holiday hours & our Summer Block of the Week program

The Good Wives Co.

will be closed for the Independence Day holiday weekend:

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, & Monday

July 4th through the 8th

We will re-open on Tuesday, July 9th

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For those in our four month applique class:
 "Our Flower Garden" blocks of the month,
Tuesday, July 9th
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
is our last meeting date for this group.

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Tuesday , July 9th is the release of our

exclusive, 

2013 SUMMER BLOCK OF THE WEEK!!!!

Circa 1898 Antique Melon Bow Tie Quilt

Inspired by an antique quilt of bow ties and pale cheddar,

we've designed this
Summer B.O.W program
so that you have
a machine-pieced, finished quilt
by the end of August!!!

Only SEVEN WEEKS of Summer!

Each Tuesday -

July 9th through August 20th!

Twelve, quick and easy,
machine -pieced bow tie blocks per week!

Free pattern included in this
B.O.W program!

First week kit includes:

• machine piecing instruction for bow ties
• the first week's fabrics for 12 cute bow ties
• fabric-layout picture
• setting and border fabric
• binding fabric
• all for only $50.00! 

Each week - two through seven kit includes:

• fabrics for 12 cute bow ties
• fabric-layout picture
• each week only $10.00

Seventh week also includes: 

• setting and finishing instructions

The quilt finishes at a "throw" size -
 approximately 60 inches by 94 inches!

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If you are not local, you can participate in our Summer B.O.W! 

Call us with your shipping/payment info

and we will ship to you each Tuesday!!! 

Shipping cost week 1:  
kit + $6.00

Shipping cost weeks 2 through 7:  
kit + $3.50 each week

(If you are unable to join us in the Summer Bow Tie B.O.W at this time, the complete pattern will be available for sale this Autumn.)

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Class/Free demo: 

join us for a demonstration

on making our Summer Bow Tie block!



Continual bow tie demos:

Tuesday, July 9th 2 - 3 p.m.

for anyone participating in our

Summer BOW program!!!

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Safe and happy Independence Day wishes to you &

God Bless America!

The gals at the Good Wives Co.

1569 Cascade Drive

Marion, OH 43302

(740) 389-5555

  



Celebrate America

Good Wives Co. is "Celebrating America" along with the  National Quilting Association.   The 44th annual  NQA Quilt Show is in Columbus, Ohio this Thursday, Friday, Saturday.   Our in-house SHOW SPECIAL is 15% off all fabric June 25-29!  We also have  many  red, white and blue GW exclusive patterns and kits to help you get ready to Celebrate America too.   As you travel to or from the show, stop in and visit!!!   We have extended hours on  Wednesday & Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 pm!  Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hope to see you! God bless America!

Spring/April Classes!

Upcoming classes here at The Good Wives -

Hand Applique:

Our Flower Garden: a Hot Pad Quilt -
4 months,  
3 Blocks each Month

Tuesdays,
April 9th, May 14th, June 11th, & July 9th

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m

CONFIDENT BEGINNER

or INTERMEDIATE quilter

This quilt is inspired by an 1850's

New York Album quilt,

AND we've combined that with the

Civil War Pot Holder method,

to create this wonderful Flower Garden pattern for applique.

The first month's class we'll focus on HAND applique methods

(different methods of applique will be covered - you choose your favorite),

and you will need kit #1 to get started.

Each month for the next three months we will offer the next kit and pattern!,
and there will be another step of the
Civil War Hot Pad method:  from applique, piecing, layering, QUILTING YOUR FINISHED BLOCKS, trimming and binding!
(These four floral block patterns and kits will be released the second Tuesday of each month ONLY for a total of 12 finished blocks for a quilt that finishes 43"x 57".)

Our kits are made using the

French General line of fabric

- faded reds and pinks - just GORGEOUS!
(Kits with this specific fabric line are subject to availability, so if you love this French General line as we do, SIGN UP IMMEDIATELY so we can plan accordingly.)

No class fee with Kit (3 blocks per kit - $29.50) and Pattern ($9.50) purchase

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 Beginners Log Cabin:

Red, White & Blue Log Cabin
Table Topper (52" square)
Saturday, April 13th
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

This is a GREAT beginners class if you've been wanting to start quilting!

We'll cover: choosing fabrics, ruler use, rotary cutting, machine piecing, pressing, and squaring your finished blocks.  Bring your machine (or call ahead and reserve one of ours-first come-first serve) and you'll go home ready to take the quilting world by storm!
No class fee with Kit ($59.50) and Pattern ($9.50) purchase.

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 Sit and Stitch
group
Wednesday, April 17th
2 to 4 p.m.
OR
5 to 7 p.m.
Bring along your
hand-work
and join in the camaraderie!
Class fee: $5.00
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Hand Embroidery

with coloring/tinting

"How Does Your Garden Grow?"

Friday, April 19th

10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

INTERMEDIATE quilter
Using "How Does Your Garden Grow?", a Crabapple Hill pattern, this hand embroidery class will also cover the technique of coloring and tinting.  The first class will cover pattern transfer & coloring, so bring your box of Crayons (96 Crayola recommended).  Choose your stitching and lining fabrics that day (additional fee).  Second class will cover the embroidery stitches used in this project.  Third class will cover trimming the color-tinted pieces and piecing to finish your quilt top.
$10.00 class fee each class.  Pattern ($12.00) required.

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Technique Class:

Piecing - 

Spring Confetti
43" square

Wednesday, April 24th

10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CONFIDENT BEGINNER
or INTERMEDIATE quilter
A great class for learning this quick piecing technique!  In no time you'll have a complete, scrappy top.  Bring your machine (or call ahead and reserve one of ours - first come, first serve).
No class fee with Kit ($52.50) and Pattern ($9.50) purchase.

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English Paper Piecing:

Lucy Boston - Patchwork of the Crosses 

Tuesday, April 30th

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This is the hand-stitching method using English Paper Pieces.

We have great fabric kits available each month

and samples made using our reproduction fabrics.

You can join this group at any time!

If you'd like to join us to help keep on task

with this "heirloom" quilt project,

we usually meet the
last Tuesday of each month.

We stock all of the necessary supplies:

acrylic honeycomb templates - $6.00

Pre-cut papers - $3.50 per package

(Specific fabric kits are available in limited quantities) 

 

No class fee with two Kit ($9.50 to $12.50) purchase.

 

All of the above projects and classes sure make it look like

Spring has arrived at Good Wives!

Give us a call if you'd like to join us
in welcoming Spring,
we'll get you onto the class list. 
And, as always, if you are an out of the area customer and you see a kit & pattern that you like, call us and we'll ship it right out!  (This includes the BOM: "Our Flower Garden - Hot Pad quilt" - shipped monthly as available.)

Happy Spring!
and Happy April to you!
 

2 weeks before Christmas...

Our past weekend show -

the last part of the central Ohio shop hop/Quilt Spree 

was WONDERFUL!! 

Thank you to all who came to visit and shop!!

It was a great weekend & we appreciate all of our customers -

YOU ARE THE BEST!!

We have unpacked from the show
and made the shop all pretty again,
and guess what?
Only two weeks until Christmas!!

our Limited Edition
Pot Holder Christmas quilts-
kits available in bright or vintage

Do you need gifts for your favorite quilter?

If you want to stitch up something, we have quite a few quick & easy small quilt projects
available - patterns and/or kits.
We also have all of your favorite books, fabric and notions...
And, perfect timing for gifting! - 
we just received the new Jo Morton book and fabric, Leesburg!


Jo Morton's For All Seasons




a small sampling of  the 30 bolts of Leesburg



Stop in and we'll help you "wrap up" your shopping!

in review...

our Christmas Open house was wonderful!

Thank you to everyone that came to visit us.
We know that the weekend before Thanksgiving is a busy time and we appreciate that so many of you could stop in. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

For those who couldn't make it
or live out of town,
we have some pictures of shop the to share:

center room, mantle

 

fabric room, back wall

   

fabric room, 2nd shot



center room, register
and part of the wool /homewares room in the background

wool/homewares room toward front
(with small projects on table)

 As you can see from those pictures, we are ready for the holiday!!!

If you see something that you'd like, give us a call and we'll put it on your
Christmas list :)

Fall Sale

Fall Items 25% off  We have a large selection of fall wares for your household, and Fall kits and patterns for the quilter.   All marked down 25% till they're gone!   Stop in early for the best selection.  Our Christmas Open House  is  Friday November 16 and Saturday November 17, 2012 Mark Your Calendars Now!!

Good Wives Company 1569 Cascade Drive Marion, Ohio  43302 740-389-5555 Tues-Fri 10am to 5pm Saturday 10am to 3pm Closed Sunday and Monday

Fall Festival Open House in review II

 Fall Festival Open house continued!!!

We chose Autumn projects

that are quick

and easy to stitch up

in a couple of hours,

so they make great projects for

your Fall decorating

or for gifting!

Sugar Maple
26"x35", a Country Threads pattern

The following are

exclusive Good Wives patterns

(15" to 18" square):

Autumn Checkerboard

Autumn Steps Table Topper



Autumn Hour Glass Table Topper



Autumn Geese in the Cabin

Individual patterns are available

AND we have kits ready for each piece

to make it even FASTER

for you to get your projects going!

Give us a call or stop in to visit and we'll get you set up - you'll have your tables and walls "quilted" in no time!!!

Fall Festival Open house in review I

Our thanks to all who made
our Fall Festival Open House a success!



Autumn Bowties

It was wonderful to see everyone!!

For those of you who couldn't make it,

here are pictures of some of our Autumn projects...

Five Pumpkin Table Topper - 
24"across, a Good Wives exclusive



Pouncing Cats - 14"x 30", 

from Collections 2 by Red Wagon



 



Pumpkin Square, 18",
by Rhonda McCray

from the Primitive Quilts and Projects

Fall 2012 publication



If you didn't make it in to see us for our
Fall Festival Open House,
please stop by, we'd love to visit!

We have kits and patterns available

for all of these cute projects.

More Autumn little quilts to share
later this week...



Fall Festival Open House!!

School is back in session,

the nights are cooling off

and football has begun…

That means it’s time for our

annual Fall Festival

Open House!

Friday and Saturday

September 21^st and 22^nd

^{10 a.m. to 5 p.m.}

New, quick projects!

Redware!

Home décor!

Demos!

and of course,

Snacks!!!

Come join us for all the fun!

Friday, September 21^st

and

Saturday, September 22^nd

^{10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days!!!}

My Quilt Spree 2012 is HERE!!!

We had the unveiling all of our

new quilts for Quilt Spree 2012

last night for our Preview Party...

and the excitement continues today!

 

The theme this year is "Strip Along Friends"
and each of the shops in the Spree
chose and shared 2 1/2" fabric strips of bright colors.
It was definitely "BRIGHT/outside the box" of our comfort zone -
but we think we did an Amish-ly smashing job!

Yes, you know us, we have Projects - plural!!!
So, without further ado...

The "GOOD WIVES GONE WILD":

We have used all of the colors
from each of the shops in the Hop.
So if you want to make this lovely
"GW GONE WILD" quilt,
the pattern is in your Spree Pattern Pack, and
you will need to pick up a strip pack from each of the Spree Shops,
plus our strip pack & finishing kit.  We cut each of the strips in half -
(those are cut 1 1/4 inches wide) and used Marti Michell's 60 degree ruler.
Isn't it just the greatest quilt??!
But wait! 
There's still the Good Wives version/colorway....
you know we had to!!!
drum roll....

ESPRESSO YOURSELF:

It's the same Good Wives pattern from your Spree Pattern Pack,
and of course, to save you time,
we have a complete kit put together in all of the "espresso" colors
for the top and binding,
just like we used in our sample!!!

If you don't have your
Quilt Spree Pattern Pack yet,
we still have them available at the shop -
only $15 gets you all of the patterns
from each of the shops in the Spree.

Finally, just a reminder,
all of the Shops in the Spree have the same hours this week:

Wednesday and Thursday

9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hope to see you this week!
Happy Hopping to all the shops in the Spree!!

peek of Spring

Just wanted to show you a peek...

something "Spring-y"

on which we are working.
More to come...