Hello, everyone!   How's the weather treating everyone? We have encountered 3 seasons the past couple of weekends going to Richardton for retreats... I've come to the conclusion they live in the banana belt!  I left on Sunday with 45 degrees out there.  Was hoping to bring some back, but it seems to have been thrown into the gutter.  The next couple of nights are going to be bitter cold!  Here is the shot of our skating rink from Monday's weather event... So if you stop by, please get as close as you can to the dry pavement... Up next so far... February 7th~ Embroidery Club- We will be working on the Candy Cane Lane Bench Pillow, and maybe whip up a couple of the Kimberbell Heart-Felt Gift Pockets if you'd like.  Rett has a sample at the shop and said they go together super quick!  CD's and Tubes are back in stock! February 13th~  Our 16th Annual Football Widow's Sale! All I can say is bring on the yardage, get your backings/project list ready...  Our date changed as I had put it in my calendar last year, and then find out the NFL added a week to the season... Ugh! February 15th~  Carrington Quilt Guild Christmas/Valentine's Party! March 1st~ Embroidery Club- Kathy will be with us showing us how to use our Kimberbell Blue Tiles we have purchased! March 31st-April 3rd~ Crystal Springs Retreat ...we are at 27/30 for registrations.  We may take a few more if there is interest... Be sure to follow our whereabouts on our website calendar, maybe you can stop in and see us sometime! Tonight I arrived at Emmett's and he greeted me with the cutest little squeals and smiles and giggles! My heart melts a little more every time I see him. I'm sure the girls were getting tired of me showing his gigglebox video Grandma Kim made with him at the retreat, but I couldn't help giggling right along with it every single time.  Tomorrow I can spend all day seeing all of the new things that he has learned in the last couple of retreat weeks. Yay! Oh and we have a tooth now!!                               And with that be sure to check out our New Arrivals!  Featured below... Another Brick in the Wall from the new Carolina Lilies by Robin Pickens.  And if you can, like and follow us on Facebook! Stay tuned... stay warm & sew on! Jackie

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!

February 1st~ Embroidery Club- We will be working on the Candy Cane Lane Bench Pillow so we can be ready for the Spring Showers Quilt project to come in...

February 13th (edited)~ Our 16th Annual Football Widow's Sale

February 15th~  Carrington Quilt Guild

March 31st-April 3rd~ Crystal Springs Retreat ...registration is open!

Here's an Emmett pic!  He is such a sweet little guy!  I so enjoy my time with him. :-) I love when he sees me each week and gives me the biggest smile.  Facetime is a game changer these days too!  Where was this when our kids were little? Our parents were robbed!!

                             


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

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 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.  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 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 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....!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 *************************************************************************** 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!  *********************************************************************************************** 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 *************************************************************************************************************************** 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

July 19th-31st, 2020

Hello, everyone! Well, ready or not, Santa is coming to town!  The elves have been working their magic in the shop and I've been making my lists and checking them twice... Okay maybe just making sure we have enough room for all the new goodies and samples that have been arriving in the shop!   We are shaking up the snow globe this year...Our specials include: 20% off Store-wide 25% off all Christmas Fabrics & Kits In-Store Only Elves' Special of the day (limited to stock on hand): July 19th- Winter Wonderland- Hoping for Snow... All white fabric & door mats 25% off July 20th- Christmas Tree Decorating... All batik fabrics on the bolt 25% off July 21st- Let's Go Sledding... Cutting mats, irons, ArtBin boxes, Tutto cases, & lights 25% off July 22nd- Oh, Baby! It's Cold Outside... All Cuddle & Flannel 25% off July 23rd- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas... Color Wall Bolts 25% off July 24th- Candy Cane Day... All Things Red (Fabrics/Notions/Etc.) 25% off July 26th- Wear a Christmas Sweater & Get 25% off your entire purchase! July 27th- Naughty Elf Day... All Clearance Items 50% off July 28th- Santa's Workshop- See What the Elves Have Been Working On... All Retired Quilt Samples 40% off& All Embroidery Supplies 25% off July 29th- 'Tis the Season... All Gift Items, Notions, & Tins 25% off July 30th- Sugar Plums & Gum Drop Day... All Grunge fabric 25% off July 31st- Last Minute Gift Shopping... All Rulers & Kits 25% off And above and beyond all of that... we will be doing Daily Door Prizes & a Grand Door Prize (to be drawn from all entries on August 2nd) for 10 yards of 42"/44" fabric! So, stop in if you are in the area!  Pick your special day or take advantage of every a different special each day.  Or if you'd like to shop online and shop our 20% off Store-wide and/or 25% off Christmas Fabrics & Kits while supplies last! Merry Christmas (in July) from all of us at Designer Fabrics!!

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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Hello, Everyone!  Long time since you may have heard from me.  I'm still here, feeling a bit overwhelmed at all of the technology challenges that have presented themselves with a new system.  This is my first test run!  I'm hoping everyone is healthy, safe & quilting!!  We at Designer Fabrics have taken precautions to keep all of you healthy.  We are currently CLOSED, but do offer curbside pickup on days that I am in the shop, along with local in-town delivery if needed.  And as always, we are shipping out any online orders as often as I get in the shop!  Our website is www.quiltdesignerfabrics.com.  If nothing else, go and check out our website and see what's new!  You may want to explore a bit!!  There are many new features to our website, one of which is that you can now see how much we have in stock!  Just click the amount and a drop down menu will only allow you to order in quantity what we have on hand!  Check out through the PayPal button, and either use your PayPal account or your credit card for options.  We will let you know when your order is ready for pickup or has shipped! Don't hesitate to place your order over the phone either at 701-652-3535, as I have forwarded my calls to my cell phone.   For now, our Clubs are on hold.  For those of you in Topper Club or Designer Quilt Club, be sure to be working on your UFO's!  No excuses now... ;-) We will make up for lost time soon!   I just cut up kits for this version of the Rustic Tiling- Wood Version Quilt!  They are in stock!  This week I will be chopping kits for the Steel Version (of which you can catch a glimpse of in the picture)!  They are beautiful saturated batiks from Northcott's Banyan Batik Collections! We are currently out of 1/4" elastic, but there have been many more creative ways to be making ties for the Isolation Masks that have been being made!  Check them out on our Designer Fabrics Facebook page as we have been sharing a ton of ideas and patterns to keep everyone in stitches!! Be sure to let us know if you need anything!  I'm going to see how this email turns out before I write a book... Happy Quilting! Jackie

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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

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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..

Upcoming events...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 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!)

Upcoming events...November 26th-29th~ Thanksgiving Week Specials 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. "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...

November 14th~Jim/Luke from Sewing Machines Plus will be here for machine service!

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...

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Hello, 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 1st-3rd~ Missouri Valley Quilters presents Pat Speth of Nickel Quilts

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!!

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Hello, 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!!

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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...

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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...

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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)

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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)

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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


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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

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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!


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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!

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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



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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


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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

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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

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