Shop news, Sale, and YouTube LIVE link!
Hello Beautiful Golden Anchor Quilting Community!
YouTube Live Tuesday: Click HERE to join us live or watch later
Shop Update:
We plan to finish up the All New England Shop Hop with a bang! The last week (or so) of the hop we are going to have another one of our End-of-Bolt sales! We would love to make room for new fabrics coming in, and we love giving our community deals to make that happen! The sale will run from Friday, October 25 - Thursday, October 31!
Here is how it will work:
When you clear a bolt with:
1-3 yards get 25% off
4-6 yards get 30% off
7-9 yards get 35% off
10+ yards get 40% off
Clear 2 or more bolts and get an extra 5% off all bolts cleared!
Another exciting thing this coming weekend:
Rick from Absolute Edge Mobile sharpening will be at the shop on Sunday, October 27 to sharpen your scissors and pinking shears! Just $10 a pair, sharpened while you shop! Can’t make it on Sunday? No worries! You can drop off pairs ahead of time at the shop, and pick up after the event.
We had so much fun in all of the classes last week! The classroom was full of laughter and creativity almost every day! The Pumpkin Hollow table runners were finished up, folks made progress on their All Wrapped Up 2.0 quilts, open sew was very productive, the Tippy Tote Class was fun, and the Great Stocking class was such a hit we talked Lynne into coming back to teach it again soon!
The All New England Shop Hop continues to keep us hopping! We have now welcomed over 540 shop hoppers! There is still time to get a magazine and participate in the shop hop! It goes through 10/31/24. Even if you aren’t planning to hop during this timeframe, having the magazine is a great resource as you travel around New England the rest of the year.
We are continuing our search for guest instructors! If you have a project you love to make, and have an inclination to share the fun with others, reach out and let us know what you would like to teach! We enjoy other kinds of crafts in the classroom too! Want to teach a beginner crochet or knitting class? Have a talent for hand embroidery you wish to share? Or some other craft/creative option we haven’t thought of yet! We would love to chat about how we can incorporate your talents into our community!
Before we share what is going on this week, we want to help you look a little further out in your calendars and see what you will enjoy!
Come make a Tippy Tote with us! Friday, November 8, or Saturday, November 9! This is part of our Sassy Sunflower Half-Pack-Quilt program. We just love how quickly and easily these work up! Great teacher gift! Great gift for anyone really! (Even yourself ???? )
We have another round of All Inclusive Learn to Quilt series! This series will run on Wednesdays from 1:30pm-4:30pm starting on October 30 and ending December 18 in time for the holidays! This six week series takes students from how to use and troubleshoot sewing machines, color theory and fabric selection, rotary cutting, piecing, trimming a quilt, and all the way to binding! The “all inclusive” part of this series title is because the series includes everything students need to complete their first quilt. From all of the fabrics for the top, backing, and binding, use of our machines and classroom supplies, long arm quilting service, and a completed quilt by the end of the series! We include OVER $200 in materials and OVER $100 in services, and 6 weeks of instruction for just $249! There is no need to buy anything else to complete a quilt in this series!
T-shirt and memory fabric quilting series will run Saturdays November 2, 16, and 30th! We will take you from t-shirt/memory fabric to a complete quilt top in this three day class series! We will learn how to prep memory fabrics, how to keep them safe until we are ready to incorporate them into a quilt top, and then assemble our memory quilt tops!
Scrappy Flying Geese “Doll” Quilt class series! Do you want to start or improve your flying geese skills? Do you have someone in your life who loves an 18” doll who needs a quilt? Would you enjoy hanging a lovely intricately pieced mini quilt on your wall or display it on a table? This class series is for you! This pattern can be made with 2 ½” strips, and some background fabric for a coordinated look, or with scraps! The class series is Sunday’s November 3, 10, and 17th!
Our monthly pillow case classes continue to help folks learn the love of sewing, with a fun and easy beginner project! They are also a fun time for experienced sewists who just want some social sewing time! In November we have two options: Thursday, November 7 at 5:30pm or Sunday November 24th at 10:30am! These classes are a great “bring a buddy” option if you have someone in your life who you have been wanting to introduce to sewing! We have had students as young as 7, and even some with English as a second language! We have brought folks from never using a sewing machine before to a beautiful pillow case in three hours! It’s SEW much fun! We have a pattern that works with regular yardage, double border prints, or panels! Class is just $15, and materials are typically less than $20!
The Twelve months of gifts class for November is on Thursday November 14 at 10:30 and 4:30! These classes each have a stand alone project that is completed before you leave the shop! These projects are designed to be beginner friendly, easy to make, and something you can make more of as gifts throughout the year, or in preparation for the big holiday season! This month we are going to play with some machine embroidery In-The-Hoop projects! We think we can get 3 of them done in the class! Class is $25, and includes the stabilizers for machine embroidery, and use of our machines. We will have more information about fabric requirements once we finalize our three items, but typically materials are less than $20!
Our First Annual Holiday Ornament swap is December 7th for the swap and some festive refreshments! Registration will close on November 16 so we can give everyone a final head count in time to make ornaments! In case you don’t know what this is, each participant makes several of one kind of holiday ornament, and brings them to the party. Then each participant gets an ornament from each other participant. If there are 24 people participating, you come in with 24 of your ornament, and leave with 24 different ornaments made by other folks at the party! We will cap the event at 24 participants, so that it doesn’t get too overwhelming! We had a request this week to make virtual participation an option, and we are happy to offer this! If you can’t make it in person to the swap, just register, ship your ornaments to us before December 3, and after the swap we will ship you your newly crafted ornaments from other participants! We will figure out a way to have a zoom link to join in the fun too! (The only thing we can’t zoom are the cookies and refreshments lol)
When you are ready to register for any of these fun classes or events, click HERE!
Now for this week at the shop!
Tuesday:
October 22 is National Color Day! When you come in to the shop on Tuesday, share your favorite color, and get 10% off a cut of fabric of that color!
Join us live for our weekly YouTube broadcast at 6:00pm! This week we will share shop news, upcoming classes, a quilt of the week, draw our weekly $10 gift card winner for folks who paid with cash or check, teach you how to make a quick and easy lanyard, and draw a winner for the sample we sew on this week’s broadcast. Click HERE to join us live, or watch later if you happen to miss the live!
Wednesday:
October 23 is Darren's Birthday!!!! He doesn't read the newsletter, so he won't know we have told the whole community! LOL! Stop by and wish him a Happy Birthday! We will have some birthday treats to share with everyone!
October 23 is National Friends of Libraries Day! Did you know we have a “library” of free quilting and crafting books at the shop? You can bring in books that no longer inspire you, and search through the ones we have! It’s free to take them home with you, and free to drop them off for others to enjoy!
This All Wrapped Up 2.0 Dachshund themed quilt series “wraps up” this week! (Did you see our funny there? lol)! Ann Blackburn is teaching for us, and we’ve got some wonderful lunches planned during this three week series!
Thursday:
October 24 is National Bologna Day! Did you know that Louisa loves bologna and American cheese sandwiches? Come see us at the shop and share what silly foods you still love from your childhood, and pick a treat from our goody basket!
Thursday is also Open Sew Day! We have up to 8 spots for sewing in the classroom on open sew days! These days are designed for us to work on projects of our own choosing, in a social setting, with use of classroom tools and thread! We have enjoyed watching the friendships that have developed in open sew days! Sometimes we have potluck lunches, or order out together! It’s just $10 to come when you bring your own machine, and $15 to rent one of our machines for sewing or $25 to rent a machine for embroidery.
Friday:
October 25 is National I Care About You Day! We are always good for a hug at the shop, and on this Friday, we will have note cards at the shop where you can leave words of kindness and care for someone else to enjoy! We will sprinkle the note cards around the shop for folks to find the rest of the weekend.
Friday also launches our End-of-Bolt sale! See details above! Shop early for the best selection!
Saturday:
October 26 is National Pumpkin day! We are celebrating by sharing 10% off our Halloween or Fall fabrics!
We continue to be enchanted with this amazing community and all the beauty that is created in and around us!
Thank you for your ongoing support! We look forward to your next visit, and hope you can join us LIVE on Tuesday at 6:00pm! Click HERE to watch!
In Stitches,
Louisa, Darren, and the Crew at Golden Anchor Quilting
Golden Anchor Quilting
367 Washington Street Suite 6
Claremont, NH 03743
603-543-3311 (call or tex)