Happy Happy Holidays!

Well, it is the end of yet another year.  Wow, this one went by fast.

December was a really busy month with quilting and I hope to take this week off and just relax (ha!).  I never did get my Christmas projects finished and right now I don't want to look at another machine for awhile.  ;)  Oh well, there is always next year....

We are doing really well and enjoying the Christmas season.  The prime rib is purchased for Christmas dinner and I am going to make a cheesecake in my Instant Pot for dessert.  And maybe an apple pie....not in the Instant Pot.

Christmas Eve will be movies and cheese and crackers and fruit, etc.  Rudi got in his yearly cheese order...lots of amazing (and stinky!) cheeses that puts him in culinary heaven.  I eat some of the milder stuff.  The stinky cheese is in the fridge in the garage.  ;)

My online shop has been doing well and so has the eBay shop this year!  I have such a merchant soul and don't think I can ever stop selling.  After the new year I will be restocking the wholecloth kits, double gauze and stocking up my thread shelves.

How about a 20% off Holiday Sale on the online shop?!

  The discount code is: HAPPYNEWYEAR .

  Just type that in the discount box at checkout for 20% off your purchase.  Limit one discount per person.

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The sale goes from today until midnight January 1st, 2019 (MST)

And Christmas would not be complete without a Christmas Card <click here>

Thank you for your continued support throughout the years and here's to a Happy, Peaceful and Fulfilling New Year for us all!

Warm Regards,

Jude

And...customer quilts from November and December:

Happy Thanksgiving! Celebrate with Free Shipping on my Online Shop!

Happy Thanksgiving!  <click here>

 We will be having a quiet Thanksgiving here in the Michalak household.  Lots of food and probably some binge watching tv...and hand quilting and knitting for me.  We have both been working really hard and will take the day off and rest.  Well...if cooking is resting.  ;)

We had the Machine Maintenance Day

on Friday and Saturday and it was a huge success.  Thank you to Chris from Blakeman's for working so hard on the machines (we had 25, including a longarm!) and to Kara at Quilt Essentials for helping to advertise it.  I am starting to take names again for the next maintenance day so if you are interested in having your machine added, give me a call or email me.  307-745-3200  bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com

Oh...is anyone missing a 1/4 inch foot?  It looks like a Janome or Elna type and it was lying on the work table after Chris was finished.  

And speaking of Quilt Essentials, this Saturday is Small Business Saturday and I will be demonstrating hand quilting and will also be taking part in a discussion about longarming.  Here is Kara's event flyer:

To celebrate Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday, I am offering Free Shipping on my online shop! Here is a clickable link:

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It should automatically work for the free shipping but if not, put this code in the box at checkout:

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If you have any problems, just holler!

After the Machine Maintenance Day, I cleaned up the Studio and dove into the customer quilts that have been coming in for Christmas.  I will be a busy, busy lady for the next several weeks!  Hopefully I can find time to finish presents for the family....

Catching up on customer quilt pictures...

And a bunch more to finish in the next few weeks!  LOL!

Anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to you all!  Thank you so much for your continued support and friendship.  I truly have the best customers (and friends!) in the world.  :)

Warmly,

Jude

Happy First Day of Autumn!

But I am sorry to see summer go.  It has been so nice this year.  We are still harvesting zucchini and tomatoes but I think after this weekend they will be pretty much finished.  It is supposed to be miserable.  That's okay.  Quilting weather is coming.  :)

The online shop is getting more things in!  I hope to have more baby print double gauze in soon as it is the most popular so far.  My current project is Sand and Ivory solids for a couch snuggle quilt, 2 yards of each, Quilters Dream Request cotton batting and I am big stitch quilting it in various beige colors of Finca perle cotton 8.  It always amazes me how quickly these quilts get finished just sitting and working in front of the tv at night.  No marking..just follow the little grid lines in the double gauze! The meandering you see is the basting that I do on the longarm for hand quilting projects.

There is a tutorial on my online shop if you are interested:
Big Stitch Tutorial

We had a Big Stitch Class at Quilt Essentials a few Saturdays ago and it was so much fun!  The students practised on Halloween and Xmas panels and they picked it up very quickly. So proud of them! If you would like me to teach any classes, contact Kara at QE and let her know.  We are always open to suggestions!

Speaking of hand quilting...I finished the project that we worked on last winter...a preprinted Tulip wholecloth pillow panel and I used heirloom hand quilting, big stitch quilting and hand embroidery on it.  Yes, finally finished, stuffed with a pillow form and tossed on the bed!

And speaking of preprinted wholecloths...I will be carrying some!  I cannot resist as they are my favorite thing to hand quilt and you can heirloom quilt them, big stitch quilt them, use colored threads, trapunto them, embroider them and machine quilt them!  I hope to place an order next week.  If there is anything specific you would like me to get for you, just holler and I will add it to the order.  There are pillow panels/mini wholecloths, crib quilts and large quilts.  You can see the selection at The Stencil Company.

A wholecloth crib quilt that I finished a few years ago...laying out to dry after soaking off the preprinted marks

QE has YLI quilting thread in stock and I carry some Superior Threads Treasure.  There are more and more hand quilting threads being offered out there, now, and I am going to test some. Right now I am most interested in trying Aurifil 28wt as some hand quilters I admire use it and I want to see how it quilts.

For Big Stitch, anything goes!  But my current favorite is Presencia Perle Cotton 8, which I carry.  And QE has some also.

Let's see...what else...

Handiquilter is having a promo right now for Demo Days, ending September 25th:

I have an Avante on a 12ft Studio Frame, with or without the Pro Stitcher computer, and a Sweet 16 sit down system with TruStitch regulator and very heavy cabinet for sale.  If you are interested please contact me at 307-745-3200 or email me at bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com

Customer quilts so far this month:

And still more on the rack to finish by the end of the month.  :)  I love my job"!

Warmly,
Jude
307-745-3200
bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com
www.bobbinsnthreads.com

Happy Labor Day Sale! 20% off storewide! And..what's new. :)

I cannot believe it is September 1st already.  This has been a glorious summer and I really hate to see it coming to an end.

And my heart goes out to all those affected by the Hurricane.  :(

But..it is Labor Day Weekend and since the online shop has lots of goodies in it now and since I have a relatively decent knowledge of what I am doing there (watch..I have probably jinxed myself), I decided to hold my first sale.

20% off storewide on both the Online Shop as well as my EBay Shop

Also, I am teaching Big Stitch Quilting at Quilt Essentials next Saturday, the 9th, from 1-4pm. Contact the store for your sign up and supplies needed.  It will be a fun afternoon and I am sure you will enjoy it.  There is so much you can do with big stitch quilting!

Let's see..what else is happening....

It had been such a long time since I regularly posted and during the past year we welcomed another beautiful little granddaughter to the family...Francesca (Frankie).  And she, of course, is also one of the most beautiful babies in the world.  That makes 2 boys and 2 girls.  Quinn is going to be 9 this fall (can you believe it?!), Oliver is 4 and is starting school next week (sob), Elodie will be 2 this fall (she is such a firecracker..so full of life!) and little Frankie is 6 months old (a little doll!).  All are healthy and bright and beautiful and I couldn't be prouder. 

Customer quilts have been coming and going very steadily and I am very thankful for that.  It is my most favorite thing to do!  Here are the quilts finished in August!

So!  Back to it today and I will close with wishing you all a wonderful and safe Labor Day Weekend!

Jude

www.bobbinsnthreads.com

307-745-3200

www.bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com