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Yankee Pride Quilts November Newsletter
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Happy Halloween!!
Is it ever NOT gray and rainy on Halloween here in Vermont? It's very rare that the kids here get to go out in their costumes, not covered up by rain gear, or snow gear of some kind. For the adults, all of this gray is very sobering - it seems to be a reminder of what the next several months will hold for us. The cure? Stop in at the shop! We've got all kinds of bright, pretty, happy prints to offset these dreary days.
Thanks to all who came out for this year's Halloween Haunt! The weather did not cooperate on Saturday and some of Sunday - we heard from several of you that the roads were bad, but that doesn't stop die-hard quilters! We had a great time, and hope you did, too. Congratulations go out to Leslie Griffiths of South Burlington, who won the grand prize of $50 gift certificates to all four stores, and to Kathy Rutkowski of Ticonderoga, NY, who won our in-store raffle prize. We hope you ladies have fun with your winnings!
We send a big thank you to all who contributed to make our Make A Difference Day 2018 a success. We received finished quilts from Donna J, Emily J, and Jan M to give us a running start. Our machine quilting volunteers, Kea K, Karen A, and Ruth J did a beautiful job on the quilts we gave them. And our Sunday crew this year, Joan S, Arlene P, Dawn P, Sharon G, Jan M, Carol D, and Sarah J, worked diligently on bindings, some until closing time. It looks like we'll have 17 quilts to give to Laurie's House! Thank you all again - we'll post photos when the last few come back to the shop.
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Fall 2018 Classes
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here for the full list of classes, or check out our website for photos and descriptions. Classes are winding down as we get close to the holidays. If you have a little extra time, and want to fit in a class, here's what's coming up this month:
November Classes:
Yankee Pride's Heritage Quilts Club (formerly the Civil War Club) is also meeting this month, on Saturday, November 10 at 11 a.m. If you love Civil War-era quilts, stop in and see what they're chatting about!
Aurifil Club
Coming soon: Our new Aurifil Club! If you love those large spools of Aurifil thread, you'll want to join this new club. Marty's putting together the details right now, so we'll have more information for you in our next newsletter.
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You asked us, and we heard you - all our weekend sales now start on Fridays,
so you have an extra day to come in and save!
November 2 - 4: 20% off one book or pattern
November 9 - 11: 20% off orange background fabric
November 16 - 18: 20% off batting
November 23 - 25: 20% off ready-made items
November 30 - December 2: 20% off blue background fabric
Yankee Pride will be closed Wednesday, November 21, and
Thursday, November 22, for Thanksgiving. Enjoy your holiday!
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| Recent Fabric Arrivals These are several of the arrivals in the past two weeks: NOTE: For a close-up look at the fabrics, click on the photos!
 Paris Romance
What lovely prints! It's the colors that make you think of Paris in the spring. Make a pretty bag, or a throw for your living room. Create a table centerpiece, to bring you spring on a cold winter day. There are lots of things you can make!
 Ellie
Talk about happy prints - you're smiling right now, aren't you? Make a fun kids quilt, or a sweet little dress - we've got great dress patterns in stock right now!
 Woodland
by Makower
Maybe you're not in the mood to start spring projects yet - maybe you want to make something that looks like winter. Here's the perfect group for that! Marty's got her eye on a few of these prints - she's just searching for the perfect project!  Bear Essentials by P&B Textiles This is our latest addition of tone-on-tone prints. Some brights for kids quilts, some more subtle ones for the grown-up projects. There's plenty to choose from!
Harriet's Handwork 1820-1840
from Betsy Chutchian by Moda Betsy's a busy lady these days - writing books, creating blocks for Moda Blockheads, and designing fabrics, too! These wonderful prints may inspire you to start a new project - that focus fabric (center in photo) is quite stunning!  Avery Hill by Robert Kaufman It's another spring-looking line! This is how we get through winter - thinking of flowers, and fresh green grass and leaves. This line has a bit of gold winding through the focus prints (top and bottom in photo). It's just enough to make them sparkle!  My Sunflower Garden by Henry Glass Think of all that you can make from these summery prints! Runners, placemats, and napkins; aprons, wall hangings, and bed quilts - oh my! So many wonderful things to create - what ideas do you have? 
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Notions, News & Other Notes
 Lori Holt's books are very popular right now - we can hardly keep Farm Girl Vintage in stock! And hot off the presses is her holiday book:
Vintage Christmas. This is such a fun collection of patterns - we know it's going to fly out the door as well!
 Speaking of hot off the presses, we've got Elizabeth Harman's latest offering, too:
Norm & Nanette. You can dress these adorable gnomes in all sorts of fun prints - dig through your stash for some crazy ones! Wouldn't they be perfect in Christmas clothing? Cutest thing ever!
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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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