May 2012
What’s happening in May? Well we’re just going to have nothing but FUN! Almost every day but the days indicated on the event calendar are open to everyone. There are just a very few days dedicated to an ongoing block of the month or our happy Bernina owners. All we ask on our free days is that you use fabric or kits that you’ve purchased from us. We can’t continue to offer “free” days if we’re accommodating fabric or items from other sources. Those other sources probably would be happy to offer you the same free sew days……
We’ve booked the Skylight Ballroom at the Ramada Hotel for our Weekend Block Party 2012 for October 27th and 28th. That’s a Saturday and Sunday. The cost is
$70 plus HST. We take a limited number of participants so if you’re interested you must pay in full to secure your space. Your fee is non refundable. The Ramada Hotel is offering a group rate for our event. If you wish to book a room for the Friday and Saturday night the reservation number is 250 563-0055. The group booking applies until September 26th and then they will release the rooms and the group rate will no longer apply. .
Our Weekend Block Party is non instructional. You will work on whatever your heart desires.
It’s your weekend to sew or sleep or read or wander or whatever.
Enjoy life.
Amish With A Twist
Saturday, March 31, April 28, May 26, June 23 10:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday, March 27, April 24, May 29, June 26 10:00am-5:00pm
This is a beautiful new block of the month. It will be over in June so just in time for summer vacation. At this point we’re putting the shop quilt kit together and the fabric is on it’s way. We will provide the time and space for you to sew your blocks here.
You can work at your own pace with minimal instruction.
Fee: $350 (includes fabric and patterns to complete the quilt top)
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Every Friday is Friday Fun Day.
Let us know if you’re coming so we can get a place ready for you.
It’s a fun social day and evening. There’s no instruction..
We encourage you to come in and sew with us. We appreciate you using projects/fabric purchased from our store so we can continue to host these events with no admission charge.
Just so you know what our gift card fee is about; instead of charging for some of our classes, we donate grocery gift cards to the Salvation Army. If we all do something, there will be no hunger in the world. This is our small part.
About copyright, you must purchase or own the pattern or book for the class being taught. No photocopies will be allowed and each student must have their own purchased pattern or book. No photocopies will be allowed at any of our drop in days or Friday Fun Days.
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Other Notes
Please refrain from using any kind of perfume while taking a class or joining a group or coming to sew. There are a couple of people that have severe reactions, like death! Also, we’re tired of listening to your cell phone, your text sounds and your private conversations. It’s not polite. So don’t do it while taking classes, joining a group or coming to sew.
We continue to support those that design patterns. You will need to have your own purchased copy of a pattern that we teach, that you come in to sew on a play day, or group. If it’s a pattern we have designed then we can give you a copy…but you can’t copy and pass it on; it’s illegal. I hope you all understand how important it is. We want designers to keep on designing. If we don’t support them, they will stop creating.
A word about copyright
As you know, some of the classes we offer require you to purchase a book or pattern. Since the information contained in those books and patterns is considered "copyrighted" material, it is illegal to photocopy all or any portion of the information, even just to share with a friend to use during a class. We all want to support the creative efforts of the hard-working Designers who develop our favourite quilt patterns and encourage them to continue to publish and create.
In order to do that, we must properly compensate them for sharing their ideas with us by purchasing their books and patterns. Thank you for your cooperation and consideration!
Community Announcement
Here's a little community announcement for anyone in Prince George and area that wish to help this worthwhile venture.
My name is
Mandy and with the help of my friend
Liz, we have started a
not for profit organization that will help those who would not normally be able to afford a prom dress receive one for free. We are calling it Prince George Dress Dreams.
A
facebook page has been started to advertise and inform the community of our endeavor:
Click Here to visit our Facebook Page
What Prince George Dress Dreams is looking for, is a few students to be nominated by a teacher, Councilor, or a member of our community not related to the student.
These students should be of a "deserving" nature. A student that may be low income, a teen mom, have overcome adversity, gone through an illness or perhaps experienced the loss of a family member. All nominated must be graduating this year.
This is the first year for this project, but we are hoping it will be received warmly by the community.
We feel that there is a need in our community for this project and we were hoping that your organization could help us out by spreading the word.
Please let me know if you need more info.
You can e-mail me at
mpmakeup@shaw.ca
or call my cell
250-301-8401