***************************************************************** Up next so far... February 11th~ Our 17th Annual Football Widow's Sale! February 20th~ Carrington Quilt Guild March 21st-24th~ Crystal Springs Retreat ...we are at 18/35 for registrations. April 4th-6th~ Minot Quilt Festival
*************************************************************************************************************************** How's everyone doing? Hopefully staying warm indoors, quilting! These days, I have hearts on the brain. Valentine's for me is year round with it being my anniversary. So what I've been excited to work on is an Exploding Heart quilt! We saw it in action one year in Garrison at a retreat and have had a soft spot ever since. Stop in next Sunday to check out our progress as we will be working on them! We have kits ready if you like what I'm working on, but if you like the colors and just want to choose your own background and binding... we've got a special pack of the FQs we are using as well! I'm going with straight Kona White, but I can sew see this done in a Thatched Shadow, Kona Jet Black, Bella Solids Charcoal, or even a color like Violet Spatter! I can't wait to see the different finished quilts! Up next so far... January 16th- Carrington Quilt Guild - Be working on your UFO project!
February 11th~ Our 17th Annual Football Widow's Sale! The more yardage you buy the better the sale (1/2 yard minimum cuts please)!
Make a list of your backings and projects! February 20th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
March 21st-24th~ Crystal Springs Retreat ...we are at 6/35 for registrations.
April 4th-6th~ Minot Quilt Festival
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Kits, Cuddle, fabrics, patterns & more!! And if you can, like and follow us on Facebook! Stay tuned... stay warm & sew on! Jackie ***************************************************************************************************************************
February 17th-19th~ We will be vending at Camp of the Cross in Garrison.
February 23rd-26th~ We will be vending at the Abbey in Richardton.
March 17th-18th~ Minot Quilt Festival
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Hello, everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful start to your new year! So far the weather seems to dictate which direction I do or do not go each day... Which is normal for the end of January, so it could be a long Winter or bring Spring that much closer. I sure don't envy those who live in Alaska these days... Well after much consideration and reflection, I have decided to not continue with our beloved Top Your Table Club or Designer Quilt Clubs. I am hoping to incorporate new ideas as we go another direction this year. Change is good, and we hope to come up with new alternatives. Thank you for 15 years of fun & inspiration!
Up next so far... January 18th~ Carrington Quilt Guild Christmas Party!
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Park Royal from Holly Taylor's Change of Seasons fabrics and Doug Leko's Tabletastic 2 book.
Stay tuned, stay warm & sew on!
Jackie
Hello, everyone! Holy smokes for snow! I hope you are all home safe and sewing... I know my guys had to drive across the yard and in the field to get to the road here (we now have a Bev shortcut - haha!). He figures at least 10", but when it comes from the east it's hard to tell as it gives us nice 4 foot drifts. Here's to hoping mother nature got that out of her system...
Here's an Emmett pic! We ended up rerouting the strand... He learns something new each week. Last week was reaching for everything. My favorite was him gently feeling the garland on the tree through his fingers. Can't wait to see what this week brings! Santa came Saturday morning, and mom and dad were in bed because he (we) had a rough night so gramma and grandpa let him open a present all by himself! I didn't think he would do as well as he did at 6 months but he removed all of the paper.
Up next, closing out 2021... December 28th~ Designer Quilt Club- 2021 Finale Meeting to begin at 6:00pm. Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
And then on to 2022!
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Gnomes 'Twas The Night Before.
Thank you for your business in 2021 and we are looking forward to a wonderful new year full of quilting!
Jackie
*********************************************************************************************** Hello, everyone! Hard to believe Thanksgiving is approaching...
But that means Black Friday is around the corner too! We are offering Black Friday Specials ALL WEEK long! 20% off Store-wide
30% off Christmas
40% off Retired Quilt Samples
Our specials run from Sunday the 22nd through Friday the 27th.
We will be CLOSED Thursday for Thanksgiving, but you can still shop all week online. You can also choose the option to pick up in-store, or have us mail it out! Please remember your mask if you're stopping in to visit us... Hoping everyone has a safe, happy and healthy Thanksgiving & THANK YOU for shopping our small business!! ************************************************************************************************************************* Someone needs to take Juanita Short to the casino... Congratulations, once again!! Your Door Prize will be waiting for you at the shop!! **************************************************************************************************************** Hello, everyone! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Quilting Across the Dakotas Shop Hop, whether you shared our live event or purchased something from out shop! From these names, I used a random number generator to chose the line number associated with each person on the list. How slick is that?? All of the door prizes are off in the mail as of this morning from Designer Fabrics, so be sure to check your mail!! And congratulations goes out to Sherry Rohde for winning the Grand Prize at Quilting Across the Dakotas!! Woo Hoo!! Our shop winners included: Jewel Reiffenberger- Rapid City, SD Janice Johnson- Moorhead, MN Juanita Short- Carrington, ND Sherry Estrem- Kindred, ND Teresa Cole- Valley City, ND James Dynes- Thornton, CO Lori Novak- Oakes, ND Lynn Cooley- Grand Forks, ND Dawn Roppel- Fairdale, ND & DeNae Henderson- Hettinger, ND! Shop on, everyone!! Looking forward to QATD's next event!! Jackie Designer Fabrics- Carrington, ND *************************************************************************************************************************** What is Quilting Across the Dakotas? Quilting Across the Dakotas is an online, virtual Quilt Shop Hop! Visit independent quilt shops in cities and towns across the North and South Dakota from the comfort of your own home. Join Us Live on Facebook! October 21st at 10:00am CST at www.facebook.com/desfab05! Each shop will go live during the event with two shows daily starting Oct. 12th on the Quilt Dakota Facebook page! Each quilt shop will be going live on our own Facebook page. Every show is a whole new experience with shop owners and their team putting together a new virtual shopping experience for you. Sound like fun? There is MORE! It is Free AND there are PRIZES! Who doesn't love free? In addition to shopping and spending time with the finest quilt shops in the Dakotas, each shop will be giving away over $100 in prizes! You can also register for the Grand Prize with a value to over $250 including a Cordless Panasonic Iron! During each live show, shops will reveal their shop code for you to use on the entry form. For each virtual show you participate in, you will be able to register! For more information, check out Quilt Dakota on Facebook! The complete schedule and rules are on QuiltDakota.com. See you soon! Jackie
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Hello, everyone! Well, Summer weather is finally here and I have been taking advantage of the outdoors being at home most of the time. I'm still trying to figure out the new system we have implemented and it's throwing me several curve balls. Some days I feel like this old dog doesn't like new tricks... But instead I tuck and roll to the best of my ability.
I just thought I'd let you know that Designer Fabrics is changing our open days to Monday-Wednesday-Friday through June 1st and will be reevaluating those days on June 1st.
We have still been receiving our shipments of new goods into the shop, even though we haven't had regular hours since March 17th. So there is quite a bit more finding it's way into the shop and more to come! Keep in mind everything is available online at www.quiltdesignerfabrics.com! I do believe Christmas is on it's way!! Along with new notions and fabric, We have several new samples as well!! I am still working on changing out finding new spaces to hang them, but the kits are available!
Please give us a call at 701-652-3535 if you have any questions. Or, if you are still unsure of coming in the shop, we will continue our curbside pickup or Carrington delivery. Thank you for your patience as we find our new normal at Designer Fabrics! We will be open on Monday, May 25th from 10-5. Please have a safe Memorial Weekend!
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Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
We are sure starting the New Year off right with one retreat under my belt! Guess where I was...? My home away from home. Time to finish a few more shop samples at the next one we are vending for this weekend. Be sure to check out all the "NEW" fabrics streaming into the shop! I went in today to get more entered into the system and doing so, I moved a pile into the clearance to make more room for them! The shelves are getting full all around the shop!!
Sorry, if I am MIA for the next month or two... I'll be vending for retreats and helping with Megan's wedding, but rest assured you are in great hands with the ladies at the shop! I may surface somewhere around the end of February or the beginning of March...
Upcoming events...January 14th~ Top Your Table Club 2020! This year we will be featuring projects from The Big Book of Table Toppers. Be sure to stop in and pick up your copy at Designer Fabrics at 20% off... And with that we can enroll you in our Club! We will be meeting at 6:00pm the second Tuesday of every month. Please bring any table topper show and tell, and your UFO List for 2020!! If you haven't picked a list up yet, they are available at the shop. They are due the first month (January) to be eligible. Our meetings include the latest project featured, door prizes, show and tell, dessert, and what is the latest and greatest in the shop!
January 21st~ Carrington Quilt Guild- 6:00pm at the shop. Please bring your $3 for the game, show and tell, UFO list and your smiling faces ready to check out what our fearless leader and social director have in store for us!! I believe there is a demo this month... Anyone wanting to join our Piecemakers Quilt Guild, this is our new beginning of the year (dues are $10/year). Let's have some fun!
January 28th~ Designer Quilt Club 2020! Meetings to be held the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm. For this club we will be designing a pattern per month and sharing it with the featured project kits available. Get ready for some dessert, door prizes, show and tell, and a great night out full of fun! We will also be running our 2020 UFO List as well, and are available to pick up at the shop to be turned in completed at our January meeting (we will have a 1 week grace period, so be making your lists!).
February 2nd~ Designer Fabrics' 15th Annual Super Bowl Widow's Sale! Details available in the shop on February 2nd only...
February 11th~ Top Your Table Club
February 13th~Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
February 18th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
February 25th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Flights of FancyNew in from Momo for Moda are a few pieces of Spring! Always need something to cheer me up with the colder temperatures knocking on the door this week!
Banyan Batiks
An assortment of Banyan batiks from Northcott have arrived and have quite a different look than your traditional batiks... You will have to check them out!Woodland Fairytale
Ooh! And one of my latest favorite designers, August Wren from Dear Stella, has been quite busy creating some wonderful masterpieces! Along with pieces from this line and Blue Crush have arrived!!Cuddle
And last but not least, a whole pile more of Shannon Cuddle for you to peruse...Let's Go Quilting!
Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our house to yours!! One more Christmas left to celebrate for us, and the impending weather has put it on hold for one more week... It may be just winter weather, but I'd rather be safe than sorry out on the roads. The sun is shining and there are no signs of anything today, but I needed a day to play catch up with a few things anyway. Last night, Quilt Club closed our final chapter of 2019 with a wonderful surprise for a very deserving Georgianna! Thank you to everyone participating and for inspiring others to create such wonderful projects! We couldn't do this without you!! I hope you are all getting the chance to sew up some great pieces for 2020! I'll do my best to make new exciting projects to share with you as well!
With the New Year rushing in this week, here is the beginning of our calendar:
Upcoming events...January 1st~ We will be CLOSED. Happy New Year!!
January 9th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
January 14th~ Top Your Table Club 2020! This year we will be featuring projects from The Big Book of Table Toppers. Be sure to stop in and pick up your copy at Designer Fabrics at 20% off... And with that we can enroll you in our Club! We will be meeting at 6:00pm the second Tuesday of every month. Please bring any table topper show and tell, and your UFO List for 2020!! If you haven't picked a list up yet, they are available at the shop. They are due the first month (January) to be eligible. Our meetings include the latest project featured, door prizes, show and tell, dessert, and what is the latest and greatest in the shop!
January 21st~ Carrington Quilt Guild- 6:00pm at the shop. Please bring your $3 for the game, show and tell, UFO list and your smiling faces ready to check out what our fearless leader and social director have in store for us!! I believe there is a demo this month... Anyone wanting to join our Piecemakers Quilt Guild, this is our new beginning of the year (dues are $10/year). Let's have some fun!
January 28th~ Designer Quilt Club 2020! Meetings to be held the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm. For this club we will be designing a pattern per month and sharing it with the featured project kits available. Get ready for some dessert, door prizes, show and tell, and a great night out full of fun! We will also be running our 2020 UFO List as well, and are available to pick up at the shop to be turned in completed at our January meeting.
February 2nd~ Designer Fabrics' 15th Annual Super Bowl Widow's Sale! Details available in the shop on February 2nd only...
New into the shop..
Cuddle Soft
New Shannon Cuddle has arrived with more on the way...Flour Garden
This lovely creation features the latest group of Flour Garden by Linzee Kull McCray for Moda! We have the kits!!Furr-Ever Friends Flannel
I love this new group of flannels from Shelly Comiskey for Henry Glass Fabrics, especially the little stinkers!!Vintage Happy 2
And last but not least, the latest from Lori Holt has arrived! We have fat quarters, half yard cuts and fat quarter bundles ready to go also!!Until next time, Happy Quilting!!
Jackie
Let's Go Quilting!
Greetings from Designer FabricsHow is everyone's Winter wonderland today? Yesterday we had North Dakota's version of a snow globe! It was pretty at the time. Our yard was blown out this afternoon, so I'm good to go once again. This morning was a bit of a shocker with the negative temps... I guess it is Winter and North Dakota. Quite the combination! So indoors it is... That's quite alright as I have several quilting projects in progress and patterns to write... I've been having a bit of fun baking cookies and plan on making some goodies tonight for tomorrow and the shop! I'm hoping to accumulate enough that I have a tray of goodies for Christmas, and the majority get eaten at the shop. So far, I'm 0 for 2 for the goodie tray. Somehow they get eaten here as fast as I pull them out of the oven. That's okay, as I don't often take the time to bake multiples. Give me a single pan of bars any day and I'm good!
Stop on in for some coffee, cider, hot cocoa and some goodies! And if you need a gift, we have several to chose from for quilters or non-quilters alike! Our retired sample rack is always available (and very full). Keep in mind most of them are lap-size and smaller... (Usually the larger ones are kept by those who made them.) I might even add to the samples available when I get a chance! We also gift wrap your purchase upon request!
December 12th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
December 17th~ Carrington Quilt Guild will be meeting at Bordulac!
December 24th~ We will be open until 3:00 for any of your last minute shopping needs!
December 25th~ Merry Christmas! We will be CLOSED.
December 26th~ Designer Quilt Club- Grand Finale is at 6:00pm! Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
January 1st~ We will be CLOSED. Happy New Year!!
January 9th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
January 14th~ Top Your Table Club 2020! Details to come...
January 21st~ Carrington Quilt Guild
January 28th~ Designer Quilt Club 2020! Details to come...
New into the shop... (Above... New Cuddle Kits!)
Last Bloom
With Sandy Gervais jumping ship from Moda to go to Riley Blake Designs, I find it very fitting this group is called Last Bloom. Lovely prints for inspiration for this Spring!!Goldenrod
This beautiful group by One Canoe Two for Moda would be great for the trending home color palette! I'm on the hunt for a few new paint changes and these seem to be all the rage!Kimberbell Embroidery
With our new Embroidery Class, be on the lookout for the latest Kimberbell CDs and embellishments to be found here! We are having so much fun!!Cuddle
And last but not least, our Shannon Cuddle corner is ever changing! New additions are showing up every couple of weeks!Let's Go Quilting!!
Greetings from Designer FabricsHome once again!! I'm thankful retreat season is taking a break until mid-January. But, that means I need to catch up on events and happenings in-store! And keep up with all of the new fabrics and freight that have been streaming into the shop... There is so much good stuff out there lately and I can't seem to help myself "share" everything I find! Or maybe I have just too many squirrel moments, as I wish I could make one of everything these days. Focus. Paint my kitchen? Bind a tree skirt? Bake cookies? Put up the tree? Sew a Cuddle blanket for my Grandma Jean? Embroider some towels for gifts? Laundry? Clean the garage? Too many options and time has a way of vanishing. So tonight I'm here with you, getting all excited once again to go into the shop and find more goodies to make the season sparkle!!
November 26th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
November 28th~ Happy Thanksgiving! We will be CLOSED.
December 3rd~ Embroidery Club with Kathy- We will be working on our Christmas/Ginger projects.
December 10th~ Top Your Table Club- Grand Finale! Meeting to begin at 5:30pm. Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
December 12th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
December 17th~ Carrington Quilt Guild will be meeting at Bordulac!
December 24th~ We will be open until 3:00 for any of your last minute shopping needs!
December 25th~ Merry Christmas! We will be CLOSED.
December 26th~ Designer Quilt Club- Grand Finale! Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
New into the shop...
OMG! These gorgeous beauties are calling my name! Sorry, I might need more than the yard of each I nabbed... The free pattern download on Henry Glass's website was cute, but not near big enough for me- bed size. Shucks! So, I'm thinking I need to come up with something wonderful... Did you hear the cogs kick into overdrive? Me too.
Finally! The long awaited group from Basic Grey is in the house!! And they don't disappoint! I don't know how they keep getting better!?! Fabulous as always and are sure to fly off the shelves...
And last but not least, sweet kits in from Maywood Studios featuring Hannah Dale's Love Is... line! Such adorable little critters wonderful for anyone! The kit includes the fabrics and pattern to make a crib size quilt.
Let's Go Quilting!!
Greetings from Designer FabricsThe boys finished soybeans on Friday!! Yay! The corn is still out there, but they aren't too anxious to get out in the cold to get it. So there's a bit of thanksgiving spreading around here already!
So how is everyone's Christmas project lists coming? Mine, not so good. I am packing and heading to our last retreat of the year in Crystal Springs this weekend and am hoping the weather cooperates with everyone's travel plans! I will be working on several shop samples, and maybe pack a few Christmas projects just in case I blow through the others... I'm grateful to partake in these retreats for the simple fact that I get to sew too! Here's to another wonderful weekend with wonderful quilters!!
Upcoming events...November 12th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
November 14th-17th~ Crystal Springs Retreat! We are full... Let me know if you need anything specific by 4:00 Wednesday!!
November 19th~ Carrington Quilt Guild- Challenge Blocks are due.
November 24th-29th~ Black Friday Deals all week long! See store for posted details during the sale...
November 26th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
November 28th~ Happy Thanksgiving! We will be CLOSED.
December 3rd~ Embroidery Club with Kathy- We will be working on our Christmas/Ginger projects.
December 10th~ Top Your Table Club- Grand Finale! Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
December 24th~ We will be open until 3:00 for any of your last minute shopping needs!
December 25th~ Merry Christmas! We will be CLOSED.
December 26th~ Designer Quilt Club- Grand Finale! Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
New into the shop...
Grunge Metallic
One can never have enough Grunge in our shop... Now we have added some of Basic Grey's Grunge Metallics!! Just in time for Christmas projects!Frosting Hue
We've also added a few tone-on-tone blacks from Timeless Treasures! Why should the white fabrics have all the fun? Great textures to add to any project!Tonga 106" Wide Batik
It's hard to find just the right backings at times... I have a few now that may work for the last block-of-the-month (Mineral Matrix) quilt we featured! So if you're in the market for wide backings, we have several to choose from!!Cuddle Prints
And last but not least, more new Shannon Cuddle, with more on the way- bold prints, soft textures, and a bit of glitter thrown in there!! What will they think of next??? I can't wait! Oh, and the Seal is even softer than the softest Luxe we have had!!Until next time, Happy Quilting!!
Jackie
Let's Go Quilting!!
Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
I've been a bit distracted this morning to the sights and sounds of combines running outside next to my house today! Yay! It's been a few weeks since the boys have been able to get anything off the fields. It was in the teens this morning when I heard them fire up and it has rebounded into the lower 30's. Let's hope they don't find themselves in the mud troubles everyone else has been having around here... I feel like I should be out there getting my last mowing in that I never had a chance to do. Leaves continue to fall and the snowbanks are still shrinking. Then I am reminded of how cold it is outside and decide the inside work will continue. That's alright. I need to stay on task today...
I wasn't able to make it to the Badlands Retreat due to the weather, but did manage to get out to Richardton to vend for a group of ladies a week ago. We had a great time and managed to get quite a bit done! I'm gearing up for a full house at Crystal Springs in a few weeks and need to organize my projects to work on. We have had several new samples and piles of fabric/notions/patterns make their way into the shop in the last couple of weeks. Stop on in and check it out if you're in the area!!
Upcoming events...October 29th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
November 5th~ Embroidery Club with Kathy- We will be working on our Fall projects.
November 12th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
November 14th~Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
November 14th-17th~ Crystal Springs Retreat! We are full...
November 19th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
November 26th~ Designer Quilt Club
November 28th~ Happy Thanksgiving! We will be CLOSED.
New into the shop... Some new Cuddle Prints, Luxe, & Panels!! Simply irresistible!!
Painted Meadow
One of my many favorite designers from Moda is back at it with her new collection Painted Meadow!! Robin Pickens does a fabulous job with her prints and details!Wildlings
These cute little critters are a sweet group from Dear Stella would make a perfect new baby quilt! I love the softer palette they use in this group.Sage & Sea Glass
New in Kim Diehl for Henry Glass... Sage & Sea Glass! Love the colors on their own, but even more together!!Banyan Batiks
And last but not least, more new batiks are added to our batik corner! It is now bursting at the seams, so I had to let a few migrate back to the clearance racks...Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
Let's Go Quilting!!
Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Well, sounds like this will be our Indian Summer through Tuesday, then the Winter weather advisories are to begin... Please keep your local farmers in your thoughts as there is a lot of crops left out there to come off. So, perfect quilting weather, right? Time to stock up and get your projects cut out! I'm getting ready to attend the Badlands Quilt Retreat in Medora this weekend, and cutting my projects out is on my to-do list. I am quite excited to partake in a retreat and having mixed feelings of not having to haul a trailer load to set up... I have picked out 2 of the 3 projects for the classes I am taking, getting my bags packed, and feel like I am already forgetting something. Maybe when I haul as much as I do, I bring more than I need because I may be the one needing something! I won't have my safety net with me, so I may be bringing more than I actually need- just in case. I'm hoping it all fits in the Outback. My husband will be surprised that I'm not bringing a packed trailer, or maybe I should put all of my stuff in it... ;-) He knows I'm going to Medora, just not as a participant... I left that little nugget out. I love going to retreats. I get the chance to actually sew. The bonus is all of the wonderful people with similar creative passions who get to be there with you! The sharing of completely diverse but similar projects giving you a glimpse into each and every person creating them. And being able to visit with each one there. The common ground ties us each together and makes everything that much brighter! If you haven't participated in a retreat, I highly recommend them!
Upcoming events...October 8th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
October 10th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
October 11th-13th~ Badlands Quilt Retreat!! I'm hoping the weather can hold out/clear up so I can make it over there!!
October 15th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
October 25th-26th~ Quilting on the Red Quilt Show
October 29th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
November 1st-3rd~ Missouri Valley Quilters presents Pat Speth of Nickel Quilts
November 12th~ Top Your Table Club
November 14th-17th~ Crystal Springs Retreat! We are at 31 as of today.
November 19th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
November 26th~ Designer Quilt Club
November 28th~ Happy Thanksgiving! We will be CLOSED.
New into the shop... Some new Spice Things Up from August Wren for Dear Stella Designs are gracing our shelves... simply beautiful artwork on these pieces!!
4-H
At long last, new in from Riley Blake Designs are a few 4-H pieces! Our family has been involved in 4-H for many years, and I was so happy to come upon this fabric!!Shimmer & Radiance
New Shimmer and Radiance Artisan Spirit from Northcott just in... I am in love with the project that this group is getting made into! This is so much better in person with a touch of silver metallic! Can't wait to show you the finished quilt!! Stay tuned...Wildflower Bouquet
New in from Heather Mulder Peterson from Anka's Treasures! So far we managed to get the FQ bundles and a couple of the pieces. I'm hoping the rest of the order will be delivered in November... they must have underestimated the popularity of this line. We also have her latest book with many of the projects using her fabrics!Tonga Batiks
And last but not least, we have a shelf full of new batiks from Timeless Treasures! They are gorgeous!! My mind keeps trying to find new projects to feature them in...Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!!
Jackie
Let's Go Quilting!!
Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Happy Fall!! A bit of good news... Last Friday Megan let me go wedding dress shopping with her! And we were in luck and I made it home safely! A bit of bad news, we ended up getting close to 6" of rain that washed out the highway and submerged my gravel road to Carrington. So I have been somewhat stranded on a deserted island... as Rett says... but we have been with electricity and the fridge is stocked, so it hasn't been too bad here. Our sump pump is still running every 8 minutes and we live on a hill, but it's better than the ever minute 8 seconds it was on Saturday! I did hear that my gravel road is now above water, hence the traffic going by my house, and the pickup is getting pulled out so the road crews can rebuild the wash out. The culvert was most likely blocked by a round bale so that made the water find an alternate route taking the road with it. Oh such excitement around here! I will be back in action tomorrow in time for Club. I hope everyone had the chance to sew a Jelly Roll this weekend!! As for me, I'm on the road again this week! Stop in and see me at Crystal Springs if you are in the area Thursday-Sunday!
Upcoming events...September 24th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
September 26th-29th~ Crystal Springs Retreat!
October 8th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
October 10th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
October 11th-13th~ Badlands Quilt Retreat!!
October 15th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
October 25th-26th~ Quilting on the Red Quilt Show
October 29th~ Designer Quilt Club
November 1st-3rd~ Missouri Valley Quilters presents Pat Speth of Nickel Quilts
November 14th-17th~ Crystal Springs Retreat!
New into the shop...
Kimberbell Basics
I have found that I have been a bit lacking in some basic colors for Halloween, so I nabbed in a few from Kimberbell's Basics collection. If you haven't tried any of their embroidery projects, you are missing out! We now have quite a selection in stock to play with!!Irish Blessings
Oh and one of my favorite designers, One Sister Designs, has a new charming group out with a fabulous panel! Last time I couldn't keep them in stock!!Dit Dots
I dabbled a bit into In The Beginning fabrics this year and found a fabulous new basic and reordered them in a few new colors!!Lori Holt Designs
And last but not least, I have a few new pieces by Lori Holt from Riley Blake Designs! Be sure to keep checking back as we are getting more from her!!Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Well, Fall is upon us and a few special blooms have been cheering up my spent gardens. Kind of a last hurrah. Sad, but I know the season changes bring on new challenges for me. Retreat season is here with our first beginning this Thursday! I am in need of a few more days to prepare myself, and that doesn't include tomorrow or Wednesday... But that seems to be the case every event we take part in. That's just part of the game I play. Time to get busy and jump in with both feet! Ready or not, here I come!
Fall is a great time to revamp my sewing room. Time to pause and take a true inventory of what I can work on at retreats, or just simply needs to get finished for a Guild UFO. The closets are full, and have been for years, but sometimes I just forget what treasures I have behind closed doors! Maybe this year, I can make a list of projects set aside that haven't made it to my UFO lists. Challenge accepted, maybe after I get this first retreat under my belt!
Upcoming events... September 10th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
September 12th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
September 12th-15th~ Crystal Springs Retreat!
September 17th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
September 21st~ National Sew a Jelly Roll Day! Stop in before the 21st and pick out a jelly roll and a book or pattern and get 30% off your jelly roll! We will be sewing ours on Sunday the 22nd at the shop!! I have the ball ready for a Jelly Roll Rug and am loving the process so far! The right tools really make a difference!!
September 24th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
September 26th-29th~ Crystal Springs Retreat!
October 8th~ Top Your Table Club
October 11th-13th~ Badlands Quilt Retreat!!
October 15th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
October 29th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Botany
A beautiful new group from Kelly Ventura for Windham Fabrics. They have a Fall feel to me and you know how I love a good floral!! Win-win!!Adobe
I also nabbed a few pieces of the Adobe line from Whistler Studios also from Windham! I love the texture these pieces have, and who doesn't love a good circle?Sweet Baby Boy
And these sweet bundles are perfect for the next sweet baby boy! With 18 pieces in the bundle you can make a whole ensemble for the new little one... and we have a couple of coordinates for the borders!Cuddle Prints
My one more shipment of Cuddle is here! New prints and soft additions to play with!!Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Whew! Back in action and picking up steam these days... Retreat season is nearly upon us, but a few things are on the calendar before I can change gears for them. One of which happens to be my 14th Anniversary at the shop!! Woo-hoo!! Now if I could only be 41 again... Nah. That means Designer Fabrics Quilt Shop is 27 years young!! Now that's something to celebrate! And celebrate we will, later this week! Stop in Wednesday through Friday to check out our specials!!! We have been filling up the shelves with new fabrics and as a result I have been filling up the clearance to make way for them! And new samples are streaming in as well! We have been having a bit too much fun around here...
Upcoming events... August 27th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
August 28th-30th~ Our 14th Anniversary Sale...
September 1st & 2nd~ We will be CLOSED for Labor Day
September 10th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
September 12th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
September 12th-15th~ Crystal Springs Retreat!
September 17th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
September 24th~ Designer Quilt Club
September 26th-29th~ Crystal Springs Retreat!
New into the shop... (above a new panel from Timeless Treasures found HERE)
Intaglio Batiks
New gorgeous batiks from Northcott are arriving... These are just the beginning!North Ridge Flannel
Simply irresistibly soft flannels from Northcott!! Good thing I appreciate the wonders of nature so I can create quilts from this group!And these guys pair wonderfully with the Farmhouse Flannels by Primitive Gatherings from Moda!! Add in these textures for amazing quilt!!
The Print Shop
Also in from Moda are Sweetwater's latest! Pairing dainty prints with bold colors!! That's why I love Sweetwater!!I snagged some pieces of Tool Time by Whistler Studios and Road Trippin by Teri Degenkolb of Whimsicals from Windham Fabrics along with a few basics of Painted Jungle by Victoria Johnson and Paint The Town by Striped Pear Studio as well...
Cuddle Prints
And last but not least, new Cuddle prints are jazzing up the Cuddle area in the shop! Along with replenishing the basics in the 90" wide!! And I show at least one more shipment on it's way...Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Well, where do I begin... Sorry this email is getting out a week later than anticipated... My Alex ended up with a partially collapsed lung a week ago Saturday and I met him at the hospital in Fargo as I was at mom's for my class reunion since Friday. Since then I have been sitting in the hospital with him, or fetching food for us, and staying in a hotel almost every night. We are hopefully turning a corner and getting sprung tomorrow morning after the x-ray gets read and the doctors make their rounds. Thankfully, Todd brought my laptop down so I could try to get some work done when things were quiet, of which didn't happen until today after his chest tube was pulled. He is resting comfortably and I can be pretty quiet. Poor kid... Good thing I didn't know what I wanted to wear to the reunion as I packed extra clothes... I did manage to go to mom's one night and wash clothes so I could last the rest of the duration, but I'm running out once again. It will be good to get home. Todd has been holding down the fort, when he hasn't been down here, with picking an overabundance of veggies for me to tackle when I get home. So, if you are in need of slicing cucumbers and can pick them up at the shop, let me know... he's been picking a 5 gallon bucket every couple of days! He's getting the beans ready for me to can maybe on Wednesday if time allows... And don't get me started on the zucchini!
Thank you to everyone who picked up all my slack at the shop and didn't skip a beat so I could be here... I owe you all!!
Upcoming events... August 6th~ Stop in and pick up your #12 Block of the Month step! Bev would like to have a demo/talk about the remaining steps of the quilt at 4:30.*********Note Time Change!!! and ***Designer Quilt Club will be meeting at 6:00
AND Happy birthday to my MOM!!
August 8th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
August 9th~ Happy Book Lover's Day! Stop in and take 30% off all books!!
August 13th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
August 20th~ Carrington Quilt Guild at Julie's- We will be meeting at IDK's for supper before...
August 27th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
August 28th-30th~ Stay tuned for our 14th Anniversary Sale...
September 10th~ Top Your Table Club
September 12th-15th~ Crystal Springs Retreat
September 12th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
September 17th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
September 24th~ Designer Quilt Club
September 26th-29th~ Crystal Springs Retreat
New into the shop... (above a new panel from Timeless Treasures found HERE)
Fly By Night
These fantastic dragonflies from Timeless Treasures are new to the shop and have a touch of metallic!!Space
Dear Stella Designs had some magnificent pieces I couldn't pass up on... Here are a few of the new space bolts we found...I'm All Ears
Also from Dear Stella Designs, a few sweet elephant pieces would be perfect for a nursery! We also nabbed a few little boy prints I've called Dig It.Cotton Blossom
Beautiful pieces from Timeless Treasures are perfect for my favorite decor... farmhouse! Dig in and create a wall hanging or a wonderful throw!! I'm all in...From Timeless Treasures also... Dinos, Pumpkin Spice, and Spirit!
Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Figured I'd better get this going this morning early as I have a trip to the vet in store for me after dinner... Finn can't get up as easily as she used to. So it's time to take her in and see what's up. Just last week she was acting a bit peculiar when I would go out for walks. She would lay down on the road at the beginning of the walk and be there when I came back. The week before she went for walks and one in particular, came home and dropped two duck eggs at the end of the driveway. Who knows how far she carried them! They were in tact until she scooped them up and dropped them on the gravel the second time. "Look what I found!!" staring me in the face with her tail a wagging...
Jake still goes with me sniffing out everything along the way, but I see him looking back wondering if Finn is catching up. Today she doesn't even want to stand. Poor thing. I called the vet and they thought maybe the start of arthritis. I can so relate. Let's hope that it is something treatable. The pups will be 8 years old July 13th and are brother/sister. Oh, and speaking of birthdays... my Alex turns 26 today!! Bah humbug!! I'm getting old...
Upcoming events...July 9th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
July 9th~ Happy Sugar Cookie Day!
July 11th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service! ** Bring your scissors in to be sharpened too! $3/pr.
Happy Blueberry Muffin Day!!
July 12th~ Happy Paper Bag Day! We will supply the paper bag, you fill it with regular-priced items you'd like to purchase and we will take 15% off! Clearance items will be rung up as 50% off!!
July 14th~ Happy Tape Measure Day! Stop in for a FREE tape measure!
July 14th-26th~ 12 Days of Christmas in July!!
July 15th~ Happy Give Away Something Day! Stop in and pick up our Give Away Item!!
July 23rd~ Carrington Quilt Guild- We will be meeting at Woodward Farms with Brenda Gorseth. Bev will be letting us know more information as it gets closer...
July 30th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
August 6th~ Stop in and pick up your #12 Block of the Month step! Bev would like to have a demo/talk about the remaining steps of the quilt at 5:30.
August 13th~ Top Your Table Club
August 20th~ Guild at Julie's
August 27th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Kansas Troubles Favorites 2019
NEW in by multiple requests... everyone's favorites from Kansas Troubles!! Be sure to claim your "go with everything" Kansas Troubles pieces before they are gone...Grunge
And one can never have enough of one of our favorites... Moda's Grunge from Basic Grey!! New colors popping up all the time at the shop!!Giant Star
New samples are arriving at the shop as well!! I'm trying to gear up for Christmas in July with new samples and kits to go with them!!{Finner Girl}
Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Happy Summer!! Finding it hard to catch up with myself these days... but once again I'm back from on the road again! This time we were vending at a retreat in Richardton! We had a great time with many new friends and did manage to get outdoors and go for several walks! Something we never do in the Winter at the retreats... What a difference a few months make! Tonight I captured this rainbow on my walk. It was so vivid!! Guess it may have been better in real life. Just taking time to stop and smell the roses.
Upcoming events...June 25th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
July 2nd~ Stop in and pick up your #11 Block of the Month step!
July 4th~ We will be CLOSED- Have a safe holiday!
July 9th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
July 11th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
July 14th-26th~ 12 Days of Christmas in July!!
July 23rd~ Carrington Quilt Guild- We will be meeting at Woodward Farms with Brenda Gorseth. Bev will be letting us know more information as it gets closer...
July 30th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Holiday Homestead
And the Christmas keeps a coming!! A few new groups from Henry Glass... Holiday Homestead by Jan Shade Beach, Jolly Ole Soul from Barb Tourtillotte, and Winter Wonderland by Annie Downs.Nature's Window
New in from Robert Kaufman are a group of Nature's Window. They have a touch of metallic and would make some wonderful quilts featuring Mountainpeek Creations patterns!! Also in are Winter White: Solstice from Lynnea Washburn. She must be quite the designer, as I recall her designing for Lake Caribou featured in our newsletter a couple of weeks ago and Vibrant Garden earlier than that... Or I'm just drawn to her beautiful designs!And Mammoth Flannel Ten Squares in a variety of colors have shown up to the shop for your latest rag quilt or precut project!!
Joy Peace & Love
New in... Joy Peace & Love from Jennifer Heynen for In The Beginning Fabrics! We have a shop sample in the works for this sweet group!! Gearing up for Christmas In July!!And we haven't heard from Shannon Fabrics in a little while, so we have indulged in the latest 90" wide Cuddle for your selection. And a few new pieces in our Prints and Luxe!!
Splendid
And from Moda and one of my favorite designers- Robin Pickens- hits it out of the park once again! This entire group is beautifully done with rich colors that jump of the fabric! Precuts are all here as well!!Don't forget we also have the Sweet Christmas Kits & Panels & precuts for Kringle & Claus and Holiday Lodge, but not for long!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Back home after a spectacular quilt show in Rapid City!! They truly have some gifted talent down there!! And some of the best scenery... Now to play catch up with the inside and outside chores that have gotten away from me for the few days I was gone. So I will keep this short and sweet so I can get some outdoor time tonight.
Upcoming events...June 11th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
June 13th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service! And with it being National Sewing Machine Day, Designer Fabrics is offering $10 off your machine service that day! Be sure to let us know that you will be bringing in your machine!
June 13th-15th~ MN Quilt Show
June 14th~ Happy National Flag Day! All patriotic fabrics/kits 25% off!
June 16th~ Happy Father's Day!
June 18th~ Carrington Quilt Guild- We will be meeting at Rosa's Pizza!! Yummmm!! Don't forget to be working on your UFO's for the year and please bring your show & tell!
June 18th~ Happy Splurge Day! So what is your one wish list item you have been wanting forever... Today, stop in and take 25% off your one item and treat yourself!
June 21st~ Happy First Day of Summer! Kicking off Summer, we are offering 21% off your regular-priced merchandise purchase today!
June 23rd~ Happy Pink Day! Any pink item/fabric is 25% off today!
June 24th~ Happy Log Cabin Day! All things log cabin are 25% off!!
June 25th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
July 4th~ We will be CLOSED- Have a safe holiday!
New into the shop...
Merry Starts Here
Christmas groups are making their way into the shop! Up first we have precuts and a few pieces of Merry Starts Here from Sweetwater for Moda.Holiday Lodge
Next up, is one with a lot of interest... It has a red pickup on the panel!! I'm looking forward to playing with this one by Deb Strain for Moda.Lake Caribou
This sweet group from Lynnea Washburn for Quilting Treasures has finally arrived! Very well done digital prints and pieces to make a wonderful quilt!A Poinsettia Winter
And last but not least, this beautiful selection from In The Beginning Studios is being made into a really special quilt kit (pictured above) as we speak! It's one of my new favorites!!Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day! Remembering the reason for the season today & every day. Thank you to all those who gave up their lives to keep us safe and let us live our everyday lives! You are not forgotten.
With Summer nipping at the heels of Spring, hopefully the weather can make up it's mind soon. So far anything outdoors for me has been on hold, and my time has been spent quilting or planning for this Summer's events! Which isn't all bad. I did manage to finish a couple of projects for my niece's graduation and crammed in a quilt club project recently... It's only going to be downhill from here (Ya right), maybe for May. As the calendar gets ready to turn another page, the roller coaster begins for another month, and I've been trying to incorporate some "Special Days" into our lineup.
Upcoming events...May 28th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
June 1st~ Happy Birthday, Bev!! Due to it falling on a Saturday, Blue Light Special Day will be held on June 2nd! Stop in and take advantage of Bev's birthday specials!!
June 4th~ Block-of-the-Month Block #10 will be available this week for pick up!
June 6th-8th~ We are taking the shop on the road and will be vending at the Rapid City Quilt Show! Stop in and see us if you are in the area!!
June 11th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
June 13th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service! And with it being National Sewing Machine Day, Designer Fabrics is offering $10 off your machine service that day! Be sure to let us know that you will be bringing in your machine!
June 13th-15th~ MN Quilt Show
June 14th~ Happy National Flag Day! All patriotic fabrics/kits 25% off!
June 16th~ Happy Father's Day!
June 18th~ Carrington Quilt Guild- We will be meeting at Rosa's Pizza!! Yummmm!! Don't forget to be working on your UFO's for the year and please bring your show & tell!
June 18th~ Happy Splurge Day! So what is your one wish list item you have been wanting forever... Today, stop in and take 25% off your one item and treat yourself!
June 21st~ Happy First Day of Summer! Kicking off Summer, we are offering 21% off your regular-priced merchandise purchase today!
June 23rd~ Happy Pink Day! Any pink item/fabric is 25% off today!
June 24th~ Happy Log Cabin Day! All things log cabin are 25% off!!
June 25th~ Designer Quilt Club
July 4th~ We will be CLOSED- Have a safe holiday!
Faithful Friends
Sweet new group from Jim Killen for Northcott Fabrics! Father's Day is around the corner, and these cute pups would make an awesome quilt for Dad!Cinnaberry Kit
And we are pleased to welcome this gorgeous 63" square quilt kit from 3 Sisters for Moda! She is a stunner!! Bev is working on the quilt top and once in the shop I have a feeling she won't last long... You may even want to purchase an extra layer cake and make it larger!Kringle & Claus
Ready for it... Christmas is in full swing! Let's just hope the weather doesn't get the memo... New in are pieces of Basic Grey's latest group Kringle & Claus! (The precuts have yet to arrive...)Cuddle Digital Print
And last but not least, this beautiful piece from Shannon Fabrics trickled in! We are planning on pairing it with the gorgeous cardinal panel we have in stock! They have come a long way from when cuddle/minkee first hit the stores! Now they are digitally printing on cuddle! And the result is just stunning!Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Back from Fargo... what a great show! We had a little hiccup with the laptop crashing before Saturday's opening, so I am behind the eight ball trying to get my old laptop up and running and equipped with everything I need to run this ship. Today has been a bit frustrating and rewarding... All of my new to come pics I saved once upon a time didn't get transferred to the USB stick so I have had to redo everything that has come into the shop the last couple of weeks. On the other hand, I was able to retrieve all of Friday's transactions from the Fargo Show! Whew! I was beginning to have the girls start to do inventory on each department so we could get them up to date in the shop. Ugh! I am very thankful for my computer minded son of mine for having the knowledge and capability of getting my hard drive information off the crashed laptop! I am not tech savvy, and am challenged severely when things don't work. I still have several things to get back up and running, but I'll tackle them as they are needed. For now, we will concentrate on keeping up with the fabrics that are flowing into the shop over the next month or so... If you didn't get a chance to check out our latest samples/kits at the Fargo Show, stop in as it may be a bit until I get them uploaded to the website. I first need to find/retake all of the pictures. Wish me luck!
All the NEW items into the shop & the Events reminders are being posted so you can keep track of us on Facebook! Just in case you don't have extra time to peruse the website & want a general overview of what has been happening!! I'll try & post pictures of our whereabouts when possible!!
Upcoming events...May 14th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
May 21st~ Carrington Quilt Guild- Don't forget to bring your Bag Lady Challenge blocks! Also, for those of you participating in the Kit Swap Game, please bring a pre-made or stash-made quilt kit (at least 50" x 60" with the pattern included) either wrapped or in a brown paper bag. Remember your dues for the year (if you haven't paid them), UFO's for show & tell, and $3 to play our game... We will be meeting around 6:15ish at the shop!
May 28th~ Designer Quilt Club- We will be back at it once again! Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
June 4th~ Block-of-the-Month Block #10 will be available this week for pick up!
June 6th-8th~ We are taking the shop on the road and will be vending at the Rapid City Quilt Show! Stop in and see us if you are in the area!!
June 11th~ Top Your Table Club
June 13th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
June 13th-15th~ MN Quilt Show
June 18th~ Carrington Quilt Guild
June 25th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Hearty The Snowman
Well with the turn of the weather, we have the turn of the fabrics arriving at the shop! First in are a couple of sweet groups from Cherry Guidry for Benartex! They are so close in color, we plan on mixing and matching for our projects!!Christmas Magic
Day In Paris
A few new pieces to enhance your Day In Paris precuts, which are back in stock- but I wouldn't wait too long!!Faboolous Fun
And last but not least, some Halloween from Benartex that glow in the dark!! We have even tested the ghosts!! I'm thinking my nieces and nephew need new trick or treat bags!!Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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April Fools!! Let's hope this will be the finale of late Winter for 2019...
On a better note... we have been busy bees at the shop readying ourselves for the Fargo Show this weekend!! New samples are getting crossed off my list every day! I would love to finish at least two more samples before I head out, but I haven't even started them. And with Quilt Club tomorrow, the chances are getting slim. I have a feeling our booth will be overflowing with projects hot off the press and new to the shop! So I apologize now for it being slightly more that full. But, I just want to share everything with you!! Hope to see you soon! In fact, stop into see me at the show and bring in a coupon found HERE and get 15% off one item!
All the NEW items into the shop & the Events reminders are being posted so you can keep track of us on Facebook! Just in case you don't have extra time to peruse the website & want a general overview of what has been happening!! I'll try & post pictures of our whereabouts when possible!!
Upcoming events...April 30th~ Designer Quilt Club- We will be back at it once again! Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
May 3rd-4th~ Be sure to look for us at the Metro Quilt Expo in Fargo!!
May 7th~ Block-of-the-Month Block #9 will be available this week for pick up!
May 9th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
May 14th~ Top Your Table Club- We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
May 21st~ Carrington Quilt Guild- Don't forget to bring your Bag Lady Challenge blocks! Also, for those of you participating in the Kit Swap Game, please bring a pre-made or stash-made quilt kit (at least 50" x 60" with the pattern included) either wrapped or in a brown paper bag. Remember your dues for the year (if you haven't paid them), UFO's for show & tell, and $3 to play our game... We will be meeting around 6:15ish at the shop!
May 28th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Sweet Christmas
'Tis the season apparently... And Santa has been delivering huge assortments of pre-cuts by Kansas Troubles, Lella Boutique, Urban Chiks, Sweetwater, 3 Sisters, One Canoe Two, Robin Pickens, Basic Grey, & Zen Chic for Moda! I will try to bring what I have left to the Fargo Show this week, but they are going fast!Nova
New into the shop are kits for the gorgeous group of Nova from Basic Grey and the boxes they are packaged in are just as sweet as the fabrics in them!Mammoth Flannel
A few new pieces from Robert Kaufman for our flannel lovers... And new colors of their basic Maze... And bundles of Hello Lucky!!Fat Quarter Bundles
And last but not least, new bundles from FreeSpirit Pinkerville by Tula Pink and Memoranda from Tim Holtz!!Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Sounds like Spring is in a holding pattern for this week... So out for a walk a couple of times I went today. I was hoping the colors of the sky would be as awesome as I saw them in real life! What a difference a week makes. We still have some huge snow mounds in the yard and tree rows, but they are shrinking. Yay! Now if the weather stays south of us. I may need to go somewhere there is better weather if it gets close... Richardton, you'd better have good weather!!
With a couple of retreats taking up my time away from the shop, I did a bit of Spring cleaning as promised and there is a bigger collection in the clearance! Tomorrow or Wednesday I have plans to add more bolts back there too! We have tons of new fabric coming in and I need more empty shelves to accommodate them!
All the NEW items into the shop & the Events reminders are being posted so you can keep track of us on Facebook! Just in case you don't have extra time to peruse the website & want a general overview of what has been happening!! I'll try & post pictures of our whereabouts when possible!!
Upcoming events...April 9th~ Top Your Table Club 2019! We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
April 10th~ Happy 23rd Birthday, Megan!!
April 11th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
April 16th~ Carrington Quilt Guild- Don't forget to bring your Bag Lady Challenge blocks! Also, for those of you participating in the Kit Swap Game, please bring a pre-made or stash-made quilt kit (at least 50" x 60" with the pattern included) either wrapped or in a brown paper bag. And we will be taking up Food Pantry donations this month. Remember your dues for the year (if you haven't paid them), UFO's for show & tell, and (4) items to play our game... We will be meeting around 6:15ish at the shop!
April 21st~ We will be CLOSED for Easter!
April 30th~ Designer Quilt Club- We will be back at it once again! Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. "Cook's Choice" theme for this year... It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
May 3rd-4th~ Be sure to look for us at the Metro Quilt Expo in Fargo!!
May 7th~ Block-of-the-Month Block #9 will be available this week for pick up!
May 9th~ Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
May 14th~ Top Your Table Club
New into the shop...
Limoncello
New in... A lovely group from Benartex! They have a bit of pearl shimmer to them also for an added bonus! Also in are a few pieces of Dragonfly Dance from Benartex!A few new bolts of Later Alligator from Sandy Gervais for Moda.
And we just can't seem to have enough basics... so new in are a few bolts of Concrete also from Moda.
Vibrant Garden
A couple of pieces that caught my eye were from this group by Lynnea Washburn for Robert Kaufman. Whether you keep the panel whole, or pick up several and make yourself a stunning stack & whack quilt, you can't go wrong!!Also from Robert Kaufman, new batiks!
Little One 2
This sweet group of nostalgia is sure to make a child's favorite quilt! Odd story on this group as I was entering it online... In elementary school, I had a classmate- Rebecca Baer. I remember her well as we were a couple of the youngest in the class with Summer birthdays. She moved somewhere in the years before junior high and we lost contact. Fast forward to a few years ago, through Facebook, I was in touch with her once again. Sadly, she had a tragic accident and is gone. The designer of this Little One 2 group is also Rebecca Baer. I'm grateful for the reminder of the memories of her that I keep.Fat Quarter Bundles
And last but not least, bundles and pre-cuts of all kinds!!Have a great week!!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie
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Greetings from Designer FabricsHello, Everyone!
Well, vacation is over... Time to get back into the real world and retreat-mode! Paperwork and bindings have been on my counter for the last week and I'm tackling as much as I can. New samples are in the shop, taxes are done, pattern is written for tomorrow, the sun is shining... It's going to be one get-r-done kind of a week! It's amazing what a little sunshine can do for the soul.
I'm in the mood to do a bit of Spring Cleaning! At home and at the shop... Maybe this week will be your lucky week to find new treasures in the clearance at the shop. I need to make room for the NEW arriving!! Stop in and check it out!
All the NEW items into the shop & the Events reminders are being posted so you can keep track of us on Facebook! Just in case you don't have extra time to peruse the website & want a general overview of what has been happening!! I'll try & post pictures of our whereabouts when possible!!
Upcoming events...March 26th~ Designer Quilt Club 2019- We will be back at it once again! Meetings to begin at 6:00pm the LAST Tuesday of each month. Cost for the year is $19.00. This year's theme may be "Cook's Choice", so that will cover much of what I do all year long! It could be a little bit of this, or a little bit of that... But mostly a whole lot of fun!!
March 28th~ DATE CHANGE due to the weather...Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!
April 2nd~ Block-of-the-Month Block #8 will be available this week for pick up!
April 4th-7th~ Crystal Springs Retreat- We are at 22 of 36.
April 9th~ Top Your Table Club 2019! We will be featuring various projects from the Trendy Table 2 book by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures! Meetings to begin at 5:30pm the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for some fun as we showcase a runner/kit each month, check out all of the "new" fabrics and notions to come in, find new inspiration in each other's show and tell, eat some dessert, have a chance at winning door prizes, and shop after hours with a discount! Cost to join is the purchase of the Trendy Table 2 book from Designer Fabrics!
April 10th~ Happy 23rd Birthday, Megan!!
April 16th~ Carrington Quilt Guild- Don't forget to bring your Bag Lady Challenge blocks! Also, for those of you participating in the Kit Swap Game, please bring a pre-made or stash-made quilt kit (at least 50" x 60" with the pattern included) either wrapped or in a brown paper bag. And we will be taking up Food Pantry donations this month. Remember your dues for the year (if you haven't paid them), UFO's for show & tell, and (4) items to play our game... We will be meeting around 6:15ish at the shop!
April 21st~ We will be CLOSED for Easter!
April 30th~ Designer Quilt Club
New into the shop...
Sweet Violet
New in from Jan Patek for Moda are these lovelies!! Makes me want to get out in the gardens and grow some new blooms! For now I will just piece them... Precuts are available!!Sweet Pea & Lily
Another stunning group from one of my all-time favorite designers, Robin Pickens for Moda. I am a huge fan of her fabrics and designs!! Get ready for Summer projects!Puppy Pals Flannel
This sweet group of flannels is happy and full of energy!! The panel is a full yard and can easily be paired with one or two borders, or left alone for a self-binding receiving blanket!Cuddle Luxe
And last but not least, more Cuddle!! This one reminds me of Easter eggs!! It isn't difficult to understand why the wall is ever-growing with the vast selection Shannon Cuddle offers!Stay warm and have a great week!! Bring on Spring!
Until next time, Happy Quilting!! Jackie