| 5th Annual Outdoor Quilt Show: June 14, 2025 Come and see the beautiful quilts Food served Quilts, Demos, Sales, Fun, Laughter, Joy
Our hours will remain Tuesday - Friday from 9:30 - 5:30 with one Saturday a month being open. The date will vary and will be posted on our website and facebook. June 14, we will be open in conjunction with our quilt show. April flew by and I'm not sure what all happened while I was gone. I know the ladies did a terrific job of holding down the fort so Thank you from the bottom of a deeply grateful heart and thank you also to our customers for being very understanding. The first part of May was a quilt retreat. The ladies had a blast and created some beautiful items; quilts, bags, wall hangings ect. Thank you for coming and thank you for helping. Quilt Show: We are planning on having the Outdoor Quilt show on June 14th. We are planning some fun demos and classes, trunk shows and food so plan to attend and get some quilts ready for us to show. New items and fabrics are Farm's Way Quilt kit, Wilderness Quilt Kit and Collection, Autumn Breeze collection with quilt kit coming soon, Jeepers Creepers with table topper kit coming soon, Abloom collection and quilt kit, Star Spangled collection an quilt kit, Emerald Reign Dragon collection and quilt kit, Just Kitten Around quilt kit, EE Palette in Green, Daisy Field, island Batiks with Cornucopia quilt kit (exciting news, Carol and Hannah are doing Youtube videos to teach the techniques for this quilt)!! We offer prizes for those who kill bolts and pay with cash or check. We will date the prizes and you have 3 months to pick them up. You can have someone else pick them up for you. Just tell us, you won a prize because we don't always remember. March winners are Jeanette Dohrmann and Tia Honeyman for bolt killer and Diane Vetter an Vickie Lindquist for cash/check. Our hours will remain Tuesday - Friday from 9:30 am to 5:30 on mountain time. Look at our website calendar to see when we are open on Saturday. We will stay late if you give us a call. We also will be open by appointment if it works out. Just give us a call if you would like us to be open. We aren't at the shop usually during off hours so you will have to make an appointment early. The Stash Bag Customer Reward program will remain the same also. You must bring your bag and purchase at least $25 of regular priced items to receive your stash cash. You can use your stash cash on anything but in order to receive more, you need to bring your bag. That's the only two rules - bring your bag and spend $25+ on regular price items to get more stash cash. You can use your Stash Cash bag or Your Stash Warrier bag (you get a warrier bag when you attend a retreat). When you bring your Stash Warrier Bag, you will receive an additional free gift! If you forgot your bag and lost it, you may purchase a new one for $10. Villa Rosa Pattern Club. You can receive 6 new patterns a month for $9 which includes shipping. Each month six new patterns will be sent to you. You can also opt in for the Table Runner which will cost an extra $1. Call us for more details or to sign up. 701-974-7899. We are offering an exclusive Eclectic Elements Palette bundle subscription. Each month for 12 months Tim Holtz is releasing a colorway in the Palette collection. We will walk around the color wheel with new fabric. Club members will receive a monthly quilt pattern and a monthly fabric pack of your choice of fat quarters, half yard cuts or yard cuts. You will be guaranteed to be first on the list to receive them. Fat Quarter bundles are $35/month, Half Yard are $65/month and Yards are $130/month. Released so far are Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Neutral and Green. We still have a couple left if you would like to start. We are an AccuQuilt dealer and we will match the prices that are shown on their website plus we offer other incentives like stash cash. New Dies are the 16" Qube with corners and angles, a new 2.5" strip die, BOB. Every Wednesday at 9:15 am - FB Live at 9:15 am on Wednesdays. It is a less then a 10 minute video on what is new and what is happening! https://www.facebook.com/stashsuzys is the address on Facebook . We feature about 10 - 12 items each week. They will be listed in a special category called Weekly Specials and New Items under Shop Now. We will list the new items that were shown on our FB Live plus 3 - 6 items that are deeply discounted for one week only or until they are gone. We are also doing a prize drawing each week. Watch the video, share it please (helps get the word out about our shop) and respond in the comments the item you liked the best. LONG ARM QUILTING SERVICES We are excited to offer Long Arm Quilting Services. Cost will be 2¢ a square inch for most edge to edge computer quilting. Add on Services will be Sew together backing - $5/seam, Binding - 10¢-20¢ inch, Pressing Back or Top - $10, We still have a list of long arm quilters if you are interested in them or want custom quilting done. We are accepting quilts as your bring them in. When you bring your quilt in, we will measure it and have you answer a few questions about quilt design, thread color ect. and give you a date that we hope to have it finished by. We will try our best to get them done in a timely manner but it may take a tad longer because of Suzy being gone. STASH UFO September 2024 - August 2025: We have 16 people in our UFO club with 314 UFO's. It is so fun to see people get stuff accomplished. We have completed over 100 projects since we started in September! RETREATS Retreats will be on a first come, first deposit, first saved basis. Registration policy is a $50 nonrefundable deposit to save your spot. The retreats will only be held if we have a minimum of 10 quilters including people who attend that are not staying. You can register for any or all the retreats with a phone call - you can send a check for the deposit or give us a card number over the phone. Any questions please call. 2024 Retreats: Cost will be $225 for 3 days / 2 nights and 7 meals and $150 for 3 days, no lodging and 7 meals. Additional day charge is $25/day and $75/Night. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is needed to reserve your spot. 2025 Retreats: Open for registration. Call the shop at 701-974-7899 to reserve during business hours so we can write your name down. Thank you!! When you make your reservation, we will assign a room to you and have you put down your non-refundable, non-transferrable $50 deposit. Listed below are the 2025 dates. June 11 - 13 Room for all Aug 6 - 8 Room for all Sep 26 - 28 Room for Dwell and day quilters Nov 7 - 9 Room for all Dec. 5 - 7 Room for all If you are interested in booking your own retreat at Wix Lodge, go to their website www.wixbarnandlodge.com. Quilt Block History Last month we covered the Nine patch, Log Cabin and Pinwheel. This month we will expore the eight pointed star, crazy quilt and Rose of Sharon. Eight Pointed Star: Stars are probably the most common motif used on quilts. Homesteaders traveling West used the stars for guidance; and they looked upon stars as religious symbols of their faith in God. There are hundreds of star patterns. Some quilts have just one large radiating star, often called the Star of Bethlehem or Blazing Star, while in other quilts, dozens of smaller stars are used. The simplest and most popular star pattern is an eight-pointed star. A star pattern is not an easy design to cut or sew. Precision is extremely important as any inaccuracy in cutting or piec-ing is multiplied as pieces are added. If poorly pieced, the quilt will not lie flat when finished. An intricate star pattern was one way for a woman to show her needlework skills. Many times the quilt maker deliberately sewed a mistake somewhere in the quilt. It is thought, by some, that this reflected the maker's faith in God; for only God can make a perfect thing. Crazy Quilt: The Crazy Quilt is probably the oldest of quilt patterns. Early quilters used any scrap or remnant available, regardless of its color, design, or fabric type. Worn out clothing, women's calico dresses, men's pants and shirts, household linens, and other oddly shaped fabric scraps were fitted and stitched together. The result was a hodgepodge of color, and a quilt with a story behind each scrap. Making utilitarian quilts fell out of favor in the late 1800's and early 1900's as America became more industrialized and technology brought improvements to the home. The Crazy quilts or throws of this era featured rich colors and textures and were used to decorate the parlor. Skill in fine embroidery was emphasized. Victorian quilters filled their quilts with bits and pieces of their personal past; a piece of father's vest, a husband's tie, lace from a wedding veil, or ribbons commemorating political events. Rose of Sharon: One of the oldest applique quilt patterns is the Rose of Sharon. The Rose of Sharon, mentioned in the Bible, might actually refer to a wild tulip that grows today on the plains of Sharon in Palestine. When the Bible was translated into English, the word rose was used in place of the word tulip. During the 1800s, there was a custom for a young girl to make a baker's dozen of quilt tops before she became engaged. This collection consisted of 12 utility quilts, and one great quilt, which was pieced or appliqued, as a show piece for a bed. The Rose of Sharon was often used for the great quilt. Many young women traveled West as brides, their great quilt folded safely in a trunk. The Whig Rose is another name for this pattern. It is thought the name came from the 1828 Presidential election. The newly formed Whig party hoped to beat out Democrat, Andrew Jackson. The Whig party dissolved in the mid 1800's, but the pattern name lived on. Have a great month. Come and visit, we would love to see you! |