December 2014 Terrific Tuesday & Customer Appreciation Day

We have quite the finale to our year planned for our final Terrific Tuesday of 2014. Come join the fun on December 9th during our pre-store hour (9-10am) for demos, first pick at our new fabric, and some great treats and surprises.

The whole rest of the day in the store will be Customer Appreciation Day! Come in for 15% everything in the store!

January 2015 Beginning Quilting Class

In January, Judy starts up her 2 week Beginning Quilting course (January 17 & 31). The class is limited to 4 seats, so if you are interested call in and get your name on the list!

In this class Judy will be teaching how to make the Super Simple Layer Cakes quilt pictured. You get to choose your own fabric and Judy will teach you how to make this 65"x73 1/2" quilt.

Supplies needed: 

• Sewing Machine
• Basic Sewing Kit
• Fabric (click the photo below to enlarge the fabric supply list)

Claudia's 2014-2015 Block of the Month

Claudia Toenies runs our Block of the Month group here in the store. They just started the new quilt for the year in November, so if you interested in joining in there is still time to catch up!

Classes are held the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 10:30am. You will need to buy your own fabric and pattern (patterns are for sale in the store), and each class costs $10.

Sisters of the Square Group

In this past year we've created a new group here in the store called the "Sisters of the Square". This is for anyone with the square in a square ruler by Jodi Barrows. Need help with a block? Not sure how to use your ruler? Want to socialize while you work on Square in a Square projects? This is the group for you! 

We meet each month on the 1st Thursday in the upstairs classroom, and classes are free. Currently we are working on learning these blocks in 9 month Block of the Month series:

Each meeting we learn one of the blocks and give you our own fabric scraps to learn with. The blocks made with our scraps go towards the Charity Quilts we make for the cop cars and cancer center. If you want to use your own fabric feel free to bring it to work towards making a quilt of your own.

Small Block of the Month Classes

We have a great class series going on in the store right now! Claudia Toenies is teaching a small block of the month class on the 1st Wednesday of every month. Here are some of the past few month's squares:  

She puts so much hard work and creative talent into these blocks, and we are so excited that she is willing to share that with all of us here in the store. Come join us these next few months to learn how to make the following squares (or to get help to make a previous month's square):

January

February

March

April

Open House: Small Quilt Show

Each year for Open House we have a small quilt show. We love to see the beautiful work that everyone does and the chance to show it off to the community. This year we had 7 beautiful small quilts to display! 

During Open House we invited everyone to go through and vote for their favorite quilt. That's a tough choice with all the beautiful options! A mom and 4 children were in voting at one time and one boy asked if he could vote for all of them, he couldn't pick a favorite.

After Open House the votes were tallied and the winning quilt was this one, entitled City of Rocks, done by Kathy Cole.

2nd Place was this beautiful green and pink quilt by Nelda Brown.

3rd Place was this fantastic ristra quilt by Jillyn Dille.

Christmas in the Store

To go along with Open House this week, Christmas has hit the store! Come browse our Christmas themed fabrics, find cute Christmas signs, pick from our Christmas cookbooks, and find gifts for every creative heart!

Walker Bag Instructions

This past Friday a few of the girls (Jillyn, Sandra, and Maria to name a few) got together here at the store to make these fantastic walker bags for the residents of the Ft. Bayard Medical Center. These sure help to add cheer to the facility, make carrying things around much easier for the residents with walkers, and provided a great way for these ladies to connect with the community. This was a great service project and we were tickled to be a part of it. 

For a PDF of the instructions to make these walker bags, click here. 

Aunt Judy's Attic Annual Open House!

It's the most wonderful time of year here in the store! It's Open House time! 

We love Open House each year when we get to see everyone in the store, share some great projects, pull out all the Christmas decor, and celebrate the year. We have a great line up for you this year!

As tradition we have the Small Quilt Show. For anyone wanting to enter a quilt in the show please have your quilt (49 inches or under in one measurement) to the store by Monday, November 17th at 5:00 PM. Anyone is invited to come look at the quilts during open house and vote on your favorite!

There will be daily door prizes, and one grand prize drawing on Saturday! We will also have several displays on easy decor ideas as well as great refreshments!

Here is this year's schedule for Open House (November 20-22):

Thursday, November 20th

Make and Take Workshops
(each workshop is limited to 8 people on a first come first serve basis)

• 10:30 AM: Macra-Fab Strip Necklace, by Judy

• Noon: Easy Hexies, by Donna

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• 1:30 PM: Foam Board Decor, by Judy

  

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• 3:00 PM: Snowman Ornament, by Donna

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Sale of the Day!: 40% off on selected fabrics.

Friday, November 21st

Sale of the Day: Patterns! All quilting patterns are BOGO (Buy One, Get One Free). All quilting books are 25% off. Also, a different groups of fabrics from the Thursday group will be 40% off!

Saturday, November 22nd

Sale of the Day: Batik Sale! All batiks will be 20% off. We have a large selection of batiks, come find the one you love!

We'll see you there!

Very Special Terrific Tuesday

Good Morning All!
This coming Tuesday April 8th we will be having a very special event at Aunt Judy's Attic!  That day is our regularly scheduled Terrific Tuesday where we showcase, new fabric, show new tools, give free demos and have lots of fun! But this Terrific Tuesday will be special because we will have local celebrity, Karen Earlywine, author and quilter here showing off the beauties from her newest book, pictured here! So come and join us for a great morning! It all starts at 9:00 am.

Embroidery Machine Goodies

 We have expanded our line of Machine Embroidery goodies. We are carrying several brands of stabilizers including OESD. We have Isacord thread in 50 wonderful colors. We have a good supply of blanks to embroidery on including aprons, canvas totes and table runners, burlap table runners, and Christmas Stockings. We also have 2 classes meeting each month where you can learn new techniques in machine embroidery. Terri Summers is a fantastic teacher! Come in and see what we have!

New Spring Fabric

I thought it was very appropriate that these two new fabrics came in today.  It's not quite time to start your gardens yet, so why not make something from these two, something bright and happy!

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

We realize it is still winter but look at the bounty of produce that arrived today. New Farmer's Market Fat quarters in great prints. Come on in and pick a few today. If you need a quick gift idea look on our Tutorial page under Bowl Cozies.

Another Beautiful Finished Project

Isn't this jacket stunning! Sandy Correa brought it in yesterday to show it to Donna and I. I just love all the copper she used.  And she did a fantastic job don't you agree. This was a class Nancy Tittman taught called Hopscotch Jacket here at the store. Nancy is planning another jacket class, this one called Fun on the Run for April. If you are interested in taking that class please call and we will put you on the list.

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

New Cuddle fabric

Brrrr February is proving to be colder here than Jaunuary was! Well we have a solution to those cold, windy days, stay home and create great sewing projects. We just got in these new bolts of Shannon Cuddle that will make not only beautiful, but snugly, warm things.

I also wanted to remind you about the Jodi Barrows trunk Show this coming Monday Feb 10th at 10:00 am at the Silver City Women's Club. We are so excited to sponsor this event and excited to see all of you there. The store will be closed that morning during the event but will open at 1:00pm and we will be having a 20% off sale on all fabrics except batiks. Hope you have a super day.

Too Cute Owl Flannel

Here are two of our new fabrics for this week, there are two more also. It is so soft and fun.I made up this self binding receiving blanket in about 30 minutes. You can find the instruction for the blanket here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lqwdNqMZ8Ro and of course you can find the fabric at Aunt Judy's Attic. Why not get a few of these made up and stored for that unexpected last minute baby gift we always need. Hope you all have a fantastic day!

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year!

Tomorrow Tuesday Jan 14th is once again Terrific Tuesday here at the store at 9:00 am.  We have some wonderful new fabrics, demos and will be talking about Quilts of Valor like the one pictured above that Donna Fleming made.  We have great classes that still need to be filled, check out the Classes and Events page her on the blog. Hope to see you tomorrow!