Monday – Saturday 10:00am – 5:00pm, Closed Sunday
Serving the Tidewater area over 20 years
We’ve recovered from the activities of Quilt Show and Shop Hop Week. Wasn’t the quilt show fabulous this year? It was
great so many of you stopped by our 2 booths to say hello and enter the drawings for the $100.00 gift cards. The winners are
Zelda Hartman and Judy Trump.
That goes for Shop Hop too. We saw so many of our old friends and many new faces came to
the store that week also. Wasn’t the quilt great this year? It was bed size and each store’s different fabrics for their
sample showed the versatility of the pattern. Mark your calendar now for the summer hop the week of July 20 – 26, 2009. Plans are already under way by the Tidewater Shop Hop Owners Association.
The shop hop fun continues through March! We
had many donated prizes and we have assembled a quilter’s tote bag of goodies, 1 for each of the 8 locations. Stop by any of
the stores during March to enter a drawing for this totebag. Drawing will be April 1, 2009. You can enter once per day
at each location.
Saturday, March 21 is National Quilting Day. We will have a special celebration that day. From
10 am to 2 pm representatives of the local quilt guilds will be in the store so you can learn about them and their activities. Also, current quilt guild members who show their membership card will get a special gift. Be sure to come and bring a fellow
guild member with you.
We support the guild members by extending a 10% discount off the price of regular priced fabric when you
present your guild card at time of purchase.
March 21st is also our next 22 Sweet Day. On the 22nd of each month all year
we are celebrating the store’s 22 years in business. (When the 22nd is on a Sunday, we celebrate on the Saturday before). The
first 22 people to arrive at the store receive a free gift. There will be many specials all day long, and lots of fun.
Many
new fabrics have arrived this week, be sure to come by and see what’s new. We are making room for this new fabric by putting
some wonderful fabrics in the sale section.
We are also having a sale on discontinued thread lines 50% off on the following YLI
threads: Jeans Stitch, Colours, Fine Metallic, Fusions, Machine Quilting, Lingere & Bobbin Thread, Glitter, Fusible, Soft
Touch and Perfect Quilter variegated thread.
Horn of America is offering a Quilter’s Dream Special: the Quilters Dream
cabinet (model 3180), Quilters Dream Storage Chest (Model 08) and a 6 way adjustable chair (Model 12090) combination priced at $1799.00,
a savings of over $650. Finishes are white with oak trim or sunset oak. A deposit of $100.00 will put your cabinet on
order. For more information or to see all the items from Horn, go to www.hornofamerica.com. There is also a full page
ad in the April/May issue of Sew News.
We have 3 Singer featherweight machines for sale. They have been serviced by Al
and are ready to go. These are great machines for straight stitching and quilt piecing. Cost is $450 and $525. Come
by and see them if you have been looking for one of these precious gems.
Springtime is a wonderful time to sew new things. Spruce up your house with new curtains, quilts or throw pillows. Or do you need to sew up new Easter garments for you or others? If your machine is not up to the task, it may be time for a new one. Bernina offers a full line of machines at all prices. Come by and test sew on one this week.
BERNINA NEWS:
We have a limited supply of Quiltfest classroom machines still at the special
show pricing. Nancy’s Calico Patch offers 6 month financing to assist you. These are the Bernina 440 Quilters Edition
with Bernina stitch regulator (BSR), walking foot and ¼” foot included in the package. This model allows you to easily add the
embroidery module now or at a later date.
Consumer Report March 2009 has reviewed sewing machines for the first time in 10 years. The Bernina 230 rated #1 in the electronic category and the Bernina 440 rated #1 in the sewing and embroidery category. When you buy a Bernina, you buy the best.
CLASSES:
Bernina Classes and Clubs are in full swing for March and April. Go to the
website at www.ncpquilting.com to see the dates. Classes still have space, call to sign up. Some classes have supplies
you need to bring to class. You will be given a supply list when you sign up.
Scrap Therapy: Our newest on-going set of
classes is the Scrap Therapy. For all you quilters who are convinced we need some kind a therapy for our quilting addiction,
these classes are for you. We have great samples of all the projects.
You come to a cutting workshop to prepare your scraps
for the project. The next class or 2 put your scraps to good use. There have been so many wonderful quilts and projects
from these classes so far. Don’t miss out on the fun. Day and evening classes available. The class projects descriptions
are on the website. Go to www.ncpquilting.com.
March classes also include the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR) on March 24 at 6:30
pm. Regular Machine Quilting also on March 24, 2009, 10:00 am to 12 noon.
Beginning Quilting new class April 2, 9, and
16, 2009. Day session 10 am to 1pm, and the evening session is 6 -9 pm.
The Tidewater Quilt Guild Project Linus workshop will
meet at Nancy’s on March 28, 2009 from 10am – 4pm. Contact Collier Webb at 588-0838 if you are available to come help out during
this work session.
Take a break from yard work this spring. Come by Nancy’s to enjoy flowers and greenery without the work! Our flower fabrics don’t have bugs, and our green leaf and grass fabrics won’t make you itch. Grab a friend and come visit us
for some spring inspiration. Forward this email to a friend.
February is half over and this shortest month seems to fly by. We are busy getting ready for the activities that occur the rest
of this month.
Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival is February 26 to March 1, 2009 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Hours
are Thursday – Saturday, 10:00am – 6:00pm; Sunday, 10:00am to 4:00pm. Admission is $14.00 for a wrist band that allows admission
all 4 days. For more information to go www.quiltfest.com. Be sure to stop by our quilt shop at booth #412, and we will
be staffing the Bernina Booth #802. Fill out a door prize drawing slip at both places for a chance to win different prizes from
each booth.
Classroom machines this year are the Bernina 440 and include the ¼” foot, the walking foot, and the Bernina Stitch
Regulator (BSR). This package has a suggested retail of $4000.00. These machines are specially priced now until the last
day of the Quilt Show. You can come by the store and test-sew to see all this machines features. It is a superb machine
for quilters. A deposit will hold one for you. Your machine can be picked up at the conclusion of the show or here at
the store the week after the show. Remember that a machine purchased through Nancy’s includes lessons and continuing classes
and help when needed.
The Bernina booth will have a full range of sewing and embroidery machines that will be for sale, and can
be picked up after the show ends. If you have been looking at a particular model, this is a good opportunity to get your machine,
or come to the store to select the machine that is best for your sewing/quilting/embroidery needs, and get the quilt show prices,
now through the show ending date. There will be a Bernina 830 on display showing sewing and embroidery, and a Bernina 830 on
the Bernina quilt frame. Come try out these awesome machines.
Tidewater Shop Hop & Dessert Social starts
Monday, February 23, 2009 and goes through Sunday, March 1, 2009. Start hopping at any of the 8 locations. Get your passport
stamped at each location you visit and pick up their block pattern. Turn in your passport at the last shop you visit. Your name will go into prize drawings. Those who visit all 8 locations are eligible for the Grand Prize of $900.00 in gift certificates. Each location also has a gift basket valued at $150.00 and the winner will be drawn from those passports that visited all 8 locations. There are 100 prizes in all, so there are many merchandise prizes that will be drawn from passports turned in. All 8 locations
are having a dessert social Friday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00pm. For more information go to www.shophopfun.com.
Nancy’s
Calico Patch has extended hours this week. Thursday, February 26, 2009, we will be open until 8:00pm, and will be open Sunday, March
1, 2009, 12:00pm to 4:00pm.
Virtual Bernina Club is Thursday February 26, 6:45pm to 9:00pm. The topic this month is Tassels
& Textures. This Club is a virtual lesson presented by Bernina with a demonstration following, you do not need to bring
your sewing machine. Call to reserve a seat. Cost is $10.00 to be paid when you register.
Software Sampler is Saturday,
February 21, 2009 from 10:45am to 1:00pm. Topic is Photosnap Basics. This is a virtual software lesson with follow-up
on your laptop. Bring your software dongle and a mouse with cord (a wireless mouse affects other computers in the room). Class is $10.00, which includes a project CD and must be paid at the time of signup. Call to reserve a seat.
Saturday,
February 21, 2009 is also 22 Sweet Day. This is our 22nd year in business and we are having a party to celebrate each month. Since the 22nd is on a Sunday this month, our party is on Saturday. The first 22 people in the door this day receive a special
sweet treat. Other specials to be announced that day. Come by and see us.
February is full of so much fun
and excitement to share with sewing and quilting friends. We look forward to seeing each of you at the show and at the store. Spread your enthusiasm with others. Bring a friend or 2, the more the merrier. It is time to party on.
Nancy and
the staff.
