Happy November!

I have some exciting news to offer you: Quilters' Quarters now sells Moda Fabrics, and because we have invested in that company's product, we can offer you special events run by Moda, like the Sampler Block Shuffle that will begin this week!

Each week, registered, participating shops can download a free block pattern from Moda. I'll be doing that on Friday evenings, and posting the free pattern here on the blog (I'll add a new page just for these patterns.) I'll also be in the shop on Friday evenings to answer any questions that you might have from the previous week's pattern, during our free Sit 'n Sew sessions.

I'm looking forward to this ... Moda and United Notions are considering this a "Block of the Week" event (BOW, which, they suggest, is very appropriate for the holiday season!)

Watch for the new page, and the first BOW free pattern, to appear here at the blog by next weekend. I'll post a reminder at our Facebook page as soon as the new blog page is ready, and there will be more details available for you then.

If you are on Facebook and haven't visited our page there, I invite you to do so, as often I post special offers there in between my semi-monthly blog updates.

I'm very eager to see how this new BOW Sampler Block Shuffle works out! Please join me in the adventure ... I'm expecting that we can all use our own stash for these blocks, but I will have some fabrics set aside for a discount for people who are following this event and might want to use them.

Remember, you can always click on images to enlarge for better detail viewing:

Oh - and don't forget, please, to replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon dioxide detectors ... it's a good thing to do every fall and spring when we change the clocks for Daylight Saving Time! So says the daughter, wife, and mother of firefighters!

The Row by Row™ Hibernation period has now ended, and all patterns for the 2015 Theme, H2O, can be sold in shops and online ... Please don't hesitate to ask. My pattern for the Windows on the Water row will sell for $2.00, and the complete fabric kit for one row is still $9.00 (pattern included free with kit.) Remember, I also have kits for the Timeless Treasures Tote available with their free pattern as well. And, of course, there are the Post Cards ... which I will write about in the next blog update, in November.

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If you haven't yet seen Rick's intricate scrollwork, be sure to visit his blog to read about his work,  and his webpage / store to purchase some:

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     email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.netRick's blog: WTandGNews.blogspot.com

OOPS - Quick update! More new fabric arrived at Quilters' Quarters!

Just a quick update to showcase the new fabrics that arrived yesterday just after I'd posted to the blog: The Minions have arrived, along with the long-lost bolt of Mimosa Blossoms! Remember, you can click on each photo to enlarge for details.

Minion Panel measures a full 36" x 44",
though only the top is shown in this photo. Come
in to the shop to see the rest!

I waited several months for this beautiful
Mimosa Blossoms' bolt to arrive,
completing my order of the blending
10" squares and foliage bolt.

This line is from Quilting Treasures, and
it truly feels as wonderful as it looks!
And yes, we do still have
"HAPPY QUILTER" T-shirts,
in sizes S,M,L,XL. and XXL

Beautiful Foliage, Beautiful Fabrics, and Time for Quilts!

If you scroll down to this month's earlier post, you'll see some of the fall fabrics we have in stock ~ wonderful, quilt-quality fabrics that will bring the outdoor beauty into your hands and into your home. Here are more that capture the seasons colors, designed by our local (Newburyport) artist Elizabeth Golz Rush for Northcutt Fabrics:

When I get a deal, you get a deal. These gorgeous
quilt-quality fabrics normally sell for $12/yd, but
I can offer them, courtesy of the artist, for
$6/yd ... Half!

We also have some vintage sewing machine fabrics that are fun to work with and can be used not only to cover beds, but to cover your treasured sewing machines. I'm beginning to post those fabrics at the web store for our distance-customers ... and have had one inquiry from the Netherlands!

I'm starting my niece's ballerina quilt, using the many fabrics of her costumes through her childhood years of lessons. This will be another learning curve for me, similar to the months that I worked on a friends' silk tie lap quilt. But this one will be bed size, and will involve more fabrics than silk and cotton alone; I'll be working with some different weights and different fusible materials, finding my way through the challenge by reminding myself that we quilters are often our own most severe critics, and that often what we see as problematic is not seen at all by the recipient of the quilt.  There will be mistakes, and as one friend would advise "iron the problem away," and another will say "quilt it out, quilt it over." I'll do my best with these fabrics and make what will optimistically be received as a nostalgic memory quilt. You can monitor my progress on this one by clicking on  this link to Terry's 2015 quilt journal.

Shannon, the original Cuddle Fabric
$15.50 at Quilters' Quarters

We have the coveted Shannon Fabric, "Cuddle," in various colors and textures, but no one has attempted to work with them yet. If they remain on the shelf into the winter, I may send them back to the makers, as this is an introductory offer for first time buyer-shops. There are less expensive forms of Cuddle made by other manufacturers that are bought in larger quantities at lower prices, and it may be that my shop is too small to sustain such a quality collection competitively. My price is $15.50 for the 54" wide yard. I have lower overhead than other small shops, but cannot buy in the quantity of larger shops and so have the lowest price I can offer for this luxury fabric. 

We also have a full rainbow of colors

in the popular "Moda" marble swirl pattern. These fabrics were requested by name by a few customers this summer. They are also 100% cotton, quilt quality, 44" in width, and feel wonderful to the hand. Moda cannot be purchased in small quantities; new shops purchasing have to invest nearly a thousand dollars to stock this fabric, so we bit the bullet on this one, too, anticipating that quilters will recognize the quality and beauty in these bolts. Moda sells for $11.00/yd.

We've also acquired some sample panels of Dr. Seuss fabrics that would be wonderful children's quilts or classroom designs ... Some have coordinating fabric samples attached as well.

All are 100% quilt quality cotton, and all will bring a smile to your face! Teachers, don't miss these deals, and remember to ask for your professional discount! Each panel set is priced at $7.00 to $8.00.

More panels

Now,we are almost two months from Christmas, and would love to see you and your friends in our shop. After the holidays, Rick and I will be closing the shop down for the bitter winter weather in January and February, as heating the space is a challenge in this new century's changing weather patterns. (Nine feet of snow last winter kept customers away, no doubt busily clearing their own driveways... I hear the

Farmer's Almanac is threatening as bad or worse this year~) But we will be reopening in March, with Spring and Summer collections in stock.

Our quilting lessons will continue through those cold months, but will take place in the house, by the warmth of the woodstove and the healthy air surrounding the greenhouse geraniums. And customers who need a piece of fabric or a spool of thread or such can always phone us to open by appointment. After all, we opened this fabric and quilt shop to provide a local spot for needleworkers shopping for supplies. 

'Til then, we're here, 11 to 7 on Wednesdays through Saturdays, and are open 'til 9 pm for Free Friday Sit'n Sew with our people-powered treadles and hand cranks, or affordable Weekend Workshops on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons (click links to see those pages.)

And, I almost forgot to mention: the Minions are due to arrive later this week! Stay tuned ~

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     email: needlesandpens@comcast.net
Terry's blog:        http://AtQuiltersQuarters.blogspot.com

If you haven't yet seen Rick's intricate scrollwork, be sure to visit his blog to read about his work,  and his webpage / store to purchase some:

Rick, web page/store WoodenToyandGift.net 
     email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.netRick's blog: WTandGNews.blogspot.com

Halloween Fabric $3.00 / yd this week!

Fall Workshops are Slipping By ...

Have you been wondering what to do with some of your remnant fall fabrics?

Our Friday evening and Saturday afternoon workshops will give you weekly ideas, provide inexpensive lessons using fabrics, rulers and embellishments, and offer good company.  A circle of quilters is always good company!

You can bring and use your own machine and fabric, or just bring yourself and use our modern or antique machines. Any fabric you might purchase for a workshop will automatically be reduced in price by 15%, and the workshop itself costs only $15 and can last two hours or longer!

Don't miss out on all that you can learn and enjoy at Quilters' Quarters~ This week is log cabin blocks ... next week is varied log cabin block arrangments, and the following week is red white and blue blocks introducing the LeMoyne Star ruler.

And the week before Halloween, we'll be offering the workshop on making Trick of Treat Bags that are reversible, reusable and washable!



Our workshop topics are posted at the beginning of each month, and stay at the top of the right hand margin of our blog page. They are also updated frequently on our Facebook page. 

Come and join us ... there's never a crowd, and always room for you!

Thanks for subscribing to our blog.  Please feel free to share this email with your family and friends who love fabric and want to get our monthly updates!

Terry, web page/store TerryCrawfordPalardy.com
     email: needlesandpens@comcast.net
Terry's blog:        http://AtQuiltersQuarters.blogspot.com

If you haven't yet seen Rick's intricate scrollwork, be sure to visit his blog to read about his work,  and his webpage / store to purchase some:

Rick, web page/store WoodenToyandGift.net 
     email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.net
Rick's blog: WTandGNews.blogspot.com