September 7 - In This Issue

~ Saturday Breakfast Club
~ Needing Your Scissors Sharpened?
~ BERNINA Customer Appreciation
~ BERNINA Dream It, Design It, Win It!
~ Last Chance To Sign Up!
~ Michelle's Classes:
   Cortez
   Farmington
~ New Patterns/Kits
~ New Fabric In Cortez
~ Class Passes
~ Cortez Classes & Events

SATURDAY BREAKFAST CLUB
SEPTEMBER

Saturday, September 10th
9:00 am

*Bring your Show and Tell!
September only - receive 100 points on your Loyalty Card when you bring Show and Tell To Breakfast Club!

Come meet Wes Sturdevant, a new, local scissor sharpener!

*We will have light refreshments and plenty of fun, friendship and chatting!

*We will have a goodie bag for those who attend!
*Special Offers For Participants!

Let us know you plan to attend so we are ready for you!

NEED YOUR SCISSORS SHARPENED?

Has someone in your family used your fabric scissors to cut paper?
We get asked all the time if we can sharpen scissors, or if we know someone that does...

We now have someone in the area that does in fact do the above, along with knives, tools, and just about anything that could need sharpening.

We will be introducing Wes Sturdevant this Saturday at Breakfast Club,

Plus

Wes will be using his sharpening skills the rest of the day (Saturday, September 10th). We have limited appointments available, so call 970-565-7541 to schedule your time slot(s).

Don't fret if you are not able to get scheduled on Saturday. Wes will be using
Cortez Quilt Company as a pick-up/drop-off location for your convenience. We have his business cards here as well.

Whoa! We are so excited for September's Customer Appreciation Promotion, and we know you are going to be too! Check this out!
Time to stock up on Presser Feet!

DREAM IT. DESIGN IT.  WIN IT!

SEW EXCITING NEWS!

BERNINA of America is giving away over $100,000 in BERNINA, bernette, sew-lebrity, and sister company prizes!

Enter for your chance to win one of the Dream Studio Grand Prize packages, as well as amazing monthly prizes. Don’t miss your chance! Dream machines, accessories, notions, and sewing supplies could be yours. To enter, click
HERE

LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP!

I would like to introduce myself, my name is Michelle de Groot, I've in rural Victoria, Australia, near Ballarat on a 70 acre hobby farm. I have a studio to work which is 14 x 6 mt in length and width.I have been sewing since I was a child, all sorts of projects from latch hook rugs to tapestries and cross stitches. At school and at home I was taught how to sew clothing and make my own clothes from patterns and home made patterns that my mother and I had changed to suit my height. Being 6 foot tall has its disadvantages when growing up.

Then I progressed to creating with flowers and art and crafts in my younger years by becoming a florist and business owner. I was very busy making wedding arrangements and bouquets for many years. This was a wonderful career but with marriage and a child I decided I needed something to keep my home a little more and less physically aggressive. While in town I saw a patchwork shop and walked in amazed at the lovely quilts on display and thought straight away, “I can do this”.  And I did.

I started like most people with the basics early on sewing my quilts together by hand piecing and hand quilting. I then progressed to machined sewing as I realized I wasn't going to live long enough to make all the wonderful things I wanted to make.  After realizing I had found a new love and addiction, I then wondered how I was going to quilt them; hadn't tried that part of it at that point! So I started taking classes and practiced a lot at home and after 4 years of constant practice I began to quilt my own quilts, saving me a fortune! Once this was achieved, me being the forever wanting a challenge, I decided to try my hand at textile arts. And WOW did I love that!

I then set about learning and learning and learning, making sure I didn't miss anything, always striving to be better at what I was doing. Once I found myself at a point where I had found my niche, I then decided, after many people asking me to teach them to do what I did, that it was time to start teaching what I had learnt over many years. And here I am today, a textile artist, professional quilter, artist and tutor in my own right. Check out Michelle's website HERE

MICHELLE IS COMING BACK TO
CORTEZ QUILT COMPANY!

Class #1 Bleach Work
Two Day Class
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 13th & 14th
10:30 - 4:30
@ Cortez Quilt Company and More

Cost:
Pay by August 31st - $150 (Deadline has been extended!)
After August 31^st - $200
(Class supplies an additional $20.00)

Class Size Is Limited - call 970-565-7541 to sign-up now!

CLASS DESCRIPTION FROM MICHELLE

"We will be creating our own artwork using bleach and fabric paints to effectively take out the color of the fabric in places that we want and not in the places we don’t want.
You will be guided along the way each step and will be shown simple techniques that will give you the groundwork to really create your own piece.
Each time i do this class, it is just wonderful to see how much people enjoy the process and the finished products.
You will also get to then free motion quilt your piece and really make that bleach work stand out.
This is a wonderful class for the intermediate sewer, and you don’t even need to know how to draw or paint".

Class #2 Painting & Quilting on Silk
Two Day Class
Monday/Tuesday, September 19th & 20th
10:30 - 4:30
at Cortez Quilt Company and More

Cost:
Pay by August 31st - $150 (Deadline has been extended!)
After August 31^st - $200
(Class supplies an additional $20.00)

Class Size Is Limited - call 970-565-7541 to sign-up now!

CLASS DESCRIPTION FROM MICHELLE

"This is one of the most enjoyable classes I teach
We will be making the Koi Fish and you will learn how to guide your paints and how to blend the silk paints, you don’t need to know how to draw or paint for this class. All my classes are designed that a person with no art experience or history can do this.
You will be surprised at how easy it is and how enjoyable it can be to just watch the silk fabric change into a piece of artwork.
Once you have painted your piece which is the first day you will then be given guidance and taught how to do some free motion quilting and even some bobbin work on the piece to create those lovely shimmery lines in your quilting.
Again, I stress no painting experience necessary with this class.
Come and join me you will love it!"

MICHELLE DE GROOT CLASS AVAILABLE IN FARMINGTON

The Cone Flower

 September 16^th & 17^th, 2022
@ Quilted Corners, Farmington, New Mexico

Cost:
Pay by August 31st - $150 (Deadline has been extended!)
After August 31^st - $200
(Class supplies an additional $20.00)

Class Size Is Limited - Call 505-325-9358 To Sign Up Now!

 Kit fees are $20 per person.
Kits will include the use of all my paints, fabric, wadding and backing to do your project.

CLASS DESCRIPTION FROM MICHELLE

 "I created this workshop a few years ago and most people are amazed at how easy it is to create their own piece of art from a white piece of fabric and some paints. The cone flowers are actually painted on making this a whole cloth design. I explain how to use the textile paints and non-textile paints in this process and also show the students how to divide up your background area and create some real interesting designs on their art piece.

 This workshop is great for those wanting to learn new techniques and skills in textile arts. You will learn how to paint onto the fabric to create a nice background as well as the foreground picture of the cone flowers. You will also learn some basic quilting techniques and thread work, and to top it off you get to play with some bobbin work."

NEW PATTERNS/KITS

JoAnn Hoffman is an exceptional designer of applique patterns. We are really happy to carry two new patterns, "The Boo Crew", as well as
"Gnome On The Range". We also have these as laser-cut & pre-fused kits that will make your project a breeze to complete. Create fun bench pillows, table runners or small wall hangings!

"Gnome For The Holidays" now comes as a laser-cut & prefused kit as well.

Back in stock is "Gnome Is Where You Park It". We offer this as a pattern, or kit, although in this case the kit is now laser-cut.

NEW FABRIC
CORTEZ

"Happy Harvest” is guaranteed to make you thankful for a great, harvest-themed collection by Courtney Morgenstern for 3 Wishes fabric. You’ll be sure to fall in love with all 5-pieces from this collection- a daisy floral design set against a textural watercolor back drop, harvest trucks filled with pumpkins set on a shiplap background and a patch design that incorporates a range of fantastic, autumnal motifs and sayings.

CLASS PASSES

Your Three Month Class Pass: Take unlimited classes at Cortez Quilt Company for three months for only $75. Purchase a Class Pass anytime. It’s activated when you take your first class and expires three months later. If a class/event is NOT covered by the Class Pass, it will be noted in the class description.

CORTEZ CLASSES & EVENTS

September Saturday Breakfast Club
Saturday, September 10th (Cassidy's Birthday!)
9:00 am

We will be introducing a new scissor sharpener. Start preparing now!

We have a lot more classes scheduled! To see more, click HERE

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it."

~ Richard Bach

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