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~Country Quilts and Bears~
Christmas Mystery Finishing Class
and 4th of July Hours
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We will be closed
Thursday, July 4th - Sunday,
July 7th
Enjoy those BBQ's!
We will see you again on Monday, July 8th!
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Christmas Mystery 2018
Finishing Class
It has come to our attention that there are Christmas Mystery participants that haven't finished last year's Christmas Mystery Quilt. And, yes, we are as shocked as you!
So, if you are one of the procrastinators, round up your pieces and bring them in for a finishing day. We will help you!
Call TODAY to reserve your seat!
Thursday, July 18th
10:00 - 3:00
no charge!
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2018 Christmas Mystery Left-Over Challenge
The Challenge is to use some or all of your leftover fabrics from your 2018 Christmas Mystery kit making anything your creativity can come up with. You are allowed to add up to ONE YARD TOTAL of additional fabrics. Bring your completed projects into the shop, labeled, and we will put them on display after July 1. The winner will receive a $50 Gift Certificate and Bragging Rights for a year.
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Club Kaizen with Susan
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A Japanese principle of continuous improvement.
This will be a time to Sew & Share, with Susan as
facilitator. We will learn from each other.
This club has now expanded to include all types of handwork - wool, embroidery, Japanese taupe projects, applique, and even some hand quilting.
If you have a hand work project that you would like to work on and you would like to do it with a wonderful group of ga
ls, this is just the club for you! If you do not have a handwork project, we can help you find one that suits you. We have many hand applique books and patterns, we have a great deal of wool and we have pearl cotton and embroidery floss if that's what you want to use.
We have fabrics, books and Cosmo Threads available that are designed and/or authored by Yoko Saito.
Our meeting dates are as listed. Note: We try to meet the second Saturday of each month, but due to vacations, holidays, etc., there could be changes.
SO, watch our newsletters for upcoming dates and announcements.
Saturday, July 13th
Saturday, August 10th
Saturday, September 14th
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Beginning Applique with Becky Madasz
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UPDATE!! New Day for Beginning Applique***
Learn from one of the best! Becky will teach you her method of hand applique. Kit's are available for this class. Let Becky know your two favorite colors and the kit will be waiting for you. You will learn how to mark the pieces for cutting, the proper needles and threads to use, as well as first hand needle turn instructions... This class will meet the second Thursday of each month and will go from 10:00 to 1:00. It's an ongoing class and you can hop in at any time.
Cost of class is $12.00 per session
plus the cost of the kit.
Thursday, July 11th
Thursday, August 8th
Thursday, September 12th
10:00 - 1:00
$12
Call the shop today to put your name on the list and learn from the master!
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Beginning Quilting with Becky Madasz
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This class will take you from fabric selection to binding your projects with the beautiful sample shown above. You choose your own colorway and fabrics.
This is a four session class with the dates listed below.
Cost of all four classes $40
10 - 2:00
Book required
Monday, July 22nd
Monday, July 29th
Monday, August 5th
Monday, August 12th
Supply list available at the shop.
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Paper Dolls with Susan Freebery
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The Paper Dolls
Love that name!
We are calling all you quilters who like to paper piece!
Susan's method for paper piecing is simple, logical and it WORKS! Continuing on from her very popular Beginning Paper Piecing Class, we are starting a club to explore this technique further. Each month we will work on a different skill, or project, building on what we have already learned. Very soon we will be working on some pretty ambitious patterns! Start looking through all those patterns you have passed by because you thought you couldn't do it...you should pick them up again and hear us tell you that, "YES you CAN!"
Again, this is a club with a minimal fee - $5 each class to cover the cost of club materials, handouts, etc.
A Note about Paper Dolls: The intention for this club is that it take the form of a stitch-along rather than a classic class. Susan will help us get started each session, but then we will be stitching along together and helping each other.
The Paper Dolls will be meeting the 3rd Saturday of each month.
*****NEW WORK SESSIONS*****
It has become evident that we need to add a monthly Sit-N-Sew so the Paper Doll Club can have a work day. This will take the form of a Sit-n-Sew session and the fee will be $5. Get in here and get some of your Paper Doll Projects done!!
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Saturday, July 6th - CLOSED!
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Saturday, July 20th - Paper Dolls
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Saturday, August 3rd - WORK SESSION
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Saturday, August 17th - Paper Dolls
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Saturday, September 7th - WORK SESSION
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Saturday, September 21st - Paper Dolls
10:00 - 3:00ish
$5.00
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Country Quilts and Bears "Row by Row"
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Our Row by Row 2019
~~Taste the Experience~~
We've had such fun with this year's theme. Living in Florida, Marilyn first thought of "oranges" as our theme, but then "fish" came to mind...
And from there the fish made a big splash and our shop pattern was born! Not only a tasting experience for the fish, but one for us, if that baby fish takes the bait! We actually went shopping and found a variety of icky artificial worms that turned out to be just what we needed for this year's Row by Row pattern.
Have fun!
Complete Kit $12.00
License Plate $5.00
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Our Row by Row 2018
Sew Musical
This year's theme - Sew Musical - came easy for us since music has always been important to the owners of Country Quilts and Bears, Marilyn and John Humphries. Therefore, we were excited when this years theme was announced. We were equally as excited when we learned that we could chose from various shapes for our 2018 Row. Being Florida, where sunshine is prevalent, it also came easy to chose, "You Are My Sunshine," for our Row by Row Foxy Boxy entry. We are looking forward to see all the Row by Rowers this summer!
Complete Kit $12.00
License Plate $5.00
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"Like" us on facebook!
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We have entered the world of social media. Come on by and like our facebook page! We will be posting class photos, shop events, and new stock items on our wall as these things occur. Can't wait to see you there! Click the link below to go to our wall:
Country Quilts and Bears Facebook Page
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Country Quilts and Bears is open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 to 4:00
Sincerely,
Marilyn Humphries
Country Quilts and Bears
1983 Drew Street
Clearwater, FL 33765
727-461-4171
www.CountryQuiltsandBears.Blogspot.com
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