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Yankee Pride Quilts February Newsletter
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The time is passing so quickly...
February is already upon us. January seemed to fly by! Thankfully for the businesses here in Vermont, we've had more snow this winter than we did last year - great for skiers and outdoors lovers. The tourism industry is pleased. It's not bad for us quilters, either. What's better than sitting down to your sewing machine, or sitting down to do some handwork on a cold, snowy day with a cup of tea or coffee? Creating something new, with our favorite colors, or something vibrant and fun, gives us such a lift! As you'll see below, we've gotten some great new fabrics in, just in time for your next new project. There's plenty of color and pattern to catch your eye, so stop in and see what we've got going on!
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Vermont Shop Hop 2017
 Yes, it's time to start thinking about the Vermont Shop Hop! Passports are in, and you can start planning now! The 12th annual Vermont Shop Hop will be held from Friday, March 17 through Sunday, March 26. This year, Norton House Quilting in Wilmington is rejoining the Hop, which will make 13 participating shops. There are lots of wonderful prizes to win! The theme for the top prizes is "Quilting Retreats". Stop in now and pick up your passport, for only $7.00 - this year's gift is a packet of Clover's Wonder Clips! For more information, see the
Vermont Shop Hop website.
Spring 2017 Mystery Quilt
Come one, come all, and join the fun! Signups are going on for Judy's new Mystery Quilt, "Spring Blooms". Classes start February 11 at 9:15 and 10 a.m. We have a great time, and everyone makes a beautiful quilt. Don't wait too long - the deadline for signups is Wednesday, February 8. Click
here for yardages and descriptions.
Civil War Club
Our Civil War Club is an informal group of people who love reproduction quilts and fabrics, and get together to talk about projects, fabrics, quilts, and sometimes have Show & Tell. The next meeting is February 4 at 11 a.m. The Club is free, and all are welcome to join us!
Spring 2017 Class Schedule
It's here! Click
here for our new class schedule. We've got some great new classes coming up, and a few events for you, too! Coming up in February:
*Mystery Quilt Reunion and Basics Class Reunion: Saturday, Feb. 4 at 9:30
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| Weekend Sales During February February 4 & 5: 20% off batting February 11 & 12: 20% off red background fabric Saturday, February 18: It's our Show & Tell Sale! Bring a finished project to show, which we'll photograph and post on Facebook and our website, and you get 15% off your purchase. If your project has our fabrics in it, you get 20% off! February 25 & 26: 20% off panels *All Christmas fabrics are now 40% off, with a minimum 1/2 yard cut* |
| 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!
 The Rainbow Fish
This beloved children's book has now been reproduced in fabric - someone said the other day that one of the best gifts you can give a baby is a book with a matching quilt. Here's your chance to do just that!
 Hamilton
by Windham Fabrics Reproduction fabric designers are now reaching back even further in time! This line is representative of late 1700s dress fabrics - there are plenty of fabrics in your stash to complement these aren't there?
 Coral Bells
by Moda
Jan Patek designs such pretty fabrics, in such classic colors! These will fit in with almost any reproduction prints you have in your stash. Add a few of these to your collection, and plan a new quilt today!
Shades from Kinkame by Clothworks We love, love, love these! Look at that gradation, and plan a gorgeous landscape quilt - or make a pretty dress, a stylish bag, or anything else your heart desires!
 Compositions
from Basic Grey by Moda Interesting backgrounds get our attention, and make our quilts pop. Try something different, and add these music notes, or French newsprint, or that almost-white square print to an applique project, and make it sing!  Alpha-Bears
by Henry Glass Primary colors are so much fun in baby quilts. This alphabet panel will work up fast into a bright, cheery quilt for the new baby in your life. Boy or girl, it doesn't matter - everyone will love this project!  Spin by Timeless Treasures Judy decided we needed some versatile tone-on-tone fabrics, and she found a bunch to add to our collection. You've got a lot to choose from, for any project you may be working on. These will work for baby and kids' quilts, and other projects, too!  Grunge
by Moda We started out with just a few fabrics from this line, but they are hot! That little bit of color etched across the surface adds so much to the fabric - you can use these anywhere. With the addition of these new prints, we've got about 20 pieces from the line - they are wonderful!  Batiks by Hoffman What would a Yankee Pride Quilts newsletter be without new batiks? These are the latest arrivals - a few lights, and some fabulous, rich dark fabrics. That burgundy (top, left) is shouting, "Take me home!" Do you hear it, too? |
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Notions News and Other Interesting Notes
 Hot off the presses is the Spring 2017 issue of Primitive Quilts and Projects. We love this magazine, with its richly colored projects - more than just quilts! They include embroidery, rug hooking, wool, and more! If you're looking for something just a little different, stop in and check out the latest issue.
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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, 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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