As summer comes to a close, (see end of summer sale) I can not believe how fast time seems to go by.  It was only yesterday that he children were getting out of school for summer and now they are getting ready to go back.  While they are at school, please stop in and take some of our new classes.    We have a new schoolhouse series called Patches Quilting University (PQU).  These classes are designed to show you new products (such as the bias cut ruler)  and how to use them or to show you new or tried and true techniques for doing various quilting related tasks (such as the proper way to apply binding).  These information filled classes are lecture/demonstration with hand-outs, prizes an discounts on purchases.

End of summer sale - All fabric will be 25% off (min. 1 yard cuts) August 29th through September 2nd.  Stock up now for all your upcoming projects.

At this time, I am pleased to announce that, Patches Quilting is an authorized Horn Cabinet distributor.  We have a new dealer sale going on thru mid-September.  We are offering 20% off any Horn cabinet purchased.  Put your order in for that special sewing room enhancement now, so that you will be all set to work on your next creative endeavor.

Getting more out of your sewing machine and software purchase should be everyone's goal.  To help you on the software front, we have Mr. Tim Frost coming to teach Viking software.  He writes the teaching manuals and knows the software inside out, so if you have purchased 3D or 4D software and don't fully know how to use it, this is your chance to learn.

Congratulations to our Challenge Fabric Block Winners -

• 1st Place - Jane Pruzinsky (Basket of Flowers)
• 2nd Place -  Linda Dixon (Hawaiian Pineapple Appliqué) & Sharon Wall (Sun Rising)
• 3rd Place - Cheryl Smith (Machine Embroidery)

All winners:  you may come and pick up your prizes at any time. 

A big thank you to everyone that participated with the challenge blocks.  Because of your generosity of time and effort, we will be able to make several nice quilts to be donated to Project Linus.  We have the new challenge fabric selected and this block challenge begins August 25th.  Stop in soon and pick up your fabric so that you have a chance to be the next challenge block winner.

Thank you to all our wonderful customers.  Happy sewing, and we hope to see you soon.