Hi all,

It always seems that this time of year is very busy ...

  • Quilt Market has just ended, so the salesmen are flocking in with new fabrics, books and all kinds of great stuff
  • We're sewing up a storm making new samples and trying new techniques before presenting them to all of you (see our upcoming What's New Day!!)
  • Like all of you, we're trying to get the yard under control (does this get harder every year!?!?!?!?!?)
  • We're getting all the plans settled for our summer events (picnic, guest teachers ...)
Summer Breeze Quilt

And after all this is done, we get to kick back and relax and sip some lemonade! NOT! Actually, it's a very exciting time of year, 'cause we do get to try out new stuff and who doesn't like that?

The dates and projects for this Summer Stash Crashers are:

  • July 17th - Scrap Basket Blues - or any other color that you want it to be!
  • August 14th - Beach Cottage - the perfect time to head for the beach.
  • September 18th - Monkey Business - let the kids go back to school and you're ready for some Monkey Business!!!
  • Click here to see project pictures

New Block of the Month Project - Americana Modern

Americana Modern (74 x 86) is a fun quilt that Nancy Halverson designed to go along with her Tried and True fabric line. There's a little appliqué (don't get nervous - there's not too much!) and some easy piecing. The sampler style settings looks complicated, but is very easy to follow.

  • Project is a 10 month long series
  • Cost each month is $16.00 (plus a one-time shipping cost if necessary)
  • You can start at any time

Call or email the shop to register and you can started NOW!

Kits - There are way too many of them to list here. You'll just have to visit our Kits page and take a peek through them. Anything new will have a "NEW" sticker on it!


We've had a change for one of our guest teachers that we wanted to make sure you were aware of. Beth Ferrier is coming to do 3 days of workshops in August. She is also doing an evening program for us Friday night about the humor that we all find in our quilting. Some days it's more apparent than others, but Beth always put a great twist on every situation. She'll share stories of her own quilting journey via a slide show and she's also bringing a pile of quilts to share. We had such a large response to Beth's Hand Appliqué by Machine class that we're going to switch out the Friday class and offer the Machine class both days - Friday or Saturday. You can visit our Guest Teachers page and check out the class. This is Beth's first visit to Material Rewards and we can't tell you how much we're looking forward to it. She's a gal not to be missed!
   

NEW STUFF

We've been stitching up a storm, so we're adding more and more samples to the kits pages. As the new fabrics come in, we'll be updating it weekly, so be sure to "stay tuned" for all the upcoming new items.

Here's a taste of what's already at the shop (click on the links to see the complete collection). Stonehenge comes in a bunch of different colorations, but here's some of the really nice ones. Note the patterns - they're coming also!)

Fabrics:

  • Stonehenge from Northcott - this fabric line has been expanded and there are now lots of great design ideas to go with them.
  • Christmas is starting to roll in from Art to Heart (Tidings) and Susan Winget (Noel).
  • Classics from Moda and Holly Taylor. A great line of Northwoods fabrics.
  • Harvest Town - Jackie Patton is quickly becoming a favorite designer for us. Here, also, is a brand new pattern that she designed to go along with her fabrics. We'll be kitting it soon!

Books:

  • Country Comforts - OMG! This is a great book! If you love the "country" look, you've got to get this book.
  • One Block Wonders Cubed - for those of you who loved the One Block Wonder quilts, the projects in the next book definitely notch it up a bit!
  • Tangled Threads - calling all Whimsicals fans ... you'll be thrilled with their newest book. Great ideas with that slightly primitive feel! The new fabric line will also be coming soon.

See you soon!
Teri & Marty

  

DATES TO MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR

We've set the upcoming dates for our Git R Done Workshops. Come and have a great time stitching the evening away. You'll have a precut kit waiting for you and Teri and I are your personal cutters all night long! Visit our Git R Done page to get all the details and see the projects.

Upcoming Git R Done dates
August 13 & September 10

Christmas in July
Thursday - Saturday, July 22nd - 24th

Come join us for an early bird look at new Christmas ideas. We've already got a Christmas Block of the Month wall quilt, a new tree skirt pattern from Thimbleberries and a bunch of more stuff on the way. Leisure Arts/Gooseberry Patch Christmas 12 is already here, so we'll take one for the team and pre-test out some of the recipes for you!! By the 22nd, we'll also have Nancy Halvorsen's new Christmas Book to go along with her Tidings fabric line. So mark the date on your calendar and we hope to see you there.
MATERIAL REWARDS
10160 Sandy Hill Road • Dansville, NY 14437
585-335-2050
Email: quilts@materialrewards.com


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