YEAR-END REAR-END SALE!!!

DECEMBER 28 ONLY!

• All Regular Priced Fabrics - 25% Off - 1M Cuts Minimum
• Warm & Natural Quilt Batting, 90" Wide, $12.49/M - 5M Cuts Min - While quantities last!
• All Fabric Panels - 25% Off
• Quilting Books & Patterns - Buy 1 at regular price (highest priced one); Save 20% on Second; Save 25% on Third!!!!!

December 29 to January 2!

• All Regular Priced Fabrics - 15% Off - .5M Cuts Minimum
• All Fabric Panels -25% off
• $6.99 Fabrics - 4M for $20! (Mix & Match)
• $9.99 Fabrics - 3M for $20! (Mix & Match)
• Quilting Books & Patterns - Buy 1 at regular price (highest price one); Save 20% on Second; Save 25% on Third!!!

Other Specials all week:

• Sewing Machine Needles - Buy 2, get 1 free!
• 20% off all Scissors!
• 20% off all Thread!
• 15% off all Rowenta Irons & Boards

Holiday Gift Basket!

HOLIDAY GIFT BASKET!

Come in any time between now and January 2, 2010 and fill out an entry form for a wonderful Holiday Gift Basket - over $100 in quilting and sewing notions in it! No purchase is necessary - we just want to see your happy face and wish you the best of the season!

There's one draw in each location - so better yet, come in to each store for a quick visit!

NEW FLANNELS!

New flannels have arrived today! Lovely solids and kids' prints - Animal Alphabet - by Moda! There's still time to make a project for your child or grandchild before Christmas, but you better come see them now while the selection is still great!

ONE DAY SALE!

5-HOUR ONE-DAY SALE!!!!

When: Tuesday, November 24

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ONLY!!

What's on sale: Nearly everything in the store! Books, patterns, glitter, wool rovings, fabric, organizers, thread - 20% OFF! Great deals on sewing machines & cabinets too!

But it's only for five hours and only on November 24th! Hope to see you there!

New Batiks in Today!

Customer Appreciation was such a great success! It was great seeing everyone at both stores. For those of you who didn't make it - see you at the next one! They only keep getting better!

Today - there's five or so boxes of new batiks to unpack!!!! Can't wait to get them all on the shelves and start another new couple of projects with them! It was the peace sign batik that inspired the above wall-hanging. Who knows what's next??

TODAY is 09-10-11!!!!

Hey! Today is the 9th year, the 10th day and the 11th month!!!! Quite an auspicious beginning for our Customer Appreciation!!!!!! Hope to see you tonight from 5:00 to 8:00 at our north store - 10736 124 Street!!! Prizes, cake, contests and specials (especially fabric specials!). See you there!

Too Much Fun!

We just received in another great book! Look at what we made from it... lol

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION!

See you next Monday (south side store) and Tuesday (north side store) for Customer Appreciation! All red, green & Christmas fabrics will be 25% off .5M cuts! All red and green threads will be 25% off!!!

PLUS - preorder Warm & Natural, 90" wide, at a special price! We are having a Stuffing Sale on December 28th, but you can PREORDER your batting on Nov 9th and 10th! Minimum cut - 5 meters! Warm & Natural only $12.49 a meter!!!!! That's a great savings!

Hope to see you for Christmas treats, contests, specials, demos and more!!!!! Help us end our 40th year in business on a great note!

NEW BOOKS FROM INTERWEAVE PRESS!

We have received oodles of new books from Interweave Press. Come in and check out a few of the following:

JUNK YOUR CLUNKER!

For two days only - Monday, November 9th and Tuesday, November 10th - bring in any old sewing machine and receive an instant $100 credit toward the purchase of a new machine on that same day! Two locations - two days - one great way to save! We will also be having our CUSTOMER APPRECIATION from 5:00 to 8:00 o n Monday, November 9th at the south store, and Tuesday, November 10th at the north! Prizes, demos, cake & goodies - come and join us on either of these nights!

Maureen's Retirement!

After a number of years, Maureen has decided to retire at the end of November! She is going to be SO missed... luckily, she still wants to teach some Pfaff and Janome clubs, so she will remain a part of our lives, but the store just won't be the same. Any big ideas on how to send her off properly??? Drop me a line at qdfabrics@johnsonssewing.com and give me some hints! Thanks!

Some Pics from Market ...

The top pictures shows some exciting new binding ideas showcased by Susan Cleveland! She has republished her extremely popular book on bindings, and we are waiting shipment of it! Heather can't wait to use some of these great ideas in her classes.

The second picture is a part of the quilt show! These long art pieces were part of a special display that mesmerized everyone. I'll post some close-ups of the work later!

Back from Quilt Market!

Hi!
We have returned from Quilt Market and are excitedly waiting for arrival of our new stock! We've ordered some great patterns, awesome books, BEADS! and wonderful painting silk screens from Ginney Eckley! I can't wait to get started on our new exciting projects and will showcase everything on here as it arrives!

MISSING QUILT!

This quilt disappeared after take-down from the Bernina Great Canadian Quilt Challenge at Creative Stitches on October 3. We are hoping that it got mixed in with another entrant's piece(s) and will be discovered yet! PLEASE check through your entries if you have it! The quilt is labeled with Connie's name, phone number and address, so you can either call her or the store at (780) 452-1133 if you happen to find it! PLEASE!

KING TUT IS HERE!

Stitching to Dye

Hi! I have been inspired by several books, such as "Stitching to Dye" and "The Painted Quilt", and decided to get experimenting. So, first, I found a small quilt that was machine quilted, with a white-on-white background. I next dyed the piece - oranges, yellows and blues. That was interesting, but not too dynamic. Next, I used Tsukineko Inks and thickener to paint in a lot of the quilting motifs. Getting more interesting .... But, the sun was out, so I took the piece outside again and overdyed the entire piece blue! Finally, once dried and color-set, I took Shiva Paintstiks and rubbed yellow, gold and copper colors over some of the motifs.

What would I do different next time? I think that if I had inked the motifs first while the background was still white, the colors may have been more dynamic. Then I could have done a few dye layers on top of that.

What do you think???

Stitching to Dye - experiments!

Customer Appreciation Update!!!!

Hi! Since September is such a busy month - classes starting again, our 10th Shop Hop North, and our Quilting Retreat, to name just a few events that pop into my head - we have decided to move our Customer Appreciation into November! By then we will all be settled into our fall routines and ready for a treat! We plan on holding our Appreciation at the south store on November 9th in the evening and at the north store on the evening of November 10th. Look forward to food, games, specials ... our chance to brighten up a couple of dark evenings!

Selecting fabric for our "Jammers"

The final "Jammers" - our own jelly roll bundles!

Here's a few of our final rolls!

King Tut Thread!!!!

Hey! Just got the word from the boss - we are bringing in all 50 colors of the basic King Tut thread line, plus the newest 50 colors available! Both of our stores will be carrying them! Stay tuned for arrival dates - we are so excited.

Do you like the colorful strip-pieced quilt posted below! Join Heather's Seminole Club and learn to make one for yourself! The club meets on the last Monday of every month from 6:00 to 9:00. This quilt is also quilted in sections with the borders added after - a great technique that Heather has mastered and that you appreciate. Heather is our talented Machine Quilting teacher as well, and you will appreciate the dancing couples that she quilted on this piece. Over 60 hours of work went into her motifs - best viewed in person from the back of the quilt!

Hi! Everything is settling down and getting ready for fall - and do we ever have a busy schedule ahead! Our 10th Shop Hop North is scheduled for September 11, 12 & 13th. Look for specials in all the stores participating! For example, bundles of 10 fat quarters will only be $19.99!

We are also planning our second Customer Appreciation on September 22 (south store) and September 23 (north store)! Join us for supper, snacks & surprises as we continue to celebrate Johnson's 40th year!

Creative Stitches is October 2nd and 3rd at the Mayfield Inn. Quilter's Dream will once again have a large space, complete with demos and many displays! We are looking forward to hosting Leslie Chaisson, an Albertan with her first book out from Martingale! She will be in the booth doing book signings, and then in our south store on October 4th doing a special class that you don't want to miss.

Check out our website at www. quilters-dream.ca and click on the link for our fall class brochure. We have three new teachers and many new clubs and classes to offer!

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Fibre Arts Club

Hi! Darlene is doing a Fibre Arts Club starting in October! Meet once a month and push your creativity to the limit -without fear and with fun! Darlene firmly believes that EVERYONE has a creative bone in your body. Just exercise it regularly and it will get stronger! This picture was taken at our Quilt Retreat last fall when a select group was painting Silk Organza with Tsukineko Inks. We'll do this and more during the Fibre Arts Club this year!

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Welcome to our new blog!

Welcome to our new blog! We are excited to offer you the newest product demos in our store, free hints & projects and much much more! For starters, we are inviting you to submit pictures of your latest creations to our blog! For starters, here is the sample of Lynette's new paper piecing project for her club this fall. It is the Be Colorful quilt! What do you think?