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Yankee Pride Quilts Mid-Month Update - October
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A little color, followed by a little gray...
It is definitely October here in Vermont! The heat wave is long gone, and cool temperatures, a light frost at night, and carpets of fallen leaves are now the norm. Get out your winter coats and gloves, put on your heavy socks, and curl up with a new project - the cold is settling in for a spell.
The
Halloween Haunt Tour is right around the corner! This mini-Shop Hop was such a success last year that we had to do it again. See details below, or call the shop at 802/872-9300 for more details.
We're seeing hand work make a big surge right now, so we're starting a new 6-month
Sulky Petites Thread Club here at the shop. Check out the details below in our Notions, News & Other Notes.
Start making plans for Yankee Pride Helping Hands - we're meeting on Saturday, November 11 from 11 - 4. We'll be working on hand sewing bindings, and there will be some kits available for those who want to bring their sewing machines and work on making quilt tops. Once again, Laurie's House in St. Albans will be getting all our finished quilts for their residents. Please give us a call and let us know you're coming - we need to make sure we have room for everyone. We look forward to seeing you!
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Moda Block of the Week
 We're two-thirds of the way there! Anyone interested in showing off your blocks, or coming in with Blockhead questions, we'll be at the shop this Saturday, October 21, at 11 a.m. We have a great time chatting about this sew-along, and sharing our blocks.
If you're interested in more information about this project, click
here to get started!
 At left is Suzanne's block for Week 27, and at right is Cindy's.
Halloween Haunt Tour 2017
 It's back! The Halloween Haunt Tour returns this year, October 27, 28 & 29. Stop in at A Quilter's Garden in Montpelier, Stowe Fabric & Yarn in Stowe, Sunny Laurel Sisters in Colchester, and Yankee Pride Quilts. Purchase a $4 Tour Ticket on one of those days, do a little trick or treating, and register for the grand prize of $200 in gift certificates! At each shop, you will receive "Boo Bucks" for that shop - this year your Boo Bucks get you $10 off a purchase of at least $15. The first 175 "Tourists" to buy tickets get a free bag!
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| Remaining Weekend Sales in October October 21 & 22: 20% off orange background fabric October 28 & 29: 20% off one notion, book, or pattern We're still clearing out our flannel fat quarter stash, so all our precut flannel fat quarters are now priced at $2.25. *We are no longer custom-cutting flannel fat quarters* |
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October Classes
Below are our classes and events for October. For more details, or to sign up, click on the highlighted link.
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| Recent Fabric Arrivals This is a sample of arrivals in the past two weeks: NOTE: For a close-up look at the fabrics, click on the photos!
Confetti and ribbons are perfect decorations for any celebration - use these fabrics as napkins, table runners, or even to wrap gifts! You'll be able to use them again and again.
 American Swatch Book
by Marcus Fabrics
These simple, pretty fabrics will fold into your stash nicely. Traditional reds, whites, and blues go with almost all Reproduction prints, so you'll be able to use them right away!
 Grunge
by Moda
We've got quite a nice collection of this line at the shop now - beautiful colors to go with almost any project you're making! The perfect addition this time, for our Vermont shop, is "Maple Sugar" (center in photo).
 Tuppence
by Moda These sweet little prints will provide a nice accent to your next project. The stripes (top in photo) make a wonderful binding, and teeny tiny dots work anywhere!
 Collections Compassion from Howard Marcus by Moda These are some very lovely pinks and dark reds. Use them to make a bag for yourself or a friend. Maybe a holiday gift for someone close to you?  Remember Red from Nancy Rink by Marcus Fabrics With the exception of the red, these prints make subtle, yet interesting backgrounds for more modern projects. That very vibrant red is the perfect accent for almost any other color you work with.  Pastiche
from Jason Yenter by In The Beginning We separated these fabrics into two photos, so their beauty wouldn't get lost in confusion. The reds & rusts (photo at right) have an almost Indian feel to them. The blues and purples (photo below), though, seem more tropical. We think both groups are just gorgeous! 
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Notions, News & Other Notes
 As many of you know, we have some very talented staff members who do an abundance of hand work. Both Kathy and Deanna have been embroidering, working on wool, and making applique pieces for quite a while. Through classes and projects, they found that Sulky threads are the ones they really like to use, both for color and for ease of use. The colors are rich, and because they are a thicker, 12-weight thread, you only need to use one strand for your work, rather than two, like many other brands.
 So they have created a program, for those of you who love to use these threads like they do. The
Sulky Petites Thread Club will begin November 13, 2017. At the end of six months, you will have a specially-selected set of 80 colors, and a clamshell case to keep them all in. Each month, you will receive either 13 or 14 spools of Sulky thread - mostly solid colors, but with some variegated ones included, too. These beautiful, high-quality threads can be used for hand (or machine) embroidery, embellishment, wool applique, and lots of other applications. You can join the club for $24.99 a month (plus tax) and start receiving your beautiful threads next month! Please call the shop at 802/872-9300, or stop in for more details, and to see just how lovely these threads are!
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Thank you, as always, for your business, and thank you for being our customer. We love that you still believe in shopping local!
Judy, Rae, Marty, Suzanne, Cindy, Wendy, Kathy, Marjan, Deanna, and Kay
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www.yankeepridequilts.com
9 Main Street
Essex Junction, Vermont 05452
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