It's that Time of Year... Row by Row™ 2015 deadlines

August is wrapping up ~ the 2015 summer Row by Row™ will meet its first deadline on September 8th, when shops must cease providing patterns to visiting quilters.  September 9 through October 31 is called the "Hibernation Period: No patterns or kits may be sold or handed out in any way during this time"  per the RxR rules. Quilters have until October 31st to complete their 2015 RxR quilt and return it to any participating RxR shop that has not had a winner yet. Twenty-five fat quarters will be awarded by each shop to each winner.  On November 1st, "the game ends."

Quilters' Quarters still has an abundance of kits, RxR pins, tote mini-kits, Robin the Bobbin patterns and 2014 and 2015 license plates available through September 8th. We also have the 2015 water-themed Massachusetts Post Card kits and are the only shop that still has them. 

On November 1, patterns and kits will again be available, this time at our shop and also online at our web store.  Items bought through PayPal that are shipped out of state will have the Massachusetts Sales Tax refunded immediately upon shipment, as will any over-estimated shipping charges that exceed the actual cost. Items ordered online will be shipped on the following business day.

We have a winner! Regina Souza brought her finished quilt in to our shop in the last week of August and left it with us for display for a while.  I'm happy to show it off to quilters who are wrapping up their summer shop hop purchases.  We have not seen as many quilters for Row by Row this year as we had last ... but look forward to continuing our relationship with all of the new customers we  have met because of this international shop hop. Without the publicity of Row by Row™ we may never have been found by many of you. 

Our numbers are less important to us than is meeting the community of quilters that has found its way to our door, and we plan to continue with the RxR events as they occur.  In fact, "Helen and Henry," our new mystery series characters, will be experiencing their first quilt shop hop event in the second edition of their story. Publication date is estimated at November 15, 2015. The autographed books will be available in both the quilt shop and online at our  webstore's book page.   Books can also be purchased  at Amazon.com and at Smashwords.com. 

Aside from the excitement of the 2015 Row by Row™, Quilters' Quarters has had several new additions to our stock - we now carry Cuddle Fabrics, host a new local artist with creations of yarn, and are beginning to add holiday bolts as well. We have  a supply of rotary blades, cutters and Olfa rotary mats, and an assortment of both Schmetz and Superior needles for sewing machines, as well as a good stock of hand sewing needles. We have a selection of Superior brand threads in solid and variegated colors, some Mettler, Coats and Clark and more.

Stop in to see us ... there is always something new to see at Quilters' Quarters!

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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 scroll work, 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


Pssst: There's an update at the 2015 Quilt Journal page of the blog, too. And,if you're into vintage sewing machines, you'll want to check for updates at the Vintage and Antique Sewing Machines page, too.

New for the Fall

Today is September 16th, which means that Rick will be putting a sign out front that begins counting down the days to Christmas, beginning with 100.

The summer shop hop is winding down, as quilters are busy at home finishing up their row by row quilts and looking for quilt shops that haven't yet had a winning entry for those 25 free fat quarters. Don't give up - there are many shops still waiting to showcase your quilt, as we have displayed Susan's here at Quilters' Quarters.

Fall fabrics have begun arriving here, and I'm adding them to the inventory on our web store page:
http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/apps/webstore/ .

Check it out to find some of these beautiful colors, patterns, and kits.  Fun projects to make during the cooling season of autumn, with an eye toward gifts for the holidays.

We will have many spontaneous, special sales at Quilters' Quarters this fall. Each will be announced on our Facebook Page, and we invite you to stay tuned there for updates to the calendar of surprises.

Click here for webstore link

Presently, we've been offering the Linus Quilt Panel at 25% discount. Stay tuned as each week will bring a new offer.

If you can't get to the shop but want one of our sudden deals, just email me at needlesandpens@comcast.net, or phone us at 978-352-2676 and we'll be happy to fill your order through the mail. You'll also find many of the items at the webstore and can purchase there through PayPal.

The "Happy Quilter" license plates have been a big hit this summer, and we still have enough on  hand to fill those last minute orders; they are also available  at our webstore; you'll also find a pattern and kit there for our alternate Four Season Window design. (We can't fill "Beyond Winter Window" pattern requests until November 1st, per the Row by Row 2014 contest rules.)

(Four Season Tree fabric no longer available)

But, you're able to buy yardage of the special "Sew a Season" fabrics (designed by Debra Gabel of license plate fame) at our webstore or in the shop to fill out your quilts. The four season "trees" fabric is being held in reserve for the remaining four season quilt row kits, but we have extra yards of the spring, summer and fall leaves blender bolts, and the winter snowflakes.  Our space galaxy night sky fabric in back in stock as well. They will all appear on the webstore page soon, and customers can easily shop there through PayPal.

Halloween fabrics are at a special price of $5.00/yard, (posted at the 1/2 yard price of $2.50 on the web store.)  We've added reflective tape/fabric to our shopping list and plan to have that available by the beginning of October, to help make your little one's costumes more visible for Trick or Treat nights.





Our next newsletter will tell you all about our quilt shop's First Anniversary in late November, and with it will come Helen and Henry's second mystery book! Be sure to stay tuned for snippets to whet your appetite for more of their story.

As always, if you are reading this update in your email, thank you for signing up for the newsletter. We usually publish it about twice a month, but in between editions, we also update the various pages that comprise this blog. Recent additions are the Machine Quilting Classes page,  and progress on current quilts at Terry's QuiltingJournal 2014 page.  Come visit us at the blog and see what else is happening at Quilters' Quarters

Feel free to share this email or blog link with your friends and families, and encourage the quilters among you to check out the Row by Row page of the blog as well as the website itself. We're in for a great experience this summer ~ jump in and join us!

Terry, web page TerryCrawfordPalardy.com, email: needlesandpens@comcast.net
Rick, web page WoodenToyandGift.net, email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.net
Rick's blog: WTandGNews.blogspot.com