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Time for customer Show & Tell!

Erica T. made the sweetest pink and red quilt for a baby gift. She put pink minkee bumps on the back!

Debbie S. tried our new pattern from Sew Fun — the Brainy Baby Ball!

Lyons B. made matching but slightly different quilts for her friend’s soon-to-be twin granddaughters! One white quilt has pastel hand-dye blocks and the other white quilt has bright hand-dyes. They each have a Kaffe Fasset star flower design on the back, in different colors, of course!

Emma C, one of our teenage quilters, made this beauty with her mother Mary. It is called the Nona Quilt pattern and is in Kaffe Fasset’s book, Passion for Patchwork.

Lucy McC.  made the next terrific quilt with Ami Schimler’s Animal Party brights on both the front and back! Two-month old Abby has her name embroidered in pink in the middle. Lucy also made a matching doll-sized version and quilted that one herself.

Betty R. finished this colorful landscape quilt from the Scrap Therapy class she took with Cheryl.

Suzanne K. drew her own design for a frog in a pond and had fun making him peek out of the water!

Suzanne also finished a  panda quilt and very carefully stiple quilted, so none of them have any stitching lines on their faces!

We love seeing your projects!

Mary Terry

We’ve got some great classes coming up this month!  Some new, some tried-and-true, something for everyone. 

March 7, Silk Ribbon Embroidery by Machine returns.  If you’ve always admired the look of silk ribbon but just don’t have the patience to do it by hand, this is the class for you!

Lucky Stars is one of our most popular advanced beginner classes – it starts again on Friday, March 12:

Two great classes next weekend – Beading for Quilters on Saturday, March 13 -

And Bali Bowls on Sunday, March 14:

This is just a taste.  The entire March calendar will show you everything that’s happening at a glance – just click on the class title and check out the sample and description.

Hope to see you in a class this month!

~Joyce

Our 30 Hour Marathon to raise money for cancer support is undergoing some changes – all good! – and I’ll be posting more details soon.  But for now, I wanted to let you know about the block kits we have in the shop, that we need YOUR help with! 

During the Quiltathon weekend – April 30 through May 2 – we’ll be working on several quilts that will ultimately be auctioned off to raise additional funds for Massey Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society.  We’ve put together some block kits using some black and white prints to which you add happy colorful fabrics to create log cabin blocks like these:

This picture shows four blocks together (each kit will make up to four blocks).  The kits sell for $9.99, and $5 of that goes directly into the pot of money that we’ll be raising during the Quiltathon, 100% of which will be donated to Massey Cancer Center.

We’ll be telling you more soon about how you can be a part of the Quiltathon, but for now, please come by and pick up a kit, and help us get some of these blocks underway!

Hope to see you soon!
~Joyce

I’ve been a blog slacker lately.  My excuse?  Busy planning upcoming events!  I’ll be filling in details on all of these soon, but for now, you may want to mark your calendars for any or all of these:

March 20 – National Quilting Day Celebration

April 16-18 – Trunk Show and Classes with Margo Duke

April 30-May 2 – 30-Hour Quilting Marathon to raise funds for cancer support

May 9 & June 20 (Mothers and Fathers Days) – 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge Sew-ins

May 14-16 – For the Kids! Spring Shelter Event

June 26 – QA’s Fifth Anniversary Celebration

AND, if that isn’t enough, we’re fleshing out the class schedule for April through June.  Some repeated ever-popular classes – like our Learn to Sew classes which have all been full with waiting lists lately, and Stained Glass Butterfly/Dragonfly – and some new classes – classes on Color in Quilting, Fabric Postcards, Zippers, and more!  As we post the newly scheduled classes, they’ll appear on the class page of the website, here, so check back often.

So, what’s going on right now?  All kinds of stuff! 

Tonight is our first Miniatures in Minutes class – it’s not too late to sign up!

Friday evening I’m teaching a Scrap Mania class – even if you don’t want to do our block of the month, this is a great class to learn to make perfect triangles every time!

Sunday afternoon, Catherine is teaching her Sewing Kit Roll-Up – this is a fun project that you can personalize to be perfect just for you!

And then, can you believe it’s March already?  LOTS of great classes coming up in March, too many to list here.  Click on the calendar links to see the description and photos of the project.

Stay tuned to the blog for more news on our upcoming events, too!

~Joyce

Want a free class?  We’re giving away one spot in Friday’s Window Treatments 101 class with Jonathan.  The class is this Friday, February 19, 1-4 PM.  If you’re interested, please leave a comment.  I’ll pick the winner at random on Wednesday morning, so please leave your comment before 8AM.  Good luck!

If this class doesn’t call your name, pop on over to the February calendar and check out all the other fun classes we have coming up!

~Joyce

Rosalie E found this pattern called “Zen” in a magazine. What a gorgeous quilt made from blue and green batiks!

Terrific Bargello quilt from Olivia S:

Virginia M said this was her first portrait quilt!

Jeannine R’s gorgeous batik pinwheels:

Phyllis M finished her 2009 Block of the Month – the Hidden Stars:

The sweetest little pink flowered dress by Gloria S:

Ingrid A’s first quilt from a magazine pattern:

These four quilts were made by Rebekah’s nieces and nephew.  She taught them how to quilt on her visit and did the work by themselves.  Rebekah R did the machine quilting!

We know you’ve been sewing during all these snow days – don’t forget to bring your show and tell to the shop.  We want to see what you’re making! 

~MaryT

I took these pictures of our new fabric last week and then forgot to post them.  And now this fabric isn’t the newest anymore, we’ve got probably 75 bolts that are newer!  But here are some of the pretties:

And here’s the new Surface Design Center from C & T – fun in bottles! 

But like I said, there’s lots more new stuff since I took these pictures – come check it all out! 

~Joyce

Regular Sunday hours today – 12-5.  You know you’re itching to get out of the house; come hang out at your favorite (we hope!) quilt shop with us! 

~Joyce

We concede yet another round to the weather.  We’ll be closed again tomorrow, Saturday, February 6.  We hope to reopen Sunday, February 7, at 12 noon.

Stay warm and safe and get some sewing done!

~Joyce

Friday morning, February 5 – we are open this morning but likely closing early. HOWEVER, we do not have internet access at the shop (or at my home). Thank goodness for laptops and free internet at Panera! For the most current information, please call the shop at 804-262-0005; the voice mail message will be up-to-date.

You might want to shop early so you have plenty to work on before the *real* snow comes…. 

~Joyce