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Jan. 25, 2007
Hi all!
Oh my! It is
38-degrees and we're MELTING! No, nobody tossed a bucket of
water on us for our evil deeds. We've just been inundated with
ice and snow, like much of the rest of the country! I hope
everyone is melting by today.
22nd ANNIVERSARY PARTY!
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY
1ST- everyone who comes in the store gets a NEW 2007 COUPON
BOOK (regularly $10 - more than 50 pages with savings
opportunities totaling more than $40 before even counting the
discount coupons!)
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FRIDAY &
SATURDAY - first 10 customers with purchases of $10 or more in the
store receive a VINTAGE HANKIE VALENTINE gift!
NEW Coupon Book available HALF-PRICE!
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
SATURDAY - yummy cake! :)
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20%
OFF ROWAN DESIGNER COTTONS - including Kaffe Fasset, Carla
Miller & Martha Negley - continuing the tradition of offering
UNIQUE FABRICS for FASHION & QUILTING!
Next week, Feb. 1, 2
& 3, we celebrate my 22nd anniversary in fabric retailing! I
opened the first store on a cold February 1st with just 300 bolts of
fabric. I was scared and desperately hoping I'd attract enough
shoppers to our little town of 3000 (I had about 1-1/2 yards of
fabric for each person!) and be able to pay the rent! 3
locations and a name-change later, a lot has changed through the
years. Including the addition of many wonderfully talented associates
who help keep this place running! The business has expanded onto
the web in recent years, and we can only imagine where it might go
from here.
 The
NEW 2007 COUPON BOOK can be purchased and the coupons are good
on purchases in the Newton store starting Feb. 1st. (Actually
the books will be FREE on Feb. 1 as my "thank you" to our
customers.) There are EXTRA DISCOUNT coupons for the Rowan
Designer fabrics, as well as JHB buttons to use right away!
If you are a web-only
customer, please watch your emails for coupon offers from me,
especially for you, in the near future!
Today we have more than
4000 bolts of fabric in every variety imaginable! We still carry
some "fashion"
fabrics, i.e. fabrics that make particular good "wearables",
including extra soft cottons, rayon, silk, and some polyester fabrics.
But most of our sales are in COTTON
PRINTS - and oh my, how they've changed in 22 years!
We still carry JHB
buttons, more than 1000 different styles, plus a variety of buttons
from other creative designers. Our NEW COUPON BOOK
includes a 25% OFF coupon on all JHB BUTTONS during the month of
February. One of our goals is to get all the JHB buttons into
our web store. But for now, if you have a style you are looking
for, please ask! You can have fun exploring the JHB Buttons web
site and see the different styles available then come back and ask us
if we have them so you can order! Check out:
http://www.buttons.com
 At
our recent Hyatt sewing retreat (space still available in the March
retreat, but filling fast) I started this cute little 16" x
22" quilt with CORNUCOPIA CHARM squares from Moda and one of Lori
Smith's patterns. Every 9-PATCH and every HEART is a unique
fabric from the line with a common background behind the hearts.
I had fun with a gentle SCALLOP on the border. Scallops are
currently HOT, & I highly suggest this sort of project for your
first "scallop" attempt. The curves are so gentle that
you don't have to worry about the "innies" with binding cut
on the bias. :)
My scallop edge paper
pattern is included with my exclusive CORNUCOPIA HEART KIT.
You can also order the fabric kit for the NATIVITY QUILT in this same
pattern - THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. If you already own the pattern,
just order the fabric kit or kits.
CORNUCOPIA
HEARTS KIT
http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=10644
CORNUCOPIA fabric by the
yard and fat quarters:
http://www.sewnatural.net/nl.asp?s=cornucopia
CELEBRATION - NATIVITY
KIT
http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=10708
FAT QUARTER QUILTING: Throughout
the Year - PATTERN
http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=7487
 Speaking
of "throughout the year", our 3rd annual FOOL FOR FABRIC BUS
TOUR is scheduled for SATURDAY APRIL 14th. $65 includes
round-trip transportation on a luxury bus. The bus leaves
Charlotte's Sew Natural about 8:30 a.m. heading for Sunflower Quilts
in Derby. Then on to Cottonwood Quilts in Hutchinson and
Quilting Bee in Salina, returning to Newton about 6 p.m. You'll
also receive a "goodie bag" full of gifts, lunch &
snacks to keep your energy up for shopping! Hope you can join
us. Seating is limited so sign up today!
http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=10707
We are finally getting
caught up with the STARRING WILLOWBERRY quilt kits. If you've
been waiting for your finishing kit for the 2006 Patchwork Party or
just for the 115" wide backing fabric, it should be on it's way
today!
We also had a slight
delay getting the KANSAS
SPIRIT kits out the door. But I think that is about to be
caught up today or at least by this weekend! We're still taking
orders for this new BLOCK-A-MONTH program!
 With
all this ice and snow, SNOWMAN
block-a-months, anyone? :)
See all of our
BLOCK-A-MONTH programs at this link:
http://www.sewnatural.com/nl.asp?p=0&c=13
And the latest
BUCK-A-BLOCKS are also on-line, so add that to any order for just $1!
http://www.sewnatural.net/nli.asp?iid=10710
I hope you'll come visit
us this weekend, or for sure next weekend to help celebrate the start
of our 23RD YEAR SELLING FABRIC in Harvey County! :) If you
can't make it in, be sure to check out the web store. Start at WHAT'S
NEW:
http://www.sewnatural.net/nl.asp?c=58&p=17
I had the back-door
parking lot plowed (or "scraped" as it is often referred to
here in Kansas). It is ice and snow-free and you can enter the
store without getting your feet wet. So please stop in and see
us and all our wonderful new fabric, patterns & books soon!
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Charlotte Wolfe
Charlotte's Sew Natural
710 N. Main St.
Newton, KS 67114
316-284-2547
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Well, today starts our
22nd ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! Please stop in the store for cake,
bargains on various designer fabrics from WESTMINSTER, including KAFFE
FASSET, MARTHA NEGLEY and others. We'll also be introducing our
new 2007 COUPON BOOK. 
Welcome
to all of you who are new to my newsletter. Let me begin to
introduce and differentiate myself from some of the other
"quilt" stores you may be familiar with, by telling you that
I have a very big SOFT SPOT (other than my stomach!) for WEARABLES.
Hopefully, you'll be inspired this year to make yourself something to
wear! There are so many things to choose from - VESTS, SKIRTS,
HALTER TOPS, just to name a few!
And
last, but not least, you might want to consider -