
News From the Shop
Monika’s Quilt Shop
210 South Main
Park Rapids, MN 56470
218-732-3896
Greetings:
Hopefully your Easter holiday was a very nice one. Unfortunately the egg hunt
was a bit of a letdown in our area as we still have snow and ice on the ground.
Spring is certainly taking an awfully long time to make its appearance in the
Northwoods this year. There is one advantage to this however, it gives us time
to do more quilting projects before the garden demands our time.
We have more classes scheduled for April. On April 17th Pat Berg will teach
Machine Free Motion Quilting. As most of you know Pat is
very accomplished in this technique and willing to share all there is to know
about it. If you missed Evonne Evans Four Patched Posies class it will be
offered again on April 20th. This is a truly fun class and you will just love
what you can accomplish in this class.
RoJean Cummings will be teaching a class April 26th on making a purse out of
decorator, quilted or plain cotton fabrics. These purses are very stylish and
embellished with beaded trims. Great gifts for Mother's Day or make one for
yourself to match your new spring outfit.
We still have Ann Zemke's book "They named me Majorie" available (autographed)
at the shop.
Many new items are making their way onto the shelves in the shop.
Remember the "Heart of the Lakes Shop Hop" is coming up soon at its new date.
Monday, May 19th to Monday May 26th. This shop hop as been a favorite with
Quilters. This year it will be a wonderful time for all participants.
We have a great Shop Hop Pattern you will just fall in
love with. Daily drawings, a gift for those who completed the Hop last year plus
a special postcard drawing and over $4000.00 total value in prizes.
Don't forget the "Quilt Minnesota" next August.
You can view the Quilt Minnesota Fabric by clicking on the link below:
http://www.unitednotions.com/quilt_minnesota_2008.pdf
We will be able to take pre-orders for the fabrics of your choice at the shop. Just provide us with the Stock number and the amount of fabric you wish to have reserved. We are setting up this procedure because many people found that the fabric they wanted was sold out before the shop hop started. Email, a letter, or phone call will reserve your choices.
Check out our class schedules, there are some new classes available. Also, coming in April, Eleanor Burns new book "Victory Quilts" will be available as well as rulers and printed fusible material used in the book.
Regards, Monika and the girls.
"Recipe of the Month"
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Don's Shortcake |
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| 2 cups flour 2 T sugar 1 t salt 3 t baking soda 1/3 cup Crisco (margarine or butter) 1 cup milk |
Place Crisco in mixing bowl & soften (microwave) if necessary. Add dry ingredients and cut to mix well. Add milk and stir to mix. This results in a thick sticky mess to deal with but transfer to a a greased 9 x 9 pan and bake at 425 F (preheat) for 15 to 20 minutes. |
New at the Quilt Shop
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Books |
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| Charmed & Dangerous | Sew Simple | Victory Quilts | |
| Runner To Go | Double Dipping Quilts | Lets Do Lunch | |
| Table toppers | Minnesota Charm 3 | Cabin Fever | |
| Quilts in Bloom | 12 Days of Christmas | The Art of Handmade Quilts | |
| Embroidery | Big Block Quilts | Take Along Totes | |
| Weekend Kitchen | Terrific Tees | Turning Twenty & Feeling Groovy | |
| Christmas Punch | |||
| Patterns | |||
| Candy Cane Cover Up | Fat Quarter Tablerunner | Fisherman’s Dream | |
| Twin Pines Runner | Rose Garden | Simple Joy of Spring | |
| Christmas Punch Throw | Big Block Beauty | Cabin Patch Mountain | |
| Ho-Ho Holiday | Moose Country | Summer Sampler | |
| Grandma’s Tea Towels | |||
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Fabric |
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| Peacock Batiks…Moda | Tuxedo…RJR | Festive Foliage…Kaufman | |
| Birchwood Lane…Moda | Poppy…Timeless Treasure | Jungle Jamboree…Henry Glass | |
| Piece on Earth…Moda | Holiday Flourish…Kaufman | Holiday Spirit…Henry Glass | |
| Woodland Greetings…Moda | At the Lake…Henry Glass | Cheep Housing…Clothworks | |
| Snow Wonderland…Red Rooster | |||
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Stuff |
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| Mini-ruler Set, QAD | Guidelines 4 Quilting Ruler | ||
| Victory Quilt Swag Border, 6” QAD | Quilter’s Ten Commandments | ||
| Victory Quilt Swag Border, 12” QAD | |||
Classes
Finishing Techniques for
Knitters...with Arleen Larson Sunday July 27, 2008 1:00 to
5:00 PM $40.00
Learn the techniques that make your finished piece not look "home made". Picking
up stitches on collars and front bands, weaving in ends, where to apply various
seaming techniques and how to do them, sewing on buttons correctly, proper
blocking, and many more techniques will be discussed and demonstrated.
Cable Knitting...with Sonja
Tangen Sunday August 17, 2008 1:00 to 4:00 $30.00
Have you ever admired the cables on knitted articles but were intimidated by
them? Come join us and we will learn how to do some simple cable stitches and
get some helpful hints for doing them. Bring worsted weight yarn and size 7 or 8
needles.
Knitting with Multiple
Colors...with Arleen Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:00 to 4:30 PM
$50.00
Introduce multiple colors into your knitting through stripes, Fair Isle,
Intarsia, and Mosaic knitting techniques. students must have at least
intermediate level knitting skills.
Class offerings in the yarn department can be one on one or as groups. There are a lot of skills to learn and enjoy. Choose from...knit, crochet, tatting, finger weaving, spinning, pattern reading for knit or crochet, garment shaping, cables, multicolor knitting (including Fair Isle, Scandinavian, Intarsia, mosaic, shadow knitting), primitive rug hooking, needle felting and felting projects.
Projects to choose from... Mobius cowls scarf, felted jacket, felted Christmas stocking with charted pattern, socks on two circular needles, felted slippers (you pick the style), knitted scarves wool felt projects, felted purse, or ornaments
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New Yarns |
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Bristol Yarn Gallery Coordinates
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–Aston...alpaca-mariono-silk
DK –Buckingham-alpaca-silk finger weight –King George...Alpaca-merino-cashmere wor. wgt. –Yardley...alpaca-silk-nylon Boucle 4 st/inch |
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Adria Fil RAP |
superwash wool, color fleck DK |
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Jeanne |
Chunky-cotton-acrylic 3 1/2 st/inch |
Block of the Month "Piece and Plenty"
Moda University Mystery Quilt...15 basket blocks with alternate filler blocks using many different techniques from appliqué to paper piecing. A great learning tool. Class every 4th Friday at 4:00 to 5:00 PM Starts September 27th.Quilt is 66x76"
Thimbleberries Block of the Month Programs
1. The Big Club Quilt is using the fabric collection "House
and Garden". It comes in a light and dark color and is truly lovely. This
project is only available to Thimbleberries club members. Please note
that we support Thimbleberries "by mail" for those who can not attend
regular meetings.
2. The 2007 Thimbleberries Club Quilt Project looks wonderful.
UFO Day...Every 2nd and 4th Friday, all day 9:00-5:00. Bring any of your unfinished projects for open sewing all day. No charge. Bring a lunch or treat yourself to a lunch out. Coffee is free. This should make for a fun day.
You will need a good, working sewing machine, cutting mat, rotary cutter and thread for all quilting classes. Supply lists for each class are available at the shop at the time of sign up. Class fees payable at registration.
Dates to REMEMBER
Thimbleberries Club 1st Thursday of each month 9:00 AM 2:00 PM 6:00 PM
Fiber Fanatics 4th Wednesday each month 2:00-4:00
Fat Quarter Frenzy 4th Friday each month. All fat quarters and fat eights go on sale.
Open needlework every Wednesday 2:00-4:00 PM Bring needle work of your choice and spend some time with us.
Rug Ratz…4th Thursday each month from 2:00 to 4 PM.
So come and see us at the shop and bring some show & tell things, we just love to see what you have been creating.
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