It’s wonderful to shop for your significant other when he or she has a hobby. In fact, adding elements and supplies to that hobby makes the gift giving easy. Not only could you purchase the newest item they’ve been talking about, but you could always go the gift certificate route. See, shoppers think this way.
But what if your significant other isn’t a shopper? What if that special person in your life gets over-whelmed at the endless possibilities associated with your hobby? What if every time they walk into your sewing room they think “Surely, she has enough fabric; I mean look at this stash?!” {{GASP!!}} Well, that person would be wrong, wouldn’t they?
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Betty’s Quilting Etc is here to help! We want your gift-giver to feel comfortable this Valentine’s Day, so we’ve made a printable wish list for you. Simply fill it out with the items you’d love from Betty’s Quilting Etc, and leave it in convenient areas around the house. We’ve made the wish list in sections: a large area for all the details and two smaller bookmarks. Why two book marks? Easy, one to stick in the book de’jour and one to tape to the back of the remote. And if he still needs encouraging, add wish lists in the glove-box, the office calendar/planner, stapled to his Super Bowl “squares” sheet… print the wish list as many times as needed!
Girls, don’t let this Valentine’s Day be wasted on chocolate and perfume!
Crystal Dragone from Dragone Travel will be on hand to show a short video clip and answer all your questions about the First Annual Quilters Family and Friends Cruise.
Come Join the Excitement!
FREE Cruise Party!
Wednesday, February 24
6:30 to 7:30
Come and have dessert on us and find out how you can earn your way onto the cruise with our new Betty’s Rewards Points Program!
We will also have our class information handout and schedule ready for you.
You know that handmade item you have that always causes people to say “I want one!” Well, we have a way for you to share it, and get paid for it.
We (QuiltWoman.com…sister company to Betty’s Quilting Etc.) are looking for handmade items that could be written into patterns and published into booklets. We especially want recycled crafts; like purses made from old wool sweaters, bottle-cap jewelry, and whatever you can make from old socks and postage stamps.
If you have a craft we might be interested in, send us an email with a photo of the item at info@quiltwoman.com. Designers will be paid a royalty. And the next time someone says, “I want one!”, you can let them know how to make it.
The full purchase price of all merchandise bought on the day in which total sales were closest to the daily average for the month of January will be refunded to those customers who bought products on that day.
Got that? We know it’s a little confusing, but read on as we explain.
Rules:
You may make purchases on as many days in January as you wish.
Only the purchases made on the winning day will be refunded.
All the customers who bought products on that day can receive a full refund.
There is no limit to the dollar amount of free merchandise!! (Even a sewing machine could be free!)
Refunds exclude tax.
There will be no refunds on any other purchases made in January. (Only even exchanges.)
You must bring your receipt into the store in February to determine if you are a winner. (No phone calls please.)
You have a 1 in 30 chance (we are closed on January 1) that your purchases will be free. Those are pretty good odds – it’s like being in a drawing with only 29 other people!
There will be no way for anyone to know which day will be closest to average until the month is over, even our accountant who will be keeping track of the sales and revealing them to no one until February 1.
I was wandering through the store and came across the group of regulars who utilize the store’s classroom every Friday morning. They are a friendly bunch and always seems to have a lot of fun working on their various projects. I happened upon a woman who was making wall hangings from the Winter Beauties wall hanging pattern by Martha Eddy (bought at Betty’s, of course). She had not one wall hanging under construction, but eight!!!
I was stunned by her color choices. They were phenomenal! With her permission, I took pictures of her works in progress. I was so excited, I forgot to get the woman’s name. But thank you nice lady! I’ll try to track your name down today and give you proper credit. (12/21/09…I got the woman’s name. It was Brenda M. Thanks Brenda!)
Here’s Winter Beauties as it appears on the QuiltWoman.com website.
And here are the variations this very imaginative lady had. Click on an image to see it larger.
I absolutely love the one that looks like the Northern Lights. I’m hoping this nice lady gets all these finished by Christmas, I suspect she will.
I’m feeling inspired. I’m going to go check out the bolts on the store shelves and see what color combinations I can come up with for this pattern. Christmas is only 5 days away…if I neglect the family, the baking, the wrapping, etc., I can probably put a couple together. I’m locking the door to my sewing room so NO ONE can get in!
This poem showed up in our in-box and was too good NOT to share…
Twas the night before Christmas, I’m glued to the tree.
I’m wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be fat quarters or a pattern or lace?
Or a quilt kit, I said, with a smile on my face.
And that’s when I heard him,
“Hi Santa,” I said
“You know….good little girls should be in their beds “.
“I know I should Santa, and now I’ve got caught.
But I was just so excited to see what you brought.”
“Well, let’s take a look in this room where you work.”
He shook his head quickly, And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear.
“You’ve got enough stuff, I’ll see you next year!”
Merry Christmas from
The staff of Betty’s Quilting Etc.
The following is an article originally posted on the Camp Followers Bags and Quilts Blog by Tia Curtis. Her love of her Berninas is what caught our eye. Tia has graciously given us permission to republish her post here. Thanks Tia!
I am taking my back up Bernina to the REAL Bernina shop in Kansas City today. Both machines are having issues that someone trained to work with the computer bit in the machine needs to look at. I was thinking yesterday about how happy I am with my sewing machines. They do anything I ask them to with very little complaining. I run them about 50 hours a week and so far (I am knocking on my little oak desk) I have had very little problems. So if you are looking for a sewing machine this holiday season, go look at a Bernina. They offer financing. My first one I bought with one of my crappy mutual funds (it was doing terrible, so I sold it and invested in myself). The second I bought with money made from the bags I made on the first one. Not a bad deal.
After reading that blog title, you may be thinking “Oh no, not another party…with the holidays I’m going to be all partied out.” But how about a party where you don’t have to do any of the planning, cooking, decorating, or any of those other stress inducing activities? We’ve got one for you!
Join us for our AccuQuilt GO! Design Party! It’s being held Saturday, January 2nd, from 10 am – 1 pm. Let your imagination go wild and design your own wall hanging, pillow, mini quilt, placemat, etc. We’ll provide the scraps, you provide the design. The only requirement around your design is you must use an AccuQuilt GO! to produce it. You can use ours or bring your own.
There will be refreshments and gifts for everyone. Plus Betty’s staff will judge your projects with prizes for the winning designs.
So think of this party as a stress reducing party. Get out of the house after the holidays, hang out with your sewing buddies, and have some fun.
To sign up, stop by the store or call Betty’s at 352-9362. The cost to attend is $5. Bring a buddy! We hope to see you there!
This You Tube video was produced by the AccuQuilt GO! people. It’s hilarious…and just might be effective too. If you want to find a GO! under the Christmas tree, this might be the way to achieve your goal. Just leave the video up where your significant other can see it. Maybe put the phone number for Betty’s next to it (352-9362). Our helpful staff can take care of the rest.
The following article was written by Kathy Echter on her True Creations Kathy blog. We are reprinting it here with her permission. Thanks Kathy!
———————————————- This past weekend in Spencerport, NY at Betty’s Quilting Etc. Dolores Joshua the Blank Fabric representative paid a visit. Dolores was nice enough to spend her Sunday afternoon showing us all of the latest and greatest that Blank Fabric has to offer. Nancy Dill, the owner of Betty’s Quilting Etc. wanted her customers to help decide what we (the customers) would like Betty’s to carry. I thought this was a great idea. It’s lots of fun for the customers, Nancy gets a better idea what her customers like and Dolores get to hear feedback from quilters who buy Blank Fabric.
Dolores said that for the first time in quilt history, designers today are dedicated to designing for quilters in mind. Quilters are not needing to use the scraps from dresses, shirts or other clothing, as they did in the 30’s, to make and design quilts.
Dolores introduced the “KISS” quilt concept to the group. Keep It Simple Sewing quilts. These are Opportunity quilts. Quilts that we all need and want to make for charity, for someone who we may work with whose daughter’s friend had a baby and we feel the need to make a quilt for them as a gift.She also suggested to listen to the fabric, let the fabric speak to you.
Here are a couple of great quilt tops with this concept in mind:
This Coverlet fabric line designed by Mary Koval, for Blank Fabric makes a great looking Opportunity quilt. The entire center of this quilt is one piece of fabric. Can you imagine how impressive this top will be once it is quilted? Wouldn’t you be pleased to give this top away? This next Opportunity quilt uses the Shade Cascade line from Blank Fabric. What a stunning two or three hour to piece baby quilt for that co-worker’s daughter’s friend; don’t you think?
How about using a black and white print, some Pentel Fabric Fun crayons that you heat set, to make this exquisite Opportunity quilt? Or maybe you want to create a quilt with a little more piecing for someone using some black and white fabrics from Blank. Here is a really striking quilt that has had a few select blocks colored again using those Pentel Fabric Fun crayons.
What about creating a patch posies/kaleidoscope quilt without all the extra work by using Blank’s Iris Fantasy fabric line.
Here Dolores shows us the fabric board for Mirabella in a beautiful blue and yellow combo. This quilt made from the Mirabella fabric line from Blank Fabric, is called Irish Reel and can be found at QuiltWoman.com. You will notice that Nancy is pointing to the points; or should I say lack of points on this quilt next to the inner border. The construction of this quilt is all made in straight square rows – not on point. So if you are not real fussy about cutting points off near the border, and you want an easy pattern to make then this may be just the one.
Here are just two more fabric boards, out of the dozens that we saw on Sunday. Garden Partyfabric line: Deco Rose fabric line would make a really fantastic Stack-n-Whack quilt: I just thought this bag that Dolores showed from Cheryl Burgess called Show and Tell was a neat bag to carry all your quilts to a guild meeting. There is an open ended zipper on the top.
Dolores Joshua from Blank Fabric gave an informative and thought provoking presentation. I encourage all of you who happen to be lucky enough to have Dolores for your Blank Fabric representative to have her give a presentation in your shop for your customers. If you are a customer, why not ask your shop to have Dolores for an afternoon; so you too can learn all about how to listen to what the fabric is saying.
You know that handmade item you have that always causes people to say “I want one!” Well, we have a way for you to share it, and get paid for it.
So think of this party as a stress reducing party. Get out of the house after the holidays, hang out with your sewing buddies, and have some fun.
