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Carol’s Corner
We have so much to share with
you this newsletter that I hope
each of you will take the time to
read this issue COMPLETELY!
I’m excited and I can’t even take
the classes! Carrie, Margaret,
Betsy, Maxine, Caroline and An-
drea have been so busy planning
classes and events for the re-
mainder of the year that I can
hardly keep up with them.
But let me hit on some highlights I want to make sure you know:
We have our new website finally
and the feedback is all positive.
Of course, we are still tweaking
things and new photos, news,
and product will be added daily.
Please check it out at our website and “Like” us on Facebook if you
feel inclined. We need all of the
“Likes” we can get to make sure
our “Google status” ranks highly,
as I understand it.
The fabrics in the store have al-
most completely turned over in the past several months so if you
haven’t been in, please come see
the lovely lines designers have
offered this spring season! Batik
lovers, a complete new line of ba-
tiks just arrived as well.
Class samples are out for you to
enjoy and they are so pretty! And there are some NEW offerings we
hope you will take advantage of
too.
No Fear Sewing will continue and
Caroline has proven to be an
exceptional instructor for new or re-
turning sewers.
Betsy is taking new quilters into the
wonderful world of quilting and her
students are singing her praises.
Our newest instructor, Andrea , will
begin teaching in June and her first class will be Color Theory! She just
graduated with her degree in art and
has totally proven herself to be an in-
credible addition to our staff! So if
you have ever wanted to become more
comfortable choosing colors for your quilts, sign up for her class and sup-
port this talented young artist.
April is the month Karen Sievert visits
Loving Stitches and everyone is ex-
cited to get to know her better. We
now have two of her award-winning
quilts displayed in the shop so you can get an idea of what her classes
and trunk show will be like. Remem-
ber, anyone who registers for either
class can attend the Friday evening
trunk show as our guest. Also, the
quilting class she will teach is for all skill levels of quilters, whether you
use sewing machines or short/long
arm machines…in other words,
whether you machine quilt sitting
down or standing up! Take advantage of this opportunity to learn techniques
from a master quilter.
We are sewing like crazy to prepare for
the upcoming September Quilt! Caro-
lina shop hop also! Just wait until
you see our quilt and small pro-
ject...they are beautiful! And since
this will be our second such event, we hope to be even better prepared to
show you a great time when you visit
during the “hop.”
Plans are underway for the First Ever
Quilting Retreat coming in November.
Our lodging is right on the oceanfront
and we PROMISE you will have more fun than two barrels of monkeys!
Sign-ups are being
accepted now with a deposit so be
sure to take care of that as soon as
possible so you won’t miss the fun.
We will only be accepting 50 partici-
pants.
Other soon-to-happen plans include
starting to do videos to show you
April, May, June
2012
Volume 16 Issue 2
Presidential Club
Award
Rookie Of the Year
Gold Standard Award
Century Club
Sewing Machine,
Software, Artista, Ser-
ger, & Embroidery Cer-
tified
Serving the Fayetteville
Community for over 16
Years. Nationally Recognized
for Education Excellence
sharing techniques we have
learned, and more! Be a fre-
quent visitor to the website so you won’t miss my Hollywood
debut! HA! This should be
very interesting???
These are just a few of the
many things you can be ex-
pecting to see happen here in
the coming months. We are
all working hard to keep our business interesting and cur-
rent so you have plenty of
reasons to visit often. All
small businesses are strug-
gling right now but we are
determined to continue serv-ing the Fayetteville commu-
nity and its nearby neighbors
with the best creative sewing
center found anywhere. Be-
cause of your encourage-ment, loyalty and support we
are thankful to announce we
will be celebrating our
“SWEET 16” years in busi-
ness this July! I thank God
for blessing me with a tal-ented and devoted staff and
loving friends, like you, who
have made this possible.
Love and hugs to all of you,
Carol
Join Us for These Fun Classes April, May & June 2012
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Beginning Piecing and Quilting (FTCC)
Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; May 7, 28 Cost: $50
Appliqué Study Hall
Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7, 14, 21, 28
June 4, 11, 18, 25 Cost: $45/quarter or $10 per class
United Forever BOM (in progress)
Mondays, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
April 2; May 7; June 4 OR
Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 21; May 19; June 16 Cost: $15 per class
Blooming Quilters
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 3, 10, 17, 24
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
June 5, 12, 19, 26 Cost: $45/quarter or
$10 per class
Tatting
Tuesdays, 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
April 3, 10, 17, 24
May 1, 8, 15 Cost: $35/quarter
Sew Whatever
Tuesdays, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
April 3, 10, 17, 24; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29;
June 5, 12, 19, 26 Cost: $45/quarter or
$10/class
Creative Quilting (FTCC)
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. OR
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
April 4, 11, 18, 25
May 2, 9 Cost: $50
Bold & Beautiful Sweatshirt – NEW
Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 5, 12, 26 Cost: $30
Sew Fun & Embroidery
Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
April 5,12,19,26; May 3,10,17; June 7,14,21,28
Cost: $45/quarter or $10 per class
Retro Apron – NEW
Fridays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 6, 13 Cost: $20
Foundation Piecing (in progress)
Friday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 7 Cost: $15
No Fear Sewing
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
April 14; May 12; June 9 Cost: Free
Finish It Up!
Saturdays, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
April 14; May 12; June 9 Cost: $10 per class
Condo Box Quilt – NEW
Friday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 20 Cost: $10
Cutting Workshop for Karen Sievert Workshop
Friday, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
April 20 OR
Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 21 Cost: Free
Crochet With Fabric! - NEW
Saturday, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. OR
April 21
Monday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 30 Cost: $10
Rule Breaking Quilt
Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 24 OR
May 1 Cost: $10
Lime Punch Quilt – NEW
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 25; May 16 Cost: $15
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Basket Bounty BOM (in progress)
Wednesdays, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
April 25; May 23; June 27 Cost: $10
Karen Sievert – Bear Paws With Claws
SPECIAL EVENT
Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
April 27 Cost: $75
Karen Sievert - If Quilts Could Talk!
TRUNK SHOW
Friday, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
April 27 Cost: $20 or Free with paid enroll-
ment for a Karen Sievert special
event class
Karen Sievert - Quilting Really Does Make the Quilt
SPECIAL EVENT
Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
April 28 Cost: $75
Double Star Quilt—NEW
Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
May 3, 10, 17, 24 Cost: $35
No Waste Windmill Block – NEW
Fridays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
May 4, 18 Cost: $15
HoopSisters Goose Tracks BOM
Fridays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
May 4, 18; June 1, 15 Cost: $15 per class
Free Motion Quilting
Thursdays, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
May 10, 17 Cost: $15
Treasure Amidst the Bric-a-Brac Mystery – NEW
Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
May 15 Cost: $10
Your First Quilt (or it should be)
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 20, 27;
July 18, 25 Cost: $45
Breezy Weave Bag
Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
June 2, 9, 23 Cost: $15
Meadow Dreams Pillowcase - NEW
Thursday, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
June 7 Cost: $10
Color Theory for Quilters – NEW
Thursday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
June 14 Cost: $10
Versatile Wave Purse - NEW
Fridays, 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
June 15, 22, 29 Cost: $10
Fabric Flowers! – NEW
Thursday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
June 28 Cost: $10
Check us out at www.lovingstitches.net
for complete class descriptions and
photos of class projects!
Good News from BERNINA!
Effective immediately, BERNINA of Amer-ica has changed what will come with cer-tain machines as standard accessories…GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS!
BERNINA models 215 and 330 will now come standard with the slide-on table.
The BERNINA walking foot will now come as a standard accessory with the BERNINA 350 Quilter’s Edition machine. And...
BERNINA model 380 will now have the full shank, rather than snap on, presser feet.
Another reason we are so proud to repre-
sent BERNINA …valuable improvements
with no additional cost to our customers!
Carol LOVES
Wonder Clips
Because…
Wonder clips are a great alternative to pins, especially when working with heavy
weight fabrics, piles and vinyls.
They clip and hold right where you need them!
The backs of the clips are flat, so they sit securely on a work surface and feed
smoothly towards the presser foot when sewing.
Unlike pins, which can break sewing machine needles or cause snags as the fabric feeds, the clips are simply
pushed out of the way by your presser foot if you accidentally leave one in place.
They open wide for holding multiple layers of fabric such as for applying bindings, without damaging or distorting the
fabric. In fact, they have great holding capacity for different types of sewing, serging and crafting.
There are seam allowance markings of ¼” and ½” on the base of each clip (visible from the bottoms and the sides),
which makes it easy to maintain straight lines and even spacing in projects.
They can be used to hold layered sections of sewing projects such as handle connectors to handbags and piping
without distortion.
They are perfect for holding patterns in place for tracing and transferring. They hold patterns tightly in place around
fabric edges for easy cutting, even with multiple fabric layers. There is also no shape distortion on smaller pieces, which can happen when pinning patterns to fabric.
And they can be used in appliqué to hold pieces in place for stitching, and can be moved as you sew. This is espe-
cially great for felt appliqué, where every pin punch creates a new hole.
They hold fabric layers or embellishments flat, without changing their shape.
While using clips in place of pins for sewing projects isn’t exactly a revolutionary idea—I’ve been using mini binder
clips for years—it’s the design and execution that really sets these clips apart. It feels like each detail was well thought through with the needs of sewers in mind, and that nothing extraneous was added that didn’t need to be there. I think the Clover Wonder Clips delivered exactly what was promised: a quality, versatile tool that makes sew-ing projects easier.
Make plans now to participate in the First Ever BERNINA Super
Sew Day! This National Event will be taking place in all BERN-
INA stores across the country and is absolutely free. There will
be tabletop demos
and a round-robin
sit and sew class
where participants
will construct a
Trendy Wristlet
Purse. Sign-ups
are being accepted
now.
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CREATIVE SEWING CLUB IS HERE TO STAY!
We have finished the trial stage of Creative Sewing Club and now have a definite plan for our newest club
offering. This will be a LECTURE/DEMO/DO club with a lecture about the techniques that can be accom-
plished using specific presser feet in conjunction with specific stitches, needle positions, and machine set-
tings. Then, in addition to samples of the techniques that have been sewn, Carol will demonstrate how to
set up your machine and, with a video camera projecting the process on our classroom screen so everyone
can see, she will sew out some of the techniques that can be accomplished using the featured presser foot (or feet as the case may be). Finally, we will have a round robin of sorts set up so that everyone will get to
take part in the sewing experience and learn new techniques in the process.
By setting up the round robin tables, no one will have to bring their sewing machine or their supplies. How-
ever, we do request that everyone always bring scissors for, as you know, we are not permitted by law to
share scissors. So for clipping threads, just tuck a little pair of scissors for your personal use in your purse.
All BERNINA owners are invited to attend this new club which will be offered twice per month until we can
establish the best day and time based on attendance. The age of your BERNINA is not important because
they are all capable of accomplishing the techniques that will be shown. Remember, 90% of sewing involves
a straight stitch or a zig-zag. Needle position and stitch settings in conjunction with using the correct
presser foot, needle and thread complete the remaining 10% of the pie. You will have an opportunity to
learn how to fully utilize the sewing capabilities of your machine and much more in this new addition to our
club offerings. Give it a try and we think you will like it! Best of all, the club is only $5 per month thru De-
cember! Come on Saturdays, April 7th, May 5th, and June 2nd, 10:30 am—1 pm OR Wednesdays,
April 18th, May 16th, and June 20th, 2 pm—4:30 pm.
Sneak Peek!
Sepia Petals
BERNINA Exclusive I
Collection #82001 Note from Carol: $89.99 (CD); $104.99 (USB) Absolutely Gorgeous! My birthday is 43 Designs September 16
th!
11 Jumbo Hoop Designs Easy-to-combine Elements Mixed Media Printable Artwork
Retro Birds
BERNINA Exclusive II Note from Carol: You MUST see the sew- Collection #21001 out of these cute guys to appreciate them. $59.99 - CD only Tufted Satin Accents Outline Quilting Designs Easy-to-combine Elements Mixed Media Printable Artwork Bonus: BERNINA CutWork Tool Files
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Mark These Ways and Days to Save at Loving Stitches Use your Loving Stitches Frequent Buyer Key Tag to earn an accrued discount on non-sale items every day!
April 13th & 28th
May 11th & 26th
June 8th & 23rd
Save an accrued bonus everyday by using your Loving Stitches punch key tag and on the “Bag Lady” days above save 20% on your purchase of any non-sale or labor intensive items that will fit in your spacious Lov-
ing Stitches tote bag.
AND THERE’S MORE!
Save 30% on the 30th of each month!
Save 30% on specific product categories on the 30th of each month. The product category
spotlighted each month will be published on the website shortly before the actual date of this special discount offer!
30% Discount Days this newsletter:
April 30
May 30
June 30
SAVE THESE DATES! June 21, 22 & 23, 2012
The Original Sewing & Quilt Expo is coming to the Raleigh Convention Center in June and we will be one of the vendors!
Awaken your creative muse with three days of stimulating class choices. Enjoy lectures and hands-on work-shops with some of the most respected names in quilting (lots and lots of quilting), fashion sewing, machine embroidery, embellishment, fiber arts, home décor and more. You’ll be amazed at the things you can learn and then what you can do with what you have learned! Class descriptions won’t be available until about 10 weeks before the event which is why we wanted you to set the dates aside now.
General admission information is listed below. If enough of you are interested, we will plan a bus trip!!!! Let us know right away if that would be something you would like to see happen. Special pricing is available if we do take a bus with 30 or more attending.
Pre-Registration Pricing Daily General Admission..........$8 1-4 Class Sessions..........$19 per session Processing Fee..........$3 per order Value Package A.........$89 (Save $38!) Includes 5 Class Sessions, General Admission for each day of Expo and shopping bag. Additional sessions only $15 each. Value Package B.........$144 (Save $59!) Includes 9 Class Sessions, General Admission for each day of Expo and shopping bag. Additional sessions only $12 each. On-Site Pricing Daily General Admission (available at the door) ..........$10 Class Session..........$19 per session The galleries promise to be inspiring and beautiful, the displays exquisite and the shopping…oh, did I mention that Lov-ing Stitches will be one of the vendors…the shopping experience will be outstanding!
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COMING SOON!
For All Owners of the BERNINA Quilt Frame and QuiltMotion, or Those Considering Ownership…
Key members of our staff will be traveling to Utah late April to attend the BERNINA training for the new QUILTER’S CREATIVE TOUCH Designed for BERNINA upgrade! Look for announcements of demos, hands-on exercises and retreats and in store events soon thereafter. NOTE: OLDER BERNINA MACHINES CAN USE THIS AMAZING SYSTEM, TOO! Call Tanja at (910) 630-3912 for more details.
BERNINA is looking for articles and projects to include in upcoming issues of THROUGH THE NEEDLE Online. They will consider arti-cles about any type of sewing from quilting to embroidery to crafts at any skill level. Even if you are not a skilled writer, BERNINA will help turn your original projects into fun articles to share with other sewers. Submit your articles to Carol, Carrie or Beth at Loving Stitches or e-mail them to us at [email protected] and put Through the Needle Article in the subject line.
Visit the New
BERNINA Blog: weall-sew.com
June 16
48 Month no interest, Equal Payment Finance offer on any BERNINA
purchase of $3000 or more.
One Day Only
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Gammill & Statler Stitcher News
Sign Ups for Gammill Machine Maintenance Classes
Now Being Accepted
Do you own a Gammill long-arm quilting machine or Statler Stitcher Computerized Quilting System? If so, you can learn to save hundreds of dollars by attending Ken’s Maintenance Class and learning to do
most of the maintenance your machine will require yourself! From April through July there will be two classes offered. Select the one that best meets your schedule and call the shop to reserve your space in the class as space is limited in each.
May 5th OR July 14th 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Cost $95
Hand guided machine owners ONLY should bring their machine head to the class. Both Hand
Guided and Computer Guided machine owners should bring the tools that came with your ma-
chine, your maintenance book and a notebook.
There’s No Better Time to Own a Gammill Long-Arm Quilting System Than Right Now!
Ask us about Special pricing from Gammill
If you have ever wanted to quilt your own quilts with more comfort and with expanded creative limits or
thought of earning a good income quilting for others from home, let us help you explore the possibility of own-
ing a Gammill Quilting System. The pricing is right, financing is available and we are prepared to help you
make your dreams come true (we can arrange low interest bank-rate financing for your new Gammill pur-
chase.)
Karen Sievert, Nationally Known Educator and Quilter To Teach at Loving Stitches
Save these dates…Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28! Those are the dates Karen Sievert will be teaching at Loving Stitches and we want all of you to strongly consider taking one or both of her classes! She will be teaching Bear Paw with Claws (lap size quilt) on Friday from 10 a.m. un-til 4 p.m. and Quilting Really Does Make the Quilt (machine quilting) on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. And that’s not all! Friday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Karen will be presenting a trunk show of her work, If These Quilts Could Talk. Anyone attending either class may attend the trunk show as our guests. Or if you only want to attend the trunk show gala, the cost is just $20. A
complete description of all of these can be found online at www.lovingstitches.net as can photos of some of Karen’s award-winning work. A few seats remain for all events so come by soon to reserve yours. FYI… Did you know that Loving Stitches has more national teachers and authors teach at our shop each year than any other shop within 150 miles of Fayetteville???
May 10th -21st
May You Save Event
Discounts on select machines
25% off coupon for any accessory
costing up to $300
You’re Invited to “Quilting on the Island” Join us for a relaxing, fun-filled weekend on Oak Island as we host our first annual quilt retreat. Activities
will include technique and product demonstrations, special retreat projects, a charity event, games, and much, much more. Get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Come prepared for lots of fun, fresh air, great food, fellowship,
and best of all: endless hours of sewing time.
When: November 1 – November 4, 2012 Arrive Thursday, November 1 at 4 p.m. or later; Leave Sunday, November 4 by noon
Where: Fort Caswell on Oak Island, North Carolina (We will have the entire LANTANA for our event!)
History of our accommodations:
The 250 acre North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell is located on Oak Island at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and on the north by the Elizabeth River. Lantana is the Baptist Assembly’s premier accommodation. Renovated and redesigned to emulate the turn of the century days of its birth, Lantana offers all the comforts of modern technology as well as aesthetic beauty of America’s finest inns.
In 1825 Congress authorized the construction of a fort on Oak Island. The fort was an outstanding engi-neering accomplishment, one of the strongest in the world. In 1833, the fort was named for the first governor of North Carolina and Revolutionary War hero Richard Caswell. The original fortification, much of which still stands, is the brick structure near the end of the island which overlooks the mouth of the Cape Fear River. This part of Fort Caswell was under construction from 1826 to 1836. Fort Caswell played a crucial role in the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. On January 23, 1946, Fort Caswell was designated as war surplus and was assigned for disposal.
Retreat Fee is $275 per person payable in three installments:
Registration begins March 12, 2012 and ends October 5, 2012. Space is limited and is reserved on a first-come basis A deposit of $100 is required at registration to hold your slot. This part of your fee is non-refundable and non-
transferable. A second payment of $100 is due no later than July 15
th.
The final payment of $75 is due no later than October 5th.
All cancellations must be made by October 5th
in writing. And it includes:
Lodging for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Nights Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner for Friday and Saturday Breakfast for Sunday Morning Snacks, water, and coffee throughout the entire retreat Door prizes, Gift Baskets and much, much more through the entire retreat
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JULY and Bernina University are JUST AROUND THE BEND!
You may remember that last year when I and some of my staff were away attending Bernina University, the staff at home made some executive decisions about how to manage the store while I was away. They had quite a fun time and rumor has it that now that Bernina University dates have been announced, July 7 thru 12, they have the urge to make some more executive decisions! I have strictly forbidden them to do so.
You all know how serious I can get about doing things that instigate fun and laughter for any reason. These girls are
just getting completely out of hand but I am taking every measure I can think of to “reel them in” and get their assur-
ance that they will not act up this year. If any of you have time to help me by monitoring their unruly behavior during
the time I am scheduled to be away, please feel free to do so and advise me of your observations when I return so I
can take appropriate action. I may have to fire the lot of them for thinking outside the box!
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