J is for Just the Basics!

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May 5th

Hello Everyone!

It's time for our Letter J Sale - and this year, J is for "Just the Basics". J is also for "Join Us" in our upcoming Knit Along - which starts on Monday - May 5th. Read all the details in the "On Our Needles Section".

Quilters: You gotta have batting, thread and needles!

Thread

Aurifil

Presencia

King Tut

..and more!

Batting
80/20 Cotton/Poly
Bamboo Blend
80/20 Cotton/Wool
100% Cotton
100% Wool

Machine & Hand Needles

Yarn Lovers: Unless you are into arm knitting - you can't knit or crochet without needles or a hook!

This is a great time to build your stash of needles - or grab a set of interchangeables!

Needles & Hooks
ChiaoGoo
Fixed and Interchangeable Needles
Stainless Red Lace & Bamboo
Crochet Hooks
Addi Flexi Flips

All of these "Basics" are 20% off* during our Letter J - "Just the Basics" sale!

Holiday Hours:
Please note that we will be closed for the following upcoming holidays:

Sunday, May 12th
for
Mother's Day

Sunday & Monday
May 26th & 27th
for
Memorial Day

*Stock on hand only. Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabric not included. Tippy Tree and Pink Adobe Yarns not included. May not be combined with other discounts (Sew Fun, Tote, Class Discounts, etc.) Show 'n Tell and discounted yarn (orphans, etc) will receive the additional sale discount!

Be sure to follow us on Fa cebook & Instagram for instant updates on new arrivals as well as inspirational show 'n tell photos!

Please browse the class listings below. Just click on the photos to visit the website for more information on each class. Call to get registered!

AND

Did you know? If there's a class that you don't see offered and you have a group of 3 or more - let us know and we'll schedule one just for you and your group :-)

See you all soon,

Vicki, Rachael, Mary, Amy, Peggy, Jenny, Taffy & Phyllis

Sew with Jane

Wednesday
May 8th
11 am - 4pm
Jane Dumler
$10

Bring your Own Project
One-on-One
Knit or Crochet
Coaching
Saturdays
Joan Pluess
$25 per hr.
Must schedule in advance

Beginning Knitting

4 Tuesdays
4 to 6 pm
Starts May 14th
Saundra Fowler
$50

OPEN SEW DAY(s)
Wednesdays

May 15th
May 29th

$5

Judy Niemeyer Club

Sunday

May 19th
10 am to 2 pm
Peggy Supplee
$10

Bonnie Hunter Club

Wednesday
May 22nd
10 am to 5 pm
$5.00 drop in

UFO Mitigation
Club

Thursday
May 23rd
11 am to 4pm
Peggy Supplee
$10

Follow Along with Phyllis
Saturday
June 1st
9:30 am
Phyllis Stewart
Final Meet Up and Show 'n Tell

Fast, Scrappy
& Modern
Quilt Blocks
Sunday
June 2nd
12 noon to 4 pm
Jenny Kae Parks
$45

Beyond the Walking Foot
Intro to Free Motion Quilting
Friday
June 7th
10 am to 3 pm
Katie Wells
$45

Learn to Love your Sewing Machine
Friday
June 14th
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Barb Snyder
$25

Sew Together Bag
Saturday
June 22nd
10 am to 5 pm
Katie Wells
$45

English Paper Piecing Club
Sunday
June 23rd
12 noon - 4 pm
Rachael Lambrecht
$10

Our Shop Address is:

2805 South Broadway
Englewood, CO 80113
(303) 761-9231

We are on the SW Corner of Broadway and Amherst in Englewood. Off street parking is available in our parking lot!

1 block south of Yale or 8 blocks north of Hampden.

Hours:
Monday: 10 to 6
Tuesday: 10 to 9
Wednesday: 10 to 6
Thursday: 10 to 6
Friday: 10 to 6
Saturday: 10 to 5
Sunday: 12 to 4

SALE

May 6th

thru

May 19th

is for

Just the Basics!

20% OFF*

For Quilters:
Batting
Thread
Needles

For Yarn Lovers:
Knitting Needles
*Fixed
*Interchangeables
*Sets, Tips, Cables
Crochet Hooks

*Stock on hand only. Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabric not included. Tippy Tree and Pink Adobe Yarns not included. May not be combined with other discounts (Sew Fun, Tote, Class Discounts, etc.) Show 'n Tell and discounted yarn (orphans, etc) will receive the additional sale discount!

What's on our Needles?

by Amy & Rachael
Knitalong!

J is for Join Us! This week is the start of our very first Knit-A-Long and we hope you will join us on this joyful journey! We will be working on "Whiskyfied" by Melanie Berg. The schedule for the KAL is posted in our Ravelry.com group. We'll buy you the pattern when you buy yarn for the KAL!

Casting on a new project is so exciting! Will you like the yarn you chose? Will you like the color? Will you like the fabric the yarn and needles make? We hope the answers to these questions will all be "yes!" and that you enjoy the project from start to finish. We planned the schedule to keep us all moving forward toward a completed project, but hopefully the pace will not be too fast for folks with busy schedules. This isn't a race though. If you get ahead because you are on a roll, don't stop! If you fall behind because life gets in the way, no big deal. This will be fun!

Each week, on Tuesdays, beginning this Tuesday - May 6th - we'll have a knit-a-long community gathering from 5 to 7 pm. You can come and ask questions of Rachael or Amy, show off your KAL WIP, and enjoy the spirit of knitting as a community! OR, if you’re more of a virtual joiner (or you don’t live in town), join us on our Ravelry group page to share questions, comments, progress, yarn choices, and WIP photos and stories. Here's a link to join our Wooden Spools Ravelry Group. Make sure to click the button to join our group and then start posting in the KAL Chatter and WIP thread (save the finished object KAL thread for when you are all done with your KAL!).

This knit-a-long will have 8 sections and will start Monday, May 6. We’ll be posting all information for the breakdown of the KAL in our Ravelry group, so make sure you join us there. At the end of the KAL, we will have a celebratory open house!! Join us to show off your newly completed “Whiskyfied” shawl and meet and greet your new knitting friends. This will be Friday, July 12 from 4pm to 7pm. Drop in and have some refreshments and show off your great project!

We CAN’T WAIT to see all of the lovely projects you will be creating!! Join us and knit ALONG instead of knitting ALONE!

Open Knit

&

Crochet Times

Tuesday Afternoons

2 to 4 pm

&

Tuesday Nights

6 to 9 pm

ACQ's Festival of Quilts is coming up June 14th & 15th.
This is such an awesome event - and it only happens every two years, so you don't want to miss! Gorgeous quilts - tons of inspiration - vendors (we'll be there :-) and the best cinnamon rolls anywhere!!

By Phyllis Stewart

Week of May 5, 2019 – Name Inscribed Quilts

I am so excited to share with you these pictures from last weekend! I had the chance to go with 3 girlfriends (Scotti, Linda and Janet) to a special “Quilts That Speak” symposium in Lincoln, NE at the IQSC.

What a wealth of information we received. I can only share a few of the +100 photos I took. The first one is the four of us under a quilt of the 50 states which we found on the side of a lumber yard building in Cozad, NE (they also have a great quilt shop in that town). This was just a bonus we found on our way to Lincoln.

This red and white quilt was made in 1917, probably as a fund raiser during WWI. You paid to have your name inscribed and then they auctioned off the quilt to raise money for the Red Cross.

This stunning broken dishes/pinwheel quilt has 7168 pieces. The inscription on the back reads:

Made in Westport Town

I’m Bird in the Air

Sleep under me

And banish Care

Saloma Thorpe 7168 pieces

The inking on this block to the left is amazing and includes an inscription as well as drawings of thistles and roses around the words which read:

Tho oft thro life we Thistles meet

We sometimes pluck the Rose.

The inscription on this pink and white quilt (the quilt also contained many famous signatures) made me laugh out loud! It reads:

Oft have I been by Women jilted

But ne’er before by women quilted.

I can’t quite make out the name, but I can only imagine he must have been quite a lady’s man to have been jilted so often!

We saw a red/white and blue quilt made in 1974-75 by Mina Kuthe. It contains many famous signatures including: Betty Ford, Pat Nixon, Richard Nixon and Mamie Eisenhower. continue reading