Welcome to the Sweetest Month! I have lots of exciting news to share with you! So many of you have stopped in to see the new Hydrangea line and Stonehenge, it’s flying off the shelves😊  Sue Pritt is coming to the QuiltBug on Saturday 16th to teach her applique techniques. You can choose any one of the patterns we have in the shop and she will help you! I’m taking the class myself so come on in and sit beside me. I love her wall hangings! As I mentioned above, we have Stonehenge, mark your calendars to stop in March 2nd. The representatives from Northcott will be here to  reveal The QuiltBug Block for the 10th Anniversary celebration of Stonehenge. I am so excited to have the shop involved in this international Shop Hop! There will be a competition for consumers using the panel, or you can Shop Hop on line and collect 12 blocks and create a quilt from those blocks. Yes, a quilt designed by you, the QuiltBug customer, it can be entered the challenge! Take a chance to win a 9-day trip to England! Please stop in on March 2nd and meet the representatives and get ready to win that trip!  Shop Hop 2019 is in the final preparation stages now! Shop Hop will run from May 30th to June 9th. The theme is “Backyard Travel” The Grand Prize if you finish is a Sewing Machine with a value up to $1000.00. I have had the opportunity to meet with the other shops to plan, what a great team of people😊 We will announce shortly when the passports will go on sale. This year the shops involved are Adirondack Quilts Brookside Quiltworks, The Joyful Quilter, Karen’s Quilting Corner, KC Framing and Fabrics, Log Cabin Fabrics, Pumpkin Patch and the QuiltBug.  Did you know we now carry Quilter’s Dream, we have access to all types and can order for you anything we don’t have in the shop. We are carrying various sizes of the 80/20 to start.   Machine Quilting - Free Motion Class - Feb 15, 2019 01:30 pm Beginning basics of free motion quilting. Cost: $ 30.00 We have added another Beginners class on Wednesday mornings with Karen, Visit QuiltBug.com if you want to learn how to sew and quilt! Karen has room for you:) Karen also holds classes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons of Beginners and Beyond. Sign up on-line or call the shop if you are interested. Take a moment to read the class description on line to see if your skills fit with this group.    On Tuesday - Feb 19th @ 10:30 Sherrie will be teaching: Petal Pizazz. This is a great table runner, made with the Spot-On tool. It's fun and fast! 17in x 36in It looks like paper piecing but it's not! Yes, you can do this it's easy! Cost: $ 30.00 Last But not least, we are excited to offer two introductory to Wool Applique classes. The first one is February 26th and an additional one will be taught on Mar 23, 2019 10:30 am. Wool applique is an easy, relaxing, and portable craft. Try it with Paula and start a new adventure in quilting Cost: $ 35.00  The price begins a beginners kit.

 

The next Top Off Day with Robbie will be Sunday February 17th, 12:00 noon!  

Top Off Day - Has been changed to Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 pm.  The next day will be  Plan to drop off your quilt top or pick up a quilt from Robbie Sutton our Long arm quilter and shis the owner of Pieceful Hollow Designs.  She visits the shop the first and third Sunday of the month between 12 and 2p to accept your tops and review quilting options with you.  That's Top Off Day:-)) If you can't make it on that day, you can leave your tops at the shop after you pick out a quilting design from her design book.   Once Robbie picks it up you are well on your way to having a finished quilt!  Robbie will call you when your quilt is done, and you can pick it up at the QuiltBug on any Top Off Day, or any time we are open Did you know we were on Facebook?  Join us https://www.facebook.com/Quiltbugcom/ Facebook. If you want to be SURE to see your pages and groups you would like to follow, you need to check your settings. Go to https://www.facebook.com/pages/?category=liked and click on Review the Pages you've liked.   If QuiltBug isn't there, you can go to   https://www.facebook.com/Quiltbugcom/ and click on Like and Following. Be sure to choose See First under Following and On under Notifications. Then you should receive all the updates we post to Facebook. Be sure to interact with our posting from time to time (comment or click the like button) so Facebook knows you mean it.