JACKIE KUNKEL CLASS

Last week Country Treasures hosted a class given by Jackie Kunkel, a nationally-certified teacher for Judy Niemeyer, for a two-day workshop.  Here are some of the photos taken at the class. 

Carolyn is concentrating on cutting foundation paper.  Sarah and Linda are cutting the next phase.  Pat with her first assembly.  Deb has joined hers as well.  Christy with two completed blocks; she’s been working so fast she looks windblown!  Several blocks laid out ready to join.  Sarah, Linda, Deb and Pat have their first blocks.   More sections laid out for viewing.  Linda has finished an entire block!  Two quilts laid out side by side present an amazing display of color.  The whole class is beaming during Show & Tell.  Everyone commented on how enjoyable and informative the class was.  We are considering a monthly technique class beginning in 2013.

FALLING LEAVES QUILT RETREAT

We still have a few openings for our Falling Leaves Quilt Retreat if any of you are interested.  Last year was wonderful and we are planning some exciting things for this year.  The retreat is November 6^th –11^th.  If you are interested, please call Country Treasures – 802-875-4377.

COMING EVENTS

September 22 – 23           Chester Fall Festival on the Green, Country Treasures open extra hours on Sunday, Sept. 23, 10 am – 4 pm

November 6 – 11              Falling Leaves Quilt Retreat, Country Treasure, Chester, VT

March 15 – 24, 2013         Vermont Shop Hop

April 1 – 13, 2013             Country Treasures closed for Mud Season – reopen Saturday, April 14

May 30 – June 2, 2013     Spring Quilters’ Retreat, Country Treasures, Chester, VT

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Here’s another reminder that Country Treasures is CLOSED ON MONDAYS.  Our hours remain the same on the other days: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon till 4 pm.

More soon at Threading the News.

Yours in quilting, 

Sue and staff

A Quilt You Need to See to Believe

JACKIE KUNKEL CLASS

Country Treasures is very pleased to announce that we have Jackie Kunkel, a nationally-certified teacher for Judy Niemeyer, for a two-day workshop on September 8^th – 9^th. There is a limit of 20 people for this class so please call or email your interest ASAP. The cost will be only $100 for this two-day class!  A photos of her paper-pieced quilt “Fourth of July” is attached. Drop by to view this breathtaking quilt on display at our shop!

COMING EVENTS

September 3                    Country Treasures open for Labor Day 10 am – 5 pm

September 8 – 9              Jackie Kunkel Class – “Fourth of July”

September 22 – 23           Chester Fall Festival on the Green, Country Treasures open extra hours on Sunday, Sept. 23, 10 am – 4 pm

November 6 – 11              Falling Leaves Quilt Retreat, Country Treasure, Chester, VT

March 15 – 24, 2013         Vermont Shop Hop

April 1 – 13, 2013             Country Treasures closed for Mud Season – reopen Saturday, April 14

May 30 – June 2, 2013     Spring Quilters’ Retreat, Country Treasures, Chester, VT

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Here’s another reminder that Country Treasures is CLOSED ON MONDAYS.  Our hours remain the same on the other days: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon till 4 pm.

More soon at Threading the News.

Yours in quilting, 

Sue and staff

2012 Shop Hop Premiums and Featured Kits

Shop Hop Premiums

There was some confusion during the 2012 Shop Hop due to an error in distribution of the cutting mat and ruler which together comprised the 2012 premium.  Country Treasures received 24 mats and 12 rulers to be distributed to our first Hoppers.  However, Country Treasures distributed the mat and ruler separately resulting in dissatisfaction among some Hoppers.  We have therefore reordered and now received more mats and rulers but we only know the names of a few of the disappointed Hoppers.  If you are one of the 36 Hoppers who received a single premium item from Country Treasures during the Shop Hop please give us a call or send us an email stating which premium item you did not receive and we will be happy to mail the missing premium item to you or please stop in and we can give it to you. 

New Fabrics

Spring has sprung and the garden may be calling, but we have an abundance of new fabrics to tempt you to spend some hours inside!

• Two attractive lines from Andover: Sea and Blue
• Several metallic lines from Clothworks designed by Laurel Burch:  Flying Colors, Laurel Burch Triangle, Laurel Burch Glitter, and Laurel Burch Color Dot
• Calypso Dragonfly from Fabri-Quilt
• Three new lines from Henry Glass: Butterfield, Giselle, and the whimsical Down Under
• A lovely Asian collection from Robert Kaufman called Under the Australian Sun
• Garden Gazing, a new line from Kona which is featured in a kit in two colorways
• Two lines from Marcus Brothers are each featured in a new kit: Centennial pieces up beautifully in the kit “Amish With a Twist,” and Vintage Rouge takes top billing under its own name
• Two lines from Moda: Summer Breeze and Sand hill Plums (a whopping 37 fabrics!)
• A bonanza from Quilting Treasures: All Aboard—a Thomas the Tank Engine novelty line, Magnolia Gone with the Wind, Spice Cats (2), a fun diner line called Today’s Special (11), an ode to coffee called Daily Grind (5), Bugs Picnic, Give Thanks 10 fabrics, Christmas Time (Peanuts) 13 fabrics, Happiness is (Peanuts) 13 fabrics
• Two lines designed by Jo Morton: Bridgeport and Sunday Best
• Last but not least, a seashore line which features lighthouses from Windham Fabrics called Chesapeake

New Kits

As you may gather from the information above, we have many new kits and will be featuring several on our website.  You may telephone to purchase and we will be happy to either mail your kit to you or simply hold it for your next visit to the shop.  Check out the website for more information about a few favorites.

 

• Garden Gazing, kits in two colorways: Tropical and Cool
• Local Hero’s, a quilt for that fireman in your life
• Caroline’s Collection
• Subtle Song
• Giselle, featured on the website
• Down Under, a collection of kangaroos, koala bears, platypuses, sounds like fun!
• Seabreeze
• Twisted Tree

Other Shop News

We offer our congratulations to Carolyn Niesuchouski for her Second Place Ribbon at the Long Island Quilt Show for her quilt Compass Deconstructus!

This month we also host our Spring Quilt Retreat in Chester, Vermont from May 31 to June 3.  The theme of this year’s retreat is Irish since we will be wishing Sue bon voyage.  She is off to Ireland on a nine-day trip to the International Quilting Festival in Ireland.

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Here’s another reminder that Country Treasures is CLOSED ON MONDAYS.  Our hours remain the same on the other days: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon till 4 pm. We will be open on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.  We will also be open all day for certain Sundays from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM: June 3^rd (Spring Quilter’s Retreat) and July 1^st (Vermont Quilt Fair).

More soon at Threading the News.

Yours in quilting, 

Sue and Staff

Clothesline and Pottery and Kits, Oh, My!

Despite the many icy days, the winter classes have kept the sewing machines hot and our fingers toasty. Due to a high demand the Fabric Pottery I Class will be repeated on Saturday, March 10 from 9:30 – 3:30.  Please call to reserve your place.  We just can’t keep the clothesline in stock!  This will be the last class before autumn.

The delivery trucks keep dropping off boxes of stunning new fabrics.  Recent additions include:

Robert Kaufman: Fusions Mist and Passage to India

Wilmington: Seaside and Subtle Song—both of these fabric lines have lovely free patterns

Andover:  Frogs

Moda: Tropicana and Twirl—the Twirl line has a pattern for sale with three different quilts ($10.00)

Marcus Bros: Tavern Blue—this fabric line was so gorgeous Sue finished her quilt top in record time, we are surprised the bobbins didn’t melt!

We have two new kits, Tavern Blue and 1862 Battle Hymn (for our repro groupies).  Photos of the quilts appear below.

Here’s another reminder that Country Treasures is CLOSED ON MONDAYS.  Our hours remain the same on the other days: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon till 4 pm. We will be open on Presidents Day, February 20, 2012, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE OPEN ON HOLIDAY MONDAYS AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE VERMONT SHOP HOP.

More soon at Threading the News.

Yours in quilting, 

Sue and staff

Take a Romantic Voyage or Visit the Quilt Show

Classes have started and we are beginning to see lots of new fabric continuously arrive at Country Treasures!  Stop in and see our new Moda lines!  Some of our favorites are: Always and Forever and a beautiful, just-in-time Redwork Renaissance Chloe's Closet, both of which are gorgeous for Valentine's Day!!  The anticipation is over--Top of the Morning from Quilting Treasures has finally arrived.  These fabrics are just fabulous for St. Patrick's Day!!

WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!  Sue is delighted to share that one of her Quilts of Valor was selected for a traveling exhibit of Quilts of Valor.  Original Sewing & Quilt Expo has offered to display 35 Quilts of Valor in an exhibit that will travel to events in eleven cities this year.  The exhibit premiers in Lakeland, Florida in February, and then travels to Atlanta (twice), Chicago, Cleveland and Worchester, MA.  The tour continues on to Raleigh, North Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Chantilly, Virginia; Kansas City, and Minneapolis!  Her quilt was selected from over 100 quilts submitted for review.  The exhibit will also include quilts by such luminaries of the quilting world as Mark Lipinski, Alex Anderson, Eleanor Burns, Marianne Fons, and Nancy Mahoney.  It is truly an honor to be part of the Quilts of Valor Foundation honoring our war veterans who return from war and are given a token of our appreciation stitched with love, prayers and healing thoughts, and a thank-you for their sacrifice and valor.  The quilt which titled Waves of Freedom was made in 2011 and machine quilted by Carolyn.

We invite all music enthusiasts to join us at the Windham Orchestra's "Romantic Voyage" on Friday, January 27^th, 2012 at 7:30 pm in Bellows Falls at the Bellows Falls Opera House.  Jim will be performing with the orchestra which is performing the lush and romantic second symphony of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sea Pictures by Sir Edward Elgar.  If you are not able to crash our ‘Girl’s Night Out’ on Friday, the orchestra gives a second performance on Sunday, January 29^th at 3 pm at the Latches Theater in Brattleboro.  More information is available on line at www.bmcvt.org.  Tickets are priced at $15-- Students or Seniors $10 -- We hope to see you there!

Here’s another reminder that Country Treasures will be CLOSED ON MONDAYS.  Our hours remain the same on the other days: Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon till 4 pm.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE OPEN ON HOLIDAY MONDAYS AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE VERMONT SHOP HOP.

More soon at Threading the News.

Yours in quilting, 

Sue and staff

Happy January

Sue and the staff would like to wish everyone a very Happy Healthy New Year 2012!

We have quite a bit of new news for you in updating our BLOG.

Country Treasures will be CLOSED ON MONDAYS starting January 2, 2012.  Our hours will remain the same on the other days; Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon till 4 pm.   **PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE OPEN ON HOLIDAY MONDAYS AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE VERMONT SHOP HOP.

Sue and her staff would like to wish MaryJane future success in her new employment position.  She worked with us at Country Treasures for seven years!  We will all miss MaryJane very much as she was a vital part of our Country Treasure family.

We welcome new staff member, Jim Adams, to our shop.  Jim will be working Tuesday through Friday 9am to 1pm.  He is a Chester resident. Jim has many talents, including performing with several orchestras in southern Vermont and New Hampshire, for which he plays oboe, English horn and Oboe d’Amore.  He is contributing his computer and organizational skills to help us with our shop management.  We extend a warm welcome to Jim who is presently acclimating himself to his new responsibilities!

We are receiving beautiful new fabrics in daily!  Yesterday our new line of cozy corduroy fabric came in and it is just scrumptious!!!

The shop is carrying another batting from Fairfield American Spirit.  It is a luxury blend batting, 50% Rayon from Bamboo and 50% Natural Cotton.  We have just crib and queen sizes right now.  Carolyn has tested it and is delighted to tell you it is now one of her favorites. It is great to work with machine quilting and hand quilting. Estimated shrinkage is 2-3% and no need to presoak.

Please review our many class schedules and join us for a fun filled six weeks of classes available to get you through the cold month of January and February!!  Samples of the classes are on our website as well as in the shop.

Yours in quilting, 

Sue and staff

THE BRIDGES ARE OPEN! THE BRIDGES ARE OPEN!

Did you hear us??? The Route 103 bridges are finally back open, maybe with a few delays but open for traffic! No more one lane bridges, dirt roads, detour signs, red lights in cornfields.
If you were at the Vermont Quilt Festival this year we hope you had a great time. It was a wonderful show and our friend Mara Novak of Flying Goose Custom Quilting won The Viewers Choice award and Governors award for her quilt - Garden Stars! Congratulations Mara. We ran out of  our extra pink and gold "crown fabric" for our  Happily Ever After kits while we were there so  who ever was looking for it, it is now in stock.
Elvis is in the Building!!! We have the Elvis fabric from Quilting Treasures ! Also Thomas the Train!! Go to www.quiltingtreasures.com to see the projects and fabrics to go with these two great new lines.   
The queen size Colorsplash quilt raffle that was part of Quilts Around The Town and Music In The Meadow was won by Candi Garrett of Alstead NH. The quilt raffle raised over $4000.00 for The Susan G. Koman  Race For the Cure. Thank you to all who bought a ticket.
Shhh! Even though the Fall Newsletter is a month away someone has "heard" that a couple of the classes will be.... The Twister Christmas Tree, Circle of Nine, Clothesline Baskets and a Folded Star. You did not hear it here!!!