January 2, 2012 

Hi all!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

All THREE STORES are open today, MONDAY, 1-2-12! (Doesn't that look weird?! LOL)

Charlotte's Sew Natural from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte's Bargain Fabrics & Stitchery from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

www.sewnatural.net all the time!  We are pulling & cutting web orders placed over the weekend.  However the US Post Office is closed today, so these items will be mailed tomorrow, Tuesday.

Check out the classes being offered at Charlotte's Sew Natural in downtown Newton.

If you would like to learn BASIC NEEDLE-TURN HAND APPLIQUÉ, sign up now for Mary's beginning class, January 5th.

Morning (10 a.m.), FIRST THURSDAY in January.  

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=29824

Learn the basics of hand-appliqué in January, then sign up for Mary's next BOM CLASS which starts in February. 

Two NEW Block-A-Month classes will meet mornings & evenings on the 
FIRST THURSDAY each month, 
FEBRUARY through December 2012.

Several APPLIQUÉ TECHNIQUES will be covered.  

NEEDLE-TURN appliqué done by hand, and MACHINE APPLIQUÉ, which starts by fusing the fabrics to each other, will both be covered in the same class sessions.  

In this class, learn how to make fabric choices that will make your work POP!

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=29826

You may choose from two projects, patterns both from BUNNY HILL DESIGNS.  Fabrics from MODA.

RAINING CATS & DOGS, with GRAY, PINK & TEAL, is shown above and finishes approx. 55 x 62 inches.

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=29808

MERRY, MERRY SNOWMEN, classic RED & WHITE with GREY, finishes approx. 62 x 66 inches.

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=29810

http://www.sewnatural.net/Block-A-Month2012.htm

Make it using reproduction fabrics from the 1800s, in reds & browns.  Come see our quilt on display now! 

A VINTAGE FLORAL print will be suggested for the border.  The block fabrics will have reds, browns, blue/green, creams & naturals.

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=25832

There will also be a second choice.  It will use all the gorgeous BLUES, TEALS, GREENS and a touch of gold, as found in TIMELESS TREASURE'S PLUME which will be suggested as the border for this quilt.

http://www.sewnatural.net/nl.asp?p=0&c=656

Jan Hutchison quilted this for me and it is FABULOUS!

Go to Jan's blog for more pictures of this quilt and a few others she's finished recently.

http://thesecretlifeofmrsmeatloaf.blogspot.com/

Plume TIMELESS TREASURES fabrics are available now.

If you can't join our SECOND SATURDAY program, which involves FREE BLOCKS, you can still order a complete KIT for either of these great quilts.

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=30520

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=29999

CLASS STARTS January 14th 2012 for our latest reproduction quilt, 

The Civil War Journals Block-a-Month focuses on the CHILDREN of the 1860s. 

CIVIL WAR JOURNALS is our latest CIVIL WAR MONTHLY program, kits available & there will be a class which runs through December 2012, every Second Saturday of the month at 10 a.m.  

Shopper's Club members save 20% all regularly priced merchandise for a year, including class kits!

http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=21161

The fabrics for the FIRST QUARTER are here now.  Complete kits for the quarter are $56.99.

You can either make four smaller quilts CIVIL WAR JOURNAL quilts that are CHILD SIZE, approximately 45" x 52" each OR parts for a larger quilt that finishes at 84" x 102".

The additional 3 quarters will be priced according to how much fabric is actually in each bundle.

I thought I wasn't having much delivered in December.  Boy was I wrong!!

Wishing you and yours all the best in 2012!