December Specials - Cindy`s Quilt Shop

December 2012 Issue
Cindy’s Quilt Shop
720 South Kit Avenue
Caldwell, ID 83605
208-453-8228
Annual Quilt Giveaway
December 8th
Earn 1 ticket for every
$10 (pre-tax) you spend
before then. Earn double
tickets that day.
Drawing after 2pm
You must be present to
win.
Wild and Crazy
Clearance Sale
Coming
December 26th–29th
Extra Savings on Sale Items
Wednesday- Extra 10% off
Thursday – Extra 20% off
Friday- Extra 30% off
Saturday – Extra 40% off
Unadvertised specials daily!
www.cindysquiltshop.com
Welcome to Cindy’s!
December Specials
Wear your purple bandRefill your Best Press Bottle for 29¢ an ounce.
Hours- Monday – Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-3
Thursday 10-7
25% off Laurel Burch Fabric (In Store Only)
Gift Certificate Sale
December 17-22nd
20% off – Which means… $25 for $20
$50 for $40
$75 for $60
$100 for $80
$150 for $120
$200 for $160
Send in your hubby and friends to take advantage of this sale and get you
something you’ll love opening. Or get one for yourself 
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We will be closed
December 24th and 25th
for Christmas
Closing Early December
31st- Open 10-3
December Featured
Quilter
Classes and Clubs @ Cindy’s
For a full description, supply list, and to sign up online, go to our website
at www.cindysquiltshop.com
Christmas Gift Series!! With Laura Pukstas
Featured Quilter of the Month Rules
For your entry to be considered for this
prize, you must be in the picture with your
quilt or project. Please also provide the
pattern and fabric information if applicable.
2nd Saturday Sampler
December 8th @ 9:00am
NEW SERIES started in September, 2012.
This series will last for 12 months –
September 2012 – August 2013
Come before 9am, with your finished block from last
month, and get the next block FREE!
If you miss the class, your next block will be $6.
Last Thimbleberries Club Meeting
December 13th
1:00pm or 6:00pm
Christmas Party!
Please bring a snack to share with your fellow club members
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Become our Next Featured
Quilter of the Month!
Send us a picture of your
latest and greatest project.
The winner will be featured
on our homepage and win a
$50 Gift Certificate
E-mail, mail, or come in for a
picture to be entered.
Get some presents done fast! Bring your sewing supplies and
come and sew a fast and fun project. You can get it done in an
afternoon. (Laura has all your pieces cut out and ready to go
when you get here. It’s awesome!)
Free classes with the purchase of pattern/kit.
Please pre-register
Friday, December 7th @ 11:30am - 1:00pm
Zippy Stripy Bag
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Congratulations!
Mona Clayton
from Meridian, Idaho
Free
Long-Arm Quilters
They’re just waiting to
quilt your latest project!
Laura Cole
208-989-9532
Marilyn Shake
208-392-2987
Sharon Brothers
208-467-9096
Come in and check out
their prices and samples
Free
We will spend the afternoon making pillowcases for
ConKerr Cancer to brighten the live of sick children in
hospitals (ages 2-18). We will have fun putting the
pillowcases together. Thank you to all who have helped in making the now 400+
pillowcases that have been donated to ConKerr Cancer. It has brought many smiles to
sick children and you are greatly appreciated.
4th Tuesday (3rd Tuesday in December for Christmas)
December 18th @ 1:00-4:00pm
Sew Scrappy with Marilyn Shake
Free
Use your scraps and make some quick projects with a story
behind them.
4th Thursday
December 27th @ 10:30am or 6:00pm
Diva PJ Party with Marilyn Shake
$15
Never get time to sew at home? Busy taking care of
family and work?
It’s time that you get waited on for a change.
Come and get treated like a diva princess for the night,
and sew to your heart’s content. Catch up on all those projects that been put on the
back burner. Spend some time with friends and make new ones. Includes a delicious
dinner.
4th Friday - December 28th, January 18th and 25th, February 22nd, March 22nd
5:00pm – Midnight (or whenever… )
Space limited – Call for Availability
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ConKerr Cancer Pillowcase Workshop
with Marilyn Shake
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Fill your Best Press
bottles here!
39¢ per ounce
Any scent and any size
bottle. Bring in your
empty bottle and we will
refill it, saving you
money, and keeping our
earth green.
Join this all new club, and enjoy fun projects, great
demonstrations, prize drawings, and show and tells each
month.
Block of the Month- $25 per month
Extra project patterns included
Club discounts and many other offers
Starts January 10th
2nd Thursday @ 1:00 or 6:00pm
Hugs and Kisses for Christmas
(a scrappy table topper)
with Barbara Precht
$15
Class Open House
Saturday, January 12th
9am - 12pm
Join us for an opportunity
for you to meet with our
different teachers and find
out more information about
the classes they will be
teaching at Cindy’s in the
upcoming months.
Need a quilting fix? ---this quilt is small,
simple and easy to piece. The sample may
say, “Christmas,” but the scraps say, “What’s
in my stash?” Or maybe you have new fabric
and just can’t wait to use it. Whatever your need for quilting might be, in just a
couple of hours, you can be well on your way to a new decoration for your table, or a
baby quilt, or the beginning of something larger.
Wednesday, January 16th @ 1:00-4:00pm
Know Your Machine with Gail Allen
Learn what your machine can do from threading to creative stitching.
Create a go-to stitch-guide in class.
Great for all levels of quilters.
Friday, January 18th @ 1-3:30pm
$15
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Starts January 2013
2nd Saturday of Every
Month
10am – 3pm
After our 2nd Saturday
program we will have an
Open Sew. This will be a
chance for you to work on
different projects or a
Block of the Month.
(Starts at 12 noon in
January only)
“Old Crows Club”
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Open Sew
It’s a Wrap with Malia Thomas
Come to our 2nd Quilt
University and spend the
day learning a variety of tips
and techniques. Try out new
tools and maybe make
something to take home.
A day full of mini workshops
with lunch included.
Class list and schedule will
be available in January.
Sign up soon because space
will be limited.
$25 for the day, includes
lunch
Saturday, January 19th @ 10:30am-2:30pm
Journal Quilts- Deconstructed Crazy Quilts with Leona Manke
$15
Journal quilts are opportunities to stretch quilt skills by trying new methods and
experimenting with color, composition, materials, and techniques. The small size
(9”x12” more or less) encourages using small pieces of fabric and finishing the project
within a reasonable amount of time-even an afternoon.
A deconstructed crazy quilt takes the elements of a traditional crazy quilt, expands
the concept and creates a new whole. For all adventurous quilters.
3rd Monday
January 21st @ 10:30am – 1:00pm
Wonder Blocks with Helen Goerke $20
Stack, cut and sew blocks are great for
beginners while the design possibilities are
interesting enough for all level of quilters. 810 fat quarters and border fabrics will make a
quilt approximately 60” square using 6” blocks
with squares and rectangles. A fun, fast and
easy quilt! Blocks can be made in sizes from 3”
to 12” for wall hanging, lounge or bed quilts.
Saturday, January 26th @ 10am-3pm
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Saturday, February 23rd
10am - 3pm
Learn how to make a wrap bowl using 1 ½” strips of fabric with
clothesline to create a one of a kind bowl. This class will also
include a variety of ways to embellish your bowl.
It’s good to have basic sewing knowledge.
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Quilt University
$5
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Double Chocolat by Moda
Duck Duck Goose Flannel
by Moda
Simply Imagine by
Whimsicals
Postcard Garden by Red
Rooster
Zippy Java by Clothworks
Fresh Fallen Snow
Flannel by Maywood
Studios
Round ‘Em Up by
Windham
Lots of 108” Wide
Backings
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Punch Card Policy: Punch
cards are only punched for
regular priced fabric
yardage and fat quarters.
Class Policy: Please pay by
cash or a check made out to
the teacher when paying for
classes. Classes paid by
Credit or Debit Card will
have a $2 surcharge added
to cover processing fees.
$15
Rag quilts are soft and cuddly and they make
excellent lap quilts for a chilly day. They make
great gifts for kids or adults. This quilt goes
together quickly and without the stress of sewing
absolutely perfect seams. You can finish a rag
quick in a day or so depending on the size.
Monday, January 28th @ 10:00am-1:00pm or 6:30-9:00pm
Paper Piecing with Marilyn Shake
$10
Learn the basics of paper piecing during this class by making trees and flying geese.
Great for the beginner paper piecer.
Wednesday, January 30th @ 1pm or 6pm
Intro to Machine Appliqué with Marilyn Shake
$10
During this class you will explore the basics of machine appliqué using different
programmed stitches on your machine as well as free motion stitches. You will work on
a small project that uses these techniques. Beginner
Tuesday, February 5th @ 1:00pm or 6:00pm
Stars and Squares Sampler II
with Sharon Boatman
$65 for 7 classes
This class will make 6 blocks. As you sew the
blocks, you will learn and reinforce your general
quilt making techniques, advance your piecing skills
and gain confidence in fabric selection
Wednesday, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6,
13, 27 @ 2:00-5:00pm or 6:00-9:00pm
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Rag Quilt with Laura Pukstas
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New Fabrics Now in Stock!
Featherweight
Maintenance Class
Saturday, March 23
All Day
Learn how to take care of
and service your Singer
Featherweight sewing
machines.
Taught by Carmon and April
Henry from April 1930s
Cost- TBA
Learn Marsha McCloskey’s feathered star technique along with
other techniques to create her Vintage Moments quilt.
For advanced quilters
1st Thursday February - August
Starts Thursday, February 7 @ from 1-4pm
Quilt Basics with Marilyn Shake
$25
Creative Stitches, Needles & Thread with Gail Allen
$15
During this class we will cover a variety of topics on quilt making. By the end of the
class you will complete a mini quilt that includes everything you have learned in class.
We will start from the very beginning and learn how to… select equipment and use
them properly, select fabric including color choices, get that perfect quarter inch
seam, piece a quilt block, add borders, baste layers before quilting, machine quilt, bind
your quilt, make a label and attach to quilt. 3 sessions
Thursday, February 7th, 21st, and March 7th @ 6pm
Learn about the thread “maze” and how fabric reacts. Let’s talk needles and “Window
Art.” There will be many samples including the stitch to make your work look great.
Friday, February 8th @ 1:00-3:30pm
Round Robin with Marilyn Shake
$25
Round robin quilts are made by a group of three to six quilters who each have a piece
of a quilt to sew. Quilter’s choose individual blocks or borders and add on to the
previous quilter’s work, creating a round robin quilt. 5 sessions
2nd Friday, February 8, March 8, April 12, May 10, and June 14 @ 5:30pm
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Pick up your next block, or sign
up for a new one, and receive
10% off any blocks your
purchase that day.
Feathered Star-Vintage Moments with Cindy Martin
Free
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Don’t forget to join us for
Block-of-the-Month Day
December 31st
Shop Hop Bus 2013
Signups are going on now!
2 Trips Available
1- April 20th and 21st
Or
2- April 26th and 27th
Early Bird Special!!
$190 for 1st Weekend
$175 for 2nd Weekend
$50 Deposit at Signup
Receive 5% off if paid in full
at time of signup
Prices include bus trip to all
shops, all meals, and a night
at The Ashley Inn in
Cascade (double occupancy,
add $60 for single room)
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Charter bus service
provided by Caldwell
Transportation Company
Make a gorgeous quilt using only ONE print fabric
for the blocks and borders. Unique cutting technique
produces a wonderful kaleidoscope effect. 2 sessions
Mondays, February 11th & 25th
@ 10:30am -1:00pm or 6:30-9:00pm
Big Block Quilt with Helen Goerke
$25 includes pattern
A quilt pattern suitable for beginners but appealing to all
skill levels. The quilt design uses those large scale fabrics
that are so easy to buy but can be hard to cut and use in
patchwork quilting. Learn a partial or half-seam block
technique to construct this quilt without set-in seams.
Design ideas will be presented in class for additional
borders. Quilt finishes at 60” square without borders.
Borders can be added to create a larger quilt.
Saturday, February 16th @ 10:00am-3:00pm
Journal Quilts- Lutrador I- Applying Background with Leona Manke
$15
Journal quilts are opportunities to stretch quilt skills by trying new methods and
experimenting with color, composition, materials and techniques. The small size
encourages using small pieces of fabric and finishing the project within a reasonable
amount of time- even an afternoon. Lutrador is a spunbonded synthetic fiber. It has a
texture like paper and can be used like fabric, but doesn’t rip. For all adventurous
quilters.
3rd Monday
February 18th @ 10:30am – 1:00pm (Part II – March 18th)
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Let Us Drive and You Relax
Four Patch Posie Quilt with Laura Pukstas
$20
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Shop Hop 2013
April 18th – 27th
Quilt Retreat Signups
Start May 4th @ 10am
Call or In Person
Watch for details…
Hand Appliqué with Marilyn Shake
$15
Machine Embroidery with Gail Allen
$15
During this class you will explore different methods of hand appliqué. You will work on
a small project to practice the different methods.
Tuesday, February 19th @ 1:00pm or 6:00pm
Discussion on threads, needles, stabilizers, and “How to” do embroidery on your
machine. Materials for project provided and will complete a project
Friday, March 1st @ 1:00-3:30pm
Bargello with Helen Goerke $30
includes pattern
Have you admired a Bargello quilt and
wanted to create your own but were
intimidated by the design and
construction process? Try Helen’s
original instructions inspired by
Marilyn Doheny’s book “Bargello
Tapestry Quilts” using a striped
border print to create your own unique quilt that sings with motion and color.
Friday, March 1st @ 4:00-9:00pm
$20
Learn Debbie Maddy’s technique of using half-square
triangles to make this great quilt with No Diamonds or Y
seams. Make a lap, twin, queen or king sized quilt with this
pattern. 2 sessions
Monday, March 4th & 11th @ 10:30am- 1:00pm
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Cosmic Jewels with Laura Pukstas
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There are lots of new
Block of the MonthsSee the samples in the
shop or on our website.
Remember you get 20%
off if you buy the whole
kit at once, 20% off
backing on the day of
signup, and 10% any
blocks you pick up on
BOM day, the last day
of the month that the
shop is open.
Hint, Hint…
Don’t forget to check
out the website for
Web Exclusive
Specials.
You can pick up orders
in the shop or have the
mailed to you.
Machine Quilting on Your Home Machine with Marilyn Shake
$15
During this class you will explore various ways to quilt small projects at home on your
sewing machine. You will work on a small sampler project that uses these techniques.
Tuesday, March 5th @ 1:00pm or 6:00pm
Embroidery Sampler with Marilyn Shake
$20
During this class you will learn how to do a variety of embroidery
stitches by completing a sampler in either redwork or by using a
variety of colors. Kits will be available for purchase. 2 sessions
Tuesday, March 12th & 19th @ 1:00pm or 6:00pm
In The Next Issue...
$20
These are easy quilts, very beginner friendly, but also fun
for more experience quilters. The quilts can be made any
size using square, rectangles, and strip pieced 9-patch
blocks featuring large scale prints or panels and 3
coordinating fabrics. The design possibilities are endless
and make great baby quilts, wall hanging, lounge or bed
quilts. Judy Sisneros says, “…these quilts are addictive… I
call them my ‘potato chip’ quilts because you can’t make
just one!”
Saturday, March 16th @ 10:00am – 3:00pm
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Quilt Giveaway Winners
9 Patch Pizzazz Quilt with Helen Goerke
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Quilt University Details