
We are calling it early today, December 27th... With No Travel Advised, let's stay home and sew! Please stay safe and off the roads to let the road crews have extra time for clean up!
For the time being... take advantage of our FabShop BlowOut Sale happening this week online at Designer Fabrics!!
Stay tuned to see what the rest of the week's schedule looks like...
Hello, everyone! Well, where did I leave off? Uffda it's been quite awhile and I apologize for that... Covid took me down for 3 weeks of it, all is well and I'm still playing catch up! I'm hoping everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We headed to Minnesota to my family this year. My 94 year old Grandma Jean isn't feeling the best so it was nice spending some time with her and the rest of the family.
Our shelves are busting with new fabrics! They must be catching up with unloading the boats... Come on in and check them out! New samples are arriving each week as well!
Here's last week's Emmett pic! Quite the handsome little man... He's 5 months old now and is outgrowing the smaller quilt I made him. I get to enjoy him each week for a couple of days while I babysit him :-).

Up next... November 30th~ Designer Quilt Club- Double Feature as I was out last month... Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
December 7th~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
December 14th~ Top Your Table Club- 2021 Finale Meeting to begin at 6:00pm. Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
December 21st~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
December 24th~ We will be closing at 2:00.
December 25th~ CLOSED for Christmas
December 28th~ Designer Quilt Club- 2021 Finale Meeting to begin at 6:00pm. Must be present to win the Grand Door Prize!
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Eden Park from the Tabletastic 2 book by Antler Quilt Designs.
Have a great weekend! Jackie

Hello, everyone! Wow! Time flies when you're having fun!! We have been busy squeezing in new fabrics and kits/samples in the shop lately. Rett thinks I should knock out some walls... Haha, sorry Rett. I just need to work my organizing magic! But, in the mean time, we have a whole shop of goodies to offer you! Whether you are needing Tutto machine totes to haul to your next retreat, or replacing your mats for some of our best choices offered out there, to a dab of Christmas inspiration, or a soft Cuddle backing for a quilt for Christmas, we have plenty to keep you in stitches! If you'd rather order online, we have those options available as well! I'd like to offer you a coupon code to receive 15% off your next purchase. Just use NOTRICKS21 in-store or online to take advantage. One use per person through October 31st. Happy Halloween early!!
Here's this week's Emmett pic! Mom and him are already enjoying Halloween shows... ;-) Sweet punkin!
Up next... October 12th~ Top Your Table Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
October 19th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
October 26th~ Designer Quilt Club
November 2nd~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
November 9th~ Top Your Table Club
November 11th-14th~ Crystal Springs Retreat- We are FULL.
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Craftsman.
Have a great week! Jackie

Hello, everyone! Welcome Fall! Saw a few leaves turning on my drive to Beulah yesterday... It is so lush and green out now that we have had some rain. Feels like Fall, looks like Spring! The roads are still in Summer mode- construction... but I think they are winding up by my house and it is SMOOTH! Let's just hope for no black ice this Winter!!
So I haven't been at the shop much these last few weeks and I've been trying to keep up with the shop remotely most days... the girls have it covered! We did have our run at Quilt Dakota Takeover last week, so you will want to check that out on Facebook on the Quilt Dakota page. We showcased out NEW for the month, Cuddle section, RulerSafes, had a LIVE sale, featured some of our holiday section, and a shop tour! My week was a little short, so I videoed some of them.
Here's this week's Emmett pic! He's getting so big!! Grandpa Todd had him belly laughing this weekend- a first for him I believe. It was so cute!

Up next... September 14th~ Top Your Table Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
September 17th-25th~ Valley Shop Hop
September 21st~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
September 23rd-26th~ Crystal Springs Retreat- We are FULL.
September 28th~ Designer Quilt Club
October 5th~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
October 12th~ Top Your Table Club
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Hopscotch Runner.
Have a great week! Jackie

Hello, everyone! Wow! Another Summer slipping away with kids going back to school, harvest in midstream, the cooler temperatures approaching, and retreat season right on my heels! I'm not going to lie, I'll be ready to have this September behind me... It'll be a full one for me, so if I look like I'm dragging, trust me I already know.
I have added another feather to my cap- part time Grandma babysitter as of this last week!! Emmett & I survived our first two days alone! Yay!! See you soon punkin!

Up next... August 31st~ Designer Quilt Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
September 1st-3rd~ Come in and celebrate our 16th Anniversary with us!
September 5th-10th~ Quilt Dakota Takeover
September 7th~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
September 11th~ Junkfest Finale!!
September 14th~ Top Your Table Club
September 17th-25th~ Valley Shop Hop
September 21st~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
September 23rd-26th~ Crystal Springs Retreat- We are FULL.
September 28th~ Designer Quilt Club
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Splash Quilt.
Have a great weekend! Jackie
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Hello, everyone! Sorry, I've been MIA a bit lately. No I'm not. Here's my why...

Meet Emmett Ralph Wittenberg! He will be one month old on Sunday! I go and visit him every week- so far... Sorry, kids.
Up next... July 18th-30th~ Christmas In July Sale! We will have 20% off store-wide, 25% off all Christmas fabric, 40% off Retired Quilt Samples, & 50% off our Clearance. Also, we may be seeing Santa this Sunday!! And the naughty elf has her own specials that will be posted in-store each day... Be sure to take advantage of the sale, purchase $25 or more and you will be entered in our drawing to possibly win a Gift Certificate for $250 on us! Drawing to be held on August 1st.
July 27th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
August 3rd~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
August 10th~ Top Your Table Club
August 17th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
August 31st~ Designer Quilt Club
And with that be sure to check out our latest New Arrivals for July! Christmas is finally streaming in, a few months late... See you soon!
Here's to our fabulous 5! (5 generations!!)
Great-Great Grandma Jean, Great Grandma Karen, Grandma Jackie, Megan, & Emmett.
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Hello, everyone! No baby yet... 10 days until the due date... Hope everyone is beating the heat by quilting, or enjoying it if that is your thing! Or, you could beat the heat by stopping in our air-conditioned shop! We hardly know how hot it is outside... you may even catch us sewing!!
New shipments have been streaming into the shop lately! With many of the companies being really behind in their shipping dates, I have a feeling everything is going to ship at once when they finally catch up and swamp me. Now to create new projects out of every group coming in the door! Let the fun begin!
Up next... June 8th~ Top Your Table Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
June 15th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
June 29th~ Designer Quilt Club
July 4th~ We will be CLOSED for the holiday! Have a safe weekend!!
July 6th~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
July 13th~ Top Your Table Club
And with that be sure to check out our May Arrivals or New June Arrivals! New fabric lines from Dear Stella, Benartex, Timeless Treasures, Wilmington Basics, & new Shannon 90" wide colors are just the beginning...
Featured below... Little Lion Raised Beds I finished the binding yesterday!
Have a great week! See you soon!
Jackie

Hello, everyone! Thanks to all who have helped me Spring Clean the shop of bargains! We have turned up a few more at bargain prices on the back tables... I will have to dismantle the back tables for Quilt Club tomorrow, but will have them back up for next week! Time to make room for all of the NEW streaming into the shop!! I'm hoping to focus on getting some outside work done in the next couple of weeks now that it has rained a little, but have several sewing projects on my plate to finish up as well. Baby is due in 3 weeks or so... so I'm under the gun to have my ducks in a row. And throw a few other options for time suckers into the mix, June will be gone before it begins! One day at a time.
Up next... May 25th~ Designer Quilt Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
June 1st~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
June 8th~ Top Your Table Club
June 15th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
June 29th~ Designer Quilt Club
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals! Featured below... Main Street Bench Pillow.
Have a great weekend! Jackie

Hello, everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! For me, one baby shower done... #2 up this weekend... and graduation the following weekend. So I have been sneaking in some quilting at the shop when I can ;-). Finished a couple of cradle sheets, t-shirt quilt is finished, made a throw for Megan and the baby room rocking chair, and have a denim/fleece rag quilt to begin for my niece. Maybe not today with Topper Club tonight... I will have to dismantle the work station temporarily. But, there's always tomorrow!
I have also been SPRING cleaning in the shop! I have been going through many of our items and getting them ready for our online BLOW-OUT sale we are having. And for those of you wanting to take advantage of them in-store, you sure can! All for the love of tidying things up. Think of it as our very own yard sale! First come first serve! The best way to shop in-store is to go online and make a list as I haven't pulled everything into one area. From there I can help you find what you are looking for, if it is still in stock. I have been busy mailing out many packages the past couple of days and can't guarantee they will still be available. If you want to make sure you get your wanted items, just make the purchase online and I will have it ready for you to pick up or ship out! Blow Out Sale Click Here
Up next...
May 11th~ Top Your Table Club- Meeting to begin at 6:00pm
May 18th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
May 25th~ Designer Quilt Club
June 1st~ Embroidery Club- Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals each month at New Arrivals! Wild Rose Table Runner featured below...
Have a great weekend! Jackie

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Looking for that special Mother's Day gift? How about a wonderful new finished quilt or table topper from Designer Fabrics? We have them at 40% off through May 9th! Shop now while selection is best!!
And don't forget to treat yourself....!!!
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Hello, everyone! Welcome to the season of surprise weather! My husband is hoping to get anything this time with the weather system moving through this week... Me, I'm ready to be over it. With each system, I am extremely miserable these days. Friday I was out of commission the entire day, and it lingered into Saturday. Let's hope I can endure the days I work this week, and the retreat this weekend! (And for good roads...) I have big plans to get things done this weekend. A t-shirt quilt for my graduating niece and some future shop samples!
Next up...
April 13th~ Top Your Table Club- We are back! To be fair for everyone participating, 2020 UFO Lists will be deemed void. You will have the opportunity to create a new 2021 UFO List that will be due by April 20th. The tickets already in the pot from the early 2020 meetings will remain in there. For anyone new who'd like to join, the cost is the purchase of the Big Book of Toppers. We will be showcasing various projects within the book.
April 14th-18th~ Stop on in and enjoy 20% off all of our Cuddle selection on hand! We are well stocked!! This sale will be available to you online as well...
April 20th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild- Meeting to be held at 6:00pm at the shop. Be sure to bring your inspirations to share!
April 27th~ Designer Quilt Club
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals each month at https://www.quiltdesignerfabrics.com/shop-now.htm! Featured below is Heartstrings...
Have a great week! Hope to see you soon!!
Jackie
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Hello, everyone! Happy SPRING!! Here's to hoping everyone survived the Winter with plenty of quilting projects getting done, and many more in the works for Spring! We here at Designer Fabrics are dreaming up some great new projects for the season, and samples and kits are arriving as we speak! l find myself daydreaming at the shop of new projects, instead of tending to work. Such a problem, I know... I sure wish I could take each bolt of fabric and use it in a project. Some day... Until then, I will continue to play with a few and keep finding room for the NEW ones streaming into the shop. (I may have to build more shelves this Summer...)
March 30th~ Designer Quilt Club! We are back! To be fair for everyone participating, 2020 UFO Lists will be deemed void. You will have the opportunity to create a new 2021 UFO List that will be due with a deadline of April 6th. The tickets already in the pot from the early 2020 meetings will remain in there. For anyone new who would like to join, the cost is $20 for the year. We will be featuring our own Designer Fabrics quilt patterns and will have kits available for them.
Up next, April!
April 4th~ We will be CLOSED. Have a safe and Happy Easter!!
April 6th~ Embroidery Club- We will try to work on the Spring version of the Seasons of Buttons, or work on your UFO's. Spring Kits are available and more buttons are coming this week if we are out. Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
April 13th~ Top Your Table Club- we will resume with the same guidelines as above and UFO 2021 lists due by April 20th. For anyone new who'd like to join, the cost is the purchase of the Big Book of Toppers. We will be showcasing various projects within the book.
April 20th~ Piecemaker's Quilt Guild
April 27th~ Designer Quilt Club
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals each month at https://www.quiltdesignerfabrics.com/shop-now.htm! Flip Flop Bunnies featured below...
Have a great weekend! Jackie

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Hello, everyone! LONG time since I've done one of these... Since last March we have a new POS system that includes the website and everything I knew was turned upside down. I'm still in the learning phase, but I just have to do it.
How has your quilting Winter been going? Mine, too fast. That must mean we have been busy sewing here at Designer Fabrics! The wedding/anniversary quilt has officially been gifted! I really enjoyed the process (a whole year of working on it) but I have so many odds and ends left over I feel like I should continue and use them up! See what size I can come up with the leftovers. Anyone save all of their leftover pieces from a project for "someday"? I have complete projects with leftovers that I could work on at retreats! Change your mind midway in a project and make it smaller? Cut the corners off that would've been in the garbage, but there were so many of them you save them all for a secondary project? Or cut so miserly that you have leftover yardage or bits and pieces for another coordinating project? For now mine are bagged and tagged so I can grab and go to another retreat and not have to think so much about organizing another project.
With the mask mandate subsided in ND, we aren't "requiring" them, but sure do appreciate them being worn in the shop. Many of us have not had Covid and we'd like to keep it that way. So thank you in advance.
Up next, February!
February 2nd~ Embroidery Club- We will try to work on the Spring version of the Seasons of Buttons, or work on your UFO's. Spring Kits are available and more buttons are coming this week if we are out. Doors open to Club members at 9:00.
So many have been inquiring about our annual Super Bowl Football Widow's Sale... Yep, it's still on! Specials will be posted in-store that day- Sunday, February 7th from noon-5pm. And we will have you home in time for the kick-off! Many customers come in with a written list and we point them exactly to the fabrics. Others, case the place the week before so they know where they need to be looking and have their measurements ready for us to cut. It is one of the biggest sales we have all year and we are quite busy!
February 9th at 10am we will be participating in the Quilting Across The Dakotas Facebook live event. Due to this we will be closing the doors until 11:00 am to concentrate on our event. I get easily distracted... Sorry if I don't acknowledge anyone on my other lives either and I often need my glasses to read these days on a small phone and then I lose my train of thought. So I shut the commenting off. {Squirrel} Before that day, you can go to Facebook and "Like" & "Follow" all of the individual participating shops' Facebook pages on the Quilting Across The Dakotas list. Then you will be able to be notified as to when each shop goes live for their events! Be ready to make a list and shop online for ours as we don't have Comment Sold, etc. We will have a special section on our Shop Now section for Quilting Across The Dakotas 2 when the day arrives with all of the items we will be featuring. You will be able to watch our lives later if you aren't able to catch us live, but I wanted to let you know we will be giving away a door prize bundle to someone during the live who comments and shares our event, and will have a special drawing for someone who makes a purchase that day for a gift certificate to Designer Fabrics. So get ready, it's coming...
February 18th-21st~ Crystal Springs Retreat! We are FULL for this one as we reduced the numbers to spread out, but be sure to sign up for the other two in 2021! https://www.quiltdesignerfabrics.com/retreats.htm
And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals each month at https://www.quiltdesignerfabrics.com/shop-now.htm!
Have a great weekend! Jackie

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888888Make It: Homemade Holiday
We are excited to announce that we are participating in the Quilt Dakota Make It: Homemade Holiday demo tour on Facebook!
Join Us Live on Facebook Thursday, December 3rd at 5:00pm!
We will be showing you how to whip up some Cuddle Scarves! If you have 20 minutes, you can make a scarf for you or your special someone for Christmas!!
In addition to helping you with tips and tricks we provide LIVE shopping for KITS, FABRIC, NOTIONS, & GIFTS.
This event is FREE and be sure to check out all of the 16 different demonstrations, we can help you with all your holiday creating and quilt-y giving. This is the perfect way to help support small businesses in our region!
For the complete schedule please go to QuiltDakota.com and follow Designer Fabrics and Quilt Dakota on Facebook!
“See” you soon!
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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!!

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Someone needs to take Juanita Short to the casino... Congratulations, once again!! Your Door Prize will be waiting for you at the shop!!

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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! Thank you to everyone who participated! We are making new samples daily and trying to replenish our supplies where they are available...
Now on to the daily winners. Please stop in to pick up your prize! 1- Sherry Roller 2- Becky Hagel 3- Mary Hauf 4- Peggy Rummel 5- Connie Swenseth 6- Connie Bauer 7- Bonnie Monson 8- Amanda Mahlum 9- Kim Carpenter 10- Carrie Nichols 11- Cindy Moe 12- Nicole Johnson
And the winner of the 10 yards of fabric (42”/44”) is... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Monson!!!!!!!
Thank you again!
Jackie Designer Fabrics
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