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!

Quilt Spree Holiday Fest!!

Quilt Spree Holiday Fest is this weekend!!! Friday, Saturday, & Sunday December 7th, 8th, 9th at the Dublin Crowne Plaza 600 Metro Place in Dublin, Ohio. (Near the intersection of I-270 & SR 161  on WEST side of Columbus)

Please join us for all of the FUN!!!   Friday, December 7:  9 am: Sew In, through Sunday, 9pm 9 am - 5 pm: Classes   11 am - 5 pm: Vendor Mall OPEN (buffet lunch available) 7 - 9 pm: Quilter's Dessert with Vikki Pignatelli followed by Make It/Take It Demos Saturday, December 8:  9am-noon: ROUND ROBIN Demos by Shop Owners 11 am-5 pm: Vendor Mall OPEN (buffet lunch available) Sunday, December 9   until 9 pm: Sew In continues.

For more information, the

Quilt Spree website is

 http://www.myquiltspree.com/HolidayFest.html

Or, call Kathleen at 800/228-6624

New fabric & quilts!

So much summer fun going on!

There's new fabric...

This great new line of homespuns is in!:

Garden Gate Plaids

by Renee Nanneman for Andover Fabrics

and a new Jo Morton line came in:

Also, these new shirtings (on the left half of the shelf) arrived:

We would like to put some of all of it into our stash!

And, the quilts:

These two are from the Quilt Spree

Espresso Yourself and
Good Wives Gone Wild

 The pattern is in your "Spree" passport packet.
If you didn't make the Quilt Spree 2012,
you can still purchase the Spree Packet
to get our pattern
(and the patterns from all of the other shops).
We also have this Quilt in house now:

French Country by Spirit of '76 Designs

We're loving the center toile Jo fabric!

(pattern and kits are available)

Stop in to see us and all of our NEW GOODIES!
Hope to see you as we welcome August!

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!!

Your Preview Party invitation for Shop Hop 2012

You are invited to 

The Good Wives Co.

for our

Shop Hop 2012

Preview Party

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
4-8 PM

We'll be unveiling all of our

new quilts for Shop Hop 2012!

and

you are welcome to join us for 

hors d'oeuvres, refreshments,

and quilt loads of fun!

Our Preview Party Special

for everyone is

10% off fabric, books and patterns. 

"Friends Card" holders

will also receive 10% off kits!!!

If you don't have your

"Friends Card" yet,

we still have them available.

Shop Hop 2012 info:

Shop Hop is

Wed. through Sat., July 18-21.

ALL SHOPS are open the SAME HOURS -   

Wednesday and Thursday:

9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Friday and Saturday:

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Show your "Friends" Card at any participating store to pick up your Hop passport . 
You can pick up your pattern packet at your designated "Home" store.
HOP around to all the stores to
get your passport stamped,
turn in the Passport AT ANY STORE
by 5 pm Saturday, July 21
to be eligible for all kinds of great prizes!!

Quilt Spree Update, embroidery group this week & NQA

June 20th!
Already!
That means that Summer has arrived.

The Stitching Girls Group here at the shop
are still stitching on the "S" block
from the "Gardener's Alphabet" by Crabapple Hill...

This Friday, June 22nd from 1 - 3 p.m.
is our Stitching Girls group meeting this month.
We may be ready to start tracing and crayoning the "W" block.
The Stitching Girls have decided that they will start with the "seasons" from this pattern -
Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter.  After finishing those four, they'll decide if they want to do the complete alphabet!! :)

The arrival of summer also means that we are finishing up our projects

for the Quilt Spree Shop Hop.

It's not too late to get your "Friends Card" for this year's Spree.

This card entitles you to all participating shop's discounts, the Shop Hop itself in mid-July, AND all the different shop's patterns.

The theme this year is

"Strip Along Friends"

and we're really excited

about our shop's quilt project -

it's a little different for us

(but different in a good way:). 

We can barely contain ourselves!!!

Finally, we know Summer has arrived

as The National Quilt Association Show

was in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend. 

The quilts and the talent were just wonderful! 

Here's a sample from the "Winner's Circle": 

Red and Green Revisited

by Teri Henderson Tope -

she created this for a quilt guild's

President challenge;

it's an applique design borrowed from a

Civil War top in the Ohio Historical Society.

Happy Stitching Summer, and hope you can visit us soon!

Friends and Pot Holders

Friends and Pot Holders...
what a way to start a conversation!

First,
Friends:

Don't forget to

turn in your

Quilt Spree "Friends" May card

by the close of business

this Saturday, June 2nd.

Even if your "Friends" Card 

only has one "stamp" on it, turn it in,

as this will make you eligible in the

$50 gas card drawing!

Second,

Pot Holders:

Here at the shop we are working on

finishing up our Pot Holder Quilts.

Most of us have our blocks pieced & quilted,

just working on the last of the bindings

and then to whip-stitch them together...

Even though we are working towards completion on ours,

it's not too late to join in!

Not only is this is a quick and fun project,

these 14 inch blocks are a

great summer/travel take-along project.

You can piece by hand or machine.

Then layer and quilt,

also by hand or machine.

Attach the binding

and then whip stitch them together.

In no time at all, you have a finished quilt!!!



We have kits available

for all 24 blocks of the quilt,

and if you purchase at least four block kits,

you receive 20% off the book:

These blocks are so fun to make

that we may just have to

do a few extra

and give them to our friends!!!

Friends and Pot Holders...

you can never have too many of either!