Dollar Days!

This Friday and Saturday only we will be having Dollar Days at the Store. I have ruthlessly cleaned and sorted through the fat quarter bins and we have 5 giant tubs of fat quarters that will be on sale for $1 each.



In addition all fabric on the clearance wall will be buy one metre get the second for $1 (one metre increments only please).



For our online customers you can start ordering now ... all orders filled first come first served. Here is the link for the $1 fat quarters and all clearance fabric from the specials pages qualify for buy one metre get one for $1 (price adjustments will be made when we ship the goods).

New Books ... And an Update on Pricing

As everyone is aware the dollar has been very volatile lately.

We are still going to offer at least 90% of our fabric for sale at 9.99/yard or less. We are committed to finding you top quality quilt shop fabric at discount prices. With the economy in flux there are lots of bargains to be had and I promise that I am hunting them out for all of you. This week we received 50 bolts from Marcus Brothers and they are all priced at 8.99/metre (8.09/yard). We also got a whole grouping of Northcott Flannels and they are also priced at $8.99/metre (8.09/yard).

New Flannel from Northcott ...
10 to choose from and only $8.99/metre!

Unfortunately we can no longer offer books at the US dollar price in Canada...what we are doing is guaranteeing that they will be priced at no more than the US dollar price converted into Canadian funds... what that means is that you will pay the same or less for your books from us then you would if you bought them from a US quilt shop! Here are a couple of the newest titles in stock!

Kaffe Fassett's Country Garden Quilts

Kaffe Fassett presents 20 magnificent quilts bursting with floral themes and his trademark color combinations - all luxuriously photographed against the stunning backdrop of lush English country gardens. Completely illustrated with instructions on how to make each quilt.

Stack-N-Whackipedia

Bethany Reynolds returns with 10 years of Stack-n-Whack under her rotary cutter, ready to share innovative designs and updated methods for her fabulous technique. Try one of a dozen projects for full-size quilts using a wide variety of shapes from simple squares & triangles to diamonds & wedges.

Trick Or Treat!

Cheryl and I were out today having some Hallowe'en fun! I got myself all dressed up as a Queen Batting - complete with crown, cape and of course by batting box!

Here is the "Royal Arrival" at Cador Textiles. Cador is a family-run business in the heart of little Portugal. They are Canadian distributors of Debbie Mumm, Princess Mirah, SSI, Art Gallery Quilts and more.

Here I am with Ricardo, the son and right hand man of Tony Rodriguez the owner of Cador - unfortunately Tony was out for the morning and missed our little visit! Cheryl and I got busy and chose the fabric for next year's Buck A Block program! I am very excited about the two colorways we will have to offer you next year one is a stunning array of batiks that we are calling "Carribbean Sunset" and the second program will be a Christmas Block of the Month!

After our trip to Cador we headed up to visit our good friends at Northcott Silk. Canadian quilters all have reason to be proud of Northcott -- a homegrown Canadian company that is considered one of the premier quilt fabric manufacturers in the world! This is Jack, Bill and I in the vast warehouse!

Finally this is my good buddy Sam who never fails to crack me up whenever I vist Northcott. I didn't leave there empty-handed either I came away with a whole stack of sumptuous flannels that I will have up for you by the end of the weekend!

It was a tremendous day!

O'Cool

In November there is a new magazine being launched called Irish Quilting ... if the cover is any indication than it is sure to be an interesting read. WE don't know the cover price yet but if you would like reserve a copy just let us know!

Christmas Contest!

Christmas Contest

Sew-Sisters are hosting a special contest to help you get ready for the holiday season!
Year after year one of our best selling fabrics are the terrific British made 3" squares.
People use them to make coasters, ornaments, as the center of quilt blocks, in scrapbooking and in cards....amongst other things. Now it's your turn to use your imagination and skills to make something special!

Here's how the contest works...

1. Drop by the store and for a cost of $0.50 we will give you 2 3" Christmas panels. If you would like the panels mailed to you the cost is $1.50.



2. You make up something using one or both of your squares and deliver it to the store with your name, address and phone number attached to it.



3. We will award prizes in the following categories:
   Most original idea
   Viewer's Choice
   Judy's Choice
   Freddy's Choice
   


4. Submissions are due by November 29th.



5. Prizes will be awarded December 6th.

Have fun ladies and gents! If you have any questions just leave a comment on this blog and I will answer them!