You Sew Crazy: 4/11/2011

Hello Sewing friends and WELCOME to our NEW blog!!

We have been making lots of great new changes to our website and how we will be emailing all of you…If you haven’t had an opportunity yet make sure to check out the new website at www.bluecrabquiltco.com

The blog is where you will find all the latest and greatest news at BERNINA of Richmond and the BERNINA Sewing Center in Irvington.

Class updates:

Our Jenny Haskins event in Richmond is now FULL!! We are very excited about this event and regret that we are not able to accommodate everyone for this event but is we receive enough people on the waiting list we will be sure to schedule another session so that everyone interested will have the opportunity to join in on all the fabulous embroidery tips & tricks from a Jenny Haskins certified educator.

Be a Buyer for a Day:

Our Northcott Rep will be in the Richmond store to show everyone some of the great quilts made using the Stonehenge line of fabric and much more. Shirley will also have some NEW fabric lines and YOU get to help us pick some pieces that we will be bringing into the store. Be the FIRST customers to see some GREAT new fabric lines!

Date: June 10^th at 10am. and we will be serving light refreshments. Fee $20.00

The shops in the Northern Neck are gearing up for their 2^nd annual Shop Hop the Blue Crab Crawl! Get together with your sewing friends May 13 – May 15 and visits the best quilt and craft shops the Northern Neck has to offer. You can pick up a brochure at BERNINA of Richmond or The BERNINA Sewing Center in Irvington

More classes in Irvington you won’t want to miss…

Stack-n-Whack is an easy way to create quilt blocks with unique kaleidoscope designs. These designs require a set of identical pieces cut from a print fabric. Rather than finding and cutting each piece individually, a quilter can cut and layer a number of large, identical print rectangles to make a stack.

Irvington Location
April 16th & 30th
10am-3pm

What is Threadpainting?

Threadpainting is a method for creating original embroidery by machine. The feed teeth on the sewing machine are dropped or covered so that the fabric under the
machine's needle can be moved in any direction to create lines, areas of
color, and texture by stitches. All design is created when the stitcher
moves the fabric under the needle. When a design is drawn onto the
fabric and the fabric is placed in a hoop with stabilizer, then there is more
control over the finished work. (Courtesy of threadpaint.com)

May 21st & 28th
10am-3pm
Irvington Location

Check out the full calendar by clicking HERE

Don’t forget we are still in our April Spring Cleaning sale with over 150 bolts of fabric marked at 20% - 40% off the regular retail price, Pre-Cut Fat Quarters $1.75 or buy 10 or more and get them at $1.50 (excludes Batiks and Stonehenge fat quarters). Lots of books, Patterns, and magazines slashed at 40% off and more!

New arrivals…

We have had quite a bit come in since our last update…

In Richmond:

Timeless Treasures Batiks and widebacks

Tonga Treats

Timeless Treasures: Perch

New to us… Art Gallery fabric and Patterns by Pat Bravo

We ordered and received a few pieces of the Bazaar Style and Coquette line

This is Audra style fabric and is great for all of your projects even us garment sewers!! 100% cotton with a soft unique feel. Make sure to stop in and check it out and make sure to let us know what you think!! -