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February –March 2017

SAVE THE DATE:

2/11: Cut Up And Show

2-17 Random acts of kindness day

2-24 Cup Cake Day

2-28 “FAT TUESDAY”

3/2 & 3/3: Penny Ha-ren/Creative

Grids

3-12—3-15 Paper Paloo-za with Barb Lina-res

3-19 “Fit Doctor” Judy Kessinger Event

It’s taken us 3 Years, but we are proud to say we’re finally getting our First Newsletter published.

After your read this, remember we do have a suggestion box. Your sugges-tions of what you like or not is what’s important to us...Just sayin!

I would like to give you a little update on what’s happened in our first three years. We have a growing customer base that we call our Cut up and Sew “Family”, and we were so thrilled when we hit our 1000 “Likes” on Facebook.

Our customers participated in “Days for Girls” and I’m sure it will make you smile when you look at this picture from the Children in Guatemala thanking Us for sending the Kits we made to their families.

And again this Christmas You were so generous with your time and help with “Project Warm”, seeing to it that ninety ladies and their children had a wonderful Christmas.

We also had great participation in the “Relay for Life” booth.

We remember when we opened our first year thinking “How will we ever fill this big building?” Before the year was up we purchased the unit next door and opened it up to the shop. Now our best news...we still needed more room. My Husband (aka $Bill) said “Ok one more time”. We purchased the unit next

door for another classroom. But our real dream was to have a “Retreat Center” that we could have large events, and have available for our customers to rent for a day or even a three day retreat with their friends. You know, sew til midnight-Eat pizza—and just have some fun with friends. It will be equipped with a refrigerator and microwave. Did I mention 25 six foot tables so you have plenty of room…

The first three day event will be for my employees (and I’m so blessed to have the best), we’re having our own Mexican Fiesta Sew-In. I am planning a few surprises for them because...well… because they deserve it!

Because we now have three classrooms, we needed our very own ‘Event Plan-ner’. Please stop in and ask for Terri (Terri Cross) and welcome her. She has been working so hard since she got here (the reason we now have a Quarterly Newsletter.) Also give a big welcome to the behind the scenes Office Manag-er Anita. She runs a tight ship and has gotten us all in line and we love her for it.

I Look forward to seeing you soon. PAT

Cut up and sew

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Don’t miss out...

Please sign up for Classes and Events EARLY ( and often)

to Avoid Being Labeled as a ”WAIT-LISTER”!

Monthly Clubs/Groups

EMBROIDERY & SERGER:

GOLD’N DESTINY CLUB: 1st Friday Evening (5:30pm - 8pm) and Saturday Morning (10:30am –1pm)- Cost $20 plus kit fees where applicable.

This club is for Baby Lock Destiny or Baby Lock Ellisimo Gold owners that are looking to ad-vance their “EMBROIDUCATION”.

SERGER CLUB: 3rd Friday (dates may vary so check calendar) 10:30am-1:00pm– Cost $20 plus kit fees where applicable.

This club is for anyone who owns a Serger (doesn’t have to be Baby Lock) looking to advance their “SERGERCATION”. If you don’t own a Serger and would like

to learn what all these amazing machines can do, come to our Serger Club and see how much fun we have.

SEWING & QUILTING:

PHD (projects half done)OPEN SEW: Every Monday and Thursday-10:30am to 4:00pm Cost: $15.00

Do you have a project you need to work on but don’t have the space? Are you stuck at a critical point in you pattern and need help? Do you just need to get

out and do something with the girls, but feel guilty about leaving your UFO’s (unfinished objects) sitting at home? This is the thing for you! Come use our space and get inspiration from our talented staff and others.

ANYTHING GOES ART GROUP: 1st Wednesday of every month 2:00pm to 5:00pm (PRICES VARY depending on project).

We are happy to announce a FUN monthly group here at Cut Up and Sew. Our very own Mary DeWind is going to be leading this group. The purpose of this group is to get together on a monthly basis for Show-and-Tell and get our creative art quilting juices flowing. There will be no fees charged unless Mary teaches some of her amazing techniques.

Mary will be teaching lots of awesome classes for both new and experienced art quilters on a regular basis, so check out our calendar for dates and times. So if you have always loved art quilting but were afraid to venture down that path, plan to join our group. Make sure to call the shop before each class to let us know you are coming.

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BUILD A BETTER BAG: 2nd and 4th Monday of every month

10:30am to 3:00pm Cost $25.00

Come sew and finish those purses and bags you’ve started (or want to start) with extra assistance (and maybe shortcuts or hints) to get a bet-ter bag!

HEXAGON PAPER PIECING CLUB: 3rd Wednesday of every month

10:30am to 3:00pm Cost: $15.00

Hexies are all the rage these days! This is a monthly club where you can come work on our your Hexagons with us. This is going to be an informal class/club where you can come and learn how to do English Paper Piecing (EPP) techniques. You don’t have to make a Milliefiore quilt. We want to give everyone an oppor-tunity to experience the process of EPP without a big initial investment, so we are going to let you use all our templates initially, and we will have some hexies

printed out of the book ready to go. You must have purchased The New Hexagon Book By Katja Marek prior to attending the class.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR EQ7: The Third Wednesday of every month 1pm to 3:00pm Cost: $15.00

How many of you have purchased Electric Quilt 7 (EQ7) or a prior ver-sion and have never been able to master the use of it?

Or, if you do not have this amazing quilt design software, have you seen a quilt design and said to yourself, “If this was my design, I would

UPCOMING CLASSES

COME PLAY WITH JUDY! Thursday Feb 16, 10:30am -4:00pm

Cost: $15 (Kit included in Price)

FROM THE HOOP TO YOUR CLOSET with Barbara Brooks Saturday Feb. 18, 11:00am—4:00pm

Cost: $35 (Kit included in Price)

EDGE to EDGE Quilting on your Embroi-dery Machine Tuesday, Feb 21 10:30am—3:30pm COST:$35.00

PILLOWCASES AND MORE with Barbara Thursday Feb 23, 10:30am - 4:00pm Cost: $20.00 BASIC MACHINE MAINTENANCE with Bethany Thursday FEB 23, 5:30pm—8:00pm Cast: $20.00 SUPER SCRAPS with Mary DeWind FRIDAY FEB. 24, 10:30am—4:00pm $15.00

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EDGE to EDGE Quilting on your Embroidery Machine with LISA

Tuesday March 21st, 10:30am—3:30pm COST:$35.00

CELLPHONE WALLET (in the hoop) with Bethany Wednesday March 22nd 10:30am—4:00pm

COST:$25.00

STACK and SLASH featuring Barbara and SEW-PHIE Thursday March 23 and March 30 10:30am—4:00pm COST:$25.00

BASIC MACHINE MAINTENANCE with Bethany Wednesday March 29, 10:30am—1:00pm Cast: $20.00

UPCOMING CLASSES CONT.

STABILIZERS AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM, With Barbara and Bethany

WED. March 8th 5:30pm—7:30pm OR Thurs. March 9th 10:30—12:30pm COST:$ 15.00. If you embroider, you will want to take this class. BEGINNING SEWING 101 with Bethany Friday March 17th, 24th and 31st 5:30pm—8:30pm COST: $60.00 LET YOUR WILD OUT..FRENCH ROSES QUILT with Judy

Monday March 20, 10:30am—1:00pm

COST : $20.00

HEY ALL YOU “MISS MUFFETS” OUT THERE! Where’s your Tuffet? If you haven’t made a Tuffet with Pat yet, then it’s time to put down the Curds & Whey and

schedule your personal one on one class to make your very own Tuffet. There’ll be NO Spiders, to frighten you from making this Tuffet! Better yet, bring along your buddy Humpty Dumpty, it’s time for him to make a nice soft Tuffet and Safely get off that wall...Just saying

This is a 2 day class, the first class is sewing the top and the second class will be scheduled individually for assembly.

Cost: $35 Kit: $85 includes Everything to make your Tuffet except Fabric.

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IT’S ALL FUN & GAMES TIL….

COME JOIN US FOR VALENTINE BINGO

FOR FUN AND PRIZES

Tuesday February 14th 11:00am and 2:00pm

P.S. Here is an Idea…..

HAVE YOUR HONEY BUY YOU A Seat at the incredible PAPER PIECING

PALOOZA!!!!

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017 NATIONAL CUP CAKE DAY!! Come and see what we are BAKING UP

for this treat!!!!

TUESDAY February 28, 2017 “FAT TUESDAY”

BUY TEN “FAT QUARTERS “ AND GET TEN “FAT QUARTERS FREE from our special stash.

We have several classes coming up that use “Fat Quarters” so HURRY IN and get the BEST ONES FIRST!

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UPCOMING EVENTS...SAVE THE DATES!

Don’t forget to bring your scissors and knives to Cut Up And Show this month. Neil the Sharpening Guy will be here to sharpen your scissors and knives again. This Saturday February 11, 10:00am to 1:00pm

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Sunday March 19th from 1pm –4pm ~ Purchase Judy’s patterns and she will take your measurements and draw your pattern worksheet for you, (It doesn’t get any easier than this)! TOP OR PANTS, the great part is Judy will bring samples of the clothes for you to try on to find your favorites while Judy draws your worksheet. ...BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE...Judy will start the program by sharing all of her tips and tricks (and Boy does she have some ...right up her sleeve).

SNEAK PEAK INSIDE THE WORLD OF

CUT UP AND SEW FOR APRIL:

NIKKI BRAZELL

Nikki Brazell is a professional embroidery artist and textile designer. She has taught at in-ternational machine conventions and has been published many times within the industry. She is a recognized industry leader in embroidery entrepreneurialism and has also taught for the

Babylock ‘Sew at Home’ series. She encourages others to take their hobby to the business level in a fun informative two day event designed to delight and excite attendees.