Santa Fe Quilting Newsletter
July, August, September 2010
Spring Quilt Market Yields New Fabrics, Patterns and Notions
Mary and Allen attended the Spring Quilt Market in Minneapolis and ordered lots of new goodies for the store.
New fabric coming this quarter include a blue and white line; a group of bright ombre colors with a few arriving each month; Japanse taupes; prints by Kaffe Fassett and Valerie Wells; dark browns Japanese daiwabos; and Batiks from Hoffman, Island Batiks, Princess Mirah, Timeless Treasures, Robert Kaufman and Batik Textiles. Plus new lines from several other textile companies.
New or restocked notions include: Buttons by the yard in black, pink, blue, gray and green & pink; Quilt Ruler Connectors; Matilda’s 15” Circular Cutting Mat that swivels making cutting easier; Ruler Finger Guards; and a telescoping magnet to pick up needles and pins from the floor.
New patterns: Fabric Addict doll and wall hangings; Magical Mystery Tour (3 quilts included); Morley J. Moose, a bright pieced moose; Jagged Edges; Ric Rac Rendevous; BQ III; Celebrate; and many new apron and tote patterns.
New clothing patterns: Many new clothing patterns for young and older girls and adults. We have great new patterns for gift ideas: fabric covered thongs, slippers for toddler to adults, aprons, totes and purses.
SFQ & NM Quilt Artists Featured in Japanese Quilt Magazine
We were delighted to receive a copy of Patchwork Tsushin (#156, June 6, 2010) from the author of a short feature on our store. Photos of Allen and Mary holding fabric are included, with the text in Japanese.
The magazine also features photo layouts and text about Santa Fe quilt artists: Katie Pasquini Masopust, Holly Altman and Judy Goolsby. Terrie Hancock Mangat, Taos fabric designer and quilt artist; Nicole Dunn of Los Alamos and Pat Gould of Albuquerque are featured too. All were interviewed last fall when a Japanese writer and a photographer travelled to New Mexico to prepare the article. We will soon have copies to sell.
Electric Quilt 7 Arrives
SFQ has copies of EQ 7 and EQ 7 Upgrade. We also have EQ 6 Upgrade and other EQ CDs and books. These products will be discounted July 1-25.
Judy Niemeyer Foundation Piecing Sets Available at Santa Fe Quilting
Bali Wedding Star (80”X 80”) and Hawaiian Star (85”X 85”) by Judy are available. Judy is an expert in foundation paper piecing. These sets include preprinted foundation paper of each quilt. She will be a teacher for NNMQG next year.
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Members Quilts at Albuquerque Sunport
The Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild is displaying member quilts at the Albuquerque Sunport Airport July 23-Sep 23.
SFQ is Closed July 4 & Open Monday, Sep 6 for Labor Day
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta This Fall
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild members are working furiously to get ready for their biennial Quilt Fiesta Oct 1-3. The show features 15 categories of quilts and will be judged by Chris Brown, editor of American Quilter. Several hundred quilts will be on display. Santa Fe Quilting and other vendors will be selling their wares. The Guild will soon be selling raffle tickets for a beautiful turquoise pieced and appliqued donation quilt. There will be a gift shop and silent auction too. Hours are 10-5 on Friday, Oct 1 and Saturday, Oct 2 and 10-4 on Sunday, Oct 3. The event is held at Santa Fe County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 3229 Rodeo Road in Santa Fe.
Lots of Classes Scheduled for the Summer
Our July, August and September classes follow the Newsletter. We have a mixture of new ones and repeating favorites. New classes include Ann Ferkovich’s embellishment class Learning About Mediums in Santa Fe, which has nothing to do with the occult! Instead Ann will teach you how to use acrylic inks and paints, varnishes, foil, fusibles, gel mediums and more to enhance quilts, wearables, totes or wall hangings. Cindy Barfield offers Fabric Covered Thongs, for your feet; Paintsiks; and Griddle Cakes, an easy summer lap quilt. Jean Callaghan offers Lucky 21, which uses our new Moda Provencal fabric line to create pleasing lap quilt. Jean also has Crazy Eights, a table topper pattern. Deb Martinez has Log Cabin Spiral Border, an elegant way to finish your quilt, and Dresden Plates, a smaller version of the traditional block. Julee Coffman offers Prairie Point Pillow, an easy way to learn how to make prairie points.
Kits, Kits & More Kits
Our staff has been working hard (as usual) to create quilt kits in many different color ways. We have created Southwest Mish Mash using new brown, turquoise and cream native design batiks. Julee Coffman has picked new colors for the Cogwheels and Vanity Fair Patterns. Julee picked bright batiks for Native Rainbow. Cindy Barfield has recreated Squares Squared and Deb Martinez chose dark and light batiks for Yin Yang.
Summer 2010 SFQ Sales
July 1-7: Batting, 10% Off July 12-16: Patterns, 10% Off July 26-30: Scissors, Cutters & Blades, 10% Off Aug 9-13: Blue Fabrics, 10% Off Aug 23-27: Floral Fabrics, 15% Off Sep 1-6: Orange & Brown Fabrics, 10% Off Sep 13-17: Fleece & Minkee, 15% Off Sep 20-24: Halloween Fabric, 15% Off Ongoing: Discounts on Go Cutters & Dyes
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
July 9-11: Santa Fe International Folk Art Market at the Folk Art Museum on Museum Hill Aug 4-8: Santa Fe County Fair, Quilt Entries Welcomed Aug 24: Katy Korkos Trunk Show, White Rock Baptist Church, Los Alamos Oct 1-3: NNMQG Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe County Fairgrounds (See related story) Oct 16: Los Alamos Piecemakers Quilt Market
Special QUARP Funds to Finish Quilts Available
We are continuing our grants for Quilts Unfinished and Resisting Piecing (QUARP). Bring in a project that you have put off, perhaps for years, and that needs considerable work and register it with a staff member. If you finish the quilt by Dec 31, 2010 we will give you a $10 gift certificate and hang it in the store!
New Books Arriving at SFQ Every Week
Our list of new books include: Art Quilts at Play; Serendipity Quilts; Simple Jelly Roll Quilts; and Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts by Kaffe Fassett with Liza Prior Lucy.
Pillowcase Program Reaching the Needy
Local quilters turned in 54 pillowcases the 1st quarter of 2010 and 72 the 2nd quarter to be given to St. Elizabeth’s Shelter, Esperanza and Habitat for Humanity. Totals are added to the Million Pillowcase program.
20% Off Purchases on Your Birthday
Remember, we give 20% off of all purchases on your birthday (except classes). Come in and make your birthday a happy one!
Contact Us
Santa Fe Quilting, Inc. is located at 3018-A Cielo Court, Santa Fe, NM 87507. Phone: (505) 473-3747. Web site: www.santafequilting.com
E-Mail: info@santafequilting.com