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April 28th - In This Issue

~ Time For 5th Saturday Club! See You This Saturday .
~ BERNINA ~ National Serger Month
~ UFO Contest - Time Is Running Out!
~ May's Saturday Breakfast Club - Wear A Fancy Tea Party Hat
~ Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
~ BERNINA Wednesdays'
~ Third Thursday Demos Are Back!


~ Ricky Tim's Virtual Quilt Luminarium - We Are Hosting This Event!!

~ Save The Date ~ Paws For Our Pets Event
~ Classes/Events In Cortez
~ Previously Loved Machines Up For Adoption

~ Affiliate Programs

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5TH SATURDAY ALERT!

Get those red bags ready!
Saturday, April 29th!

Bring in your Cortez Quilt Company and More Tote & you will receive a discount off anything you can fit into it!
(Discount will be announced first thing Saturday morning!)

To find out how you get a red Quilted Corners bag, be sure to ask!
Also, we know several of you are waiting to receive your bag. We continue to wait for the shipment to arrive. Don't worry, we will honor your discount!

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APRIL IS NATIONAL SERGER MONTH

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UFO CONTEST
LAST CHANCE!

REMINDER!

Don't forget to bring your completed projects in by Thursday, May 11th for it to count as finished. We will be having a UFO Show N Tell at Breakfast Club on May 13th, along with drawing for the gift certificate winners.

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SATURDAY BREAKFAST CLUB

MAY

Saturday,  May 13th
9:00 am

~ Special Show-N-Tell For the UFO Contest
~We Will Be Announcing The Winner of the 3-Yard Quilt Challenge
~ Please wear your fancy tea party hat

You will have the first look at new fabric collections, kits, classes & programs that are coming up! 

Bring your Show and Tell!

*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.

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CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA

Come on in anytime on Friday, May 5th and show us your best Salsa Dance moves, and you will receive 100 points on your loyalty card!

Friday, May 5th

Salsa/Guacamole Recipe Contest
Bring in your favorite homemade Salsa and/or Guacamole
Bring these in between 12:00 - 2:00
Taste Testing will begin @ 2:00 - we will provide the tortilla chips!
The winners will receive a $50.00 Gift Certificate!

Also at 2:00, we will be playing a game that is a variation of a pinata ~ Everyone will win a prize!

Please RSVP

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BERNINA WEDNESDAYS

 Every Wednesday is now BERNINA Mastery Day. Classes on Wednesdays are designed to  help you further your knowledge of your BERNINA machine, learn new techniques, and increase/master your
sewing/quilting/embroidery skills!

These classes are open to BERNINA 4, 5, 7 & 8 Series. You do not need to have an embroidery machine to participate. We will have projects for everyone.

We do ask that you RSVP to make sure that we have your spot set up for you.

Stitch Sampler Book
Creating a stitch library makes it so simple to see all the decorative stitches your sewing machine can make at a glance.

• You can see how the stitches look next to or combined with other stitches.

• Samples show similar stitches to test which ones you might want to use.

• You will become aware of the options to make changes in length, width, mirror image, etc.  Not all stitches have the same options.

• The possibilities are endless!

Name Tags
Use your decorative stitches, alphabets and for those that have them, an embroidery module to create a unique name tag that you can use in class and at guild meetings.

Table Scraps Placemats:
You will create these fun and colorful placemats using decorative stitches, machine quilting, machine embroidery, and free-motion techniques.

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THIRD THURSDAY DEMO'S
ARE BACK!

We are bringing back our Third Thursday Demo!
 Are you confused as to what type of thread to use for your project? Is thread weight also perplexing? We will be looking at all our threads in May, and plan to de-mystify all your bewilderment about the subject. Plus we have several bonus tips to give you as well!

Thursday, April 18th
Noon

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RICKY TIM'S
QUILT LUMINARIUM

CORTEZ

We are so excited to host Ricky Tim's
Virtual Quilt Luminarium Class

May 19th & 20th
8:30 - 5:30


What in the world is Quilt Luminarium you ask?
"Quilt Luminarium is an in-depth quilt course that has no comparable counter-part. It is a comprehensive symposium that demystifies seemingly complex concepts, teaches mastery of unique techniques, and helps harnesses the power of the ever-elusive muse of creativity. A diverse range of topics are presented in such a way that quilters of all experience, expertise, and styles will enjoy."


Here is a link to the Virtual Quilt Luminarium trailer to see what all the excitement is about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDqAkWH6k_s

 

* You will sign up directly through Ricky Tims' website. Although his crew takes care of registration, please contact us as well so that we have a table reserved just for you.

https://www.letsquilttogether.com/shop/product/-store-vql-may-19-20-2023/


*Each registrant will automatically receive the VIP registration (regularly $269, for only $239) which will give them future access to all seminar sessions, anytime, and as often as they wish…..FOREVER. Each student will also receive, for free, the 130 page color seminar syllabus ($25 value).

*LIVE Q& A sessions with Ricky via Zoom

 

SPACE IS LIMITED, SO BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE LINK ABOVE TO REGISTER.

PLEASE CALL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS 970-565-7541

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SAVE THE DATE

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CORTEZ
CLASSES/EVENTS

BERNINA WEDNESDAYS
10:30 - 4:30
See above for more info.

Quilting Row By Row
Several Session Class.
MAY Dates ~ 1st & 15th
10:00 - 5:00
Instructors: Sandy Cressler &
IlaStarks
Cost: $100
Row,row, row your... quilt!
+ Build 27 specific quilting skills!
+ Make 11 rows presented in order of difficulty - so your skills grow with your quilt!
+ Practice prairie points, chain piecing, flying geese, reverse applique, paper piecing, applique and more. You will even learn how to create pinwheels and Dresden plates.

May Table Topper Series
Thursday, May 4th
10:30 - 4:30
Cost: $25.00
Instructor: Cyndi
Pieced Strawberries along with appliqued daisies and leaves. This table runner sure looks like summer!

Under Cover
Two Session Class
Fridays, May 5th & May 12th
10:30 - 5:00
Cost: $50.00
Instructor: Jeanne
Protect your cherished sewing machine with its own quilt!  Each cover features slip pockets on front and back, a zippered pocket on the left side, and a mesh slip pocket on the right side. For easy access to the sewing machine handle, there is an opening at the top. Flaps with magnetic snaps cover the opening.

The pattern includes complete step-by-step instructions for covers in three sizes

Dolores Mountain Quilt Guild Open Sew
Tuesday, May 9th

10:30 - 4:30
Please RSVP

May's Saturday Breakfast Club
Saturday, May 13th
9:00 am

Software Club ~ Digitizing For Computerized Quilting
Tuesday, May 16th
10:30
In the class on May 16th, you will investigate creating designs for computerized quilting. Begin by planning your project in Quilter, add a quilting or applique design to your plan, and learn how to digitize quilting designs to complete your creation. Learn the tricks to adjust a quilting design to place the design behind an appliqued block.

Third Thursday Demo: Let's Talk About Thread
Thursday, May 18th
12:00 Noon
See above for details

Art & Landscape Group ~ Blocks Without Borders
Thursday, May 18th
1:00

Ricky Tims Quilt Luminarium
May 19th & 20th
See above for details!

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PREVIOUSLY LOVED MACHINES
FOR SALE

These machines are down at the Farmington store... call
Todd for more information @505-325-9358.

Artisan 618-1SC Industrial Machine- will work for leather, canvas, vinyl.

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Juki QVP 18" Mid-arm Quilter w/36" table that opens up to 48"

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HQ Sweet Sixteen Mid-arm Quilter w/36" folding table

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AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

When you purchase merchandise through OESD (Embroidery Online) or Kimberbell, we would greatly appreciate if you would use our affiliate links so that we can get credit for your purchase.

When you purchase items from Embroidery Online (OESD), click HERE

When you purchase items from Kimberbell, click HERE

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"It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it"

~ Voltaire

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As always, thank you for supporting

Cortez Quilt Company

your local independent quilt shop.

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