National Quilting Day Festivities

Join us at Sew What Quilt Shop March 19th as we celebrate National Quilting Day. We will be having a sale on patterns, books and notions -- 25% off, that day only. Also, we will be hosting a special project day. We will be making pillowcases for the Quilts of Valor -- Kansas Bee out of Wichita. The pillowcases are used as storage cases for the quilts they present to our wounded soldiers. The kits for the pillowcases will be available for a donation of $2.50 . You can either make them here that day, or take them home, make them and bring them back. All donations collected for the pillowcases will be given to the Quilts of Valor -- Kansas Bee to be used for purchasing batting and backing fabrics for the quilts they make. I do hope you will join us March 19th and help with this worthy cause. Space is limited at the shop for sewing, so if you do plan to join us, let us know ahead of time so we may plan accordingly.

Thanks, and Happy Sewing!

YIPPPEEEEE!

We are so excited here at Sew What Quilt Shop. We have been working on a project with two other shops and now it's happened!!!

Join us February 5 and 6, 2011 for the very first ever Highway 56 Small Shop Road Trip. In conjunction with Stitches Quilt Shop in McPherson, Kansas and Quilts and Quiltracks in Hillsboro, Kansas, we are offering you a chance to take a mini road trip (somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 - 40 miles separate the McPherson and Marion shops, with Hillsboro in the middle). We are relatively small shops that offer a lot to our customers, and great service! All three shops are on Main Street in their respective towns, and just off Highway 56, so we are easy to find.

The three shops have each designed a special project and will have the kits available for sale during the road trip weekend. If you combine blocks from all three shops, you will have a 4th project free.

So let the guys watch sports on TV, grab some friends and take a ROAD TRIP!

New Year, New Books, a Sale and a Block of the Month

Happy New Year!! Ok, so I am a few days late with my wishes for the new year, but you know I meant to do it earlier. I hope 2011will be a good year for all of our quilting friends. It promises to be a good year for Sew What! We have lots of new fabrics ordered (and I'm sure it won't be the last we order for this year). We have Moda, Windham, and Benartex fabrics that are scheduled to arrive this month.





Our Block of the Month that started yesterday, "Paris In The Fall" by Sherri K. Falls, is being done in Moda's "Maison De Garance" line by French General. This promises to be a beautiful quilt and one that any quilter would love to have in their collection.





We, also, have 2 new books that have just arrived.

Runners, Etc. is chock full of table runners, wall hangings and minis. And Circle of Nine has quilts using different blocks, but each set in the same "Circle of Nine" pattern. These quilts look extremely different, but all use the same layout.

I want to remind you that our Saturday Sampler is starting Saturday, January 15th at 9:00 a.m. This will be a great way to get the blocks for a quilt. Hope to see you then.

Holiday Open House Winding Down

It's been a hectic 3 days so far. We have met some new customers, and welcomed again some of our current customers. Sweet! Today is the final day of our Holiday Open House. Yes, we are open today, a Sunday, from 12 to 5:00 p.m. Be sure to stop by to take advantage of the last day of our sale. Everything in the store is 20% off. So, if there is a pattern, a special fabric, book or notions that you have been eyeing, you need to come in and get it at a reduced price.

We are anxiously awaiting two shipments of fabric. The manufacturers have notified us that they are in transit, so we wait. We have some new Civil War reproduction type fabrics from Wyndham coming in one of the shipments. The other shipment is the Moda fabrics for our Paris In The Fall block of the month which we will be starting the 5th of January, 2011.

Oh, before I sign off, I would like to let you all know that the shop will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. However, we will be OPEN Friday, Saturday and SUNDAY after Thanksgiving. So all of you football widows come join us those days and we'll see what kind of surprises we can come up with to entertain you. (You might find a sale or two as well.)

Til next time, happy quilting!

Free Kids Class Scheduled, Holiday Open House and more

We have scheduled the second in our series of Free Kids Classes for November 20th. The kids will be making a Christmas Stocking. The class is free and we will supply the fabrics needed. The class is open to girls and boys aged 10 - 14. The cost is free to kids. Class space is limited, so sign up early. If we have more kids interested than we can accomodate on that date, we will schedule a second class. You can get more information at the shop.

Our Holiday Open House is scheduled for November 11 - 14. All of the details have not been finalized yet, but you can bet it will be a fun 4 days. Check back soon for more details.

Hours for the shop will be slightly different over the next two months. We are looking forward to spending a little time with our families over the Holidays. Here is a list of the dates to look for:

November 11- 14 Holiday Open House

November 25 CLOSED Thanksgiving Day. We will be open Friday and Saturday
though.

December 25 CLOSED Christmas Day.

January 1 OPEN!!!!! All of you football widows can come join us at the shop on New Year's Day.