Up and Coming

Hello my friends, here we are on a special section of our website just for you to know what is up and coming in the world of quilting at Quilts n Gifts in Bluffton, Indiana. On this special section we will list events, classes and anything that comes about. So what are we waiting for, let's go.

August 16th, 2009..It is our third Annual Quilters Reunion. This event is held at Timber Ridge Country Club here in Bluffton, Indiana. Quilts n Gifts LLC from Bluffton, Indiana and The Creative Stitch from North Manchester have joined together for this great event. It is on Sunday August 16th, 2009 and doors open at 11:00am. What is this all about? This is a Sunday of fun. Doors open at 11:00am and the minute you enter the building you will surrounded by quilts, all the decorations are with fabric included, lots of quilt surround the whole room. It is stunning. At 12:30pm we will serve lunch and at 1:30pm our guest speaker Monique Dillard from Open Gates Design, well known national quilter and designer, will take the floor as our speaker and will present her trunk show. Did I tell you that all of the attendees will have a door prize to take home? Yes, you do. Price for this great event is $30.00 (that includes lunch) and you can stop or call Quilts n Gifts at 260-565-4438 or The Creative Stitch at 260-982-1080 and do your reservations. Due to food preparations we need to give a count to the Club a week prior to the event, therefore, no tickets will be available at the door. See you there.

We are doing a series of make it and take it classes and techniques FREE of charge to all of the friends of Quilts n Gifts in Bluffton, Indiana. We are starting with a table runner. Sample in the store now. We will be having this class this Wednesday July 15th at 10:00am and Saturday July 25th, 2009. Again this is a free class and there is no charge for the pattern (some make it and take it will require the purchase of the pattern due to copyright laws) you will require to bring your machine, fabric and tools. See you at the shop and just call to reserve your space. Tea Time Quilt block of the month just started but we still have space available (just 6) for you.

SWEET PICKIN’S CLUB……This is a new and exciting club that we will be starting this fall. This program will work in three (3) months at a time meeting once a month. Every three months you will receive 3 newsletters, three exclusive patterns and three extra projects. The extras are either challenges or small projects.

The newsletters will give you recipes, sewing tips and info of tools/gadgets that works well for quilting. Before I continue, the meetings or get together as we call them better will not be infomercial meetings. What does that mean? No item will be pushed to you to buy. This is going to be another fun group for us to share our knowledge and the love for quilting and fabric.  Now I shall continue.

The patterns are going to be a variety of things, such as wall hangings, table runners, and bags. The patterns will use charm squares (start cutting some 5” squares), fat ¼’s and honey buns (save those 1 ½” strips). The patterns might have some variety of techniques, such as templates or embroidery (not all of them).

The challenges will be once per three month period. This will be a lot of fun and they will make you stretch your creativity. If you choose not to do the challenge is ok too.

For members of the Sweet Pickin’s Club will be a special blog where postings of our projects and challenges across the good old USA will be posted and you will be given the private ID and password.

Now, isn’t this a lot of fun. I think so. Ok, you are asking how much it is to belong to this exclusive club. Membership for three months is $5.00. Membership for the whole year is $20.00. Club will start in September but you can start signing up today.

We will start Sweet Pickins on September but if you go to Florida, Texas, Arizona etc. for the winter months and you do not want to miss the fun we can mail it for you.

 Classes and events comin soon.

 Remember every Wednesday of the month is Helpfun Wednesday and this is the day for you to come in and sew and get help with anything you need. You don't need help/ It is ok come in anyway and sit and sew with the rest of us. There is no fee on this day either.