Stashbusters Fun

One look out the window or a quick step out the door and we all know that those late winter days of summer sunshine and temperatures were a real mean tease by Mother Nature!

Let’s show Mother Nature that she can’t dampen our spirits; we are going to have the time of our lives anyway! Tomorrow (Thursday April 19) from 10am – 9pm is Stashbusters at Village Fabrics & Crafts in Paradise! A full day of “forget about the weather” and have a great day stitching and laughing together. Spend the whole day or as much as your schedule permits to beat the “I don’t like this weather” blues.

Think of the projects in your stash as mellowing like fine wine or cheese; they get better with age. Tomorrow during Stashbusters we will give you a gift if you are the one stitching on the largest, best aged and mellowed Stashbuster project, the one finishing the smallest vintage project, the one who stitches with us the longest tomorrow and the one who is stitching on the most prized special Stashbuster item; the one you are finishing for yourself!

Reminder, there is another Stashbusters on Wed. April 25 from 10am – 5pm. The forecast is again calling for a chance of rain. Let’s stitch as much as we can while the “April showers are bringing May flowers!”

 

Friday the 13th is coming!

There’s another Friday the 13th coming up this month!  You know how Village Fabrics & Crafts in Paradise loves Friday the 13th!  We love it so much that the fun has to start now!

Now thru Friday the 13th, for just 13¢ with a minimum purchase of $25.00, you can purchase a package of 2 small size basket frames.  That’s a savings of $7.37!   These are the latest and hottest.  Use your scraps of yarns, fabric strips, ribbons, raffia, trims and more and weave them around the frames.  In just a few minutes you have the best looking baskets ever.  Embellish with beads, fancy threads; use your imagination.  We know you are going to want to make more and they are available in two sizes (small or large) of three different shapes; round, square and rectangle.  Each package contains 2 basket frames of the same shape/size.

No matter what needle art you enjoy, you have bits of this and that which are perfect for making these baskets uniquely you.  There is still time to make some for Easter.   Make them  for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, table decorations for bridal and baby showers and parties; everyone can use these baskets!  Easy enough for the kids to do, too!

Now thru Friday the 13th at Village Fabrics & Crafts in Paradise take advantage of this exceptional value.   Purchase one package of two of small size any shape basket frames for just 13¢ with minimum $25.00 purchase!  

Small square basket frame embellished with a crochet edge and kanzashi fabric flower.

Quilt Party! Sat. March 17th 10am – 5pm

*Saturday, March 17 from 10 am – 5 pm only! Quilt Party!
Every party has lots of balloons.  Make your purchase, select a balloon and pop it to reveal your very special valuable gift with a value of $25.00 or more.  There are large fat quarter bundles, stencils, books,  bundles of patterns, batting and backing fabric for a quilt, storage containers and lots more surprises.

Seam rippers are our number one selling notion.  Doesn’t that make you feel better knowing that you are not the only one that occasionally has to undo!!  We  found an extra special offer and we are passing the savings on to you!  The beautiful and highly efficient Gingher seam ripper which has a suggested retail of $30.00 will be yours for just $15.00!  That’s right, half price for this lovely Ella printed design.  The Gingher seam rippers are perfectly balanced, have a super thin, sharp blade and the blades are replaceable.  Luxury, unsurpassed  performance and ½ price!  Ripping out seams will be changed forever!  At this incredible offer, limit one per customer please, in store only and only on Saturday, March 17, 2012.  Supplies are limited!

The simplest ideas are often the best!  All day on Saturday, March 17th we will be demonstrating our favorite “simplest of notions”.  These are proven time savers and frustration eliminators and almost all are under $20.00!

We have selected many bolts of fabric for a special ½ price sale.  Get them before they are gone!

Fat quarters will be $2.00 each!   (pre cut only, excludes bundles)

March is National Quilting Month!

We have a wonderful March special to share with you!

How are your basic quilting tools?  Pins getting bent and dull?  Tape measure getting tattered and stretched?  Markers going pale?  Or, are you (or a friend) a new quilter and need all the essentials?

In honor of National Quilting Month, we have put together a gift package full of the favorite quilting essentials; curved safety pins, fine line blue marker, sewing gauge, 120″ tape measure, seam ripper, flower head pins, nail file, bookmark, Udder Cream lotion, fat quarter and a 2 1/2″ X 6 1/2″ Village Fabrics & Crafts/Creative Grids ruler.

The retail value of this package is $64.25 but our March special price is $39.95.

As a bonus, when you purchase this special gift package, you will receive a package of 10 Clover Wonder Clips for FREE!

This offer is good thru the month of March or while supplies last.  This is a wonderful gift for yourself or at this great price pick them up for birthdays, Easter or Mother’s Day.  We’ll have them packaged in the cute gift bag shown above – choose your color: pink, purple, green or black. Shipping available! Stop by the shop or call today.

Charming

Charm square packs are so cute!  They have a wonderful selection of fabric since they quite often contain one or two pieces of each fabric in a group or collection, for  a total of about 40 squares.  Recently we were playing with the greatest little rulers made just for the 5″ charm squares and found that with some additional fabrics; 3/4 yard of coordinating or contrasting fabric and then backings and bindings, we could have three totally different table runners!  To make them even easier, instead of binding, use one of the tools that allows you to bring your backing fabric to the front – it makes the most awesome mitered corners!

Click on the picture if you would like to see a larger view or visit us at the shop to see the real thing!

Till next time – happy crafting!

Lisa

Fun & Easy Ruffles

Quick – look around.  Do you see anything that you would like to put a fabric ruffle on?  Maybe a little girls’ sundress, a curtain, chair pad, pillow or an apron?  Ruffles used to be a lot of work but not anymore.  There is a new product from Clover that makes ruffles quick and easy!  First you start by finishing the edges of your ruffle piece.  If you are inserting the ruffle piece into a seam than you really only need to worry about the edge that will stick out, so you can just finish one of the long edges or you can make a tube and turn it so there aren’t any raw edges.  Iron the Clover product to the backside of your fabric, following the instructions on the package.

 

Pull the threads to make the ruffle.

Insert ruffle into project.  In this case the bottom trim of an apron.

That’s it!  That is how easy ruffles can be!

Lisa

December 15, 2011

We have had many phone calls, questions and comments about the new ruffle yarns!  The ruffle yarns consist of a “mesh” that you knit or crochet into.  Its easy peasy and since you are only working about 6 stitches per row, moves along pretty quickly.  The picture below shows what colors are available at this time, more are arriving tomorrow and there will still be more arriving later this month and into January.  Just one skein makes about a 52″ – 54″ scarf.  These are fun so be sure to check them out!

December 13, 2011

Village Fabrics & Crafts has an early Christmas gift for you! Now thru December 24th, purchase gift certificates for 10% percent off the total value!  Simply decide on the value of the gift certificates you wish to purchase, we’ll deduct the 10% discount. These special gift certificates will be redeemable starting December 26th, 2011 and excludes all Bernina products and labor.  Get them just what they want at a 10% savings. Your gift certificates will be packaged in pretty red boxes with gold bows!

Make your list and stop in soon.  Santa running short on time?  We will gladly mail your gift certificates to you!  Call us at 906-492-3803 or email us at villagefab@jamadots.com.

November 22, 2011

Hello all – we are still here!  I know it has been a bit since my last blog posting but I promise I have wonderful pictures of  things going on in the shop.  First, I will begin with the Doe Season Shop Hop.  In case you missed it here is a picture of our “Doe Blind”

We had a wonderful week with the shop hop and really enjoyed how everyone got into shooting the target with the suction cup gun!  Congrats to all the winners and especially Tari, who was the Grand Prize winner.  Tari won a $50 gift certificate to each of the six shops that participated in the Doe Season Shop Hop. We will announce information for the 2012 shop hop in the spring.

Happy Thanksgiving!  We will be closed Thanksgiving Day but we have scheduled some special classes for this upcoming Friday (11/25) and Saturday (11/26).  On Friday we will have:

Knitted or Crocheted Ruffled Scarf – Fri. Nov. 25, 11am – 1pm
This fabulous new fishnet yarn miraculously stitches up into beautiful cascading ruffles for an accent scarf that says “WOW!” The technique is so easy that we are combining a knitting class and a crochet class all in one. Take your pick! In just a couple of hours in class, you will have your scarf nearly done and ready to wear! Class fee: $10.00

English Paper Piecing – Fri. Nov. 25, 2pm – 5pm
English Paper Piecing is an older quilting technique that is emerging by leaps and bounds. It is accurate and very portable making it a perfect carry along project. The fabrics are basted onto precut paper foundations and then stitched together. New notions and techniques make this easier than ever before. New products, books and patterns are arriving almost daily. You are going to love the new designs available today. Learn the basics of this fun method today and you will be ready to enjoy all the new patterns and books arriving soon. Class fee: $15.00

On Saturday, in conjunction with Christmas in Paradise we will be offering these two classes.  As a SPECIAL BONUS each class has its own FREE  fabric kit!

Easy Mitered Placemats – Sat. Nov. 26, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
These placemats look so professional that you won’t believe how incredibly easy they are to make. Make one in class and you will be ready to make a set for Christmas! Class fee: $10.00. For this day only, your fabric kit for one placemat is FREE!

Pillowcases – Sat. Nov. 26, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
There’s nothing better than your own personalized pillow case! Make them match your décor or select a favorite print or patterned fabric. The kids especially love them in their favorite fabrics. They are so easy to make, you will be thinking “I should have made these a long time ago!” Class fee:$10.00. For this day only, your fabric kit is FREE!

There will be a wide variety of specially selected fall and Christmas fabrics 25% off on Saturday also!

Please call ahead to register for classes – thank you.

Have a wonderful time with family and friends during your Thanksgiving holiday.

Till next time – happy crafting!

Lisa

 

July 22nd, 2011

The Pattern Party is tomorrow and I thought I would take a moment to share with you one of the Creative Grids Rulers that will be used during the demonstrations tomorrow.  This ruler is called Straight Out of Line.  With this ruler you can create unique four patch blocks with the illusion of curves.  Make them any size you want using squares  4″ – 10″ and every 1/2″ in between.  Look for light and dark fabrics in your stash to cut different squares from and you will have a great scrappy quilt top.  For the blocks you see below, I used 10″ squares, the darks are all the same and I varied the lights.  I used 4 dark squares and 4 light squares and from that you can come up with a multitude of different layouts for the blocks.

 

 

 

 

Imagine the possibilities!  Hope to see you at the Pattern Party tomorrow, Sat. July 23rd from 10am -1pm.

Till next time, happy crafting!

Lisa