notions, books, threads, and our great kits and fabric packs are all on sale. We open tomorrow at 9, so shop early for the best selection. You wouldn't want to miss out on anything!

How many pillowcases have you made?

Ok, the one million pillowcase challenge has started.....
Bring them in! Let's see how many we can contribute at the Quilt Shop.
Visit this site for more details.... One Million Pillowcase Challenge

More Kaffe fabrics are here

The nice UPS men brought a box of new Kaffe Fasset fabrics. There are wonderful stripes in this new collection. I just finished that house quilt, I'm thinking about getting my book out again and seeing what else I can make from these fabrics. The colors just make me so happy.

My cabinet is here!

It was a family affair, my son, my husband and I went to pick up the cabinet. No easy task, but it was so worth it. My Bernina 830 now is in it's proper home. The electric lift works like a charm, It took me the afternoon to put my room back together again, but I was able to piece the front of a bali pop bag in my new set up.
Just don't ask me where to find anything.
Stop in soon to see the new Koala cabinets They are awesome!

Need a baby quilt?

Need a baby quilt in a hurry? This is one for you. This is made from a Mother Goose panel. It has a pieced border made from coordinating prints.
We have this available in a kit too!
The one next to it is not in a kit, but we still have the adorable panel that it was made from. We have plenty of fabrics that you can use with it to create a beautiful quilt for a young person.

making a list....

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. People are flocking to the grocery store getting their turkey, their potatoes, their stuffing, etc. On your way home from the grocery store next weekend, stop in at the Quilt Shop! We are having our 15th anniversary sale! Sale starts Friday November 20th, continues through Saturday November 21 and Sunday November 22nd.
Do you have holiday gifts to sew? This would be a great weekend to get your supplies for those projects. We have lots of new kits, fabrics, patterns, books, etc that will help you whip up those projects in no time flat!
Plus, you can hide your fabric in the grocery bags on the way home!
Please come and see us next weekend, our customers are not just customers to us, they are friends.

Another cabinet on sale

This cabinet is called the Treasure Chest III. We have this floor model on sale for $1699. We are making room for the new Koala cabinets. If you are interested in this model, please stop in soon!
Machines are not included.

New cabinet pictures

Here are some new pictures of the new Koala cabinets.

Why do I want this new cabinet....

This is why I am getting a new cabinet. These new cabinets from Koala are beautiful. We have 2 brand new ones in the store. Wait till you see how great they are!

oh no!

The new cabinets have arrived. Ginny says they are absolutely wonderful and so well made. One of the ones that arrived today is mine. This means, empty the old cabinet, to make room for the new one. It's like moving into a new house. I will empty each drawer, put things in plastic bags, or bins. And just how will I hide everything that is in there from my husband....
Wish me luck!

Wouldn't this be nice on your Thanksgiving table?

This class is next weekend, the Sunflower table runner.
Wouldn't it look great on your Thanksgiving table? Yes, you could finish it before Thanksgiving.
We still have room for more in the class. Call and sign up this week!

Out with the old and in with the new....

We are expecting some new Koala cabinets to arrive very soon. In order to make room for the new cabinets, we need to sell some of our old ones. We have 2 cabinets on special right now.
This one is the Cub Plus- it regularly sells for $899, but we are selling this floor model for $599. All sales are final. If you have always wanted a cabinet for your machine, this is the deal for you. Come see it soon, it wont be around for long!

The other cabinet we have on sale is the Koala Lite. It too regularly sold for $899, but we have it on special for $599. This one has the back extension which is wonderful if you are machine quilting.

Both of these cabinets wont be around for long. These are final sale only. We are just making room for the new models.

Look what came to school today

Meet Fred...
Fred arrived at school today. Fred was supposed to be a tadpole, but he decided to turn into a frog during his journey from California.
The kids love him, I am not so sure.
Fred does not eat the tadpole food, he wants live bugs..
Anyone got any live bugs...
Then as I was leaving school, someone told me Fred needs a rock to sit on.. otherwise he will drown.
I think I'll stick with the fabric frogs I made. They don't eat live bugs.

At the Quilt Shop this weekend, we have a show in NJ this weekend. Ginny will be there tomorrow and Saturday.
Check out our website for more details.
Wish me luck with Fred.

A million pillowcases...

We have signed up to join American Patchwork and Quilting, 1 Million pillowcase challenge. They are trying to collect one million pillowcases to give to charities around the country. Would you help us? Bring in some home made pillowcases to The Quilt shop. We will send them to American Patchwork and Quilting to help them in their quest for 1 million pillowcases. We already have a box started. How many do you think we can collect? With great friends like all of you, I bet we could get 500..

Flannels are back!

Remember our old store, the little yellow house. Remember climbing the stairs and seeing all of the wonderful flannels we used to have upstairs?
We haven't had flannels in a while, so we were thrilled when these new ones arrived this week.
They are from Robert Kaufman and just so soft and pretty!
Ginny already started a project from them! :)

hand vs machine

I grew up doing lots of hand work. I used to do crewel, needlepoint, macrame, you name it, I did it. That was then, this is now.
One of the Clothesline Club projects is a hand embroidered pillow.
I tried, honestly I did. I traced the design, I bought all of that floss, I bought a hoop, and I started.
Well, this is how far I got... I did try. I started.
The class is next Saturday... before then I need to finish quilting a quilt, then get the binding on it, I had to put binding on two other quilts for Ginny to take to the show, and..... somehow make this pillow. What to do?
Well, I looked up and there sat my Bernina 830. I went to my computer, did a search for Nursery Rhyme machine embroidery designs. It took me right to the OESD website and I was able to download this design of the dish and the spoon. It isn't Little Bo Peep, but it is a nursery rhyme and it does look almost the same.
So I set up my 830, I had it all stitched out in 10 minutes. Now to make the pillow. :)
I still love handwork, but when I'm in a time crunch... nothing beats my Bernina 830!