Remember to call first during the winter months of January and February

The last thing I want to do is disappoint customers, and the second last thing I want to do is miss their company. But the third on my list of lasts is my own comfort, which is why we closed the shop for January and February ... a few minutes in a cold barn isn't a bad thing (it certainly gets the circulation going!) but staying out there for much longer than a few minutes is inviting cold, clumsy fingers and toes.

We missed two valued customers today because we were visiting another quilt shop during our winter vacation / hibernation.   We like to aid and abet other quilt shops in planning good business events (and we also, tremendously, benefit from their helping us with ours.)

So, just a reminder that while the shop is formally closed for these two months, we are happy to open for customers if we know when you are coming.  It might only take a phone call - if we're home, we'll open right up. It might take a bit more - if we're not home, leave us a message - we don't have caller ID so please leave your number.

We'll call you back as soon as we return home from wherever we are galivanting about, and plan a time for you to come visit. You can also email us to arrange a time. We're usually flexible in our own schedule, but we're enjoying these days roaming from shop to shop sharing and swapping ideas with others for making our small shops all that they can be.

Rick and I have been working on early spring cleaning in the house this month, and next month will be doing the same out in the shop.

Wilmington Prints Fabrics

New lines of fabrics begin arriving in late February; we'll also be planning workshops, making up free kits for the summer Row by Row™ 2016, and then making more for our own Humble Beginnings Adventure at the end of September. If you see our license plate for Happy Quilters parked in the driveway,  please feel welcome to come in and have a chat and a look around our shops ... we do love company!

click here
to visit the website for
Humble Beginnings Adventure

We'll be open for regular hours in March (when we begin selling Adventure Passes for JUST $6.00, and the first fifty customers to buy one at Quilters' Quarters will get this re-usable, roomy bag, a brochure describing the adventure, and a free gift;) we look forward to visitors stopping by. This blog will be updated semi-monthly with more information about new products and their arrival dates.

Important information for customers:

Quilters' Quarters telephone: 978 352 2676

Quilters' Quarters email: needlesandpens@comcast.net

Wooden Toy and Gift email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.net

New Spring 2016 shop hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11 to 5pm

Regular Summer 2016 shop hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11 - 7pm

Don't forget to ask us about our Humble Beginnings Adventure 2016

And yes, our on-line webstores are still up and running despite the winter temperatures: visit us at

http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/apps/webstore/ for Quilters' Quarters, and
http://www.woodentoyandgift.net/ for Rick's beautiful wood art, which you can preview at his blog: http://wtandgnews.blogspot.com/

Stay warm, bundle up, and if you're going to be out and about, give us a call to see if we're here - we'd love to chat and will open the shops for you.

Terry and Rick Palardy

Happy 2016!

Just a quick post to remind everyone that Quilters' Quarters and Wooden Toy and Gift shops are in hibernation for the snowy months of January and February. We had an amazingly warm December, but the cold is here to stay now, and the snowfall will be not far behind.

But while we are "closed" we will be around and will always open for friends and family (and all customers are our friends and family, of course) - just give us a call and let us know when you would like to stop in, and bundle up because the shop will be very chilly.

www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com

You can also see many of our things at our webstores ... though I don't post everything there, if there's something you know we have in the shop that's not posted, email me to let me know what you want and I'll quote you a price, then invoice you via PayPal or email.

webstore for Quilters' Quarters is: TerryCrawfordPalardy.com

webstore for Wooden Toy and Gift is Woodentoyandgift.net.

www.woodentoyandgift.net

I'll continue posting twice a month and will give you information about what to look forward to this March when we re-open.












As of the first of February, I can sell "passports" for our fall quilting adventure, Humble Beginnings.  The passport is very reasonable - $6.00 will give you special offers at the six participating shops ... and a bag, and six free kits for blocks in our quilt ... and more! Much more! Visit our website and Facebook  Page to stay updated on what to expect on September 30, October 1 and October 2, 2016.




Remember to check the Moda Sampler Block page at this blog for next weekend's three free block patterns ... and follow my journal page to see how the quilts are developing this winter ... I still have two or three ahead of me to finish, optimistically by summer.




And another machine will be joining me soon on my antique and vintage sewing machine page ...




Happy New Year, and Happy Quilting~

Terry

Last blog post for the year 2015~

Don't forget to check the Moda Sampler Block Shuffle page for your free copies of block patterns ... three every week! I'll post my samples as I complete each block, here and at Facebook.

Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ... New Year's Eve after five, and New Year's Day. 

HOWEVER ...

We're OPEN FOR FOUR MORE DAYS IN 2015 ~

Wednesday. 12/23 11 - 7;

Saturday 12/26 11-7, ;

Wednesday 12/30 11-7;

Thursday 12/31, 11-5.

And then we're closed 'til March 1st, 2016.

But when we are home, we will always open for friends and family and customers in need of fabrics,etc. You can always call us at

 978 352 2676. 

We'll be in and out through January and February, visiting folks.

We're saving on heating costs, but if you're up for a chilly visit, you're welcome to call ahead! heart emoticon Bundle up~

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Our Twelve Days of shopping/shipping before Christmas Week has ended.  Thank you for following our offers. You may see a similar offer in the future, so stay tuned to our blog. We now return to our semi-monthly newsletters.

Daily Deal # 12: Friday December 18, 2015

Daily Deal 12: All items on the website, 20% off! And the same goes for purchases in our shop!
Yes, you read that right - all items, in any amount, are 20% off on Friday AND ON SATURDAY, December 18th and 19th, 2015.  We wanted to give you an opportunity to select any items that you may have missed during our Twelve Days of Daily Deals. We will do our best to get them into the mail by Monday December 21st ... so that you and yours can have a happy delivery before next weekend!

This offer will expire at midnight Eastern Standard Time on Saturday; web store orders placed by midnight  will have the 20% of your purchase REFUNDED to your charge card VIA PAYPAL as soon as the order is filled. There will be no tax added for out-of-state orders, and shipping differences(which result because shipping cost is always a 'best guestimate") will be refunded if the estimate is more than a dollar over the actual shipping cost at the post office. Orders will be shipped within two business days, and will normally go parcel post or first class, depending on weight.

 We've enjoyed selecting items for each of these twelve days of shopping and shipping before the week of Christmas, 2015, and are now happy to let YOU do the choosing! 

Our blog updates will now return to their weekly or bi-weekly schedule.

Important Scheduling news: 

We'll be 'closed' for the months of January and February in anticipation of very cold weather ~ it doesn't make sense to keep the shop heated during that time. But we will try to open by appointment to meet your fabric, thread and notion needs through those months. Just call us at 978-352-2676 (yes, it rings in the house, too.) If we're off galivanting we'll answer your call when we return, so please leave your number ... there is no caller id here to record it.

And some EXCITING NEWS:

Quilters' Quarters and five other small quilt shops will be banding together in the fall of 2016 to host our own regional SHOP HOP -  we're calling it our "Humble Beginnings Adventure!"  From Salem NH through Georgetown and Tewskbury, then Acton, Franklin and Bellingham MA, during the first days ofAutumn Foliage on September 30 through October 2 ... we'll be ready to meet and greet all of you at all six shops, with gifts and prizes and quilt block kits and more! Please visit and like our Facebook Page for Humble Beginnings Adventure 2016.  There, you'll find a link to our website and information on how and when to sign up for this new quilters' adventure! 

Remember to check the Moda Sampler Block page every Saturday, as we will keep that page updated each week with three new patterns~ and I'll keep posting my sample examples of each. 

 Rick and I, (and Helen and Henry, of course) wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! We'll be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. 

We'll be opening, after our winter hibernation, the first week of March, 2016. But remember, you can call or email to schedule a visit to the shops during the winter... Bundle UP! 

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 semi-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.netRick's blog: WTandGNews.blogspot.com

Daily Deal #11: Thursday 12/17/2015

ps - Don't forget to check the Moda Sampler Block page for updates ... new blocks post each weekend!

#ModaSamplerBlockShuffle

Daily Deal #11: 20% off Shimmer fabrics 

http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/apps/webstore/products/show/5169803

$5.75 - 20% = $4.60 per 1/2 Yard

Shimmer Island 

Shimmer Galaxy

We operate on Eastern Standard Time, and so web store orders placed by midnight our time on the day of the sale will have the 20% of your purchase REFUNDED to your charge card VIA PAYPAL as soon as the order is filled. There will be no tax added for out-of-state orders, and shipping differences(which result because shipping cost is always a 'best guestimate") will be refunded if the estimate is more than a dollar over the actual shipping cost at the post office. Orders will be shipped within two business days, and will normally go parcel post or first class, depending on weight.

Daily Deal #10: Wednesday December 16, 2015

Daily Deal #10

20% off  Valentine’s Day fabrics http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/apps/webstore/products/show/5527297

Yes, Valentine's Day is just two months ahead ... Add these pretty fabrics to your stash while this special Tenth Shopping/Shipping Day before Christmas Week is featuring them!

We operate on Eastern Standard Time, and so web store orders placed by midnight our time on the day of the sale will have the 20% of your purchase REFUNDED to your charge card VIA PAYPAL as soon as the order is filled. There will be no tax added for out-of-state orders, and shipping differences(which result because shipping cost is always a 'best guestimate") will be refunded if the estimate is more than a dollar over the actual shipping cost at the post office. Orders will be shipped within two business days, and will normally go parcel post or first class, depending on weight.

Daily Deal #9: Tuesday December 15, 2015

Daily Deal #9: Spring Fabrics 20% off~$4.50/half-yard - 20% = 3.60/half-yard

http://www.terrycrawfordpalardy.com/apps/webstore/products/show/5715682

Don't forget to check the Moda Sampler Block page 

for this week's three free patterns!