What's New at CQ 02/25/2016
Dear Quilting Friends, Oh, the pains of growing and working with new systems! We have switched over from our old register system and website to a new provider. Your patience and understanding is much appreciated during our adjustment phase. And, if you run into any issues either in-store or online, please let us know so that we can work towards resolving them! Alison was smart enough to schedule her vacation to start at this time, so she'll be able to return to work to find her staff well adjusted (we hope!) to the new system. The 2nd quarter newsletter is nearly finished; there are lots of new classes, and most of the old ones that get requested over and over. We'll get it out to you just as soon as the last few touches are put into place. Sorry we aren't chattier, but there are software things to work out! Go 'n' piece, Debbie, Annie, Kat & the CQ Staff |
Quilt Like a Pro! Quilting Classes with Sue Patten February 19-20, 2016 "Stepping Stones To Quilting Your First Quilt" "You Can Do That On A Longarm?" "Fancy Footwork" "Ruler Mania" Little Projects – Big Impact with Diane Henry March 5, 2016 Snowy Day Challenge Submission Deadline March 15, 2016 Worldwide Quilting Day March 19, 2016 QU Guild Quilt Show June 3-5, 2016 Annapolis Quilt Guild Show June 11 & 12, 2016 Row by Row Experience June 21 - September 6, 2016 Art & Stitch Classes with Carol Best September 24, 2016 Nimble Fingers Quilt Show October 21 & 22, 2016 Quilter's Quest Shop Hop November 4-13, 2016 |
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WHAT'S NEW | Peels by Smartneedle have arrived. These colorful, coiled strips of rubber will securely hold the thread on your spools and keep it from unwinding and tangling. Remember that Alison Glass Abacus fabric we wold you about a week or two ago? Well, the black & white prints are ideally suited for coloring in with markers. And special, permanent, colored fabric markers are now in stock! Come in and see the work of art Shelby and Gail have collaborated on. Nina has long been a fan of the self-threading needle, useful in burying threads. But there was sometimes frustration with the thread slipping out the back. We're hoping these new side-opening self-threaders will solve that problem. Are there left-over scraps of beautiful fabric lying around the house because you just can’t bear to toss them out? Good! Because your love of scrap is about to serve you well as you tackle these fun, easy scrap-based quilting projects in Scraps, Inc. Volume 2. |
Calendar
9:00am Gravity: a BOM 11:00am Sunny Lanes 11:00am Tuffets Class 1:00pm Capital Quilts Applique Academy 3/2 2:00pm Capital Quilts Complete Course Class 7:00pm Capital Quilts Complete Course Class 3/3 11:00am HQ Rental Workshop 3/4 3/5 9:00am BOM: POWER OF NINE 10:00am Longarm Club 10:30am Janome Club Section 2 12:00pm ProStitcher Group 1:00pm Zentangle Beginner Workshop 3:30pm CQ Cares: Quilt of Valor 3/6 12:00pm Capital Quilts Cares: Wilkens Avenue Quilts 3/7 1:00pm Big Hexie Love Quilt 7:00pm Machine Quilting for the Beginner 3/8 1:00pm Greased Lightning Table Runner 7:30pm Guild Meeting: Montgomery County Modern Quilters 3/9 10:30am Class Lecture: Needles and Thread 2:00pm Capital Quilts Complete Course Class 7:00pm Capital Quilts Complete Course Class 3/10 10:30am Rainbow Bracelets 3/11 10:00am Lily Dress 3/12 9:00am Second Saturday Block of the Month Club 12:00pm ProStitcher Certification Class 1:00pm MACHINE EMBROIDERY CLUB 3/13 12:00 HQ Rental Workshop 12:30pm EPP Club 3/14 10:00am Splendid Stars 1:00pm Hand-Piecing Club 3/15 3/16 2:00pm Capital Quilts Complete Course Class 7:00pm Capital Quilts Complete Course Class 3/17 11:00am HQ Rental Workshop 3/18 10:30am Capital Quilts Cares: Walker Bags 3/19 10:30am JANOME Club 1:00pm Wool Embroidery Club 3/20 1:00pm Zentangle Club 3/21 3/22 10:00am Finish It 3/23 10:00am Sweet 16 Rental Workshop 3/24 10:30am Tuffets Class 3/25 5:00pm SIT 'N' SEW 3/26 10:30am Accuquilt Club 3/27 1:00pm Capital Quilts Applique Academy 3/28 3/29 3/30 3/31 |
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VENDOR SPECIALS |
HORN OF AMERICA has a special on the medium-sized Quilter’s Dream cabinet, model #3140. It is available in white with oak trim or all oak. The dimensions of the cabinet are 48” W x 19.5” D (39” with the leaf extension up) x 30.5” H. MSRP: $1,372.50SALE: $1,097.00 FLORIANI is having a year-end sell-out. Click here to see the current specials. If you see something you want, please let us know and we’ll order it for you! SEW STEADY has a sale on the large 18” x 24” table and travel bag. Normally $158.00, it is now available for $119. |
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CLASSES |
Sit n Sew meets on the last Friday in February, the 26th, from 5-9. This is a free event. Bring your projects and some food to share and spend an evening with other quilters and sewists. Capital Quilts provides the beverages. Diane Henry: Little Projects- Big Impact is happening on Saturday, March 5 from 10-1. It's time to take things down a thousand in size, but crank up the volume of quilting. Small pieces of specialty fabric, scarves, bandanas, or antique linens all have the potential to become beautiful pieces of quilted art. Plus, because they are small, they make great projects to practice designing and quilting ruler work, background fills, micro quilting, echo quilting, feathers, Pro-Stitcher, the sky's the limit! This is a great way to jazz up old table linens for the new year or put them to a totally new use!
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THE CAPITAL QUILTS TOTE PROGRAM | The prize for the month of February is a Kona Cotton Solids Charm Square Pack in the Emily Cier Palette plus a Kaufman Remix Mini Charm Pack (2 ½” squares). Be sure to bring your CQ Blue Bags with you when you come to shop! Your name will be entered in both the monthly drawing for the month’s prize and the year-end drawing for a new sewing machine. Don’t have a bag? Buy one at the shop for just $4.99. |
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Capital Quilts 15926 Luanne Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20877 301-524-0598 |