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Phone:  812-333-8311

Shiisa Quilts
                   Fall Into Sewing.... 

...Indulge your Inner Artist
October 4, 2010

Greetings!

The temperature is dropping, the leaves are falling, football dominates the airways (and sometimes the highways!)....  It's a perfect time for finishing up projects so that we can use them for holiday decorations (or gifts!) and it seems like a time when I'm always driven to start new projects, too... 

The winner of our September End-of-the-Bolt drawing was Phyllis Dewan!  It's easy to enter our EOB contest -- just finish any bolt and fill our a drawing slip...  we always draw on the last day of the month!  You could be our next winner of a $20 Shiisa Quilts gift card!

Shiisa Quilts Mini Second Saturday Sampler will meet for our second session (there's only 4 sessions in this series!) on Saturday at 10am SHARP!!  Don't forget to bring your finished "blocks."  And if you haven't started them yet, be sure you follow the instructions for sorting them into bags -- you'll be glad you did! 


Are your "works in progress" overflowing?  While I'm not totally committed to the whole "finishing" idea, we do want to support those annual New Year's resolutions to reduce your pile(s) of UnFinished Objects.  Our UFO Club started again in September after a break for the summer... we've grown, but there's still room for you!  This is open to quilters, crafters, home dec-ers, garment sewers.... anyone who has projects that they need a little support to finish!  Find out more and register today!! 

It's time to start "making your list and checking it twice" -- and perhaps decide if being naughty is better for you than being nice....  We'll start our Holiday Wish List planning in November and we'll try to make it real easy for you to pass your wishes and dreams list on to the people who might be able to make that happen!!  If you're considering a new sewing/embroidery machine for your holiday wish list, we recommend that you come in and let us know exactly which features you want and need...  or even let us know what specific model you're wishing for...  we can be pretty persuasive!!  Already have a machine that meets your needs?  Let us help you get your creative space put together....  a new table... a new chair...  tell us what will make your space perfect!

We know that some of you spend almost as much time online as some of us!  So here's a quick way to see what's going on at Shiisa Quilts... 


Find us on Facebook  Blog Button  Follow us on Twitter

Groovy Lisa has been blogging this week... if you'd like to be a guest blogger, just let us know!  There might be some "goodies" in it for you!  :)


Want to send a friend but hate to give directions?  If your friend has a smart
pqrcodehone, they can download a cool app called a QR Reader.... then they just scan this code.... 

Don't worry about losing it...  it's on the front page of our online shop...  isn't technology amazing?? 

Lisa and Bev are Groovy Girls*!!  Are You??  Join the Club!! 

Two meeting times -- choose the one that works for you!

Second Monday of each Month - 6-8pm

OR
Second Tuesday of each Month 10am-noon

groovy
Enjoy a monthly get-together where club members can laugh, learn, and be inspired by creative ideas.

Learn a new technique each month for fun little projects!!  Great for gifts, too!!


Your club registration fee includes your full 6-month membership in Groovy Girls*!!

  • Monthly exclusive pattern available ONLY to Groovy Girls* members.  Your Groovy Girl hostess will demonstrate tips and techniques for making this cool project!
  • A kit with many of the supplies needed to complete your monthly Groovy Girls* project
  • Terry's Techniques handouts for popular Atkinson Designs patterns, including some that are exclusive to Groovy Girls shops.
  • Games, prizes, refreshments -- FUN!!  
The Groovy Girls* Club is great for all skill levels and is open to ages 13 to 113!!  Be a Shiisa Quilts Groovy Girl!!

*Guys can be Groovy Girls, too!! 

What's Happenin' at Shiisa Quilts?

It's that time again...

Shop Hop Top


This is a fun hop that you can finish in one day -- or spread it out over four days (October 20-23)!  Four terrific shops...  four fun days....  find a friend or two...  (whoever has the car with the biggest trunk gets to drive!)...  follow the map...  shop hop map


and check out the shops! 


shop hop shops

How to register?  Buy your Shop Hop scissors for $5 and get your Passport!!
 
New Fabric Arrivals!! 
They just keep on coming!!

Amazing new fabrics that will get your creative juices flowing!!  Stunning quilts...  beautiful pillows....  jackets.... bags...  fun clothes for the kids!!

Journeys by Kathy Davis for Free Spirit
let Kathy's journey inspire you to explore the vast possibilities that are within you, to find your joy, to live your life to the fullest... and to create beautiful things to share with the world!

Journeys.




New Tonga Batiks by Lunn Studios
from Timeless Treasures

wide batiks


tonga batiks


Deja Vu by Paula NAdelsstern for Benartex
These classic Paula prints are full of energy-pulsating kaleidoscopes, geometrics and mosaic prints that really move. The colors are just as energetic as the patterns!  Perfect for quilts and other home dec projects, be sure to ask for D�ja Vu!


Deja Vu

 Coming in October -- New Books!
Pre-order now and save 20%!  Sale ends September 15!!  Order yours today!

October Books
You love to have them first -- we know that!  But how often do you get to be the first and save 20%??

Click on the photo and pre-order your copy today. 

Use coupon code NEWBOOKS

If you want to pick up in-store, just note that in the comments at check-out and we'll manually remove the shipping charges before we process the purchase. 



Mark Lipinski's FabricTrends is HERE!! 
fabric trends

What a great magazine!!  And you get to see the previews of fabric that's coming out in the spring!!  If you drool on the copy you're looking at, please plan to buy it! 

Ask About our "Certified" Used BERNINA machines!


Occasionally (not very often), we have a small assortment of used BERNINA sewing/embroidery machines available for sale.  We currently have the following machines available for sale:

artista 200E - less than 15 hours sewing time

artista 180E - about 230 hours sewing time

We also have a few other BERNINA machines that are being prepared for sale by our BERNINA-trained technicians!  You can buy them with confidence! 
FALL CLASSES & MORE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!!

We're working on the fall class schedule so be sure to bookmark Class Registration


BERNINA 830 Webinar* - Monday October 11, 7-8pm  Use the specialty features of the BERNINA 830 to embellish a book cover. Endless Embroidery, Imported (Scattered) Stitches, Stitch Combinations are just a few of the BERNINA 830 tricks that are fun to use and create a WOW project.  Webinar presentation only - no machines required.  Please email to reserve a space!

Cutwork Live Webinar*
- Tuesday October 12, 2-3pm - Join us for this progressive series of one hour webinar lessons designed to give you the knowledge to use this new accessory with confidence!  No machines necessary!!  Please email to reserve a space!  Plan to attend the entire series!  October 12, 19, 26, November 9, 16, 23 all at 2pm! 

Happy Feet - Thursday October 15, 6-8pm (Second Thursday of the month) -- Each month we'll learn about a different BERNINA foot or accessory.  October is the Teflon foot -- perfect for the new laminated fabrics, fusible vinyl, etc!  Join us!  If you own a BERNINA, this is a group you won't want to miss!! 

Best of Fashion Webinar* - Thursday October 21, 2-3pm  Linda Lee will show you a potpourri of techniques and tricks for getting the best out of your sewing machine to help refine your fashion sewing and enhance the quality of your finished products.  Please email to reserve a space!

McTavishing & Beyond - Friday October 22, 1-5pm - Instructor:  Ann Pigneri

Learn the basic McTavishing method, mini-McTavishing and Cyclone McTavishing on a home
sewing machine, plus flames, paisleys and curls and swirls with a McTavishing twist. Enhance your quilts with these wonderful machine quilting techniques! If you stitch on a midarm or long arm machine the techniques are the same, and your class knowledge will easily transfer to your machine.


Color Your Quilt! - Saturday October 23, 10am-1pm - Instructor:  Ann Pigneri

A fun and exciting lecture to aid you in creating stunning quilts! Why make a ho hum quilt
when it takes just as much time to make an awww...how did you do that quilt? Learn some
easy to understand and simple principals to aid you in future color selection to make your
quilts have pizzazz. Even traditional quilts can be enhanced with fantastic color selection!

Making the Most of Your Embroidery Designs Webinar* - Wednesday October 27, 2-3pm - Learn to make the most of your designs by manipulating pure art designs. Take one design and alter and edit this design to create appliqu�, outline, and combination designs. You will learn how to give one design a totally new look as well as how to use embroidery designs in the CutWork software.  Please email to reserve a space!

Fifth Friday Fun with Friends - Friday October 29, 5pm-11pm  Join us for a fun project and lots of laughs!! Bring a covered dish/snack to share. We'll provide the drinks. Kit provided. No fabric choices this month... you're just going to have to trust us!  Registration required! 

END OF THE MONTH END OF THE BOLT SALE - Saturday October 30, 10am-5pm - Mark your calendar for our monthly end of the bolt sale frenzy!! 

Create a Fabulous Tee-Shirt Quilt - Saturday November 13, 12noon-3pm - Instructor:  Caryl Schuetz

UFO Club - Third Thursday of each month from 6-8pm - we're moving to the evening so that we can include more members!  Begins Thursday September 16th.


Update on Mary Buvia Classes - Mary's classes are "on hold" while Bob is receiving medical treatment.  Please keep them both in your thoughts and prayers.  We are putting together a "Waiting List" for Mary's next Beginning Free-Motion Quilting class.  If you are interested, please email with "Mary Buvia Wait List" in the subject line.  When we get a class scheduled, we will call people in order of their getting on the waiting list.  Mary's classes are limited to 10 students, so get on the list early!  Mary asks that her Monthly Design Series students be patient - we will get back to that class as soon as we can!
supersat2010Super Saturday - October 16, 2010...  don't miss this special financing offer from Bernina! 
Get ready for it...  come in to Shiisa Quilts this week.  We'll help you apply for your Bernina Credit Card and get your financing in place, choose your machine....  and you'll be ready to take it home on October 16th!


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CELEBRATE SEW PINK 

at Shiisa Quilts with these special savings all month!

Olfa Pink Pack 45mm Replacement Blade   $21.99     regular price $35.97
     a portion of the proceeds will be donated by Olfa to the National Breast Cancer Foundation
                                            While supplies last!

Nifty Notions Cut for the Cure Rulers     Save 30%    
Designed by Kaye England, this series of rulers will work together as a compatible set. These rulers read right to left and left to right and have perfect sight lines. But perhaps most important of all, a portion of the proceeds from each ruler goes to The Chicagoland Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Nifty Notions


See you soon!!


Janet and the Shiisa Quilts Staff



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