Quilt ‘n Stitch News 6049 Cypress Street West Monroe, LA 71291 Telephone 396-6020

Volume 10 Issue 3 Fall 2005

FALL FESTIVAL /OPEN HOUSE—AUGUST 25 We’re doing it again! Come meet out teachers, sign up for Fall Classes, see all the full BERNINA line, the great fabrics and notions; and have a world of fun!!! This is a come and go affair, but be sure to allow your-self plenty of time. This will be a real festival with booths set up around the store for demos, sale items, and games. Who ever heard of a festival without good things to eat? You know we’ll have real festival food for you. There will be an Apple Discount Tree from which you can pluck an apple. The apples will have varying dis-counts marked on them. You can make any purchases that you want to make right in the middle of the fun time! The teachers will be here with samples for Fall Classes. You’ll be able to talk to them, ask questions, and really get to know them, and, of course, sign up for classes. There will be a booth for you to meet our Tech and to ask questions. Most of you know Christy, but do you know her husband, Lance? Yes, he’s the Tech and SO SMART! A Bernina Trunk Show will be available. Design kits and thread collections will be displayed. We’ll do fun things like having booths for Bobbing for Bobbins and Ring Toss. We just can’t give away all of our secrets now. You’ll have to come! Remember, August 25 from 3 to 7 P.M. Put it on your calendar now.

A LETTER FROM CHRISTY Hello everyone! Fall is coming and that means back-to-school, football games, homework, dance lessons, Christmas and

cooler weather! Maybe that is just my crazy life, but that’s how it is organized. This quarter is always a busy one with classes and people trying to finish up projects for gift-giving. Here at Quilt’n Stitch we are trying to help you the best way possible. We have many new and exciting classes on the schedule with variety as the focal point. Make it a priority to work out of your comfort zone and try some-thing new. New fabrics are here with animal print Minkee being my favorite. Everyone is loving Minkee on the backs of quilts; pillows and stuffed animals. If you haven’t seen the ex-pression on someone’s face after they have snuggled with Minkee, then you are missing something special. Just arrived are some new Christmas pieces and a won-derful collection called Kansas Song by Susan Winget. As always there are new books, patterns and notions coming in all the time. New in the Bernina Department are three new machines. The 630, 640 and 730 are new sewing and embroidery ma-chines and will be here in September. Make sure you stop by for a demonstration. We also have the new double wide hoops for the Bernina embroidery machines. There are new embroidery cards and CDs that are really wonderful! Yours for happy sewing,

BLAST OFF TO EMBROIDERY SUCCESS On Wednesday, August 30 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Quilt’n Stitch will host a round robin event of lecture-demonstrations to give embroiders and wannabes answers for all their embroidery questions. Topics for the groups will include the following: Embroidery To Go, Glitz, Scrapbooking, New Cards, New Stuff, Old Stuff Done New, Stabilizers, and Minky Pals. Then there will be a demo of software including why and how to put Artista and Explorations together. All the latest information will be available including handouts to help you remember! There will be food and fun, also. Before and after the shuttle flights, there are parties and celebrations, so why should our Blast Off be different? Come celebrate with us.

Friendship is sewn with love and measured by kindness.

CALENDAR August 25—Fall Festival/Open House 3—7 P.M. August 30—Embroidery Blast Off 10 A.M. - 2 P.M. Sept. 5—Labor Day Holiday Store Closed Sept. 15,-17 —–Fall Sale Oct. 1 —-Last Day for Quilts to be received for Christmas Quilting Oct. 20-24 —– Super Weekend Sale Nov.1 —–Last Day for Quilts to be received for Quilt Show quilting Nov. 24-26 -— Thanksgiving Holidays Store Closed Dec. 23-26—–Christmas Holidays; Store Closed Dec. 27-31 —–End of Year Blow Out

BERNINA

BERNINA Stitch Regulator Now freemotion stitching is easier than ever! ...When using the BERNINA® Stitch Regulator (BSR) acces-sory, the speed of the stitching adjusts to coordinate with the movement of the fabric, aiding in the production of consis-tent, regular stitches. All you have to do is lower the feed dogs and move the fabric. The BERNINA® Stitch Regulator, with two stitching modes, is standard on the aurora 440E QE. The BSR offers regulated, even stitches, no matter the speed or direction in which the fabric is moved. A “beep” signals if the fabric is moved too quickly. The BSR operates with a camera-like sensor that reads the fabric through an optical lens in the foot. The sensor “looks” at the fabric, senses the movement, and calculates the dis-tance – then directs the needle to stitch depending on the se-lected stitch length setting. For example, if the stitch length is set at 2.5mm, the sensor calculates the distance and stitch frequency, repeating stitches with regular precision regard-less of the speed at which the fabric is moved. The BSR works on fabrics with a variety of surface tex-tures – including velvet, lame, fleece, corduroy, and denim – making it perfect for a wide range of quilting applications. The BERNINA® Stitch Regulator is constructed with the famous BERNINA® hopper mechanism – as are all BERN-INA® free-motion presser feet – ensuring precision stitching. When the needle enters the fabric, the free-motion sole moves upward; as the needle leaves the fabric, the sole is lowered so that the fabric is not raised with the needle, this preventing flagging and uneven stitches. Three soles are included with the BSR to handle all of your free-motion stitching needs:

Closed Metal Sole – Similar to Darning Foot #9, with the needle centered and visible

Open Metal Sole – Like Free-motion Embroidery Foot #24, this sole gives an optimal view of the needle

Transparent Sole – Glides easily over all fabrics – includ-ing layers of batting – in every direction. Marked with cross-hairs for easy visualization of the needle position; great for outline and echo quilting. Excerpted from The NEW Quilting With BERNINA® book.

Bernina Stitch Regulator Available for Artista 200 in Fall You will want to get your name on the list for the new hardware upgrade that will give you all the advantages in the previous article. This will be an up-grade so there will be a cost for you to be able to have “regulated, even stitches, no matter the speed or direc-tion in which the fabric is moved.”

PREVIOUSLY LOVED SEWING MACHINES CRYING FOR ADOPTION You will want to check out the used sewing and embroidery machines that have been traded in for

Virtuosa 153 Virtuosa 155 Artista 185

PLEASE ADOPT ME. I NEED A HOME!

Hoop-It-All Products for Bernina Machines

You can now go past the traditional boundaries of your BERNINA embroidery machine with the new hoops from Hoop-It-All. Large designs can be stitched in two, three or four different sections, de-pending on the hoop that you use, by rotating the hoop for each stitching. Hoops come in kits with tables or as “frame only”. Your first hoop must come in a kit so that you have the necessary table for support. Hoops are available for the Artista 200, 200E, 185, 185E, 180E, 170E, 165E and the Deco 330. Now there is no reason to be limited to smaller designs or multiple hooping!.

Bernina Stitch Regulator

BERNINA

MEET OUR FEATURED TEACHER FOR FALL MERRY THOMPSON

Merry Thompson is a first year teacher here at Quilt’n Stitch, but she is far from a first year sewing teacher! Merry has taught Consumer Sciences (Home Economics) at West Monroe High School for the last 18 years. Prior to that she taught at St. Frederick’s and

Caldwell Parish High Schools. Love for sewing developed for Merry when she was a young child. It has never changed. For years she made pri-marily clothing, but she has been really surprised at how much she has enjoyed machine embroidery since she bought her BERNINA 200E. And Merry began quilting just three years ago and loves it (and turns out some really gorgeous ones, too!) She is the wife of Lamar “Tommy” Thompson. They have two grown sons. Merry is a graduate of ULM with both a B.S. and M.Ed. She belongs to two quilt guilds: Quilts Needle Love (Gulf States Quilting Association) and the North Louisiana Quilters’ Association.

TOP 10 REASONS TO UPDATE TO VERSION 4.0

1. Blackwork Run — Outlining made simple! Per-fect double run, triple run. Stemstitch, or backstitch out-lines, every time! 2. Wreath/Kaleidoscope mirror merge maker — Sim-ple designs become masterpieces. 3. Craft Stitches — Re-create hand stitches like stem-stitch, candlewicking automatically. Enjoy new stipple fill for quilting. 4. Auto Applique —– Digitize applique designs and let the software automatically remove overlapped bounda-ries. 5. Automatic color blending, gradient fill, and wave effect —– Create professional looking designs with color-blending or gradient fill. 6. Auto-Digitizing function update—– Easier than ever to auto digitize and “edit” stitches. 7. Design grading system —– Each file is graded so you know about limitations faced. 8. New Stitch types & editing functions added — New buttonholes, travel on edges, add holes, etc. 9. Cross-stitch and Quilter included—– create and de-sign right in software. 10. Updated stitch formats —– Save design tomost home stitch formats and DST and EXP.

WHY ADD BERNINA ARTISTA WHEN YOU HAVE

EXPLORATIONS? There’s more to smile about when you add BERNINA Artista to your collection! Features that you will add in-clude the following: • PhotoSnap & Cross-stitch programs are built-in.

Transform photographs and other images to embroi-dery with PhotoSnap. Create beautiful cross-stitch designs.

• Prepare artwork within software or use 3rd party software. Easily go back and forth between Artista and a graphics program or use artwork tools to im-prove drawings for auto digitizing

• Advanced editing tools. You can edit existing designs in most home embroidery formats or fine-tune your own work.’

• Create your own Pattern Outlines/Fills. Use one of the hundred of built in pattern fills or make you own.

• True Type Fonts. Artista can change most True-Type Fonts to embroidery stitches.

• Craft Stitch Types. Blackwork Run, Fill and Bor-der; Lacework; Candlewicking Fills and Outlines; Stemwork and Backstitch.

• Perfect Compatibility . Same .art embroidery for-mat, so you can easily import Explorations designs.

Top 12 Reasons BERNINA Excels in Quilting according to Diane

Gaudynski 1. BERNINA stitch regulator 2. Design of the freemotion presser foot 3. Adjustable tension 4. FHS—Free Hand System 5. Electronic foot control 6. Motor speed adjustment 7. Penetrating power of the DC motor 8. Needle stop down feature 9. Adjustable presser foot pressure 10. Magnifying lenses 11. CFL light 12. Touch Screen

A BERNINA SPRAY TIP When hooping fabric and stabilizer, always use a temporary spray adhesive such as HR5 to bond them together to elimi-nate shifting during the hooping process. Spray the surface of the stabilizer (not the fabric), then place the fabric right side down, smoothing it in place. Treat the well-bonded pieces as one.

Friendships are sewn one stitch at a time. You will reap what you sew!

CLUBS CLUBS ETC. RED HAT

SEW’N SEWS CLUB If you are over 50, love to sew, love to have fun, and love to eat out, this is the group for you! We will meet the third Wednesday at 9 am to sew/quilt /embroider. Then we will go to eat in one of our good restaurants in the Monroe-West Monroe area to continue our conversation and laughter and to eat. Ann is facilitator (Queen Mother) for this group We will have a special project each month, though members can sew on a project that they are already working on, if they desire. Last year members made a quilted red hat tote bag, a red hat cardi-gan from a sweat shirt, learned to knit and knitted a fabric strip scarf among other things. A red hat and a purple dress or pant suit is the dress for the day, though we do not frown on those who just want to come and not dress up. It is barrels of fun, however, when we go to lunch and have everyone asking questions about the club!

BLOCK WATCHERS CLUB

Block Watchers meet on the second or third Friday of each month. (Check the calendar.) Their goal is to complete three quilt tops a year. They have already finished two this year: Garden Twist and Crazy for You. Carolyn is the facilitator. In September, we will be starting our third quilt, Sunporch Splash, a quilt from the book Tropical Thirds. This is made from 17 one-third yard print pieces and a background. It is never to late to join the group. The club fee is $20 per year. Members get a 20% discount off on regular priced fab-ric on club nights.

FRIDAY/SATURDAY SAMPLER CLUB

Friday/Saturday Sampler Club meets on the first Friday and Sat-urday (together) of each month. Blocks are available each month for $5 and may be purchased whether or not you come to the meet-ing. However, those who come to the meeting and bring a com-pleted block (any one of the three offered) from the last month will receive two free fat quarters from our special basket. If you bring and show a Show and Tell that hasn’t been shown before, your name will go in the box for a drawing for a free gift. Also, your name will go in a box for the drawing at the end of the year. The club meetings help us to keep up by finishing each block each month. That’s a lot better than getting to the end of the year and having to make them all at once. If you have not bought your finishing kit/kits for your quilt/s, you need to do so soon so that you will not be disappointed and find that they are all gone.

ARTISTA SEWING CLUB The Bernina Club is back by popular demand. Starting in September we will once again be offering these great clubs to you. There are 2 clubs, Embroidery and Sewing, that meet once a month on the 2nd Tuesday at 10 and 1 respec-tively. The two clubs will be combined at 5:30 that evening. In Embroidery Club we will be demoing a technique and sharing with you all the new information and supplies. This is a great opportunity to learn everything you need to know about embroidery not only from the instructor but also from the other people in attendance. Sewing Club is also a lecture/demo with the latest foot and sewing technique being shown every month. Don’t forget to bring a show and share to the meetings. As always there will be door prizes and lots of fun. Programs for the Sewing Sept.- Quick and Easy gifts Oct. Embellishing, Couching, and punch tool Nov. BSR Dec. Christmas Party Programs for Embroidery Club: Sept.. Quick and Easy gifts. Oct. Buttons, Buttons, Who’s Got the Button? Nov. Guest-Cathy Liles Dec. Christmas Party

THIMBLEBERRIES CLUB Have you enjoyed all of the Thimbleberry quilts displayed in the store? Our “own” Thimbleberry Lady, Sheila Gilert, loves to sew for the displays. The club meets one Saturday a moth at 1:00 P.M. and members who would like stay after-wards to sew on current projects It’s not too late to join for the last half of the year. We are beginning a fall sampler that’s sure to please! Hope to see you!

clude sewing and embroidery. Taught by Christy Dulaney Second Friday of the Month @ 10:00 2 Inside Out Jacket $25 Has it been awhile since you made a garment? Refresh or learn clothing construction skills by making this easy jacket that results in a fully fin-ished garment. Two views are available – all one fabric or a light and dark contrast. Taught by Merry Thompson Saturday, Sept.10 @ 10:00 a.m. and Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 9:30 a.m. 3 Fall Pumpkins Free Plant and harvest your own pumpkin patch just in time for fall decorating. The class is free with the purchase of the book, Sunflower Patch, and the fabric from Quilt ‘n Stitch. Taught by Shelia Gilbert Saturday, Sept. 10 @ 1:00 p.m. 4 Memories on Fabric $20 This is a fun class in which we learn to print pic-tures on fabric. Learn about getting your photos into the computer and steps in printing. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Thursday, Sept. 15 @ 1:00 p.m. 5 Mystery Free You will choose fabric not knowing how it will be used. How scary can this be? Never know what you will end up with but we promise it will be beautiful. Pattern and fabric must be purchased at Quilt ‘n Stitch. This will be a six part mystery. Taught by Shelia Gilbert Saturdays, Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10 @ 10:00 a.m. 6 Beginning Quilt Class $55 Learn rotary cutting, accurate machine piecing, and other techniques as you make a beautiful Stars and Chains quilt. Emphasis is on building a firm foundation of quilting knowledge and originality of the finished quilt design. The final class will offer quilting and finishing techniques. This is a five week class. Taught by Carolyn Boyd (Day) and Charlotte Humphrey (night). Tuesdays, Sept 20, 27, and Oct. 4, 18, and 25 @ 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. 7 Convergence Fun $25 Have great fun turning 1 piece of “convergence” fabric (or 4 fat quarters of regular fabric) into a very “artsy” wall quilt. This easy technique pro-duces a very surprising and contemporary look.

Class #1 is general information and practical stitching for new Bernina owners of all models. Class #2 is practical and decorative stitching for new Bern-ina owners of all models. Class #3 is artistic extras for new Bernina Artista owners. Class #4 is advanced programming and directional stitching for Bernina Artista owners. Class #5 is embroidery part 1 for new Bernina Artista, Aurora and Deco owners. Class #6 is embroidery part 2 for new Bernina Artista, Aurora and Deco owners. Mondays at 9:30 a.m. and 1 P.M. and Saturdays as needed. Call the store to see what classes are being taught that day.

CLASS POLICIES • Registration may be made in person at the shop or on the

phone with a credit card • Payment is to be made at the time of registration • Some classes require homework prior to class, so early regis-

tration is recommended • We must commit to our teachers four days in advance of the

class. If we have not met our minimum of students at this time, the class will be canceled.

• Refunds will only be given if you notify us four days in ad-vance of the first class date.

• We will refund if WE cancel the class • No children, perfume, pets, or guests are to attend classes • No auditing will be permitted • Because we offer these classes as a service to the quilters in

this community, we ask that at least the majority of class sup-plies be purchased at our store

• A 15% discount will be given on the purchase price of all class supplies purchased by the end of the class session.

September 1 Bernina Academy $90 Come to Bernina Academy to get your machine di-ploma. This will be a 9 month class working each month with a different technique. The techniques in-

New Owners Class Learn the most efficient way to operate your Bernina sewing machine. Bring your Bernina, all attach-ments, Mastery Manual Book (printed from your CD) and sewing supplies. If you would like to make a notebook of samples, bring: 3 ring binder and 20 plastic page protectors. Please call to register to be assured of a kit. ***PLEASE NOTE: It is important to bring your Mastery Manual and manual to all classes.*** Owners classes, valued at $75 - $350 each, are free if machine purchased at Quilt 'n Stitch.

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8 Holiday Table Runner $20 Everyone needs a special holiday table runner. This is a simple embroidery and quilting project that will be fun to make for Halloween, Thanksgiv-ing or Christmas, your choice. Taught by Ann Kapp Thursday, September 22 @10 a.m. 9 Flirting with the Thirties $25 Grandmother’s Diamond Ring - this is a fantastic quilt – the look, the piecing- it all goes together so well. The sewing is all straight – line sewing …it just looks complicated. The Creative Pattern Book by Judy Martin is required. Intermediate level class. Taught by Sue Langslet Thursday, Sept. 22 and 29 @ 5:30 10 Where’s the Nine-Patch? $20 Start with a basic Nine Patch. Cut it, turn it, then sew it back together. Make it scrappy. Make it bright. Or use novelty prints to make an “I Spy” to delight that special child. Book required. Taught by Susanne Walker Saturday, Sept. 24 @ 10:00 a.m. 11 Baby Blocks $20 Looking for a fun and easy quilt for a baby gift? Well, this is for you! Made from 30”s reproduc-tions. Pattern required. Taught by Shelia Gilbert Saturday, Sept. 24 @ 1:00 12 Color 101 $20 Color can make or break a project. Learn to "read" the color wheel -- then "play" with fabric using the color wheel. Taught by Julie Morh Wednesday, Sept. 28 @ 9:30 a.m.

October 13 Minnesota Hot Dish $20 This quilt started out as a mystery in 7 different shops in where else – Minnesota! It is a very easily constructed block that can be put together in a vari-ety of ways and colors. The end result is amazing. Book required. Taught by Shelia Gilbert Saturday, Oct. 1 @ 10:00 a.m. 14 Capri’s or Pants $25 Time to try your hand at a very easy pant or Capri pattern. This is a very nice pattern to embellish

16 Widlflower Wallhanging or Pillow $25 This class will show you how to embroidery outside your hoop size. Do an appliquéd wildflower block that can be turned into a larger quilt or a small pro-ject. This is for all embroidery machines. Wednesday, Oct. 5 @ 9:30 a.m. 17 Six Hour Quilt $25 This quilt can be made with a serger or a sewing ma-chine. Have your fabric and batting precut so we can finish it in a day. Book required. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Thursday, Oct. 6 @ 9:30 a.m. 18 Lemonye Star $20 We will take a traditional pattern and update it to take away the y-seam. Use this technique to make a table runner or a whole quilt. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Thursday, Oct. 13 @ 5:30 p.m. 19 Jewel Box $20 Another great traditional pattern that looks great in many different types of fabrics from the traditional thirties to a stripe. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Thursday, Oct.13 @ 9:30 a.m. 20 Fabric Painting $35 This is a quick, easy, and fun activity that produces stunning, one-of-a-kind fabrics. Techniques to be covered include: basic color theory and fabric paint-ing, altering commercial prints, salt painting, sun printing, painting with plastics, stamping, and using resist. Book required. Taught by Kathy Ellzey Wednesday, Oct. 19 @ 9:30 a.m. 21 Thread Couching $25 Join in the embellishment craze by learning an easy, fun technique called couching. Come be creative while we play at the machine. Taught by Kathy Spencer Thursday, Oct. 20 @ 10:00 a.m 22 Just a Nudge I $20 Had all the new owners classes, but just can't get started with embroidery? This class is what you are looking for. We will embroider on a kitchen, hand and bath towel. We will discuss stabilizers, hooping, and placement. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Friday, Oct. 21 @ 1:00 p.m.

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23 Mom and Me & A DECO $20 A placemat purse is the item to be made at our first Mom and Me & A Deco. Pretty placemats will be turned into personalized purses, for Mom and Daughter, with some embroidery, stitching and rib-bon. Taught by Quilt N' Stitch staff Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 2:00 p.m. 24 Morning Star $20 Another fun class from Pat Speth using five inch squares. This quilt can be scrappy or plan your scrappy look with fabrics following a certain theme. The whole quilt is made from one block. Book re-quired. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Tuesday, Oct. 25 @ 5:30 p.m. 25 Tote Bag $25 This bag can be a great gift for someone or keep it for yourself. This class will show you an easy way to put in a zipper and make handles. Taught by Christy Dulaney Wednesday. Oct. 26 @ 9:30 a.m. 26 Quilt the Quilt $25 This is a new and different way to quilt a small wall-hanging. We will be using our embroidery machine to do the quilting. Taught by Christy Dulaney Thursday, Oct. 27 @ 9:30 27 Double Stars & Chain $20 This quilt is a classic remake of the double Irish Chain with one exception- stars take the place of the open block – for intermediate or advanced quilters. Book required by Lynette Jensen Taught by Shelia Gilbert Saturday, Oct. 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

November 28 Head Start to Christmas Gifting $30 The most difficult part of making Christmas gifts is starting. This will be a fun day to make three quickie gifts that you can give to friends or family. Come join the fun and spend a day planning, sewing and embroidering. All three gifts will include em-broidery. Taught by Ann Kapp Thursday, November 3 @ 10 a.m.

30 Just A Nudge II $20 Continue to learn more about machine embroidery.

We will discuss placement and embroider on a pil-lowcase band and construct a pillowcase. We will also do embroidery appliqué on a baby burp cloth. We will import a design from a design card and save to a personal design card. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Friday, Nov. 11 @ 1:00 p.m. 31 Just A Nudge III $20 Scared to download from OESD? Not sure what to do after you have the download? We will download a design, open it up and send it to the machine. Taught by Carolyn Boyd Tuesday, Nov. 15 @ 5:30 p.m. 32 Serger Round Robin $20 Make a pieced pillow for your home. Designed with the “I’ve always wanted to learn to use a serger” and the I haven’t used my serger in years” stitcher in mind. This class will give you lots of basic, up to date information and the opportunity to experience several Bernina sergers. Taught by Quilt N' Stitch Staff Wednesday, Nov. 16 @ 10:00 a.m. 33 Hawaiian Applique $25 Get the look of traditional Hawaiian appliqué (but with a Southern twist) using techniques that make it easier to do! This pillow or small wall quilt is done using needle-turn appliqué. This is a great project for anyone interested in learning or improving needle-turn skills. Two different levels of patterns will be available. Taught by Kathy Ellzey. Thursday, Nov. 17 @ 9:30 a.m. 34 Machine Quilting $25 Together we’ll open the door to machine quilting by first discussing layering before moving on to straights, stitch in the ditch, echo quilting and more. Taught by Kathy Spencer Saturday, Nov. 19 @ 10:00 a.m. 35 Free Motion Quilting $25 Free motion quilting may seem daunting but with a few simple techniques and some practice you’ll be on your way. Book required: PATHWAYS TO BET-TER QUILTING by Sally Terry. Taught by Kathy Spencer Saturday, Nov. 19 @ 1:00 p.m.

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OESD CARE INSTRUCTIONS

FOR GLITZ FLAT BACKS HOT-FIX

Turn inside out before washing and select a mild wash cycle and a mild detergent. To insure that the Flat Backs will not be damaged during the washing process, cover them with a soft washing bag. Turn fabric inside out before drying. Dry at a warm temperature with reduced termal load. To ensure that the Flat backs will not be damaged during the drying process, cover them with a soft washing bag. Iron at a warm temperature using the setting “wool/silk/polyester/viscose”. Use a protective cloth. Please note that the glue is reactivated when ironing. Perchlorethylene cleaning is possible. Do not use chlorine bleach!

PEARLS Turn inside out before washing and use a mild detergent. Do not tumble dry. Iron at a warm temperature using the setting “wool/silk/polyester/viscose”. Use a protective cloth. Please note that the glue is reactivated when iron-ing. Perchlorethylene cleaning is possible.

GLITZ IS “IN”! WE HAVE A FULL LINE

OF GLITZ WITH TOOLS AND STORAGE

BOXES.

SEW MUCH GLAMOUR!

New—containers are even better! New —– pre-cut sheets of stabilizer

Adhesives to meet your every need!

Notions and accessories to help in every job!

Organ Embroidery Needles to give you a beautiful finished product!

W a n t m o r e e m b r o id e r y d e s ig n s ? G o t o h t t p :/ / w w w .e m b r o id e r y o n lin e .c o m a n d u s e o u r a c c e s s c o d e 5 0 1 - 9 9 - 1 0 0 0 t o

p u r c h a s e e m b r o id e r y d e s i g n s d ir e c t f r o m t h e in t e r n e t . U s e t h is c o n v e n ie n t s h o p - a t - h o m e s e r v ic e t o d o w n lo a d t h e la t e s t d e s i g n s f r o m O k l a h o m a E m b ro id e r y . W h e n y o u a r e in o u r s t o r e a s k t o s e e o u r 4 0 0 p a g e c o lo r c a t a lo g .

COMING THIS FALL! You will be able to pick 10 or 20 individual designs from the catalog of over 900 OSED packs. These individualized packs, selected by you, can be burned to a CD right at our store, taken home that very day, and stitched when you are ready! This, of course, is made possible by Embroidery Take-Out at Quilt ’n Stitch. A ten design CD will cost $49 while a 20 de-sign CD will cost $69. And, just think, you will have just the designs that you want —– that you plan to use.

NEW EMBROIDERY CARDS

TUSCAN MEMORIES

JOLLY OL’ ST. NICK

By Susan Winget We have her matching fabric!

HOUSE MOUSE

WHY ADD EXPLORATIONS WHEN YOU HAVE ARTISTA?

There’s more to smile about when you add Ex-plorations Embroidery Software to your collection! Features that you will add include the following: • FUN & EASY TO USE —– drag & drop func-

tionality, color wheel and hundreds of partial designs to make embroidery fun and easy!

• SPACE EVENLY —– No measuring or grids! Just select the “Space Evenly” tool!

• STITCH SEQUENCE —– It will instantly re-duce your thread changes which saves time!

• FIND OTHERS —– You’ll never lose another embroidery design on you hard drive.

• COOKIE CUTTERS —– These shapes create unique designs and add accents where desired.

• REMOVE OVERLAPS —– This tool quickly removes excess stitches under overlaps.

• PERFECT COMPATIBILITY —– Same for-mat as Artista software so easy to import/edit.

• THREAD MATCHING TOOL & CHOOSER.

Did you know that Marie Osmond

Has teamed with OESD?

Her affordable Marie eMotions embroidery machine comes with: 40 built-in designs, Ex-plorations Lite embroidery editing software with 10 lettering fonts, automatic needle threader and thread break sensor, free-trial Marie Osmond Embroidery Club CD with 3000 designs and training videos narrated by Marie. Marie’s Embroidery and Crafts Products Include the following: • “Marie’s Favorites” stabilizers • Dual tip Fabric Markers • EZ Glitz Carousel Deluxe Kit • EZ Glitz Eclipse • EZ Glitz Birthstone Mix • EZ Glitz Deluxe Mix

Quilt ’n Stitch will have Marie’s products when they are released in

September!

Pieces and patches and fabrics that matches, I finish one quilt and the next idea hatches.

OESD

NEW BOOKS/NOTIONS/PATTERNS

NEW PATTERNS Crazy for You from The Quilt Company Due North from Thimbleberries Sugar Bear Pumpkins from Thimbleberries Warm Heart from Thimbleberries Evergreen Pinwheels from Thimbleberries Melon Slilce from Thimbleberries

NEW SOFTWARE My Thread Box is a Digital Thread Color Matching Software. If you need a good way to keep track of your thread and to choose the next best thread when you don’t have the number specifically called for, this is the soft-ware for you.

Free Patterns

From Just Another Button Company When you buy a collection of buttons , you receive the pat-tern for the company’s recom-mended project. The above Circle (wreath) is used with several collections: Ladybug,

Jellybean, Pansy, Trick or Treat, Sweet Christmas, and Sewing. Just look at the buttons on display and see the adorable gifts that you can make (provided you can still give them away after you see how sweet they are).

NEW BOOKS Rings that Bind by Cheryl Phillips & Linda Pysto with Arc Tool Picnic Quilts from Thimbleberries Country House Quilts from Thimbleberries New Directions in Chenille Quiltmaking by Hand by Jinny Beyer A—Z of Sewing for Smockers A– Z of Quilting (Coming soon)

NEW NOTIONS Omnigrid 20 1/2 inch square ruler 6 1/2 inch Rag Quilting Snips Havel’s Snip-Eze Chaco Liner Pen Style by Clover (white & blue) Twin Point Pen by Nifty Notions Quilt & Print Viewer

Louisiana— Laissez les bon temps

rouler! (Let the good times

roll!)

Louisiana Lagniappe

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extra!

A family is a patchwork of love.

Do you or someone you love need a new pet?

We have the Benartex pet kits from Carol’s Zoo, and they are adorable. There is a lamb, a frog, a puppy, two pigs, a polar bear, a black bear and a mouse. With just two pattern pieces these animals could not be easier to make. The pattern, the Minkee fabric and the eyes are included in the kit. These are so much fun to make and so precious for yourself or a child of any age.

OTHER NEW FABRICS • A few new Louisiana pieces • Harvest Moon from Alexander Henry • Happy Go Petro from Moda • Veranda from RJR • Warm and Wooly Winter by Deb Stiain • Animal Print Minkee • Baby Colors of Minkee • Flannel—New yellow an mint green • 110 inch wide backing by Moda (white) • Pink & Blue Baby Toile from Timeless Treasures • Maison de Noel from Moda • Santa and Company from Moda

NEW KITTED QUILTS Our own Charlotte’s de-sign, Bali Crossroads, has been kitted for you.

For the fellows in your life, this cowboy kit will be per-fect!

Susan Winget designed this panel as a part of her Kansas Song collec-tion. Buy it in a kit with the match-ing fabrics.

Christmas is coming sooner than we think! Be sure to view the fabrics that have already come in. Above on the right is Nancy Halvorsen’s Santa’s Coming fabric. There are many suggestions for use for this fabric for your Christmas decorations.. Fabric from Susan Winget’s Jolly Ol’ St. Nick collection is on the left.

This precious little wallhanging to count the days til Christmas has been kitted for you, also. This is a Minkee project that uses white Minkee for the fur and beard. A new fabric for our store, chalk fabric, is used for writing the number of days until Christmas. Who wouldn’t like this reminder?

Jolly ol’ St. Nick is a new fabric collection by Susan Winget for Benartex as well as a new matching BERNINA embroidery CD and card. Think of the fun you can have with these two items.

One yard of fabric, like one cookie, is never enough!

This panel is part of the Santa’s Coming collection of Nancy Halvorsen. The panels make great wall hangings or can be incorporated into quilts. There’s time to make those special Christmas items now if you can get started!

QUILT ‘N STITCH 6049 Cypress Street West Monroe, LA 71291 Phone: 318-396-6020 FAX: 318-397-0323 Email: quiltnstitch@jam.rr.com WEB: quiltnstitch.com

DON’T FORGET TO

MEET THE TEACHERS!

FALL FESTIVAL/

OPEN HOUSE

AUGUST 25 3—7 p.m.

CAN YOU IDENTIFY WITH THIS?

My husband wondered what happened to his life, And to his somewhat organized wife. The laundry’s piled high, the dishes undone,. The kids have been having unthinkable fun. As I truly must take some time to confess, This house is in a terrible mess. But let me tell you with a happy tear, I just got my BERNINA this year! Jacenta O’Halleran (Some of us still have this problem after more than one year!)

Be sure to sign up for BERNINA eNews on the BERNINA site, www.berninausa.com. The email newsletter has great tips about sewing, embroidery, and quilting.

Monday Night Sit & Sew If you want to sew, and you want companionship — to laugh and talk and have fun while you are sewing, may we recom-mend the Monday Night Sit & Sew? This is the place where you can get any help needed with your projects or find new pro-jects to start. Help is available for both quilting and embroi-dery.Come at 5 and stay til 9 p.m. Carolyn is the facilitator for this Monday night group. If you have questions, come by to talk with her or give her a call. The fee for these sessions is $10 per night.

Nancy Hemrick and Maureen Trevathan are our FABRICOLICS WINNERS this quarter. They have each won 12 fat quarters of their choice.

You will reap what you sew!

“Fabricologist Resource Center” sounds much more expensive than “fabric stash.” Blessed are the daughters of the piece–

makers, for they shall inherit the quilts.

DISPLAY FABRICS REARRANGED BY COLOR

Fabrics in each color wave have been placed together on the shelves. Hopefully, this will help you put together your quilt fabrics. All fabrics are color coded: Batiks are blue; Thimbleberries are green; 20’s and 30’s are yellow and Civil War Reproductions are red. Colored tapes have been placed on the top of each bolt so that you can easily identify the special fabrics.

As ye sew, so shall ye rip!

WEBSITES—THERE FOR THE LOOKING

Our Quilt’n Stitch website, www.quiltnstitch.com is al-ways available for you to check on classes and happenings here at the store, at BERNINA and at OESD. The newslet-ter will be made available on the Internet site soon. Please take time to visit regularly. BERNINA’s website, www.berninausa.com is an excellent place for you to visit for lessons, information free designs /projects and help. Visit often.