Celebrating 20 Years!

We are ready for another 20th Anniversary gift to you!

Seems like we just finished the last one, time really does fly when you're having fun!

We have a fun notepad for you, not just plain old paper.  This one is graphed and ready for your next creative masterpiece design!  Last week we enjoyed a fun seminar by Nina, a Bernina educator.  She showed examples of quilt designs she has made derived from photos.  This little notepad would be so helpful with that!  Sketch out a block, or a whole quilt!

Often, we work with customers to change the size of a quilt to something larger or smaller than the original pattern.  I've wished I had some graph paper to help them visualize what it will be like, and now I have it!  Keep your pad handy when shopping or dreaming!

We have plenty of these to help you on the way to creative success!  So come to the store this Thursday, April 20, to celebrate our 20 years of business, and receive your design pad.  No purchase necessary!  We are open from 9-5!

Here We Go Again!

It's time for preparations for Quilt MN and I've been back at the drawing board. It's always fun to be given the chance to put together the specially designed fabrics with a picture in my head. I've been busy at the keyboard and EQ6 to put the images together on a screen. Today I actually got to the point of cutting and sewing the real stuff!

                                                 

The quilt pattern will be easy, I promise, and make the most of the designated fabrics.  I am making the sample in a size that is nice for a couch or recliner during an afternoon siesta, or anytime you might want to get snuggled up!  Usually, as I have made these Quilt MN quilts, I have written the directions for only one size of quilt, then later, as time permits, I have added on some additional sizes.  This time, I might just be ahead of the game!  I have calculated yardage and some of the cutting for larger and smaller sizes, too.  I'm checking and re-checking my numbers, since I'm not going to make the quilt in every size, even though that would be the best way to verify that all my numbers are correct.  So stay tuned for a bigger bed quilt and maybe even a little MN baby quilt!  We will be busy making up kits for the quilts soon, so look for that information, too!