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Just a note for all our readers (and especially quilters) out there. We have just recently upgraded our manual Gammill Classic to a Statler Stitcher. That means that we have 3 computerized quilting machines in our shop!  We were so busy quilting with the other 2 computerized macines that the old manual just sat collecting dust and fabrics started migrating over there thinking it was a shelving unit.... So it had to be done and we are excited as the new program available on this machin... More...

With a new year comes a new Yellowhead Shop Hop. Mark your calendars for June 5 to 12 This year we are doing a fundraiser for cancer.  Shop for the Cure! $3.00 from the sale of our passport, bag, pin, and fabric goes to the Cancer Society We have been busy making pink bags and more pink bags.  We will accept all donations of pink fabric for the bags and if you wish to sew them, we have the instructions available.  (I think I could now sew them while asleep!)  They are ... More...

We've just received a few neat items for your Christmas shopping. Just what every quilter needs - a Sit Upon cushion.  It is an inflated flexible disc that improves posture, relieves lower back pain, and strengthens core muscles.  You've got to come in and see this!!  And it works!! Some other neat quilting notions   -  Fabric glide -  used in free motion quilting                &n... More...

Just a note to those that were waiting for the Grand Prize Winner name Kim Wanner was the lucky winner of $500.00 worth of gift certificates from the 5 participating stores in the Yellowhead Shop Hop! She has already decided to use our gift certificate towards the quilting of her queen size quilt. The fat quarter draw winner from our store was Deb McMann and she has already got a use for all those fat quarters. Daily draw winners have all picked up their baskets of goodies and have a... More...

Just finishing up the paperwork for our Yellowhead Shop Hop held on June 6 to June 13.  I would consider this a very successful event with around 175 visiting quilters from places in Saskatchewan and even from a town near Calgary!  We will post the winners of the daily draws and fat quarter draw within the week. Hope you had fun if you participated.  We sure did as shop owners.  There were some real neat characters!!

Went to the Vermilion Quilt Show on Sunday May 3.  Did anyone else have an awesome time  looking at all the quilts?  Just wanted to comment on a great show put on by the Vermilion Guild.  The hamburger soup was delicious as well!!  There was also an art display from the Vermilion Art Club.  There are so many talented quilters and artists in our area!