Needle Tatting Class

Beginners, take heart. You will be able to start on beautiful projects in no time!

Join us at
BORDERS QUILT SHOP
1017 Illinois Street
Sidney, NE 69162
and learn needle tatting.

Monday
November 22nd
6 p.m.


Please call (308) 250-5515 or e-mail to register so that we have room for you.

We'll be making a star and/or a wreath ornament.

Tatting is a method of creating a lace-like pattern with yarn, thread or string. The class is FREE and there will be thread and a needle available for purchase the night of the class.

Sale! Sale!! Sale!!!

Good through Monday, November 8th, 2010. Cappuccino Bali Pops! On sale for $24. 00 per Bali Pop. Retails for $32.00. Each Bali Pop contains 40 - 2 1/2" x 42" strips of 100% cotton batiks hand-made on the beautiful island of Bali. FREE shipping on all web orders!

We made this quilt, "Tradewinds", with one cappuccino Bali Pop adding the creamy background and border fabrics. It is beautiful! We have dozens of quilt patterns made with 2 1/2" strips. Check them all out. Hope to see you soon.

New Website~New Product~New Classes!

Omigosh! Where does the time go? I've been gone a while. I've been feverishly working on a new website, getting in new product, setting up a classroom downstairs at the shop, and developing a schedule for quilting classes for the Fall. And it's already November! I'd better get started on a Winter Calendar. Watch for that soon. ; o) In the mean time - please visit my new website! I think you are going to enjoy it. I think it's beautiful! And please visit often to view new class postings, new events, new promotions. Keep in mind I've still got much to do still on the site and am working on it nearly every day. It's all I can do to keep up posting the newest products added to the shop per Customer Request. And on that note please shoot me an e-mail if there is anything I do not have at the shop that you would like me offer. I aim to please. Just ask those who've recently requested crochet thread. It's in!

The thread I received just yesterday is not yet on the website but will be soon. The color's are SCRUMPTIOUS!!! Spring Garden, Fall Leaves, Christmas Green, and reds to name a few.

"Spring Garden"

"Christmas Green"

"Springtime"

Quilt Til You Wilt Friday night! If you'd like to learn to quilt, knit or crochet we'd love to welcome you to our group. Our Quilt Til You Wilt night is free and open to anyone interested in sharing and having a nice relaxed night out. We work on whatever it we want to finish soon. Christmas gifts are high on our agenda right now!

"Bright Turquoise"

When visiting my new website click on the Calendar button to view what's coming up for classes and events at the shop. You've asked for classes. You've got classes! If there is a class you would like to see on the calendar or a class that's already gone by you would like to see again, please drop me an e-mail (Sherry@BordersQuiltShop.com). Let me know what you would like to see and what time and day of the week works best for you and I will do my best to accommodate. And as always - I welcome your feed back!

Happy Quilting!

REMINDER. Holiday Workshop / Class.

SALE! SALE! SALE!

20% OFF all Fleece and Autumn Prints

Thursday, September 23, 2010 through

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Quilt Til You Wilt
Friday night, September 24, 2010
6 p.m. until the last of you wilt.
Borders Quilt Shop.
BYOB, snacks and your UFO's. See you there!



Just a quick reminder that our first available class for making the Diamond Log Cabin Treeskirt is this Saturday. I am making mine from the Blue Hill's Victorian Christmas line of fine quilting fabrics we have at the shop. Can I put a kit together for you? They are wonderful.

ALL DAY WORKSHOP/CLASS

First on my "Must Make" holiday list - a new Diamond Log Cabin Treeskirt.

Call me at (308) 250-5515 or e-mail Shop@BordersQuiltShop.com for more information or to register for a class to make this star-shaped tree skirt from the fabrics of your choosing. I'll have lunch catered for $10 each or bring your own. I can't tell you how many of these tree skirts I have made for people and as gifts over the years and I don't have one for my own home. You know the saying "The dressmaker has no dresses?" Well that is going to change this year. Join me and make one for yourself. They truly are beautiful. Stop in and see our sample on display at the shop.

This pattern also creates a hexagon shaped table cloth. Six diamonds create the star shaped tree skirt. Twelve diamonds create the hexagon table cloth which is PERFECT for a round table. You can quilt your tree shirt or tie it with 3 skeins of Embroidery Floss. The cluny lace in the photo is optional as well.

Buy your fabrics and supplies from us and the class is FREE! In addition, receive double punches on your Promo Card for class purchases! Or bring your own fabrics and pay $20 for the class. You can retrieve the supply list for this class from our website. You can attend, observe and receive instructions to make the Diamond Log Cabin -OR- Bring your sewing machine and get started!

Quilt top kit (includes Pattern Book): $39.99

Available class times:

September

Saturday, September 25, 2010

10 a.m to 4 p.m.

-or-

October

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

-or-

November

Monday, November 8, 2010

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Zippity Do Da Sweepstakes!

We just finished this quilt top yesterday. And it is gorgeous! I can't wait to quilt it. Quilt kits are available for this quilt top ($75). There will be a limited number available in this color-way so first call first served! Or we can put kits together in any color-way of your choosing. Just e-mail your name, contact number and request to bqs2004@yahoo.com and I'll create your custom quilt kit for Zippity Do Da within 48 hours of your order. Add additional borders and you can easily turn this twin into a queen size quilt.

Zippity Do Da

71" x 86"

SWEEPSTAKES

Friend us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/bordersquiltshop) before September 15th, 2010 and you will be entered to win a kit for this quilt top.

CLASS

Call Sherry at (308) 250-5515 or e-mail bqs2004@yahoo.com to register for the class to make this quilt. It's perfect for the beginner and the advanced quilter alike. Come join the fun. The first class is scheduled to meet this coming Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., at BORDERS Quilt Shop. Another class will be scheduled at a later date, to be scheduled based upon need. If you are interested in the class but can't make it this Sunday - please call or write and let me know what date and time works best for you. Pre-registration is must so I have a table for everyone as space is limited. Hope to see you there!

T-shirt Quilts

These quilts are so much fun! Send us your t-shirts and we'll make you a quilt. These are purrrrrrrrrrrfect for high school and college graduation gifts. To save on cost we can show you how to cut out the t-shirts and prepare them for the piecing and quilting process before you send them to us. And don't forget the back of your t-shirts. These are sometimes more interesting than the front. My favorites include signatures of classmates and team members. Your memory quilt then becomes a signature quilt as well! And while I'm at it - why stop there. We can transfer a photo (maybe a senior photo?) and piece that into the quilt as one block as well. One-of-a-kind! These quilts, like most quilts, take time to create. So plan now for your 2011 graduate! For more information call Sherry at 308-250-5515. Back to School! And that means FOOTBALL! Go RAIDERS! Go HUSKERS! GO BIG RED!!!

Bali Pops!, Jelly Rolls and the GO!

I love these things! As my least favorite part of quilt making is the cutting of fabric (I'm always in a BIG hurry to start putting the colors together to see the beauty of the combining of fabrics) these items let me get right to it! Instead of spending hours cutting out the fabrics BEFORE I can start creating these beautiful quilts - I can jump right in with the 2 1/2" strips which are the Bali Pops! and Jelly Rolls that come already coordinated in the most amazing combinations of fabrics, colors and prints. Or I can cut my own strips from the fabrics of my choosing with the GO! in just minutes. AMAZING invention! You can buy your own GO! or rent ours for $10 per hour. You can easily cut all the pieces for a variety of quilts in any size in less than an hour.
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CONGRATULATIONS go out to April H! She won a Bali Pop! for sharing her favorite ice cream flavor with us. Retail Value $32! And April made this ADORABLE table topper with a fraction of one Bali Pop (the Green Tea version)for an old friend in Pennsylvania. Quilting and binding done by Borders. I love it!

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BACK TO SCHOOL PROMO!

Now that all of our little ones have returned to school - we have more time to QUILT! In honor of my youngest starting school as a Senior in high school this year - visit BORDERS Quilt Shop and mention my Blog and claim your 20% Discount on any pattern, book, Bali Pop! or Jelly Roll through August 31st, 2010. Bali Pops! comes in a variety of flavors. Pictured here are quilts made from Mocha Mint, Cappuccino, and Berry Bliss. Ordered and coming soon are Sangria, Mango Margarita, Zinfandel, Grasshopper and Pink Lemonade. Mmmm Mmmm MMMM!!!

Happy Quilting!

Give Away!

This last week I had the honor of giving away our first Quilt 4 Cancer. This quilt was given to Chris, the Director or Nursing and co-worker with my daughter. 

Our next gift is going to Connie.  Connie has had 2 brain tumors removed.  She just found out last Saturday that her brother has been diagnosed with cancer and her sister-in-law had 1/2 of one lung and her lymph nodes removed on Friday. As you can imagine, she is dealing with depression because of all this - her illness and then finding out about her family.  Any and all prayers for both Chris and Connie will be appreciated. 

In celebration of gifting our first quilt we'll be having cake and ice cream at our Quilt Til You Wilt tomorrow night and I'm giving away a Bali Pop!

Leave me a comment here if you are coming to Quilt Til You Wilt tomorrow night.  And all you have to do to be eligible to WIN the Bali Pop is leave me a comment here and tell me - What's your favorite ice cream?  Mine would have to be Pistachio Pecan. MMMMMMMMMmmmm-mmmmmm-mmmmmm!  I'll be awarding the Bali Pop before the Night of Hope Cancer Walk on August 13th. 

Happy Quilting!

Up In Stitches!

We've named our little group.  Thank you April!  Fellow quiltmaker April came up with the name "Up In Stitches" for our little Quilt Club.  And it describes our group perfectly.  Anyone and everyone is welcome!  Come and go and donate as you please.  We meet every other Friday night and Quilt Until We Wilt.  We meet at or around 6 p.m. at BORDERS Quilt Shop. The first hour our group meets we donate our love, our time, our skills, our fabrics to making Quilts 4 Cancer to be donated to our local cancer care center and friends or family of our members with a cancer diagnosis as the need arises.  We spend the remainder of our time together working on our own projects, finishing our UFO's (Un-Finished Objects!), show and tell, sharings tips and advice, eating, drinking and bein' merry!  BYOB!!!

Next Quilt Til U Wilt

Quilts 4 Cancer

Friday

July 30, 2010, 6:00 p.m.

BORDERS Quilt Shop

Sidney, Nebraska

(308) 250-5515

Underground Railroad

Learn how fifteen quilt blocks may have played a significant role in communication between the slaves on their way to freedom. Includes a color page depicting the "Story of the Underground Railroad" that can be photocopied onto Photo Transfer Fabric and included in the quilt. FOLLOW ME!

Underground Railroad

We finished the quilt top just today.  It's beautiful!  Soft gorgeous creams, browns and aqua's.  The top will be on display at the shop for the weekend.  I can't wait to quilt this one!  If anyone is interested in making the Underground Railroad it is a fabulous beginner quilt.  The book for this quilt is an Eleanor Burns Quilt In A Day publication.  It was published "For the brave runaways that risked their lives for Freedom."  The history of the Underground Railroad is fascinating.  And each traditional quilt block in this book comes with a short historical story speaking of the history hidden in quilts from the Civil War Era. Quilts were used to communicate information in code to the Underground Railroad guiding runaway slaves to safety and freedom.  For example, the "Monkey Wrench" turns the "Wagon Wheel" toward Canada on a "Bears Paw" trail to the "Crossroads."

I am beginning a class to make this quilt this coming Saturday.  If you are local and are interested in making this quilt with us please be at the shop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 24th.  Class One is Fabric Selection.  We will try to meet each Saturday at the same time for the next step. The classes are FREE when you buy your fabric for the quilt from us!  For those of you who are not local and want to make this quilt along with us - I will be posting the instructions weekly.  If you would like to purchase the book that accompanies this class please call 308-250-5515 or  e-mail BQS2004@yahoo.com and I will mail you a copy.  The cost of the Underground Railroad pattern book is $24.95 plus shipping. If you would like a block kit sent to you each week in the color combination of your choice each block is $15 and the shipping for the book and each kit is FREE.  The fabric kit for the sashing, borders and binding of the quilt is $40 which is paid for when you register for the class. There are 15 quilt blocks in this series. We would love to have you join us!

Happy Quilting!  Visit http://www.bordersquiltshop.com/ where we are "Always in Stitches!"  New Website COMING SOON!

MODA's Martinique

FIVE KITS AVAILABLE.  And then it's gone!  Get yours while they last.  E-mail bqs2004@yahoo.com if you are interested.

MODA's Martinique

Stop in and view our quilt.  The quilt top is done.  I hope to get it on Maggie (my Millennium Long Arm Quilting machine) soon.  The top alone is gorgeous.  Kit's Available!  E-mail bqs2004@yahoo.com if you are interested.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

All gift purchases, Christmas related books and patterns, Christmas fabric and Red or Green prints are on sale at 25% OFF now through July 31st, 2010.  Get it while you can!  New Christmas fabrics are arriving soon. 

I've given up on my old website.  Incredibly difficult to maintain.  I've hired a webmaster to help me with setting up a new website and I will have this new website up and running VERY soon.  The site address will be the same.  http://www.bordersquiltshop.com/ My in store promotions apply to the web site purchases as well!

And don't forget to request our PROMO card.  For every $200 you spend on regularly priced merchandise from our store or website receive $20 in merchandise FREE! 

Quilt Along! Piecing Instructions

Day 3: Quilt Along! Piecing Instructions

Read all instructions FIRST. :)

NOTE: The first (top) and last (bottom) strip do not have an accent strip sewn to the outside edged. However you can cut more fabric and do so if you wish. You can also cut more strips of every size to increase the size of your quilt. Mine was for a man so I did cut two additional 6 1/2 focus strips (cowboy print), two additional tone-on-tone strips (red), and four additional accent strips (gold) increasing the dimensions of the quilt from 41" x 56" to 41" x 76". You can even add borders to this if you'd like to make it even larger!

1. Sew one accent strip to the top and bottom of the tone-on-tone strips. Remember the top and bottom tone-on-tone strips will only have one accent strip attached unless you choose to do otherwise. Set those aside to stitch on last.

2. Sew rows from Step One to your focus strips. If your focus fabric is directional pay attention to this as your sew. You don't want your cows upside-down!

3. Sew all rows from Step Two together in ther order as shown in the picture.

4. Add your top and bottom rows you set aside from Step One. Quilt top is all done. Now quilt it or have it quilted (I can help you with that!) and bound (I can help you with that too!) and enjoy the gift giving. This is my FAVORITE part. :)

Happy Piecing!

Quilt Along Cutting Instructions

Quilt Along Day 2: Here are your cutting instructions for our first Quilt Along:

Focus Fabric: Cut 5 strips 6 1/2" by WOF (Width of Fabric)
Tone On Tone: Cut 6 strips 3" by WOF
Accent Fabric: Cut 10 strips 1 1/2" by WOF

If you would like to increase your quilt from 41" x 56" to 41" x 76" (which we did!) you will need an additional 14" by WOF of Focus Fabric; 6" by WOF of Tone on Tone; and 6 " by WOF of Accent Fabric. Cut:

Focus Fabric: Cut 2 additional 6 1/2" strips by WOF
Tone On Tone: Cut 2 additional 3" strips by WOF
Accent Fabric: Cut 4 additional 1 1/2" strips by WOF

Sewing instructions and photo's of our quilt in process next! 

Quilt Along!

Hi all. I am starting some new and exciting things! The first is this blog. The second is my Quilt Along! What is a Quilt Along? A Quilt Along is ~ I piece my quilt top at my quilt shop or home and post the instructions here for you to do the same in the comfort of your own home. That's it. If you can sew a straight line - YOU CAN DO THIS! I'll be posting photo's of my quilt in process. If you've always wanted to quilt - now is the time. I'm here to help and answer your questions as needed. And if you are local - come to the shop for help any time at all! That's what we are here for - to share our passion (and therapy) with you. We are the Quilt Therapists. So lets get started! The first project is a small one. You could piece this entire quilt top in one afternoon if you wanted to. This is my FAVORITE charity and gift quilt pattern. It's quick and easy. This quilt measures approximately 41" x 56" when finished. Your first assignment is to choose your fabrics. You need 1 yard focus fabric (novelty prints are fantastic for this i.e. the cows in the photo), 3/4 yard tone on tone (the solid looking lime green in the photo), 1/2 yard accent fabric (the black in the photo), and an additional 1/4 yard of binding from one of your fabrics if you would like it to match. That's it! Cutting instructions to follow tomorrow.

If you are into Christmas in July - Christmas fabrics look MAGNIFICENT in this layout. READY ~ SET ~ GO! I can't wait to see what you all do. : )