The Quilt Basket

718 Lincoln Ave York, NE 68467

402-362-5737

Hello from

The Quilt Basket!

Join us starting this weekend for our Strip Tease Shop Hop! We'll have extended hours and a free project pattern. Just the thing to warm up these cold January days! Pick up your free stamp card and plan your route!

This is the quilt you can make using our free Strip Tease pattern and the strip kits from all 5 stores on the Shop Hop!

KANSAS TROUBLES
Block of the Month

This year's Kansas Troubles Block of the Month will be the Underground Sampler quilt made in either 12" or 6" finished sampler blocks. There will be some flexibility in color selection and setting options. The sign up fee is $15 for either size. The cost is $18 per month for the 12" blocks with plain lattice as shown on the book cover. It finishes to 60" by 90" set this way. The 6" blocks finish at 34" by 34" and are $10 per month. You can change the settings and purchase additional fabric as needed. Interested? Class starts Monday, January 19th and meets the 3rd Monday of each month from 10 to 3pm. Not a good time for you? Kits will be available for you to pick up at the store or we'd be glad to mail them to you each month. Just et us know!

SECOND SCRAPAHOLIC CLASS SCHEDULED

Bonnie Kuchera shared the good news that she isn't moving to the cold northern state of Wisconsin but is staying in Nebraska with us. This means a second session of her fun Scrapaholic class has been scheduled for Saturday, February 7th at 9:30.We'll be calling the waiting list this week to see how many spots will be available. If you're interested, give us a call and we'll add you to the list. The class fee is $30 and includes coffee and snacks in the morning. Bring a sack lunch or pop out to a nearby restaurant for your 30 minute lunch break. Don't wait too long - the first session filled very quickly!

SUPER BOWL SALE

and

MYSTERY SEW-IN

Pull out your calendar and mark January 31st and February 1st as our Annual Super Duper Super Bowl Sale on Saturday and our 6th Mystery Quilt Sew-In on Sunday, Feb 1st. When we did inventory this year, we found lots of fabric and other stuff that needs to be gone! We'll be marking them down and putting them out for the Super Duper Sale. The Mystery Quilt is under construction and you can stop in and pick out the fabric for your version. We will start sewing Sunday morning at 10 and you should get most of your top finished by the time we wind up at 4pm. We'll furnish lunch and ask you to bring a snack to share. It's always lots of fun and we're looking forward to sharing the weekend with you.

a different kind of Shop Hop!

We have our 2014 Row by Row patterns, row kits and wall hanging kits available for sale! The pattern is $5. The row kit is $12.50 and includes the pattern and fabric to make only the row - without borders. The Wall Hanging kit is $24.50 and will make the hanging as shown. You need only add batting and backing. Postage is additional. If you'd like any of the available kits, please call us at 402-362-4737 or email us and we'd be glad to get it out to you!

BERNINA NEWS

"FEET"ured FOR JANUARY

GALLERY HAPPENINGS

This month our Gallery features Staff favorites - a quilt or two from each of our talented staff members. I'm sure you'll enjoy the variety! Stop in this month a take a look at our work.

Speaking of the Gallery, it's that time of the year again! We're already to start a new calendar that's full of blank pages and squares. I'm looking for some quilters to share their quilts in our Gallery for a month in 2015, starting with March. That gives you a few months to get them together. Please consider volunteering. You don't have to be a professional, just a quilter! We need about 10 large quilts or a few large ones and some smaller wallhangings. Talk to me soon so that all the spaces aren't taken before
you can pick your month!

THIS WEEK:

WEDNESDAY: Basket Club: 1 to 8pm

Join Deb and work on the Spring Garden Block of the Month or your own project.

THURSDAY - SATURDAY:Open Extended Hours

Strip Tease Shop Hop - see details above

THURSDAY & SATURDAY:

Embroidery Class: 10-3pm

Join Nanc and get started on the embroidered Snowman quilt. Not a snowman fan, there's a Santa option that you might enjoy!

NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY: KT Stash

WEDNESDAY: Basket Club

THURSDAY & SATURDAY: Embroidery Club

THURSDAY: Sassy Sit & Sew

FRIDAY: Scrap Crazy

SATURDAY: Quilt As You Go

Just a note....

SEW & TELL

Another great project to share!

Last week we showed Sharon Zierott's Winter Wonderland tablerunner from the paper

piecing workshop in December. This week she brought in her Desert Sky lap quilt. It turned out beautifully! Now that Sharon has finished hers, we'll be looking for some more tops from the workshop!Thanks for the inspiration Sharon!

We love Sew & Tell! Please bring your completed projects in so we can enjoy them and share with all the other quilters who like to see finished quilts - even if they belong to someone else! Looking forward to seeing your next one!

Hope you're planning to join us for our new line up of clubs and classes during 2015. Looking forward to sewing together on February 1st. Be sure to stop in, sign up and pick your fabric for the Mystery Quilt.

Keep Quilting,

Linda

At The IQSC:

INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER

33rd & Holdrege, Lincoln NE

Selections from the Hortense Beck Quilt Collection

First Floor Gallery

The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima

Reception Hall (Second Floor)

Toy Sewing Machines from the Collection of Shelly Burge

Beavers Terrace Gallery (Second Floor)

Red and White