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January, 2012
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QUALITY QUILTING
Loose Threads Newsletter
625 State Circle, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108
STORE HOURS: M-F 10-6, SAT 10-4,
closed on SUN
(734) 929-5169 Jim and Rhonda Loy, owners |
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DEAR QUILTING FRIENDS,
|  Your initial response to our new store is inspiring! We at Quality Quilting feel welcomed to the Ann Arbor family of talented quilters and stitchers. We taught our first quilt class this week and boxes of new inventory - fabric and other items - are arriving daily. Repeat and new quilters with finished tops seeking high quality, reasonable, and fast quilting services have found us. Our new Machine binding service continues to grow. New classes, clubs and block-of-the-month programs are being added every day. Ola, Mary, Sabrina, Rhonda and Jim look forward to greeting you and hearing your feedback about products and classes.
Visit this Saturday for coffee, cake and shopping!
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MACHINE QUILTING & BINDING SERVICES
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Quality Quilting offers high quality longarm machine quilting done quickly at an affordable price. Drop off your quilt on Mondays and pick it up the following week. There are many fabulous designs to choose from. Machine binding is now available!
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HOW TO FIND US
|  Quality Quilting is conveniently located just southwest of the I-94/State Street interchange at 625 State Circle (the turn for State Circle is at the Citgo Gas Station). Once you turn, the store is down on the right, just beyond the Scrap Box (which is on the left). It is a quilting oasis just a little off the beaten path. The phone number is (734) 929-5169.
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GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
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Even th ough our doors have been open since December 5, 2011, we are celebrating our GRAND OPENING on Friday-Saturday, February 10-11. Come in for refreshments, door prizes, great give-aways, and check out our samples and upcoming classes. Take 15% off your purchases on those two days.
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HOT OFF THE TRUCK!
|  The Cat in the Hat is in the house! This cute panel is from the third and newest Dr. Seusss offering from Kaufman. He is the full width of the fabric and could be the heart and soul of a CUTE kids quilt, coordinating with additional Dr. Seuss fabrics and new bright, bubbly blenders! There are also fat quarter bundles and check out the kits for a cute Lorax quilt (the sample is pictured below). There are also new, soft and creamy pastel flannels for snuggly baby quilts. The samples are so sweet!
There are also new Moda Jelly rolls..."Twirl" and "Amelia" from Me & My Sister, "Panier de Fleurs" from French General, "Birchbard Lodge" from Holly Taylor, and "Little Apples" from Aneela Hoey. |
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UPCOMING CLASSES AND BOM's |  Classes are beginning to fill so be sure to drop by or call to have your name added to the fun.
Make a New Year's date with owner Rhonda this Saturday, January 14 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm and get started on a CARPENTER'S STAR. This quilt is fat quarter friendly. Purchase fabrics from Quality Quilting and the class fee will be only $5.00.
Join Teresa R on Thursday, January 19 from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm for BEGINNING HAND QUILTING. She will walk you through every step of the quilting stitch, present a trunk show of hand quilting styles, explain the quilter's tool box , and have you marking your design and "rocking and rolling" before you know it! We have assembled a simple kit including quilt thread and needles so that you aren't practicing on your precious top! Class fee: $25.00 Kit fee: $15.00
Join Mary J on Thursday, January 26 to launch the JO'S LITTLE WOMEN'S CLUB. This club will meet on the 4th Thursday of every month. Choose either 2-4 or 6-8 pm. The one time fee of $30 will make you a member and you will receive 8 exclusive patterns that were designed by Jo Morton for members only. During the monthly meetings, you will learn construction and color choice techniques and share hints, tips, and your "show-and-tell" items with others who share the same passion for these little quilts made from beautiful reproduction fabrics. Fee for the Year: $30.00
 The SWEETHEART SACHET is a beautiful project that will be taught by Norma M on Wednesday, January 25 from 1-4 pm. It features basic embroidery stitches, ribbon flowers, beading and simple applique. Hung on the wall or a doorknob, it would be a delightful gift or home embellishment. Fee: $25.00 Kit (including pattern): $20.00 JOLENE'S STAR will be taught by Mary J on Thursday, February 16 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Learn to make this unique triangle-shaped, scrap-friendly quilt from a great Edyta Sitar pattern and little template. CLASS FEE: $20  The CRAZY QUILT PETIT SHOULDER BAG will also be taught by Norma M on Wednesday, February 29 from 1-4 pm. This simple bag will feature crazy pacthwork plus beautiful embellishment with embroidery floss, ribbon, buttons, and beading. So Sweet! There will be a kit for this project. Fee: $25.00
CIVIL WAR JOURNALS will be the first block-of-the-month we are offering. Designer Judy Rothermel has once again partnered with Homestead Hearth and Marcus Fabrics to produce the third masterpiece in this series. This project can either be one large quilt measuring 84 x 102, or four smaller quilts that are approximately 45 x 52 each. Children of the 1860's are the focus of this project, and each month you will receive historical information along with stories and quotes from children who actually lived in the era. Mary J. is almost through making this quilt sample to display and tempt you. We have started signing up people who are interested. More details will be revealed soon!
VINTAGE ROUGE is our second block-of-the-month that will be introduced in May. The fabric line by Faye Burgess for Marcus Fabrics features a classic, larger foral with coordinating smaller scale prints of gentle aged tones of red and sage green with antique beige. This lovely quilt would blend beautifully in your home all year and into the holiday season. The quilt will measure
78 x 78 and feature English paper piecing, embroidery, piecing and applique. With 'Love,' 'Joy,' 'Peace,' and 'Hope' stitched into the medallions, it will become a beloved family heirloom. More details will be revealed soon!
LET US KNOW WHAT KINDS OF CLASSES AND PROJECTS YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN! Your feedback is crucial as we dream up fun projects to tickle and engage you. We are working out details for a T-SHIRT QUILT class with
Ola R, WONKY LIBERATED QUILTMAKING (pattern-free!) with Teresa R, MACHINE APPLIQUE with Mary J, as well as introductory (or refresher) classes on rotary cutting, simple piecing, hand applique, doll-making, and zippy projects using fun and versatile new rulers. |
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| We hope to reveal the new web site and business email address next week!! Just a note about our email distribution list...Quality Quilting purchased Wendy's Simple Stitches (formerly located in Howell) in its entirety before opening our doors in Ann Arbor on December 5, 2011. This means that we received EVERYTHING...fixtures, fabric, inventory, light equipment and the email mailing list. If you had voluntarily signed up at that store to receive email newsletters and notices about sales and events, we sent our initial newsletter to you also. If this upsets you in any way, please look to the bottom of this email and "click" on the sentence fragment that states "Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe." Then you will no longer receive communication from Quality Quilting. |
Jim and Rhonda LoyQuality Quilting
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