Happy New Year to All!  We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and look forward to seeing you in 2007! The seasonable weather that has finally arrived makes it the perfect time to make a quilt! We have some great new fabric, books and patterns to help you get started on those up-coming wedding/baby/graduation quilts. I have a new link on my online catalog page to make viewing the “newest” items easier for you. Just go to my online catalog and click on “What’s New” or go directly there by clicking on the following link.
http://www.threadsgalore.com/shopping/
shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=156&cat=%2AWhat
%27s+New+%28updated+12%2F31%2F06%29
I have also added a “Special of the Week”. It doesn’t always get changed weekly (they just go by too fast!) but it does get changed often so keep checking!
http://www.threadsgalore.com/shopping/
shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=153&cat=%2AThis+
Week%27s+SPECIAL
 

Patricia Smith of Gorham, ME was the winner of the Hunter Star Raffle Quilt donated by TGQS to the Rangeley Lakes Regional School Choir. Proceeds from the raffle go towards their spring trip to The Music In The Parks Festival at Six Flags New England.

CLOSED FOR VACATION

Don’t forget March is our annual vacation time! The shop will be CLOSED from March 4 thru March 26. We will re-open on March 27. Part of our vacation will be some much needed R&R and part of it will be spent helping our daughter Vanessa and son-in-law Lucas with their move to Maryland.

Threads Galore Quilt Shop will be participating in the 4th Maine Quilt Shop Hop from April 1 to April 30, 2006. More info and a list of participating shops will be available at a later date.

MQX

The Machine Quilter’s Expo is April 11 -14, 2007 at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Manchester, NH. This annual quilting show and
conference is a must-see event! Beautiful quilts will be on display and there are classes, lectures and demonstrations suited to piecers and quilters of all abilities.

Create your own quilting get-away for up to 10 quilters at Quilt Inn Rangeley! The whole 2-story house is yours! Work on your UFO’s, start a new project or organize a group project! The choice is yours! Take a look at our webpage for more information
http://www.threadsgalore.com/quilt_inn.asp
and our online calendar for available dates
http://www.threadsgalore.com/calendar
_quilt_inn.asp

SAVE 10% ON ALL MAY AND NOVEMBER BOOKINGS!

Information on Fall Quilt Camps 2007 with Deb Tucker should be available sometime in late February. I will let you know when the info has been added to my webpage. In the meantime, take a look at some of our Quilt Camp 2006 pictures at http://www.picturetrail.com/threadsgalore

CHECKER DISTRIBUTORS

As of December 1st, Checker Distributors has a new and improved website!
You, the consumer, are welcome to browse their inventory, decide what you would like and let us know so we can order it for you! With over 80,000 items, you are bound to find something you would like! There is also a section called “Product Videos” where you can get a mini-lesson on all the latest products! 
For more info visit: http://www.checkerdist.com/

Quilting in America is alive and well! The following excerpt is from a summary published by Quilts, Inc.

“According to the recently released Quilting in America™ 2006 survey, the art form with roots in the past and a vision of the future is not only alive, but more popular than ever.

According to the 2006 numbers, there are more than 27 million quilters in the U.S. spending a total of $3.3 billion annually on their passion. This is almost a 100% increase in quilters since 1997, and their spending has gone up 35% just since 2003!”

The two-page summary of Quilting in America™ 2006 is now available at www.quilts.com under the “News > Announcements” section.
 

Clever Quarters, Too
More Quilts from Fat Quarters

Sew a work of art using fat quarters as the palette! This bestselling author's follow-up to Clever Quarters features all-new scrappy quilts that focus on fat quarters—those irresistible cuts of fabric that are the ultimate quilter's candy.

• Sixteen projects include a table runner, a wall hanging, and bed quilts

• Choose the number of fat quarters you want to use, from as few as 5 to 26, 38, or even a whopping 62 cuts

• Find tips for combining a multitude of colors, values, and patterns to get that classic scrappy look

http://www.threadsgalore.com/shopping/shop
exd.asp?id=1489
 

THANK YOU!

Thank you for reading our newsletter! To show our appreciation we would like to offer you a 20% discount on any one order (full priced items only) placed before January 31, 2007. Please type the word “January” in the special instruction section of your order. Totals will be adjusted before shipment.