Monday, April 5, 2010

Here are our happy quilters at 7:45 am before they got on the bus to Shop Hop in February! 
Geranium Mini Quilt!
Looks so cute in the little 12" x 14" quilt hangers.

"One Million Pillowcase Challenge"

The Quilt Shop of Chisholm has joined the American Patchwork & Quilting "One Million Pillowcase Challenge." We will be donating the pillowcases to local charities such as nursing homes, cancer patients at the hospital, and foster care children. If you have other ideas please let me know.  Barb will be in charge of arranging a meeting to decide on how many we think we can do and exactly where we would like to donate these pillow cases.  We will have patterns and ideas that you can use when Barb gets back from Texas.  (She says she's in Texas, but we don't know that FOR SURE.)  Our pillow cases will  be counted toward the countrywide total. The challenge continues through the rest of 2010.  Click on the button below to get more information.
 
American Patchwork & Quilting 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge - Participating Shop. Click here to learn more.

Quilt Shop of Chisholm

116 W Lake St, Chisholm, MN 55719
218-254-1700
www.quiltshopofchisholm.blogspot.com



April 2010 Newsletter

Class Schedule:

Stash Pot Pie - Thursday, April 8, 4-8pm
Civil War Tribute Block of the Month - Saturday, April 10, 10-11am
Advanced Beginner - Tuesdays, April 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 5-7pm
Wool Applique Block of the Month - Thursday, April 15, 6-8pm
Cobblestone Lane Block of the Month - Saturday, April 17, 10-11am
Sweet Pickin’s Club - Saturday, April 17, 11am-12pm

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Remember, if your name shows up in the newsletter (whether it is used in an appropriate manner or not) you get a free FQ!!!!!
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Coming Up:

A Block of the Month in May (3rd Saturday of the Month) will be replacing Cobblestone Lane. It is fusible applique and it’s called “Back Home”. Laura Lignell and I are making the blocks for the sample. This will be a hands-on block of the month, meaning that we will actually be working on them during the classes. Laura and I will share with you the tricks to make machine applique look the way you want it to look!

April 29 - May 2, Thursday - Sunday --- Quilt Camp!!!!!!!
We are having quilt camp at Camp Chicagami. If you are already signed up and have not sent in your deposit, it is $50. The cost of camp will be $160 for Thursday-Sunday, $125 for Friday-Sunday, with the evening meal of the day you come the first meal included. Day campers will be $35 per day (which includes meals). We still have openings available! We will be working on UFO’s. There will be more on www.quiltshopofchisholm.blogspot.com later on this month, Sue Walker.

STASH POT PIE - I found out why Karen Johnson doesn’t say anything during stash pot pie class. It’s not because she is hiding something - it’s because if she talks, she can’t listen to the 3 or 4 conversations going on around her. As she told me, “I might miss something!” In March, Karl could not make the pies, so I made Banana Pudding and Chocolate Candy Bar Pie, using instant pudding mix (the recipes were on the boxes) Cool Whip and pre-made pie crusts. I will not tell you how much I ate, but I was in a sugar coma the next day, overslept and did not get to the shop to open until 10:30. Karl will be back this month with pies that are not so deadly.

CIVIL WAR TRIBUTE - We learned several things last month in this class: First, when quilt blocks are squared up and sewn together, there will be some points that are “cut off”, Judie Gustafson. This is inevitable. Even samples sent from the pattern company are not perfect. Secondly, quilters who insist on a “scant quarter inch” seam allowance and get down to 3/16 of an inch are neurotic. Now, I’m just telling you what was discussed. The word “neurotic” came right from the lips of a woman who has spent her entire life in the field of psychology. AND “The Mother of All Quilters”, the only woman who I know that has ever pieced, quilted and bound the “Dear Jane” quilt (with the scary snow cone border), agreed with her. So I snuck over and changed the scant ¼” setting on my machine before anyone could notice.

ADVANCED BEGINNER - Karen Skraba will be teaching this class at the request of her beginner quilters. It is a sampler quilt and we have a sample made up in the shop. If you are a novice seamstress, Pattie Schleicher, but are new to quilting or if you have had the beginner class and want to learn something new, this is the class for you. Four classes, $60 class fee, supply list available at shop when you sign up, homework will be given!!!!!!!!!

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My niece in Baltimore has recently had a baby. Her second child. A BOY. So far, her oldest child (who is only a year old) has been a sweet, angelic, patient, smiling girl. I would like to tell my niece that life, as she knows it, is over. But I won’t. Because she only has one boy. He may be that rare exceptional case that is inquisitive, yet careful. Fearless, yet careful. Energetic, yet careful. Why, my niece may ask, do I keep saying “careful”? Because all boys are inquisitive, fearless and energetic, but none of them care about the consequences - and therefore aren’t careful. Now, let’s say your little darling is the exception to the rule and your precious daughter tries to keep close tabs on him for the next few years (oh, boy, WILL she.) Then you will go and do something absolutely insane and have another child and if it’s a boy - then I’ll tell you that your life is over and you are going to need something much stronger than herbal tea to make it through the next year - make that the next 25 years. Because “boys” are different than girls. One boy is bad enough, but from the moment that second boy is brought home from the hospital, the horror begins. Here is my theory on “boys”. When more than one are together, you take the lowest IQ score from the group and divide it by the number of boys in the group, and the whole group’s actions will reflect that IQ score. Think about it. No, my dear niece, don’t think about it. You will have enough to think about over the next few years. But somewhere in the back of your brain you will remember this advice when he’s 4 years old and playing with his cousins and they have set fire to your house. Or when he pries or peals the letters off your car and brings them in the house to you. (You didn’t tell him NOT to.) That’s the problem with boys. There are infinite things that you “didn’t tell him not to do” because you, as a mother, would not in your wildest dreams think he might do it. His father will have thought of them, and may even be doing them with him. Even if you try to train yourself to think about aberrant behavior, you won’t be able to foresee tablecloth tents in your large tree in the front yard, the 3 foot hole dug right by your back porch, hammer marks in your coffee table, batteries wrapped in copper wire melting crayons on your kitchen counter. Then when he’s older, driving a 4 wheeler straight up a hill with his friends (remember the IQ theory) AND THEN DOING IT AGAIN after he rolls. It doesn’t have to be a 4 wheeler and a hill. It could be trying to ride his bike up an oak tree, and when he falls, he tries again, over and over. Then when he is an older teen, and the police come to your house at 8:00 in the morning because his car is (a) buried in a snow bank, (b) abandoned on the side of the road or (c ) skid marks lead into your driveway or (d) all of the above. I don’t know when boys become real people. I could go on and on, but I’m too depressed to tell you any more. Just get a big bottle of Jack Daniels and keep it in your basement so you can go down there to “do the laundry”. Trust me, no one will follow you.

Mary

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

April 2010 Newsletter:



Class Schedule:

Stash Pot Pie - Thursday, April 8, 4-8pm
Civil War Tribute Block of the Month - Saturday, April 10, 10-11am
Advanced Beginner - Tuesdays, April 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 5-7pm
Wool Applique Block of the Month - Thursday, April 15, 6-8pm
Cobblestone Lane Block of the Month - Saturday, April 17, 10-11am
Sweet Pickin’s Club - Saturday, April 17, 11am-12pm

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Remember, if your name shows up in the newsletter (whether it is used in an appropriate manner or not) you get a free FQ!!!!!

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Coming Up:
A Block of the Month in May (3rd Saturday of the Month) will be replacing Cobblestone Lane. It is fusible applique and it’s called “Back Home”. Laura Lignell and I are making the blocks for the sample. This will be a hands-on block of the month, meaning that we will actually be working on them during the classes. Laura and I will share with you the tricks to make machine applique look the way you want it to look!



April 29 - May 2, Thursday - Sunday --- Quilt Camp!!!!!!!

We are having quilt camp at Camp Chicagami. If you are already signed up and have not sent in your deposit, it is $50. The cost of camp will be $160 for Thursday-Sunday, $125 for Friday-Sunday, with the evening meal of the day you come the first meal included. Day campers will be $35 per day (which includes meals). We still have openings available! We will be working on UFO’s. There will be more on www.quiltshopofchisholm.blogspot.com later on this month, Sue Walker.



STASH POT PIE - I found out why Karen Johnson doesn’t say anything during stash pot pie class. It’s not because she is hiding something - it’s because if she talks, she can’t listen to the 3 or 4 conversations going on around her. As she told me, “I might miss something!” In March, Karl could not make the pies, so I made Banana Pudding and Chocolate Candy Bar Pie, using instant pudding mix (the recipes were on the boxes) Cool Whip and pre-made pie crusts. I will not tell you how much I ate, but I was in a sugar coma the next day, overslept and did not get to the shop to open until 10:30. Karl will be back this month with pies that are not so deadly.



CIVIL WAR TRIBUTE - We learned several things last month in this class: First, when quilt blocks are squared up and sewn together, there will be some points that are “cut off”, Judie Gustafson. This is inevitable. Even samples sent from the pattern company are not perfect. Secondly, quilters who insist on a “scant quarter inch” seam allowance and get down to 3/16 of an inch are neurotic. Now, I’m just telling you what was discussed. The word “neurotic” came right from the lips of a woman who has spent her entire life in the field of psychology. AND “The Mother of All Quilters”, the only woman who I know that has ever pieced, quilted and bound the “Dear Jane” quilt (with the scary snow cone border), agreed with her. So I snuck over and changed the scant ¼” setting on my machine before anyone could notice.



ADVANCED BEGINNER - Karen Skraba will be teaching this class at the request of her beginner quilters. It is a sampler quilt and we have a sample made up in the shop. If you are a novice seamstress, Pattie Schleicher, but are new to quilting or if you have had the beginner class and want to learn something new, this is the class for you. Four classes, $60 class fee, supply list available at shop when you sign up, homework will be given!!!!!!!!!



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My niece in Baltimore has recently had a baby. Her second child. A BOY. So far, her oldest child (who is only a year old) has been a sweet, angelic, patient, smiling girl. I would like to tell my niece that life, as she knows it, is over. But I won’t. Because she only has one boy. He may be that rare exceptional case that is inquisitive, yet careful. Fearless, yet careful. Energetic, yet careful. Why, my niece may ask, do I keep saying “careful”? Because all boys are inquisitive, fearless and energetic, but none of them care about the consequences - and therefore aren’t careful. Now, let’s say your little darling is the exception to the rule and your precious daughter tries to keep close tabs on him for the next few years (oh, boy, WILL she.) Then you will go and do something absolutely insane and have another child and if it’s a boy - then I’ll tell you that your life is over and you are going to need something much stronger than herbal tea to make it through the next year - make that the next 25 years. Because “boys” are different than girls. One boy is bad enough, but from the moment that second boy is brought home from the hospital, the horror begins. Here is my theory on “boys”. When more than one are together, you take the lowest IQ score from the group and divide it by the number of boys in the group, and the whole group’s actions will reflect that IQ score. Think about it. No, my dear niece, don’t think about it. You will have enough to think about over the next few years. But somewhere in the back of your brain you will remember this advice when he’s 4 years old and playing with his cousins and they have set fire to your house. Or when he pries or peals the letters off your car and brings them in the house to you. (You didn’t tell him NOT to.) That’s the problem with boys. There are infinite things that you “didn’t tell him not to do” because you, as a mother, would not in your wildest dreams think he might do it. His father will have thought of them, and may even be doing them with him. Even if you try to train yourself to think about aberrant behavior, you won’t be able to foresee tablecloth tents in your large tree in the front yard, the 3 foot hole dug right by your back porch, hammer marks in your coffee table, batteries wrapped in copper wire melting crayons on your kitchen counter. Then when he’s older, driving a 4 wheeler straight up a hill with his friends (remember the IQ theory) AND THEN DOING IT AGAIN after he rolls. It doesn’t have to be a 4 wheeler and a hill. It could be trying to ride his bike up an oak tree, and when he falls, he tries again, over and over. Then when he is an older teen, and the police come to your house at 8:00 in the morning because his car is (a) buried in a snow bank, (b) abandoned on the side of the road or (c ) skid marks lead into your driveway or (d) all of the above. I don’t know when boys become real people. I could go on and on, but I’m too depressed to tell you any more. Just get a big bottle of Jack Daniels and keep it in your basement so you can go down there to “do the laundry”. Trust me, no one will follow you.



Mary

Saturday, February 13, 2010

February Update

Classes:  This Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-8pm ----------WOOL APPLIQUE BLOCK OF THE MONTH
                                                                               (every 3rd Thursday of the month)
               Thursday, Feb 25, 10a-2p----------------ATLANTIS BLOCK OF THE MONTH

BRENDA POQUETTE - I need to know if you want your finishing kit for Atlantis as the pieced border or the sample border!!!!!   This month in Atlantis we will have the finishing kits ready and we are working on the border and finishing up!  If you do not have all twelve blocks and your finishing kit, I should have them here for you to pick up.  (Except for Brenda.  Ha!) 

Wool Applique Block of the Month - Block 2 will be ready and you may stay and stitch (or cut as the case may be) or pick up & go. 

MARCH CLASSES:

STASH POT PIE - Thursday, March 11, 4pm or whatever til 8pm.  $5.00 class fee.  THIS CLASS IS ALWAYS THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH, Tammy Jerkovitz.  The cutting instructions must be picked up when you sign up for the class.  You would not believe what goes on in this class and I could repeat stories and comments that would make your hair stand on end.  This is absolutely my favorite class and there is no doubt I could blackmail several people, Julie Thune.  ("Pokey Little Puppy".  Need I say more?)  Since she has learned to say "Stash Pot Pie" instead of "Pot Stash Pie", Karen Johnson has not said anything that I can blackmail her with - YET.  She is very careful not to say anything that is inappropriate, but she WILL slip up -- and I'll be there when she does. 

CIVIL WAR TRIBUTE - Saturday, March 13, 10am-11am.  Block #3.  This class is always the second Saturday of the month.  I know it's hard to believe, but I will do a demonstration at this class and we will have a show and tell of any and all Civil War fabric projects that you have made!

WOOL APPLIQUE - Thursday, March 18, 6-8pm.  This class is always the THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH!

COBBLESTONE LANE - Saturday, March 20, 10-11am.  Block 5 of 6!!!!!!!  Are you working on your setting squares?????

SWEET PICKINS CLUB - We resume after the shop hop!!! Yeah!!!  This class is always the THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, Tammy Jerkovitz. 

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This Wednesday - Saturday is the Stars of the North Shop Hop!  February 17-20.  For those of you who have not picked up the brochure in the shop, it will be Quilt Shop of Chisholm, Elaine's Corner in Hill City, Terri's Treasures in Iron, Quilts Around the Corner in Hibbing, Tiger Textiles in Grand Rapids and Timeless Treasures in McGregor.  For those of you who are on the bus - You need to get here by at least 7:30 Saturday morning to be able to eat before the bus leaves at 8:00 am.  If you don't want to park on the main street for 12 hours, there is public parking in the parking lot behind Tom and Jerry's or you can park on the side streets (avenues). 

Mary  

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

January 2010 Newsletter

Class Schedules:

Saturday, Jan. 9, 10am-11am -- Civil War Tribute Block of the Month
Thursday, Jan 14, 4 or 5 - 8pm --Stash Pot Pie
Saturday, Jan 16, 10-11am--Cobblestone Lane Block of the Month
Saturday, Jan. 16, 11am-noon --Sweet Pickins Club
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 5-8pm --Continuing Education (the creation of Quiltzilla)
Thursday, Jan. 21, 6-8pm--Wool Applique Block of the Month
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 5-8pm--Second class of Continuing Education
Wednesday, Jan 27, 3-6pm--Mexican Star wallhanging
Thursday, Jan. 28, 10am-2pm--Atlantis Block of the Month #11
Saturday, Jan. 30, 10am-2pm--Atlantis Block of the Month #11


Class descriptions will follow.  Remember, if your name appears in the newsletter, no matter how inappropriately, you will receive a free fat quarter!************************************

Things that were overheard in the quilt shop in 2009:

  • Mary Jo telling the customer next to her as she was reaching for a bolt of fabric:  "I HATE this place."
  • "Barb did it" or "Barb didn't do it", whichever works.
  • Terese D. telling me "Go to H***, Mary" when I told her I "just happened" to have kits available for a quilt she was admiring.
  • Bev telling me "YOU CANNOT ASK THE CUSTOMERS TO BAKE YOU COOKIES....." 
  • Tammy J. telling me (after I drew ink pen lines on the RIGHT side of her fabric while showing her how to make continuous bias binding) "You are for all purposes dead to me now."
  • "We are having a Shameless Promotion today......"
  • "I'm just here to get my fix and pet the fabric."
  • "When I finished that last quilt with all the triangles, I spent a full day in the corner of my bedroom, rocking back and forth in the fetal position, sucking my thumb"
  • "The Elusive Jennifer....."
  • Tammi C. (nicknamed Flannel Tammi) asking me:  "Why are all the flannels on display?  Why are they up front?  Put them in the back so no one will buy them."
  • Linda C. telling Bev:  "I have NO friends."
  • "Organize ME, will you?"
  • Laura L., after completing a row of blocks named "Peanut Butter and Jelly" for the shop hop quilt:  "Peanut butter and jelly, my A**!!"
  • Barb telling customers "Come back tomorrow when Mary's not here and we'll be having a big sale with friends and family discount."
  • Doris S.:  "Is it coffee time?"
  • Bev saying "Barb and I are going to open up a quilt shop in Kitzville and be your worst nightmare."
  • "I found another bolt of flannel that Flannel Tammi must have hidden back here."

Inventory is done and we are ready for the new year.  I would like to say a heartfelt "Thank You" to all the women who help me with this shop - whether it's by working here, doing binding, making samples, helping with inventory, letting me "steal" your quilts for samples, and hang them in the shop, or just by being good customers.  A "good customer" is one who comes by to visit, asks for our opinion on a project, gives us her opinion on our works in progress and makes suggestions.  (It doesn't hurt if she also spends a lot of money.  Ha!).

The Civil War B.O.M. will be the 2nd Saturday each month for 12 months and the fabrics are GORGEOUS!  The cost will be $24.00 per month for the fabrics and pattern.  We are in the process of making the sample,  Amy Rice, so come in and ask to see the blocks.  The size of the quilt is like 100" x 108". 

Cobblestone Lane B.O.M. will be block number 3 out of 6 (remember, since we are making 2 blocks per month, and there are only 12 blocks, we'll be done in April!).  There are still a few of you who need to pick up your finishing kits.  Don't worry!  They are safely stored in the back, Lue Strom. 

Sweet Pickins - At the last meeting in December, the challenge was to make an ornament.  So we decided to each make an ornament (ONE ornament) and we'll have an ornament exchange at this month's meeting to keep for next Christmas!  This month's project is a Valentine Table Runner and is very cute. 

Karen Skraba will be teaching the "Continuing Education (The Creation of Quiltzilla)"  classes.  There will be five classes on Tuesday nights, Jan 19 and 26, Feb. 2, 9, and 23.  This class was requested by her beginner class as something a little more challenging to continue their education in quilting.  Be careful what you ask for!!!!!    Just kidding - it will be very easy, Karen Beil.  It's a gorgeous sampler from the book Better by the Dozen.  Come see the sampler and get your class supply list.  The class fee will be $15.00 per class.

The Mexican Star wallhanging - Laura Lignell will be teaching this class on the folding technique that looks so much like applique.  We have two beautiful samples hanging in the shop.  This class will fill up fast.  Laura wants to offer this class for no class fee, as a customer appreciation gesture.  (It's not often you get this kind of gesture from Laura, usually it's the other kind.)

The Wool Applique Block of the Month - I am so excited about this I can hardly stand it!!!!  There are already 35 people signed up for this and I can take 15 more!  We will meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month 6-8pm starting this month.  This can also be just picked up and taken home.  (In fact, I think the idea that is so appealing about this project is that it's something you can do at home while watching tv.)  The wools are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!  The cost is $10.00 per month for the wool applique fabric and block pattern.  The first month you will need to purchase a yard of the flannel that is your background for the entire small quilt.  There is also another 2 yd. fabric purchase sometime during the course of the project for your sashing and borders.  We will have the sample made up as soon as I can get it cut for Jackie.  Jackie Shuster will be helping you out with your stitching if you need help (she does a fabulous job with the hand stitching).  There will also be a kit available with all the threads used in this project for hand applique for $21.00.  If you want to use your own threads or machine applique, that is fine, Carol Chadwick.

Finally:  Don't forget we have a regional shop hop coming up February 17-20.  There is a bus leaving from our shop at 8a.m. on that Saturday, the 20th.  We've had a great response to this 4th Annual Star of the North Shop Hop.  For those of you who are signed up for the bus and haven't paid - your seat is NOT reserved until you pay.  Please pay at the quilt shop of mail your payment to Chisholm Community Ed. as seating is limited!

                                                                                Mary

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Finally! I update my blog!

November and December 2009 Newsletter

November Class Schedule:
Free Motion Quilting - Saturday, November 21, 1-3:30pm
Tablerunner of the Month - Thursday, November 19 - 4-8pm
Cobblestone Lane Block of the Month - Saturday, Nov. 21, 10-11am
Sweet Pickin’s Club - Saturday, Nov. 21, 11am-noon
Atlantis Block of the Month - Saturday, December 5, 10am-2pm



December Class Schedule:

Free Motion Quilting - Wed., Dec 2, 10am-12:30pm
Autumn House BOM - Thurs., Dec. 3, 5-7pm
Hand Quilting - Thurs., Dec. 3, 5-7pm (same time as Autumn House)
Atlantis Block of the Month - Sat., Dec. 5, 10am-2pm
Stash Pot Pie - Thurs., Dec 10, 4pm-8pm
Tablerunner of the Month - Thursday, December 17, 4-8pm
Cobblestone Lane - Saturday, Dec. 19, 10-11am
Sweet Pickin’s Club - Sat., Dec. 19, 11am-noon

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Remember, if your name is mentioned in the newsletter, no matter how inappropriately, you get a free fat quarter next time you are in the shop!

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WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR REMODELING ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 and will be open for business again on Tuesday, December 8 (even if we are still moving things. We are getting new carpet! Be sure to come by to see our fancy new look, Pam Moss.

Then, on SATURDAY, December 12, we will have our annual open house, with a FAT QUARTER FRENZY and all fabrics (except flannel and sale fabrics) on the bolt for a 20% discount! One day only. Fat quarters will be $1.25 each. If you buy 25 or more, they will be $1.00 each.

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SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12

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Free Motion Quilting - Don’t be afraid! Once you learn how to do this, you will be amazed at how those quilt tops get done! It’s all in practice, practice, practice. You are not allowed to criticize your stitches (I will be happy to do that for you!) But there are some requirements for this class: You need to have a sewing machine that you know how to operate and has the capability of lowering the feed dogs and you need to know how to lower them. You need to have a “Free Motion Foot” that fits your machine and is specifically made for free motion. If you don’t have one, get one from either P & D Sewing in Grand Rapids or Viking Village in Hibbing or Virginia. You have to be able to tell them your model and make of sewing machine for them to give you the right one. Call them first and ask them if they have one for your machine and if not, can they order it for you. Other supplies you need (which are available here at the shop if you don’t have them) are quilting gloves (I prefer the “Machingers” brand), Schmetz Quilting Needles, size 75/11 or 90/14 depending on your thread size, 40 or 50 weight cotton thread AND something to quilt. I would suggest you either make a few quilt “sandwiches” with fat quarters and batting and also bring something that you want to quilt (and can live with the fact that it won’t be perfect.) We do not use safety pins for basting - either 505 spray or hand basting. Only 505 spray please, because the cheaper brands tend to gunk up your machine. Class fee $15.00

That being said, Karen Skraba, for Hand Quilting, I will supply the needle, you will need a thimble and your choice of thread. You do not need a practice “sandwich”, just a quilt that you want to work on. Class fee $15.00
TABLERUNNER OF THE MONTH: You don’t want to miss the last two classes - November is the darling Santa Runner and December is the Snowman! They are both done (believe it or not) and kitted, or you can use your own fabrics. Class fee $5.00

COBBLESTONE LANE - The sample is here - the blocks are kitted and the price will be $10.00 per month. We will try to have the finishing kits ready if you want to get yours this month.

SWEET PICKIN’S CLUB - Cute stuff this month - come and see! If you want to join Sweet Pickin’s, Susie Cencich, and have not, there is still room for you.

ATLANTIS will meet on Saturday, December 5, 10am-2pm for the November class due to Thanksgiving. We can decide then when to meet for December. December will be block 11 of 12! I need to know if you are doing the fancy border or the plain border by December 5, so we can kit it up for you!

STASH POT PIE - If you remember last December, Karl and Kristine made us a WONDERFUL Chicken Pot Pie and the best Chocolate Cake EVER, and they are going to do it again this December. So if you are not signed up, there are still a few spots. Call me!!!!!

January we will start a new Wool Club - raw edge hand applique (or machine if you prefer) of wool on flannel. It will be a block of the month, Doris Kerzie, every 3rd Thursday of the month starting January 21st, 5pm to 8pm. You can stay and we’ll hand sew (you will not need your machine) or you may pick up your pattern and fabrics and take them home. More information to follow, Lois Mehle……..

If you have a deer hunter in your life, you know that rifle season is coming to a close. But of course, there is always bow season and something called “muzzle loader” season - WHAT EVER. All I know is that Quilt Season is open year round for me, Lue Strom. (Except summer. I read in summer.) I have some questions about the men in your life that I would like to quiz you on.
1. Have you ever found a machete in your umbrella stand?

2. How many pairs of boots does a man need?

3. Why do men never throw anything away?

4. Why do men and boys like to wrestle?

5. Why do men notice that rolls of toilet paper in the store have gotten
Narrower but they don’t notice when the roll is empty at home?

If you know the answer to any of these questions, please let me know.

Mary