Downtown Happenings: The Leesburg Partnership and the Downtown Business Association will be sponsoring a Super Saturday Sale on the third Saturday of the month beginning in July with a Farmers Market and participating stores. If it is July it must be Christmas in July sale, fabric off the bolt 25% off. Minimum 1 yard cuts.
Fat Quarter Club: What is the Fat Quarter Club? Fat Quarter Club is newest fabrics selected for you and shipped right to your doorstep. It could be novelty, batiks, flowers, or blenders. Fat Quarter Club are a bundle of the newest fat quarters priced $2.25 per fat quarter. Only club members will get this great price. Regular priced fat quarters are $2.50. The number of fat quarters sent each month will be 10. You will be billed upon shipment of each month’s selections. We will ship your club packet near the beginning of each month. Estimated shipping cost for this item is $5.95. You can join or cancel anytime. We will keep your credit card in file. Call or email us to join the club.
ACCU-CUT Machine Rental: Do you have fabric you would like to cut into strips and make your own Jelly roll from your fabrics? Are you making a Bargello and need to cut 2” or 2 1/2 strips? Do you have fabrics you would like to cut into different shapes like butterflies, leaves or stems and would like an easier way to cut the fabrics? A Quilter’s Dream has the Accu-Cut machine you can rent to cut your fabrics. The fee is $10.00 per hour when you cut your fabric or we can cut it for you for $12.00 per hour. Call for more details. Bras Without Boundaries: The Central Florida Health Alliance Foundation is looking for creative and artistic people to design bras! The “Bras Without Boundaries” entries will help raise money to provide free mammograms to underinsured women and men in our community.
Be colorful, creative & unique. Deadline for entries is Sept. 1, 2009 . Entry Requirements: All bras must be covered inside and out, including the straps. When complete, each bra should be tacked to a padded hanger for display purposes. Bra themes should be original and creative but not offensive in nature. Entry fees are $10 per entry.
Entry forms are available at A Quilter's Dream, 719 W. Main Street , Leesburg All bras become the property of the Alliance Foundation. Entries will be judged by the public during the month long exhibition at the Leesburg Center for the Arts.
Project Linus: Project Linus has donated quilts to the children of the bus accident in Ocala. The last of the quilts were picked up on Friday and are to be delivered this week to the students. One student is still in Shands. Watch for those school buses. Our future is on those buses.
Parking: Just a reminder, the VA clinic is not open on the weekend so you can park on the street in front of the VA Clinic.
Special Items: Are you looking for that special book, pattern or notion and are not able to find it. Let me know and I will see if one of my vendors has it and I will gladly order it for you the next time I place an order.
Gift Certificates: Do you have a gift certificate from A Quilter's Dream? Gift certificates expire so remember to look at the date to redeem before the expiration date.
Sweetheart Shop Hop: Sweetheart Shop Hop was great. Kathy Wiseman won the gift basket from A Quilter's Dream and Christine Bridenburg won the $100.00 Gift certificate.
New Service: I now have an Accu Cut and have the dies to cut Hearts, Butterflies, Stars, Strips, and more. I will have pre cut hearts, leaves stems and others. You could also choose the fabric you would like to cut into strips and I will cut it for you.
Thangles Block of the Month: Would like learn how to use Thangles or would you like to participate and cannot commit to coming in once a week for your next block. I have the answer. Come in, purchase your Thangles and 2 yards of regularly priced fabric, 1 yard light, 1 yard of dark and get 12 patterns. Just for you, Cuz.
Reminder: Wednesdays are KCCP days. Come bring your UFO's to work on and keep Connie Company. The store is open until 5:00 PM.
Block of the Month: Did you participate in the Angles Among Us block of the month? Now is the time to pick out your sashing borders and binding fabric. All fabric will go out on the floor Jan 30th.
New E-mail Address: Please remember to update my email address in your address book. The new email address is aqd@embarqmail.com. All Earthlink accounts have been disconnected as of October 31st, 2007.
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