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May 15, 2017 - In This Issue

• Quilt Sampler Magazine Now Available

• Third Thursday Demo This Week

• A&L Group Meets Thursday

• Our First Embroidery Block-of-the-Month

• The Mystery Is Solved

• Quilt Shop Classes

• Yarn Shop Classes

• BERNINA News

• Cereal Drive

• Spotlight Item: Save 20%

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We're Featured!

We have the Spring issue of Quilt Sampler magazine in the shop for sale now. Look for our feature story on page 123 and the pattern for the quilt designed by Karen on page 129.

The magazine is $6.99. If you live out of town and can't fine a copy on your local newsstand, call us and we'll send you one ($3 shipping in the US, $5 to Canada). 

 

We have kits available for the featured quilt - Bejeweled - which measures 101 1/2" x 101 1/2" (queen/king) for $199. If you live out of town we're offering free shipping. Call 970-565-7541 to order. 

We also have kits for Bejeweled Demi, a throw size version of the larger quilt. Demi measures 59" square and is $72 (plus shipping). Bejeweled for the Table, a runner that is 16" x 46". It's $26.99 (plus shipping).

Designed by Karen Childress. Used with permission from Quilt Sampler ® magazine. © Meredith Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Third Thursday Demo - May 18

We're doing something special for our May Third Thursday Demo on Thursday at 12:30 and it involves you! We will be discussing and showing how we organize our sewing areas and fabric stashes. Bring your best ideas to share and gather new ones from others. Judith will facilitate the discussion, and we'll have some organizational items available for purchase.

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A&L Group Meets Thursday

Immediately following the Third Thursday Demo, the Arts & Landscape group will meet for about an hour. Bring show & tell and see what other artists are up to. These gatherings are always inspiring. Bring a friend.

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Embroidery Block-of-the-Month

Charmed Adventure Embroidery Block of the Month Sign Up
Saturday, June 17, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

We are excited to offer our first Embroidery Block of the Month. The design is Charmed Adventure by Hoopsisters. There is no better way to learn about your embroidery machine and improve your skills than by participating in a block of the month. And you will have a gorgeous quilt when you are done.

Charmed Adventure is a five-month program, however we are offering classes for seven months to allow you to skip two months and still keep up. The blocks are all created and quilted in the hoop. Charmed Adventure features a center medallion that is paper-pieced and then embroidered. The finished quilt size will depend on the size of blocks (5” – 9”) that you decide to make.

We will have a sample of the Charmed Adventure Quilt in the shop for approximately a week (including June 17). Additional quilt block samples will be available as we complete them.

Details . . .

Fee: $150 if you register in person or by phone on or before June 17. After June 17 registration is $165. Fee includes designs, videos, and slideshows.

Optional border design: $40.

You must attend the monthly classes to receive the designs.

Fabric requirements and thread key are available here. Purchase your fabric, thread, and stabilizer at Cortez Quilt Company before September 1 and receive a 10% discount.

The first class will be held on Sunday, September 10 from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. You should bring your embroidery machine to this session. Subsequent classes will be scheduled on days other than Sunday (dates to be determined). In these classes we will watch the lesson and hand out designs for that month.

If you have questions please contact Cindy at 970-565-7541 or send her an email.

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Mystery Quilt: Solved!

Here's the final layout. No one solved the mystery between last week and this week, although Corinna came really close.

Click here to print the final clue.

We will host a Show & Tell after Labor Day when we launch another mystery quilt. 

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Tri-Baby

If you attended the Third Thursday Demo in March and picked up a draft copy of Tri-Baby, bring it in and exchange it for a FREE copy of the published pattern. It's been tested (thanks, Sandy!), a few changes were made, and it's available at the shop now. 

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Upcoming Classes

Maui Glam Bag
Saturday, May 20, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
$29, pattern required

Make the latest Pink Sand Beach Designs zippered bag in this full-day class that will be taught by Tricia. The Maui Glam Bag is fat quarter-friendly and features two zippers and lots of pockets inside. The strap attached with a swivel D-ring adds interest.

Sewing Day: Little Quilt June
Thursday, May 25, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Free, pattern required

We’re working our way through the year creating these adorable raw-edge applique wall hangings. Make them with or without the month at the bottom. These fit perfectly in the small wire stands. With the month added to the bottom the finished size is 12 x 16.  Join anytime . . . you can backtrack and make the earlier months or make them later as each month rolls around.

Click here to see the full quilt shop class schedule.

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Yarn Shop Classes

Knitted Market Basket
Two Wednesdays, May 17 & 24, 2017
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
$29, plus supplies

Knit this handy bag to take to the Farmer’s Market and other outdoor events this summer. The expandable bag can be made with cotton, linen or hemp yarns.  The first class will be spent getting started.  Take the project home and knit the bag the size you want, and come back the following week to knit the handles. 

Crochet 101
Friday, May 19, 2017
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
$25, includes supplies

Learn to crochet and you’ll be on your way to making beautiful baby blankets, booties, hats, scarves and more. In this class you’ll learn how to chain stitch, single, and half-double crochet. Once you know these basics, you can take your work home and make a potholder or small scarf with the yarn that is provided for the class. Sue Maxwell will teach.

See the full yarn shop class schedule here.

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Save the Date for After Market Review

Karen is off to St. Louis for International Quilt Market this week. Join us on Saturday, May 27 at 9 a.m. for coffee and After Market Review. See Karen's latest finds and weigh in on what we should put on the shop shelves. 

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Service Department: Some Things are Best Left to the Professionals

A customer brought in her machine last week. It was making a noise. Imagine Ann's surprise when she opened the machine up and found this Craftsman screwdriver inside. Now this isn't as bad as a surgeon leaving a pair hemostats inside the abdomen, but really . . . some things are best left to the professionals. If your husband hints that he can fix your sewing machine, we suggest that you politely change the subject and bring it in for service by one of our certified technicians.

Regular price: $70. Sale price $52.50. 

 

Save $1,000 This Week

May 18 - 22 take $1,000 off the amazing BERNINA Q20 sit down longarm quilting machine. Sixty-month 0% financing will also be available for this machine during the sale. Don't miss out!

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Cereal Drive

School will be out soon and many children who enjoy free or reduced cost breakfast at school may no longer have access to this important meal. The Good Samaritan Food Pantry is sponsoring a Bring a Box of Cereal to Work food drive May 15-21, and were participating. Bring a full-sized box of cereal to Cortez Quilt Company & Yarn Shop this week and receive 10% off your purchase of fabric, notions, patterns, books, and yarn that day. We will get all the boxes of cereal to the food pantry the following week. Please help out with this important project. Thanks!

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Spotlight Item: 20% Off Finished Quilts


Need a graduation gift?
This week only . . . take 20% off finished quilts. We make all of our own samples here at the shop and once we no longer need them for display purposes we let them go to good homes. These quilts are already very reasonably priced and this week only take an extra 20% off. Many sizes - including table runners - are available.

Offer expires on Saturday, May 20 at 6 p.m. You must mention that you saw this offer in the Quiltzette to receive the discount.

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You may think of it as the ticket to the good life.
Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your
ticket to change the world." ~ Tom Brokaw

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