It's summer and the living is easy. So goes the song, and maybe it's because in the summer we have more hours of light to play. As quilters what we love to play with is fabric, fabric and more fabric. We know that we already have some at home, but the new ones coming out are usually limited editions. What if we miss something? So for you to have new toys to play with, we have new limited editions coming into the store.

Christmas, (I know it's scary), will be here before you know it. So it's time to start on those gifts and house decorations while you have the relaxed days of summer. Look for the following fabrics to arrive in large boxes to bring Christmas in July. There are beautiful staple pieces from Hoffman with gold & silver; Moda's 12 Days of Christmas, Let It Snow batiks, & Lumiere De Noel by French General; and Clothworks Snow Flurries by Diane Knott to name a few. If you made the Figgy Pudding 3D tree quilt last year, you will love this year's Fruitcake by Basic Grey. Just think a fruitcake you will look forward to every year. Food - another great love of quilters.

One of the great thing about being a quilter, is we can play with a variety of fabrics, patterns and techniques. To help you with that, we have filled this newsletter with lots to spark your creativity. Tiffany has another new quilt pattern, Checkerboard, which uses 2 ½” strips. You can use a Jelly Roll, Bali Pop or cut the strips out of fabric you love. In class, you will be able to use our AccuCut to speed up your cutting. Tiffany also start's a new appliqué block of the month in September. A Tisket a Tasket can be made traditionally or with a fusible web. Peggy has focused on Home Dec starting with a monthly lecture/demo on techniques she used for the pillows at the front of the store. She has also designed a tree skirt with paper-piecing.

We had so many ideas for new classes that we had to save some for the next schedule. If you have something you are interested in let us know and we will try to make it happen for you.

With this letter we also say farewell to Nancy Enault. She and her husband Jim have moved to Alabama, and we will miss her greatly. We were blessed when not long after opening seven years ago, Nancy walked through our doors. She helped shape our appliqué club and our amazing group of appliquérs.

Coming soon and being introduced at BU (BERNINA University) is the NEW BERNINA 3 Series. Step up to a machine that won't hold you back: The affordable new line from BERNINA combines superior performance, outstanding durability and incredible Swiss engineering. Learn more about these new and stylish machines. Watch for their arrival in the store.

We would also like to thank all of the participants of the Quilt Run who came to our store. We have a lot of fun and enjoy visiting with you all. Jill, one of our local customers won our $350 value basket. For a complete list of all winners log onto www.quiltrun.com.

There will be no Fern's in July as Fay, Leith and Dawna will be in Canada celebrating our Mum’s, her brother and sister-in-laws 80th birthdays. Mark your calendar now that all shopping for Labor Day sewing should be completed by the Friday evening. We are closed every year for the entire weekend.
 

We write the designs, on the spot, to a multi-formatted CD or USB stick, and color print the designs, color assignment, and cover for the hard case. New designs are added monthly. Come into the shop to browse over 40,000 available designs or look at them on your own computer at www.embroideronline.com . Formats available are .ART, .DST, .HUS, .JEF, .PCS, .SEW, and .XXX.

v Complete class instruction for use of your machine.
v Bernina purchasers are welcome to take their Mastery classes a second time at no additional charge.
v Free, unlimited trouble-shooting assistance.
v Full warranty coverage performed on our premises.
v First year annual service of cleaning/tune-up. An $80 value.
v15% off all accessories Bernina accessories purchased the first
time a mastery class is attended.