It has arrived for the second time (these books went out the door within 2 days on our first shipment a few weeks ago)!!
Jinny Beyer’s The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns. This book is a great reference tool packed full of beautiful images!
Come on in now to get your copy!
Friday will be an exciting adventure; we are scheduled to leave Mt. Airy Park and Ride on Route 27, at 8:00am and return to Mt. Airy around 5:30pm. Saturday will be a little bit longer day and we will leave Mt. Airy at 8:00am and return to Mt. Airy around 6:30pm. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
We will have approximately 45 minutes of shopping per store.
Friday Bus Schedule |
Material Girls, LaPlata, MD |
Seminole Sampler, Catonsville, MD |
Cottonseed Glory, Annapolis, MD |
Bear’s Paw, Towson, MD |
Sisto’s Sewing, Frederick, MD |
Patches Quilting, Mount Airy, MD |
Saturday Bus Schedule |
Traditions-White Swan, Hagerstown, MD |
Kelly Ann’s Quilting, Warrenton, VA |
The Artful Quilter, Centerville, VA |
The Quilt Patch, Fairfax, VA |
Jinny Beyer Studio, Great Falls, VA |
Capital Quilts, Gaithersburg, MD |
Bus Cost: $80 for one day and $130 for both days.
Kits:With a $30 purchase at each individual location, you will receive the Quilt’s Quest Kit, which includes pattern and fabric to make each store’s block, free. Or, you may purchase a kit for $5.00. Paper patterns for each block are free. No Kits will be mailed this year.
Sorry ladies, there are no store discounts for the bus groups this year.
Prizes, prizes, prizes! For completing a passport card for all 12 stores, you will be entered into the grand prize drawing – a Horn sewing cabinet with sewing room accessories. If you complete eight stores on your passport you will be eligible to enter to win other prizes. For our bus group, I will make sure your passports are stamped and your in-store raffle tickets are completed to give you maximum shopping time.
Friday, November 13: At the end of our day please shop at Patches and enjoy a pot luck dinner upstairs in the classroom area.
I look forward to seeing everyone; this will be fun adventure!
Jackie II
Back to School Time
We have lots of exciting news to share with you as the kids head back to school. We hope this will free up more time for you to sew! To help you in that respect, we have some new lines of fabric – Pumpkin and Spice, Eleanor Burns’ True Blue and her new book Orion Star. We also have autumn and harvest fabric that is just yummy. Not to be forgotten – we also have flannels – Cabin, Northern Reflections and Chillin’ (with polar bears) and many others. The Tapestry blenders by Avlyn will help you complete any project. (We also have some Backyard Bandits – snakes, skunks and foxes)
Openings and Closings: Mark your calendars for the following dates:
September 7th – Patches Quilting will be closed in observation of Labor Day.
September 13th, 20th, 27th – Patches will be opened 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
October 3rd & 4th – Mt. Airy’s Fall Festival. Patches will be on Sunday, the 4th from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
November 11th – 15th – Annual Quilters Quest Shop Hop – Patches will be open each day from 9:30 - 6:00 pm except Sunday. Our hours on Sunday will be 12:00 to 5:00pm.
Sale Fabric – You can find many bargains in the sale fabric area as we continually add more bolts every week. Sale fabric with a green X is 40% off and ones with a red X are only $4.00/yard. We are trying to make more room for the newest fabrics coming in.
In Flight, Block of the Month Series: We are currently in our 3rd month of our latest block of the month series by Zebra Patterns called In Flight, featuring 12 different butterflies. Be sure to swing by and pick up all 3 kits to get caught up!
Quilters Quest Bus 2009: We have a bus ready to go to all the Quilters Quest shops this year! The bus will travel on November 13th & 14th, Friday-Saturday. Be sure to sign up early and rsvp your spot. The cost for both days will be $130. The bus will leave and return to the Mt. Airy Park & Ride (off of Route 27) each day. Further details will be available soon. Jackie II will be your fabulous cruise director.
Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Machines, under $2000! You can now own your very own embroidery machine for the right price. Just in time to get those holiday gifts personalized. We have several previously loved machines ready for new homes. Warranty and classes are included with the machines. Come in now to test drive one.
Longarm Services Sale – Bring in your tops for longarm services before November 15th (to insure job completion in time for Christmas) and receive 10% off services.
Upcoming Classes: We have some great instructors coming this Fall to Patches Quilting. Be sure to check out all our classes at our website, but here is a small sampling of what is coming:
Needle Pushers: Our hand sewing club is still going strong on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Since Carolyn has introduced so many of you to English Paper Piecing, we have expanded our line of templates to include diamonds, leaves, circles and apple cores. Join us for these fun filled evenings and get more of your projects completed before the holidays.
New Tote Bag Classes – Dottie Raab has returned from vacation with lots of new ideas for totes. Keep checking the schedule for her new tote and purse classes as well as her Quick Step quilt class.
Pat’s Sloan’s Wild and Free Quilts. Instructor: Pat Sloan, Sept 12th, 9 am – 4 pm, Cost: $75
This workshop is unique and fun. Quilters come away looking at their fabric and quilts in a whole new way. Pat loves quilts that are very playful and free flowing. This class is about how Pat uses use asymmetrical designs, appliqué that is large, and lots of fabric. Pat’s focus for this class is on developing the background, with a concentration on fabric selection and placement. The workshop offers students extensive one-on-one advice on color and fabric selection. We will be recreating Ma-Ma’s Garden and the pattern is included.
7 Sister Quilt. Instructor: Shirley Mandler, 3 Sessions: Sept 13th, Sept 20th, Sept 27th (all Sundays), 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Cost: $45, Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
This quilt has generated a lot of interest over the summer. It is the quilt hung on the wall near the checkout. You too can create this complex design with strip piecing! No Y-seams needed! Shirley walks you through new techniques while creating this elegant quilt. Pre-cutting fabric before class is expected. Be sure to check out the supply list for further instructions.
Lona Hull’s Free Motion Series – First class is Sept 26th called Speed Bumps Ahead, Instructor: Lona Hull, Cost: $55, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Skill: Advanced Beginner
This class includes what you should know and practice before attempting heirloom machine quilting with trapunto and feathers. You should be familiar with your machine and its settings for needle down, free-motion quilting, dropped feed dogs and tension adjustment. You will learn
ergonomic techniques for working with your machine for long periods of time, marking, basting, navigating the quilt top, grid quilting, echo
quilting, continuous lines, stippling to enhance the top design and numerous background quilting design choices. (Pattern/material fee $10
paid to Lona at class time.) The next two classes in the series will be October 24th and November 21st.
Magical Medallions -Block 3, Instructor: Karen Kay Buckley, Cost: $75, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Karen has been fascinated with medallion style quilts for a long time and has created one large quilt using 13 different designs adapted from
early European architecture. In this workshop we will hand appliqué on just one of those blocks in order to learn many of the techniques used
in the “Magical Medallions” quilt. While you hand appliqué on this 19″ square block you will learn to make bias stems, perfect circles, use an
underlay fabric and an overlay fabric and create smooth curves and sharp points. (Sewing machines will be required to make the stems.) Check with the store for the use of one of our classrooms machines, rather than bringing your own for this one task.
Woven Tote Bag, Instructor: Judy Young, Cost: $30, Dec 12th, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Judy Young is coming back by popular demand. We are weaving fabric again on December 12th. Make this special piece the front of your tote, the center of a placemat or table runner or showcase your project in a jacket or quilt. Sign up now so that you can put you’re weaving skills on display.
When you arrive at the shop on Saturday morning you will receive a ticket to correspond with the hour’s discount. The ticket will allow you to take your time to shop for your fabric without feeling rushed to “get in and get out” within an hour to receive your discount.
Hourly discounts are as follow:
7:00 am – 8:00 am, you will receive 25% discount on all fabric (1 yard minimum cut)
8:00 am – 9:00 am, you will receive 20% discount on all fabric (1 yard minimum cut)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm, you will receive 15% discount on all fabric (1 yard minimum cut)
See you Saturday!
In these strange economic times, we have seen consumers, like you, postpone purchases that they believe to be more of a luxury than a need. Fortunately for you, that includes our premium brand Husqvarna Viking Designer Diamond & Designer SE & SE LE sewing and embroidery machines. Your inspirations can soon become realities. In order to stimulate your purchasing power, we are passing on REDUCED factory prices to our customers. Say what you will but we are dedicated and focused on keeping you up to date, sewing and quilting on the best, and even embroidering at large! There is no other reason than we get a perk from the company and we pass it on. And in this case, it happens to be a rather large perk!
What would you say if we offered you the top-line DESIGNER DIAMOND or SE or SE LE machine for almost HALF PRICE?
Would you call us crazy???
What if we gave you free owners classes?
Would that make us crazy?
That would make us certifiably nuts, right?
Well, commit us for sure when we give you a full 24 months interest-free financing to pay for it!
Rumor control ladies!
Our company is strong, our shop is hustling and bustling and we’re selling machines like crazy these days! (yes, these days!) When we get a national Overstock special…we always pass the savings on to you…no matter how crazy it makes us look! So what’s the catch…cuz there’s always a small little catch, right?
And here it is – you have to want the latest in touch screen possibilities, “tons” of 9 mm stitches, 200+ built-in embroidery designs, MegaHoop capabilities for x-large pillow-tops, quilt blocks, and packet backs! USB transfer and free software for all of you embroidery enthusiasts out there…and SEW much more!!!!!
24 Months Interest-Free financing requires a $250 deposit…that’s all there is to it after you qualify for your Husqvarna Viking Home Design Card.
Bonus: (‘Cuz we’re not nuts enough…)
The first 6 SE or SE LE machines sold will receive a FREE Fabric Mover with stitch regulator ($1299 value). The first 6 DESIGNER DIAMONDS will receive a Husqvarna Viking ER10 Felting machine (a $369 Value) and free embroidery designs.
Save even more with a trade-in!!!
I was so excited to get this offer from Viking since it means so many more of you will become Designer owners. And that means we’ll have some great trade-ins to pass along at great prices to the ‘newbies’ who are getting back into our world of creativity! I know almost half price sounds a bit “out there,” even for us…but I am thrilled to have an opportunity to be able pass this great special savings on to you.
I hope we have made your week! Keep smiling!
Jackie and staff
We have arrived safely home from Quilt Market! We spend 4 days walking rows of vendor and suppliers. We ordered many new fabrics, notions and patterns. And we scheduled some exciting teachers for the following months!
We’ll spend this week posting reviews on the show and share our excitement with all the upcoming events we have in the stages of planning right now!
Day 1 Welcome To Spring Quilt Market 2009:
We arrived Thursday for School House classes and watch from above as the convention floor started to fill up with vendors:
After class most vendors were done by end of classes:
We learned a lot of next techniques and played with new notions and plan to have new notion demo’s monthly.
We learned how to use Big Print fabrics with some great new patterns from Grizzly Gulch Gallery and met many wonderful people including Jennifer Chiaverini, author of the Elm Creek Quilts books:
And also meet with Amy Butler as she shows us her new software project program.
We had an evening class with Jinny Beyer on how to use color, which was very insightful. Jinny is an excellent instructor and wonderful person:
We had a lovely dinner at the Fish Market, right across from the convention center. Then, we came back to the hotel exhausted, excited and awaited for Day 2.
We have all three crabs back in the shop! They went out of the shop quickly last night, so come in now for your piece fast!
Our anniversary month has arrived!
Come in this week to get 25% off ALL notions in the shop!
We also have room in the Shifting Perspectives Class this Friday.
Here’s a few new fabric lines:
Bunny’s Day Out by Wilmington Fabrics – just int time for spring!
Fresh Aire by Studioe Fabrics
Leopards from Excusively Quilters
We also have new batiks and The Best of Black Mountion book back in stock!
Be sure to come on in!
With one month to go, we are getting ready to celebrate our annual sales month! Patches Quilting will be celebrating our 6th year this February and we are celebrating big!
Here’s our list of sales:
We will be opened on Sunday, February 15th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Keeping checking our blog for new updates!
We have received several new fabrics in over the past 2 weeks. Where to start?
The Hoffman Challenge for 2009 has arrived. We have one coordinating fabric to work with it. To learn more about the Hoffman’s Challenge, click here:
Newest line from Benartex Fabrics, Farmyard Toile. We have 2 different color ways for your liking:
And we finally have a Maryland fabric—CRABS! Bluecrabs on sand, cooked crabs on blue and black.
And with the winter & spring holidays coming up, we have new hearts and shamrock fabrics for you to use:
That’s all for now, we hope you all have a Happy New Year!
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