-------
-------
-------
Finished Quilt Size 88-3/8" x 105-1/2
FIRST SATURDAY SAMPLER IS BACK! Make our beautiful bed-sized "Amish with a Twist" quilt for only $20. You'll get six lessons and all the fabric for the blocks for a gorgeous bed-sized quilt for just $20! Starting the first Saturday in February (Feb.4.) at 9:00am (before the shop opens to regular customers) and continuing through June. At each of the six sessions you will get a FREE class filled with lots of tips and techniques for cutting and piecing the block for that month, plus you will get the pattern AND THE FABRIC to do the block FREE. There will also be five exclusive BONUS projects. Do the block during the month, bring it back finished to the next first Saturday session each month and the next kit and pattern will be FREE. If you miss a month, or don't get your block done, you will have to pay $10.00 to get the missed kit and resume--no exceptions. So, if you keep up you can do all the blocks for a large beautiful quilt and six classes for only $20. This is a great way to learn tips for accurate piecing and sewing the blocks and would be something even a beginning quilter could do learning and building skills each month, plus it's loads for fun! In the event of snow, we will move to the second Saturday. We found a quilt that is just beautiful--and only takes a six month commitment--so we are going to bring this very popular idea back. Sign up early--there will be a cut off on the amount of kits we can do.
This year we want to celebrate the love of quilting--and reading. After all, it's not often that a wonderful novel is centered around Annapolis and a quilt shop! And, especially when its author is our very own Loris Nebbia. There is a beautiful quilt made from the book whose chapters are all quilt block titles. You can choose to make the quilt--in your own fabrics, or from kits we will provide--or just enjoy all the rest the club has to offer. Making the quilt is optional.
Each month, Loris will demonstrate the best ways to make one of the blocks from the Soloman's Puzzle Sampler Quilt including lots of piecing tips to help us all. Club members are welcomed to discuss books read that month and give their recommendations. Readers can share books with other club members if they wish. We may even include a "recipe exchange" since there are so many good cooks found among quilters.
Also, Loris will demonstrate a new technique or skill in a different project each month. In January we'll start by learning new techniques for making adorable yo-yos and see some projects that use them. You never need to bring anything but a smile--all classes are demos so just relax and enjoy.
Cookies, coffee and snacks will be provided too.
We want this to be a fun-filled exchange of ideas where new friendships are formed and new skills and techniques are learned each month. Be the first to see what is new each month. Come and join the fun! Check out our list of books!
Sign up now at Cottonseed Glory. Come in or call us at 410-263-3897.
Twelve Sessions two hours each. $125.
Optional kits are $12.50 per month payable by the quarter.
Classes are: Second Mondays 10:00am. or 7:00pm. (Please note that in the month of JANUARY ONLY we will meet on the third Monday. All months after January will be second Monday.)
We have other days held should these fill, so if these dates don't work for you call and give us your name and as other classes are set up we will let you know.
We are very excited about this and hope you will come and enjoy. We would appreciate any ideas you may have that would add to the fun!
Pat and Loris
-------
Get everything you need today for your winter projects. We have some incredible new kits this year, like these fantastic winter scenes:
And, of course, new winter and Christmas fabrics perfect for your winter quilts.
Don't forget to check out some of our great winter novelties that will be sure to bring a smile to the lucky quilt recipient.
Our new class schedule for September through December is available here, so don't forget to sign up soon!
-------
Previous news:
On Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20, Cottonseed Glory enjoyed
a visit from Mary Lou Nall, a Bernina expert with a national reputation. Mary Lou gave a lecture and demonstration called "Ten Feet You Can't Live
Without." About 75 participants enjoyed her talks and were amazed to discover what they could do with these feet.
Mary Lou Nall has been a Bernina educator for almost 40 years and has taught at Bernina University, the Martha Pullen School of Sewing, and
all over the United States. She resides in Florida.
If you missed this class, or came to the class and want more, don't worry! Mary Lou has hinted that she has many more feet to show us for a possible future class.
Mary Lou, thank you for a very enjoyable and interesting Bernina Foot class and demo!
-------
On Saturday, February 19, BERNINA Sewing Specialist Elaine Cibelli demonstrated the BERNINA 8 Series and other new BERNINA models and their features.
She shared many creative ideas and the latest tips in embroidery, cutwork, and bias binder techniques.
Watch our website for our next Special Event.
The new schedule for Summer 2011 is up! Check out our list of new and exciting classes, and give us a call, write to us, or stop by the store to sign up!
-------
Local author Loris Nebbia has written a book set in Annapolis, with something for everyone; you'll be sure to recognize your favorite quilt store at the center of the action.
A bit more about the book:
Solomon's Puzzle
Two adults claim one living child
What if the child had been given to the liar?
Everyone in Annapolis knows "honest" Tom MacBride. An Academy grad who ran a soup kitchen for the poor and poor in spirit, he's a devoted husband, father of four, and the beloved basketball coach at CCS.
His sworn enemy, Colonel Max Hunter, wants him dead.
Max Hunter won custody of the infant Ben in a fight he shudders to remember. For nearly sixteen years, he's lived in fear of someone finding out the truth.
While Tom MacBride and his wife, quilt store owner Laurie, have consoled themselves over losing the child, Ben, by making their home in Annapolis a warm and generous one, Max has been traveling the world as a recruiter for the USMC all the while using desperate means to keep the truth about his son's identity a secret.
When Ben enrolls at CCS, the lies start to unravel. Why does Tom welcome Ben, yet forbid him to date his daughter? Is Tom MacBride what he seems, or did he do something terrible enough to arouse Max Hunter's violent fury?
Set in modern day Annapolis, Laurie's quilt store is the heart of the community portrayed in the book. Each chapter title is taken from a quilt block name.
Awards: The Maryland Writer's Association awarded Solomon's Puzzle their top prize for short fiction in 2010.
Comments from readers:
"...Because I'm an Annapolis native and Solomon's Puzzle is so full of sensory detail, the book reminded me of so many moments living there, the boats, the color of the water, the chapel, the feel of the air in the summer. I could actually find myself dreaming of driving my old car along those uneven brick streets again." J. David green consultant
"...I never knew sewing could be so sexy...After reading this book I'll never look at flannel or magnetically guided seams the same way. But seriously, what makes Solomon's Puzzle such a page-turner is the incredible depth of the characters. Every character is three dimensional, and it is that detail that makes for such a tense, enthralling read." Sam C. USNA class of 2008, pilot, reader
Visit the website and read more: www.solomonspuzzle.com
Check out the recent article in the Capital.
-------
The calendar of classes for Fall 2010 is here! Check out all our great classes for September through December. We have something for everyone! Click on the classes button on the left to see a list of all the classes we have going on in the next few months. Signing up is easy, just call or drop by the store.
-------
Lots of new fabrics have been arriving daily: lots of new and exciting fabrics from Westminster Fibers, home of Kaffe Fassett, Martha Negley, Phillip Jacobs and all the Free Spirit designers; new Moda collections; and, the long-awaited Baltimore Album reproduction fabrics designed by Mary Koval. There are also new orientals, new basics, new flannels, new Michael Miller, and all the Halloween and Christmas fabrics are here.
Last, but certainly not least, the new and exciting Series 3 machines from BERNINA are here! These machines add many new features to the wonderful, very portable and most affordable activa line of machines. If you have been thinking about a new machine or a second machine that's easy to take to classes, come in and let us show you the New 3 Series.
We have two excellent factory-trained mechanics that can take care of all your cleaning and repair needs--on most all brands of machines as well as our BERNINAs--with a very short turn around time.
We're planning the new Fall class schedule. If you have ideas or request for classes please let me know.
Have a great last month of Summer.
Pat
-------
HandiQuilter names Cottonseed Glory one of the top 20 dealers in the country by sales volume! Thanks to all our loyal customers! If you bought your machine at our store, please join us for our HQ clubs to learn tips and tricks and meet others who are learning these wonderful machines as well!
-------
Cottonseed Glory is expanding our repertoire!
Cottonseed Glory Sewing Machine Service Department is increasing the types of sewing machines we service. We welcome Dan Popp, formerly with Fabric Chest, as one of our sewing machine technicians. We now offer repairs on all Bernette and Deco models, plus most other makes of sewing machines, in addition to our expert BERNINA repairs by a BERNINA factory-trained technician. All service continues to be performed on our premises with very prompt turnaround. Sewing machine need a checkup? Bring it in, we can help!
-------
NEW FROM HANDI QUILTER
We now have the brand new HQ-24 "Fusion." The Fusion has the same quality and features we loved so much in the HQ-16 but adds a 24-inch reach, two stitch regulation modes, a color touch screen with audio and video capabilities, new adjustable warm and cool (and UV lighting to enhance hard to see lines), higher speed stitching, and its own unique Studio Frame. Cottonseed Glory can offer you a great price, and, as always, we do FREE in-home set up and unlimited free instruction through our HQ Club for our purchasers.
-------
We have a blog! That's right, Cottonseed Glory now has its own blog, or "glog," on the HandiQuilter website at www.handiquilter.com/glog/cottonseedglory/. Come visit us for updates, news, and stories about everything that's going on in the shop.
-------