Ten Days of Winter Closure Left

Ten days until Quilters' Quarters re-opens.

Soft 'Pre-opening' sale on Wednesday 3/1/2017 with a special 25% discount.

Grand Re-Opening Sale of 20% discount on Thursday 3/2/17 through Saturday 3/4/17.

Spring 2017 schedule will be Thursday and Friday, 12-5 and Saturdays 12-3. Other hours more convenient for individual customers can be arranged by appointment (call 978-352-2676 or email needlesandpens@comcast.net.)

Summer 2017 schedule will resume evening hours to accommodate Row by Row™ travelers, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday hours from 12-7.

As the sun begins setting earlier, Fall hours may return to the Spring Schedule.

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Late Winter Update

Quilters' Quarters and Wooden Toy and Gift have been in hibernation this month and last, The plan is to reopen the the fabric and notion part of the shop at the beginning of March, with a schedule of Thursday and Friday, 12-5 and Saturdays 12-3. Other hours more convenient for customers can be arranged by appointment (call 978-352-2676 or email needlesandpens@comcast.net.)

Wooden Toy and Gift's founder and wood artisan, Rick, passed away this  Christmas; it will take a little longer to organize the space of that shop to display the beautiful items he had made. Some will be for sale; others will be displayed in memory of his talents and spirit.  The kind thoughts and prayers that have been shared on behalf of Rick are very much appreciated.

Antique Sewing Machines for Sale!
Many of the vintage and antique sewing machines will be offered for sale in the shop this year. The goal of Quilters' Quarters has been, and will remain, to teach visitors how to maintain their own family treasures. The machines in the shop have been acquired at low prices, with minimal parts to bring them into working order, and will be sold at the combined costs of those parts, with a small labor fee. The machines include some early twentieth century dated model 66s with beautiful Red Eye decals and the familiar, easy to use metal rotary bobbin; model 99s (which is, basically, a 3/4 size Singer 66);  model 27s and 128s (with a vibrating shuttle 'bullet' bobbin) with unique decal decorations. The machines may be in a five or seven drawer treadle table, or in a portable case/base with hand crank option. These machines will sell between $75 and $150 each.

More Sewing Machines:
Newer vintage machines dating in the 1960s and early 1970s have been professionally serviced before being brought to Quilters' Quarters, and are for sale by their quilter/owner, with a 'best offer' pricing. One of these is the coveted 'work horse' White model 77, known for powering through many layers with its strong electric motor. Another is a Singer model 257 with metal, not plastic, gears. Both of these come with a sewing cabinet.

And the Desirable Featherweight 221 is Available~
Three Singer Featherweight machines, model 221, dating in the 1950's, will be sold at a higher price as they were purchased more expensively. Beginning price for a Featherweight will be $400.00  One of the three has already been reserved. And the highly regarded David McCallum's Singer Featherweight 221 and I maintenance books, with  a flat spring binding, full size pages and clear illustrations, are also available in the shop for a reasonable price at Quilters' Quarters.

Quilters' Quarters is again enrolled as a Row by Row™ shop for 2017, and there is a page for this event here at the blog, in the right hand margin's table of contents.

I look forward to seeing each of you this spring, summer and fall. New fabrics have arrived and will bring the new seasons to you and yours. For our early visitors, dressing warmly in layers is recommended as the weather may still be quite cold in March, and the shops are, of course, in a barn. We'll have some heat, but not a lot.

Terry Crawford Palardy
Author, kindle books can be purchased here at Amazon.com.
Paperbacks also available in the shop, and at Amazon.

Death in the Family

I am heartbroken to tell you that Rick has passed away unexpectedly.
Quilters' Quarters will be closed for an indefinite length of time.
Please  keep him and all of us in your prayers.

http://obituaries.salemnews.com/story/laurent-richard-palardy-1950-2016-859764712

Holiday Schedule Changes for December 2016

~IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON~

If you look to the right margin of the blog, you'll find some important schedule changes listed. For those reading in email, I'll list them here: due to many events, we are making the following changes to our schedule in Quilters' Quarters:

Late opening on Wednesday 12/21, open 3-7 pm.

Closed ALL DAY THURSDAY 12/22.

Open Friday 11-7

Early closures (3pm) 

• Christmas Eve  
• New Year's Eve 

We close for the months of January and February.

We will reopen March 2, 2017.

Normal Spring Hours are 12m-5 pm.

SPECIAL EVENTS DURING OUR FINAL 2016 WEEKS:

Wednesday Thursday and Friday: pull a discount ticket from the ceramic camper for your total purchase discount!

Saturdays, we have a BOGO on notions and patterns; including rulers, mats, rotary cutters, scissors and more: BUY ONE and GET ONE FREE of equal or lesser value~

Please share this email with your friends and family and let them know of our special deals these next two weeks, our winter hibernation for January and February, our offer to open by request (978-352-2676) if we are available, and our re-opening date of March 1, 2017

Rick and I wish all of  you a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and wonderful holiday season!

SPECIAL BONUS SURPRISE: Mention this email or blog post when you come in, and receive one free yard of any Winter Flannel in stock! 

If you received this in an email from a friend, sign up to follow our blog and let us know which friend referred you, so we can award a ten dollar store credit~ and if you refer a friend and they name you as their source, you'll receive the store credit, too! Our store credits never expire ~ but I'll forget if you don't remind me ~

Reach us by phone: 978-352-2676

Shop all winter at our web store; save shipping by coming in to pay and pick up if you're local. Call to place an order for pickup, or use Paypal if you're at a distance.  www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com is our site; webstore is the page. If you see an item here at the blog (scan back as far as you like) and it's not on the webstore page, call or email us to see if it is still in stock: needlesandpens@comcast.net.

Happy Winter! Stay Warm!

Mid-December ... two weeks 'til Christmas ...

UPDATE 12/15/16: We found the camera - and just in time to share these photos of new Timeless Treasures fabric ... And the price is $8.00 / yard!

Can you believe how quickly time is passing? We have only eight shopping days left in Quilters' Quarters for Hanukkah and Christmas gifts.

Remember: on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays you can reach into the ceramic VW camper and draw out a card that has the number for your FULL PURCHASE DISCOUNT. And on Saturday we will have a surprise BOGO announcement, identifying something that you can buy one and get one free. The first week, the BOGO was for notions ... and the second week the BOGO was for the $2.00 pattern collection ... this week will be yet another surprise.

Our camera is still among the missing, so I have no new photos to post for you. But I can tell you that I was able to download photos of the bargain patterns, and will show a few here...

 

 

These were on sale at an online distributor, and when I get a bargain, you know you do, too. I'm selling them for $2.00 each ... and there are more to see in the shop.

We look forward to seeing you in the shop ... we'll be closing on New Year's Eve and then re-opening with our spring schedule of 11- 5 March 1, 2017. But while we're closed to save heating cost, you can always call us for a visit, bundle up, and we'll open the shop for you ... brrrrr ... but when you need thread or fabric, we'll do our best to be here for you, as always.

Please check our Facebook page for Quilters' Quarters for any daily updates or specials ... you may have to scroll down past the collections of photos and videos, events and reviews, as Facebook is again toying with our business pages... Or you can click this link to watch a video from our first Christmas as a quilt shop ... December 2013 ...
https://www.facebook.com/terry.palardy/videos/643799178996362/?pnref=story

It's almost December~ Ready, Set, Go!

Rick and I made one more trip to the warehouse in Pembroke, and came home with some nice quilt quality fabric, some at sale prices; you know that when we get a bargain, you get a bargain... take a look at some of what we brought home with us.

This is my favorite pair ... an unlikely pair ... the one of the left is priced $3.00/yard, and the one on the right (or the other left) is by Benartex, with a metallic design that sells for $11/yard. But look at those colors together - wow! Only in a warehouse can you find a match like that!

And then, there are the flannels.  Some I've purchased from the fabric company representatives who visit the shop ... some are from the warehouse (same fabric companies, usually last year's stock or discontinued lines downstairs) and their prices are the only difference! Our collection of juvenile fabrics range from $4 to $11 / yard; only the price tags tell the tale - they all feel wonderful to me, and are both beautiful and adorable. The only hint you'll get from me is that the longer I've had them, the slimmer the bolts, so they may have been warehouse purchases last year, or half-bolts sold there this year!

My wedding colors in 1970 -
these flannels are this year's product, but priced at 5.50/yard,
and have a print of small tone on tone stars.

wonderful bolt of pink background with
angel snow figures and peaceful wishes

the border fabric for the above print

What little girl wouldn't love these pink and purple
birds and butterflies on her bathrobe or jammies?
It's a wonderful, thick flannel!

I just love these penguins and fox, snowmen and birds.

This is a comfy flannel of snowflakes
on a gentle blue background.

And a "toss" design of those fox and penguins,
with a polar bear!

Some of our earlier flannels, at a very low price.
Get them while you can ... not much left on these bolts!And they won't last long at $3/yard.
They make wonderful pillow cases, too,
and we sell the kits with a pattern for $10.

I've also bought some grown-up prints at a very good price ... again, all quilt-quality 100% cotton fabrics with nostalgic floral prints in muted tone backgrounds:

Believe - each of these bolts holds fabrics
that sell for $3 to $4 / yard!

The first fabric I'd  bought from a visiting salesman when our shop was new in the fall of 2013 was a rainbow of Henry Glass cotton bolts ... and as I've begun to run out of them, I've found a salesperson today who can help me restock ... at close to the 2014 cost! 

The 2014 price was $10/yard, and though many
top quality fabrics like this are now pricing at $12/yard,
I'm going to stay with the original price - because I can!
The center of my business plan reads HAPPY!

As Hanukah and Christmas are less than a month away, I couldn't resist adding a few more bolts to the collection ~ at prices ranging from $3 to $11/yard, some with bling, and some without ... but it's not the bling that adds to the price ... it's honoring the artist!

Do you see white trees on black,
or black trees on white?

Beautiful floral border fabric for table runners
made with a 60 degree ruler - which we have in stock.

A typical glittered snowflake on white, next to an all cotton
Menorah print - the prices will surprise you!

I've never seen such delicate silver snowflakes as on this white bolt;
I've paired it with a new Hanukah/Star of David fabric.

Most of you know I try to stock sought-after juvenile fabric (not necessarily Disney or other movie brand fabrics ... just fabrics that delight kids and those who love sewing for them.) This line of jungle animals and their names is priced at $7.50/yard. I have only one bolt of each, so don't miss out~

The border is a favorite fabric ... sold a few yards
of that one already!

Text fabric seems to be in vogue this year ...
I'm all for helping kids recognize names.

Don't wait too long - I typically buy only one bolt of a specific fabric, and when it's gone, it's truly gone. Our prices are held as low as we can hold them ... and we regularly offer discounts to shoppers.

After all, if people didn't find what they're looking for at prices they can afford, they wouldn't visit our shop ... and then they wouldn't see the envelope that sits quietly on the table inviting donations that benefit our town's school children at lunch time ... and that make the givers happy, and the children happy ... it's all part of our Feel Good Shopping program at Quilters' Quarters. And by the way, the schools are receiving more than one hundred dollars again this month due to the generosity of quilters and the loyalty that keeps bringing them back for more Happy Quilting!

Many thanks, all!

For more information on Feel Good Shopping, click here.

For more information on online shopping at our webstore, click here. If you don't see what you want online but see it here at the blog, email me at needlesandpens@comcast.net and I'll invoice you via Paypal and mail it to you!

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Enjoy the rest of the Fall Season! We look forward to seeing you again soon 

Calendar Pages Are Turning So Quickly!

Well, it's true. This Friday, there will only be thirty more days 'til Christmas. And as shocking as that sounds, I just want to remind you that Hanukkah begins on the night before Christmas this year! All across this beautiful land, people are going to start scrambling to find the right gift for each person on their lists...


And so, Quilters' Quarters will be hosting Friday night workshops for elves and other creative spirits from all over ... this week, participants will be asked to bring an old or used but beloved teapot to the shop, and will be led in discovering ways to use it as a gift for someone special in their lives. It's a small shop, so we'll be limited in the number of participants each week -  half a dozen or less - call ahead to reserve a seat. Workshops will begin at 6 pm and will end when all have finished.  $15 per participant and, for this week if you don't have a teapot you can buy one at the shop for another $10 or less.

We have a lot of winter and holiday fabrics, and are going to the warehouse tomorrow to search for more. Our goal is always to find the best buys for all of our local quilters, sewists and creative makers. If we don't have something you want, and we can find it at a reasonable quantity and cost, we'll get it for you!

Stop in and see our beautiful collections of quilt quality 100% cotton. I can't tell you how many customers have commented on the diversity of our fabrics and the comfortable atmosphere of our small shop. Bring a friend with you.

In fact, if you bring a new customer to our shop on Small Business Saturday (or even a former customer who is a sewing buddy of yours) we'll add their purchase amount to  your Five Box Card. Don't remember what that means? Visit the page at this blog that explains our "Feel Good Shopping" program ... You'll find it in the table of contents over there in the right margin. >>>>>>>

<<<< This is a QQ Status Bag.
Many customers are "maxing" their Five Box Cards and receiving their first store-credit cards, and their purple "HAPPY QUILTER/LOYAL SHOPPER bags, which will be very valuable during the last week of this calendar year, because December 30th is a Fifth Friday, and as we know that is the last Fifth Friday of this calendar year but the first Fifth Friday opportunity for our loyal customers to use their "status bags" in the shop, we're extending the Fifth Friday 20% off to the entire week for our bag owners!

Last year, we closed for the months of January and February, and while we missed our drop-in customers, we knew that the temperatures in the shop would require more heating expenditures than the revenue could cover.  We didn't have as much snow as typical winters during those months, but the temperatures were as predicted ... and the barn is, in fact, a barn, without any insulation on the first floor forward ... and the quilt shop was below freezing point on many of those days.

BUT - sometimes a customer just needs needles, or thread, or a bit more batting or fabric and does not want to drive down the highway to purchase such. We NEVER refuse to open for a customer in need. If we're home, we'll open the shop for you. We recommend that you bundle up, for there is nothing colder than an unheated barn in New England during winter! Just give us a call at 978-352-2676 to let us know when you'd like to come by.

Oh - and I don't want to forget to mention Small Business Saturday, which is coming up soon. Saturday, November 26th is an open house day for Quilters' Quarters ... we'll have light refreshments, door prizes, discounts and more - see our post at Facebook, and go to our website for a special door prize ticket:  http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/

So mark your calendars:

• Friday November 26th: 6 pm Teapot workshop at Quilters' Quarters
• Saturday November 27th:  11am - 7pm ~ Small Business Saturday! Open House at QQ
• Friday December 2, 9, 16, 23: 6 pm Last Minute Gift Workshops at QQ
• Wed. December 22 - Saturday December 31, "Fifth Friday All Week" (See Feel Good Shopping Page for what Fifth Friday means at our shop.)

As always,

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Terry's email and online webstore for our distance customers: 

• needlesandpens@comcast.net
• http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/apps/webstore/

Rick's email, online webstore and blog: 

• woodentoyandgift@comcast.net
• www.woodentoyandgift.net
• http://WTandGNews.blogspot.com

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!