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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
FMKQ Guild May Craft Day
Shana taught "as you go" strip quilting. Varied quilters created all sorts of delightful designs. Other quilters showed off some of the finsihed quilts as well as quilts in progress. Lovely day at the Calico Cow.
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
March, In like a LION
Wow, what a gorgeous day! It gives a person spring fever! Makes you feel so good, you just want to quilt!!! We are so excited about all the classes and events we have coming up! Check out our list:
- Party with Patrick - New day - Friday! So this Friday, March 11th, at 5:00 PM, we'll have a cute birdhouse wallhanging project, in conjunction with our usual Friday night open sewing. Fun times! And anyone from out of town that can find a place to stay, can join us for Party with Patrick AND stay for the Guild craft day on Saturday.
I know this isn't a quilting class, but we are hosting a beading class, taught by Viki Faber on Saturday, March 19th. She's an awesome local artist - you've probably seen her work around town, and at the Starvin' Artists' Holiday Gallery. She'll be teaching us beaded snowflakes that can be hung in a window or used for embellishment on a quilt or other project. She plans to follow with other classes and styles of beading.
Beginner classes - since some of you missed out on the guild's beginner class, the Calico Cow will be hosting one with the same awesome teacher, Joyce Bendell. There will be a higher charge this time, but will still be well worth it. April 2nd will be the beginning quilting class, and then there will be a binding and border class on April 30th. Sign up soon, and in order to hold your spot, please pay for your class. If this is as popular as the last one, there may be a waiting list, so please let us know if you won't be able to make it, as soon as you can!
Mary Stenros of Willowbend Designs is making a tour around the state, and is coming to Delta to do demos of her methods and show off her new patterns. It is well worth taking the effort to come and hear from the designer on her tips for making her quilts - and it's FREE! Monday night April 11th, we'll have some snacks available if you want to come after work or just come in early for the demo, then start the 2 hour demo at 6:00. Even if you don't think you can do this kind of applique', you don't want to miss it, she makes it easy!
- And finally, we have a sewing machine repairman coming to Delta! He'll be working on machines from April 29th through May 4th, but drop-off and pick-up can be a few days on either end.For those of us who just can't seem to get around to getting our machines to Fairbanks, this is an awesome opportunity. Mr Streeter works on most any brand of machine, but specializes in Berninas, Singer Featherweights and treadle machines. Call the shop for details, or come and sign up and put down a deposit to confirm.
That's a lot of things going on, and that doesn't include the guild events - craft day this Saturday, Spring Fling the 25th and 26th, and craft day again in April. There should be no bored quilters anywhere in the area!!!
So enjoy the sunny days,
the northern lights at night,
and join us for some quilting fun, too!
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Correction on Spring Fling
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Hi everyone, it was brought to my attention this morning that I posted the wrong date for the Forget Me Knot Quilter's Guild Spring Fling. It is actually March 25th and 26th, not March 18th and 19th. Sorry about that!
Maribeth
Hi everyone, it was brought to my attention this morning that I posted the wrong date for the Forget Me Knot Quilter's Guild Spring Fling. It is actually March 25th and 26th, not March 18th and 19th. Sorry about that!
Maribeth
Sunday, February 6, 2011
February and March plus SaLeS
- January is over - YAY!! The days are getting longer, and the weather hasn't been too bad around here, so there's hope for spring.
- We have a lot going on in the next month or so! First off is Party with Patrick, Tues, Feb 15th 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Everyone who comes gets a free gift courtesy of the Warm Company, the batting company that makes Warm and Natural, and Insul-Bright and those wonderful products. I think it's a very awesome gift, and there's enough for 20 people !! The project is a small shamrock tablemat, perfect for March.
- On Feb 19th, Marcia will be teaching a "magic block". There are samples and supply lists at the shop - It's a beautiful block made in a very interesting way - stop by and see the samples!
- February 26th is a Mystery Quilt with Joyce made with strips - the precut 2 1/2" strips are a great way to go!! You won't know what you're making until you're done with the quilt - hence the "mystery". So you can't come and see the sample, but mysteries are always a lot of fun! Come and join us!
- The Quilt Guild has a lot coming up, too! Feb 12th is Alaskana applique' with Marcia.
- March 5th is a beginner class with Joyce (which is full, but we are taking names in case of cancellation - sign up at the store),
- March 12th is a needle case with Christy.
- March 18th and 19th is the Spring Fling!
Don't forget to come in and VOTE for your favorite item for the challenge quilts - only two entries, so it's just a matter of who gets the bigger prize!! Anyone who makes a $10 purchase can vote on the back of their sales slip, through National Quilting day, March 19th.
If you haven't been in to see our $7.99 fabric selection in the classroom, we're sweetening the pot! Starting on Saturday, it will be $5.99, and if you empty the bolt, it will be $4.99!!!! Help us make room for new fabric! Speaking of which, we have new wide flannel backings, some new batiks, baby flannels, a really cute doggie panel called Pound Hound, and some beautiful wildflowers from Moda! If you haven't been in for a while, there's even more!!
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Handi Quilter is giving an awesome deal on their new "Sweet Sixteen" sitdown machine - On orders placed between Feb 4th and Mar 7th, you can get a "GO! Baby Fabric Cutter starter set (a $326 value) for FREE! See the attachment for a picture of this beautiful machine. This is an even more affordable and compact way to get into a machine with longarm capabilities. Come in and talk to us.
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Lots of fun things to do around here these days - Come in and join us for the fun.
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Friday, December 31, 2010
"Help Us Help You Sale"
We trust you all had a Merry Christmas, filled with lots of time with family and friends, and hopefully a few quilting goodies in your stocking (?)
First off, a bit of "housekeeping". We only use this email for the newsletter, so if you want to send us something, please use our info@thecalicocow.com email address, unless we request you to use this one. Thanks so much!
OK, back to the good stuff! We are having a "Help us help you" sale - on-going until we decide otherwise - a selected group of fabrics are marked down to $7.99! There's quite a pile back in the classroom, so come on in and check it out! We've gotten notice that cotton prices are going up significantly, so now's the time to take advantage of a really good price! So you're helping us help you by clearing out some inventory so we can order more before the prices go up.
I was hoping to have a class schedule made up for the next couple of months by now, but it hasn't happened. I do know that Viki Faber has been asked by several people to teach a beading class and she wants to do that here sometime in January. Once we get that nailed down, we'll be able to schedule other things around that. She wants to teach a beaded snowflake (sounds really cool!!) for the first class, and maybe do other more involved things after that. We have a beginner class or two in the works, and I'm planning to teach the "Purse-o-nality X Four" bag class again. Party with Patrick for January is a table runner with hearts on it - a bit of a departure from the usual wallhangings, and a bit bigger. Should be fun. That will be Tuesday, January 18th, at 5:00 pm.
We have been getting new fabrics and notions right along, so if you haven't been in for a while, stop by! We have the Dr Suess fabrics we had been waiting for, some really cute Girlie Girl baby flannels, and some new notions, books, and patterns are here, or will be soon!
I am quite sure there is something I am forgetting, but I want to get this email off, so you're all aware of the sale! There may be another email coming your way soon. Meanwhile, the sooner you come in, the better the selection! AND.... we WILL be open til 9:00 on New Years Eve! Some of us don't have anything exciting going on, so what better thing to do than get together with friends and quilt?!? We will be closed on Sat Jan 1st, though.
And if you've been having thoughts of a new HandiQuilter rolling around in you're head, now's the time to get one! We're doing a 10% off MSRP sale all of December, and if you're serious, we could extend that another week for you. Handi Quilter has financing too, so you don't have to come up with the whole thing at once. If you don't have money or space for a big machine, they have a new version of their sitdown machine called the Sweet Sixteen - very affordable! Come in and talk to us!
Thank you all for your continued loyalty and business throughout 2010. We appreciate every one of you!
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Jackie and Maribeth
1380 Richardson Highway
P.O. Box 648
Delta Junction, Alaska 99737
www.thecalicocow.com
info@thecalicocow.com
907-895-9895
Jackie and Maribeth
1380 Richardson Highway
P.O. Box 648
Delta Junction, Alaska 99737
www.thecalicocow.com
info@thecalicocow.com
907-895-9895
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Yes, we're having an Open House this year, combined with a Quilt Gallery! We'll have quilts hanging around the shop, classroom and hallway for you to look at, be inspired by, and possibly even buy. Saturday, Dec 4th is the day we'll be having it, along with several other local businesses, and the Christmas Bazaar at the school. It's a fun day to get out and socialize and get some great shopping done in Delta!
We'll have special beginner packages for tools, and for upcoming beginner classes, so if you or someone you love wants to learn to quilt, this would be an awesome time to put that on your Christmas list and make it happen!
There will be coupons, drawings, and of course yummy goodies! We'll also be having a sale that whole week on everything Moda! For anyone that doesn't know, Moda is many quilters' favorite manufacturer of fabric. It will be really fun finding all your favorite Moda fabrics to buy on sale!
We have a couple of classes coming up before Christmas - November 27th (Thanksgiving weekend) Sandi is teaching Batik Illusions. It's a beautiful quilt with a chevron look, made out of one piece of fabric. We're hoping Sandi can get a sample in to the shop soon, so we can all be inspired - it's beautiful!!
Party with Patrick for December will be one week early, on Dec 14th, rather that the 21st, because we decided that was just too close to Christmas for everyone. We haven't gotten the sneak peek at that project yet, but I'm sure it will be something fun for New Year's or January in general. They're always fun.
Of course a REALLY awesome Christmas gift would be your very own Handi Quilter longarm quilting machine. Look for a special on those, too! There's a new version of the HQ Sixteen sit-down model that looks really nice! It's more like your regular machine, you sit down to use it, and it's much more compact and affordable than the large ones.
For those of you interested in our Design a Quilt challenge - the deadline has past, with no entries! :( So.... good news, you now have until after the holidays to finish your creations! We decided to allow you plenty of time with no rush before Christmas, and give you until the 15th of January to turn in your entries! Then they will be judged and the winners will be drawn on National Quilting Day, March 19th, 2011. See the rules below:
Calico Cow Design a Quilt Contest
Fabric Requirements:
Purchase a minimum of 1 yard of Elizabeth’s Studio Quiltscapes 2905 Blue,
and additional fabric of any amount from any of the coordinating fabrics: Quiltscapes 2900, 2901, 2904, 2906.
You must use a reasonable amount of each of the two fabrics, but are not required to use it all.
Design Requirements:
Quilt must be finished and delivered ready for display at the Calico Cow Quilt Shop no later than Jan 15, 2010 @ 4:00 PM.
(We can not be responsible for late or lost entries that are sent to us.)
There are no size or style restrictions, so be creative and have fun!
Judging:
The quilts will be judged by people’s choice from Jan 15th, 2011, through National Quilting Day in March.
Anyone who purchases a minimum of $10.00 may submit their vote on the back of their sales slip (only one vote/day/person).
Winners will be announced by email.
Prizes:
1st place - $50.00 gift certificate to the Calico Cow
2nd place - $25.00 gift certificate to the Calico Cow
3rd place - $10.00 gift certificate to the Calico Cow
Happy Quilting! J
Maribeth Miller and Jackie Becker
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