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34500 Gateway Drive
Suite 110
Palm Desert, California
(760) 328-8737
Thursday - Saturday
9:00am - 4:30 pm

January 25th, 2023


 
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If you haven’t heard, we have some new store hours.    The store will be open from 9am – 4:30pm Thursday – Saturday.  I know that many of you would like the store to be open more days – it has been challenging to find help that can work consistently with the hours we need to cover.  There are lots of part-time work requests, every other Tuesday, not on Thursday mornings, I need off for visiting quests, craft events, luncheons etc.  So, for now until we can find that key person, we will be open consistently on Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays from 9am – 4:30pm.  

Our first event for the Little Black Bag Club will be on Saturday, February 4th.   Bring your Little Black Bag to the store for more details.  We don’t want to give away all the fun before the event, but we can tell you there will BEE at least a 25% off one special Little Black Bag promotional item.    How do you get into the Little Black Bag Club?  Later this year, during our black Friday event at the store we will open up membership to the club and offer black bags for sale.  Black bags are only available for purchase on black Friday and during the month of December. 

This year at the store we are will be having several Full Moon Events.  Did you know that Full Moon names date back to the Native Americans of North America.  Tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon.  Full Moon names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. 

There was some variation in the Full Moon names, but in general, the same ones were consistent among regional tribes.  European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names.  According to the Farmer’s Almanac there are going to be 13 Full Moons during 2023. 

Our first Full Moon event will be in April – Full Pink Moon.  The Farmer’s Almanac states this name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring.  Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.

Additional details on our Full Moon April event will be available soon and posted to our website. 

 

Mark your calendars for our upcoming 13th Birthday Party Tent Sale.  We will celebrate our birthday for two days, Friday February 10th and Saturday February 11th from 9 – 2 pm.  There are hundreds of bolts that will be in our tent on sale.  As we’ve done in the past all sale fabrics must be cut outside in the tent then brought inside for payment.  As there will be a healthy discount on sale fabric no loyalty points (card punches) will be given on sale items.  And as it is always the store policy no loyalty cards can be redeemed on sale items. 

Any regular purchased items will receive points and completed loyalty cards can be redeemed on regular priced sales.  This is a very busy event for the store so we are asking for your help to try and remember to tell our cashier you will be using a loyalty card prior to completion of your sale.  Once the sale is completed there is no way to go back and apply any loyalty cards. 

 

Also, The Spring Fling Quilt Run will be held on Thursday March 2ndFriday March 3rd, and Saturday March 4th.  We are working on our sample using the lovely, featured fabric from Poppie Cotton.  As soon as we have our sample complete, we will post some pictures. 

 

New fabrics and goodies at the store:

Huggable Books by Henry Glass are back in stock.  Six different themed panel/books are available.  Quick and easy projects to complete. 

Silverstone by Wishwell for Robert Kaufman Fabrics has started to arrive.  Cloud, Ocean, Petal, Pine, Surf, Raspberry, Stone, Platinum, Onyx, Brown, Winter, and Black are here with more colorways coming next month.   A marble-esque design with metallic touches creating a luxuries looking fabric. 

Meadowmere by Gingiber for Moda Fabrics.  Let’s go for a walk through the meadow together.  You might see a grasshopper jumping from blade to blade.  You might notice some mushrooms sprouting under an old willow tree.  Look!  A butterfly resting its wings.  Welcome to Meadowmere.  This fabric collection is a magical mix of flowers, winged creatures, and the essence of a meadow full of new life.  With metallic gold details, Gingiber’s favorite floral illustrations, and panel illustrations featuring quotes from her favorite poets and authors.  This collection will inspire you to walk outside, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and appreciate the pure imagination and exhilaration of this magnificent world we live in. 

Needless to say, we brought in the whole collection and precuts!  Enjoy. 

Hibiscus Row Llama Quilt fabrics have arrived, and we should have more kits ready in the next week.  Give the store a call if you would like to be added to the waiting list. 

Eagle Lake Kit has been added to the store and will be up on our website in just a few days.  Eagle Lake is the beautiful quilt we have hanging behind the front counter.  This is a slow and steady quilt – take your time and enjoy the journey.  The kit will be up on our website shortly. 

Duckling Kit is complete, and the quilt is adorning our youth section.  Quick and easy with a little applique.  The kit will be up on our website shortly. 

A Walk in the Park kit is complete, and the quilt is hanging as you enter the store.  Lots of applique with this quilt that will keep you smiling along the way.  The kit will be up on our website shortly. 

 

Well, that’s all the news for now … see you in the store! 

 

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Meadowmere

(Moda Fabrics)

 
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Wishwell: Silverstone (Robert Kaufman Fabrics)

 
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Spring Fling
Quilt Run 2023