May 22, 2019 - In This Issue                                        
- Cortez Quilt Company and More Will Be Closed In Observance Of Memorial Day
- Save The Date!
- Special Pricing On An Eversewn Sparrow 30
- New Fabric
- Classes and Events
- Todd's Tech Talk Volume 2
- BERNINA Accessory of the Month

We Will Be Closed On Memorial Day, May 27, 2019
We will be back to our regular hours, 9-6 on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

SAVE THE DATE

1st Saturday Breakfast Club
Saturday, June 1, 2019
9:30 am
*We will be revealing our new fabrics, patterns, and projects
*Bring your show and tell!
*Block Lotto
*We will have light refreshments and plenty of fun, friendship and chatting!
*We will have a small gift for those who attend!

SPECIAL PRICE

The computer-controlled EverSewn Sparrow 30 offers everything a creative sewer could need, at a very attractive price / performance ratio. The Sparrow 30 boasts 310 stitch patterns in total, including 32 utility, 84 decorative, and 2 full alphabets. Decorative stitches can be set up to a width of 7 mm, as desired. The memory function allows individual stitch combinations to be saved. With the push of a button, the Sparrow 30 cuts your thread automatically. In addition to features such as adjustable presser foot pressure, sewing speed control, start/stop function and needle stop up/down, the EverSewn Sparrow 30 also includes seven standard presser feet (soles) and an extension table 13" x 9 1/2.

We have our last Sparrow 30 specially marked down to $300 (originally $460.99). Come try it out.... it won't be here long!

NEW FABRIC

Boy, have we lucked out today! We sold out of this panel last year in just four days. Northcott sold out completely, so they decided to reprint it. Northcott just sold out of this a second time... but we already had our order in, so we received it just in time!

Part of the Stonehenge family, this panel pairs up nicely with the fabulous Solstice collection. Call soon to reserve yours, this stunning panel will not be available long!

Home Grown by Benartex celebrates everything to do with family and home. The combination of beautiful phrases accented with plaids, dots, and flowers make a collection that is bursting with freshness and fun!

This book features projects that focus on home and family and the values that keep us close, and was created to match the Home Grown fabric collection. Containing patterns for three large quilts, mini quilts, pillows, a table topper and tea towels, this book is sure to become a favorite. I know I want to make every single project in it!

We dream all winter of what we will plant, of the beautiful flowers we will get to see and of the wonderful veggies we will get to enjoy. This week we are still dreaming of this, even though it is the end of May!  The colors and smells of summer are always an inspiration for a new collection... and it surely won't be long until summer really arrives. Fresh Off The Vine by Moda.

CLASSES & EVENTS

1st Saturday Breakfast Club
Saturday, June 1, 2019
9:30 am

*We will be revealing our new fabrics, patterns, and projects
*Bring your show and tell!
*Block Lotto
*We will have light refreshments and plenty of fun, friendship and chatting!
*We will have a small gift for those who attend!

Click Here To See More Classes!

TODD'S TECH TALK
Volume 2

TNT – We’ve ALL gotten so frustrated with our machine that we’ve wanted to take a stick of TNT to it, knowing that watching it disintegrate into a million little pieces will give us a feeling of satisfaction, even if ever so fleeting. However, that is not what I’m suggesting, or even referring to in this talk.

Anytime you have issues with your machine, no matter how minor, remember TNT. Threading, Needle, Tension. Stop what you are doing and rethread your machine. If it still doesn’t work properly, insert a new needle. If that hasn’t solved your problem, then double check your tensions.

If you remember this (and even I have been known to forget when I’m tired and getting frustrated), then it will save you a lot of aggravation and service calls.

Many very experienced ladies have wanted to scrap their machines because it kept shredding their thread for no good reason. I put on a new needle for them and the problem was instantly solved. I, as well as many of you, have fought with a machine for too long trying to get it to sew, like it was just doing a bit earlier, when the only problem is that the thread somehow jumped out of the take-up lever. A simple rethread would have saved several minutes and a headache. Also, I frequently have machines brought in for looping, whether on the top or the bottom, and all the machine needs is to have the tensions properly adjusted.

So, save yourself money, time, and aggravation by remembering TNT first. As always, feel free to call me, even for the small aggravations. If you call me before they become big aggravations, I may be able to walk you through a solution that will get you back to happily sewing in short order, rather than dreading facing that machine again for a day or two.

Happy sewing,

Todd – Here to make sewing enjoyable and trouble-free.

"Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life's realities".

~ Dr. Seuss

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