10403 Clayton Road St. Louis, MO 63131 Phone: 314-993-1181 Toll Free — 877-993-1181 Louise Georgia — Owner

www.quiltedfox.com September/October/November 2014 314-993-1181

Important Dates

 Aug. 22—UFO To my customers and friends: Night  Sept. 1—Labor What a beautiful Bader, whose friendly Day—Shop Closed summer we are hav- smile will welcome you  Sept. 20—Turn in ing. I am expecting on Thursdays and Sat- blocks for ex- my two brothers and urdays. She has the change their wives here for same helpful nature  Sept. 26—UFO Night the last week of Au- that the rest of the gust. I hope that is  Sept. 26, 27, 28 & staff has. 29—Clear the not our 100 degree The newsletter has Small Bolt Sale week. As fall sets in, and cream batik. It is some different events  Oct. 22—Demo we start thinking going to be such that it that we are going to be Night about the projects we will coordinate beauti- doing during this next  Oct. 24—UFO Night hope to finish for the fully with the red and quarter. We think you  Nov. 3-6 — Pere holidays. I, too, have cream one. Look for an will enjoy them and Marquette Retreat a couple that I am email in October or No- look forward to your  Nov. 12—Behind hoping will be done vember announcing its’ participation. the Scenes Night  Nov. 27— in time. arrival. We also have a The kids are back in We are very ex- new source for the school. Take a little time Thanksgiving— Shop Closed cited about a new Asian fabrics and got for yourself.  Nov. 28—UFO custom fabric that out first shipment yes- Night Hoffman is doing ex- terday. I think they are Louise and her  Feb. 13-16, 2015— clusively for The especially gorgeous. terrific staff ToddHall Retreat Quilted Fox. It is an- Be sure to read the other St Louis fabric article on our newest Inside this issue: in a beautiful blue staff member, Anne Classes 2-4 UFO Nights 5 Groups 5

Clear the Small Bolt Sale!!!!!!! Block Exchange 5

September 26, 27, 28 & 29 Chair Sale 6 Friday and Saturday 10:00—4:30 Sunday: 12:00—4:00 ToddHall Retreat 6 Monday: 10:00—5:00 New Block-of-the- 6 The shelves are crowded with new fabric and Month more is coming in every day! We need to make New Staff! 7 room on the shelves! We’re having a sale! Any bolt with 3.5 yards or less on it is 20% off, Sewing Machines 7 if you empty the bolt!! Special Events 7-8 Classes, Classes, Classes Class Policy — Register in person, by mail, or telephone using charge card, check or cash. All classes must be paid for in full upon registration. There are no refunds on classes unless we cancel the class. If you cancel 12 days in advance, you will be issued a store credit. If you can’t make the class, send a friend. If we cancel a class, we’ll let you know at least 24 hours in advance and you will receive store credit or a refund. Class supplies must be purchased before class. To help us keep the roof over your head during class, we would appreciate it if you would purchase your supplies at The Quilted Fox. We cannot call to remind you of a class. Your registration receipt is your reminder. Also, the class you pay for is the class you must attend. Any make-up will be at the teacher’s discretion. Please review your class supply list prior to class and bring all items requested.

#100 -- Beginning Hand pm – 8:30 pm Piecing-- $65 Or Fridays, September 19, by Louise Georgia 26, October 3, 10, 17 & 24 – This four-session class will 10:30 am – 12:30 pm take you through all the ba- sics of hand piecing, includ- #105 – Traditional Hand ing fabric selection. You will Quilting -- $21 be making a table runner or by Marilyn Donovan wall hanging—your choice. If you have ever wanted to Even if you have never held a create an heirloom quilt or needle or just want to learn just relax and do hand work, the tricks to make it simple, come learn how to do a beau- this is the class to take. Sug- tiful quilting , how to gested second class is #105 layer, mark, and quilt a small which covers hand quilting. sample. Tools of the trade will stems and circles. B B be covered. Marilyn will teach Sundays, October 12, 19, & 26 Fridays, November 7— you to quilt without a frame – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm 1:00pm–3:30pm, November or a hoop. B 14, 21, Dec. 5 – 1:00pm – Sunday, November 2 – 1:00 #114 -- Basic Machine Quilting 2:30pm pm – 3:00 pm -- $40 by Marsha Bray #101 -- Beginning Machine #112 – Introduction to Hand Using a practice muslin ―quilt,‖ Piecing -- $70 Appliqué-- $60 we will learn the basics of ma- by Linda Grabel by Marilyn Donovan chine quilting. We will cover This 6 session class will cover In this three-session class, basting, marking, anchoring, everything you need to know you’ll learn the basic skills stitching in the ditch, and to make your first quilt top. It and techniques of needleturn straight line quilting designs will include fabric and tool appliqué, including prepara- with a . B selection, rotary cutting, ma- tion of appliqué shapes using Saturday, September 20 – chine piecing, assembling freezer paper and templates, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm your quilt top, and adding marking for needle-turn ap- Or Saturday, December 13– borders. Suggested second pliqué, reverse appliqué, ap- 10:30 am – 3:30 pm class is #114 Basic Machine propriate hand appliqué Quilting. B stitches, techniques for sharp Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, inner and outer points, and 28, November 11, &18 – 6:30 techniques for making bias

To see any picture in color, go to our website and open the newsletter by clicking on “newsletter” on the sidebar. Key to class difficulty level—B— Beginner—No quilting experience; AB— Advanced beginner—Has made at least one to three quilt tops; I — Intermediate— Has made several quilts; A — Advanced— Has made many quilts of increasing difficulty

Page 2 314-993-1181 September/October/November 2014 www.quiltedfox.com Classes, Classes, Classes #116 -- Beginning Free ment before taking this class. Motion Quilting -- $25 Saturday, September 6, Octo- by Marsha Bray ber 4, November 1 – 10:00 am Using a practice muslin – 12:00 pm ―quilt,‖ we will learn the ba- sics of free motion machine #128--- Painless Paper quilting. With a foot, Piecing -- $25 we'll practice stippling and by Marsha Bray other simple filler patterns. Would you like to have per- We'll practice quilting a fect points and precise lines? marked design. Then we'll You can do it with paper piec- signing your own quilt in no learn about threads, tension, ing. This freezer paper time! B tools, and techniques to im- method makes it painless! Saturday, November 8 – prove your quilting. Pre- You’ll never rip paper out of 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm requisite class is #114 B your seams again! Machine Saturday, October 4 —1:00 required. AB #140—Half Square Triangles pm – 4:00 pm Saturday, November 1 – Made Many Ways! -- $21 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm by Marsha Bray #118 – Color Workshop -- Half square triangles (also re- $25 #130 -- Basic Machine ferred to as either 'HST' or by Louise Georgia Appliqué -- $25 'triangle square', these units Explore color in a very special by Marsha Bray are simply a square made and open atmosphere. We Do you like the look of appli- from two equal right trian- won’t be using a color wheel qué but don’t like to do hand gles) can be made many or technical tools. We’ll just work or just want it fast? Try ways. In this expand our eye to color and quick and easy machine ap- class, we’ll ex- what we like and why. This pliqué. In this class you’ll plore some of class is a prerequisite for learn the technique that you those many East Quilts West (#121). B can then apply to any appli- ways and dis- Saturday, November 8 – 8:30 qué project. Requires a sew- cuss which way am – 10:00 am ing machine with an adjust- will work best able zigzag stitch. AB for you depending on the pat- #121 -- East Quilts West -- Wednesday, November 19 -- tern you are making. B $7.00 each class 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Friday, October 10 – 1:30 pm by Louise Georgia – 3:30 pm Learn to expand your hori- #135—Getting Started with zons by making a block each EQ7 -- $25 #155 -- Freezer Paper month that allows you to try by Marsha Bray Appliqué -- $21 new colors, patterns and de- Do you have EQ7 but haven’t by Louise Georgia signs. In class we will discuss really used it? It’s time to get Learn Louise's freezer paper what colors and patterns started! We’ll learn to find appliqué technique. The work well together but which blocks and fabrics, set them class will also cover her favor- are not predictable. East into a variety of quilt layouts, ite for appliqué as Quilts West by Kumiko Sudo audition colors and fabrics, well as her stitching tech- is used in the class. The color print patterns, estimate yard- nique. B workshop (#118) is a require- age, and more. You’ll be de- Friday, December 12 – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm www.quiltedfox.com September/October/November 2014 314-993-1181 Page 3 Classes, Classes, Classes #250—St. Louis Bag--$30 #350 – IRS Quilt-- $25 How fun is that?! The quilt is by Debbie Grelle by Linda Grabel 82‖ x 92‖. The is from You'll get loads of use from this This is the perfect quilt in so the book ―Adding Layers‖. AB many ways. You will make a Saturday, October 18 – 10:30 significant dent in your stash am – 1:30 pm and the extra fabric you may have purchased for previous #420—Twisting Twice Quilt-- projects; there are absolutely $40 no points to match; and no by Eunice Porvaznik color coordination is required. This quilt may look really But you have to come to class difficult but in this class you to learn the story behind the name. AB Saturday, November 15 -- pretty and stylish bag. It has 10:30 pm – 1:30 pm inside and outside pockets and trendy with a sash #352 – Yellow Brick Road-- along the top edge. Finished $30 size is 12" wide x 12" tall x 5" by Linda Grabel deep. The pattern is The Little If you have taken the Begin- My Favorite Bag by Kati Cup- ning Machine Piecing class, cake. Use our St. Louis fabric this is the perfect class for kit or three coordinating fab- your second quilt project. In rics of your choice. Pattern this class you’ll learn to read will learn how to make this purchase required. AB quilt pattern directions, and fun, fast, and easy wheel Wednesdays, October 8 & 15, make a quilt that looks good design using the two "Twister 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm with many different kinds of Tools". AB fabrics. Pattern purchase is Saturday, October 11—10:30 #260 – Mastering the Art of required. B am – 3:30 pm Precision Piecing -- $25 Thursdays, October 16 & 23 -- by Tracy Back 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Take your piecing to the next You can see all the level. Learn techniques to en- #415—Big Hexie Flowers--$25 newsletter pictures in hance your accuracy, make by Trudy Johnson color. Go to: points perfect and all seams Oversized hexagons combined www.quiltedfox.com/newsletter match. AB with bright colors and fabrics and open the current Sunday, November 9 - 12:30 create a giants version of newsletter. pm - 3:30 pm Grandma’s Flower Garden. To see pictures for all the #310 – The T-Shirt Quilt-- $25 classes, go to by Trudy Johnson http://www.quiltedfox.com/ What do you do with all of classes.htm those T-shirts? Create a one-of -a-kind, heirloom-quality quilt from your loved one’s shirt col- lection. Trudy will guide you through it! B Saturday, October 18 – 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Page 4 314-993-1181 September/October/November 2014 www.quiltedfox.com Please Donate to Help These Causes

Donate fabric veterans, quilts for children in Louise Georgia, owner of the Quilted Fox, is committed to and sewing supplies to the hospital and more! If you have fabric, sewing supporting research to cure Charity Sharity supplies, , working sewing this dreadful disease because Charity-Sharity is a group machines or blue jeans that her late husband, Jim, was a of about 12 women who share you no longer have a use for, victim of it. a love of fabric. They call their you can donate it by dropping How can you help? Take a group Charity-Sharity because it off at The Quilted Fox. You’ll look at the donated quilting they distribute fabric to chari- be helping a good cause while books and magazines in the table organizations. clearing out some clutter in window at The Quilted Fox. If The more than 70 charities your sewing room. (If you have you see something you like, on their list make all kinds of large items like furniture, we can’t put a donation in the box. All things using fabric and sewing take those. Call us and we’ll give you the donations go to the Hunt- the contact number.) supplies. These include tote ington’s Disease Society to bags for sheltered women and Help fund Huntington’s support research. children, crafts for juvenile Research Or you can donate directly centers, sleeping bags for Huntington's disease is a by going to: homeless people, clothes for devastating, hereditary, degen- https://www.hdsa.org/how- children in Africa, quilts for erative brain disorder for which you-can-help/donations.html hurricane victims, quilts for there is, at present, no cure.

Groups Block Exchange “UFO’s Are Us”

1st & 3rd Saturday Groups For all of you who are partici- Friday Night Retreats! Mark your calendar to attend pating in the block exchange, Come and sew or shop from your blocks are due no later The Fox in the Forest. It 6:00 to midnight started August 2 & 16. It than September 20th. We’ll Fridays: continues on September 6 & then sort all the blocks and September 26; 20, October 4 & 18, and No- have them ready to hand back October 24; vember 1 & 15. At the time on, Saturday, October 4. Please meet at the shop at November 28 this newsletter went to press, it was almost 10:00 am to receive your Never have full. But, if blocks and find out how to put enough time to you are them together. get everything interested, done? Can’t get please call to retreat? Come for a mini-retreat us to check and sew with us. We’ll provide the availability. sewing space. You provide the projects, snacks if you want, and

good company. It’s only $5! Advance registration is required to stay and sew. Space is limited. Pere Marquette Retreat News Just want to shop? No registra- tion or fee is needed. Just stop in The Pere Marquette Retreat in No- anytime from 6:00 to midnight to vember is sold out. Please see the shop. Staff will be there to help article on page 6 for future retreat you. opportunities. www.quiltedfox.com September/October/November 2014 314-993-1181 Page 5 Koala Sewing Chairs—Now 20% Off (through Nov. 30) This Koala Sew Comfort The base offers one touch chair offers comfort, durabil- adjustment and six-way adjust- ity, and adjustability. The ability making it easy for the generously padded seat, ad- chair to adjust to the correct justable lower lumbar, and height for any . extra high back cushions will Select from 8 elegant fin- provide support for hours of ishes and 4 fabric colors to sewing and the commercial create the perfect chair to grade upholstered cushions complement your sewing and back will stand up to room. great lengths of wear and tear.

Annual Toddhall Retreat—February 13-16, 2015

Join other quilters for a Make your Rates for the 2015 Toddhall re- time of relaxation, socializing reservation now! treat are: and sharing at our quilting Friday, February 13 to retreat at convenient and Monday, February16, $242 per person beautiful Toddhall. 2015 for a double room Leave your kids, husband, $314 per person work, worries, and cooking for a single room behind and pamper yourself for four full days of undis- Space will be limited and the turbed quilting time in a retreat usually sells out well in group. Think how many UFO’s advance. you can get done with some Call soon to reserve your space focused sewing time! at 314-993-1181.

New Block-of-the-Month — Star Light, Star Bright

Our very popular Star Light add your appliqué and bor- Star Bright Block-of-the-Month ders. Everything to make will be returning in October! the top and will be This very popular quilt sold out included. Call us soon to almost immediately the first sign up because there will time we offered it. Do come in only be 30 available. and see the quilt which features gorgeous fabrics and lots of Kaffe Fassett fun prints. This will be a traditional block-of-the-month. You’ll pick up, on your schedule, a packet each month with the fabric to make 3 blocks. At the end of the 12 months, you’ll have enough blocks to put it all together and

Page 6 314-993-1181 September/October/November 2014 www.quiltedfox.com Introducing Anne Bader

Who is the new face at The likes star quilts. She loves the Quilted Fox? Anne Bader selection of fabrics at the shop. joined us recently. She usually When Anne is not quilting, works on Thursdays and Sat- you might find her practicing urdays so look for her big smile her violin or piano. She also if you are in on those days! really enjoys traveling and is Anne has been quilting very active with a number of since 2005. She’s tried lots of community organizations. We the classes at The Quilted Fox hope you’ll stop in sometime but has decided that hand soon and meet Anne. She piecing is her very favorite style really loves to meet quilters of quilt making. She likes and would be happy to help bright colors and especially you with your quilt project!

You Deserve an Excellence 760 — On sale through Nov. 30

INDULGE IN ALL THAT has an 11” sewing bed, ent styles of alphabet. The 760 SWISS DESIGN HAS TO OFFER: which is twice as wide as can sew at 1,000 stitches per THE EXCELLENCE El 760 many machines, to allow you minute when doing a straight Your sewing is your indulgence, to quilt large quilts. And, it stitch. make it more decadent with includes many new features Don’t you deserve the best! eXcellence™. specifically designed for the The Quilters who’ve come quilter. to expect Swiss precision and The important numbers innovative design from to remember are 9, 270, and sewing machines can now 1,000. The eXcellenceTM 760 enjoy all that on a machine has 9 mm wide stitches, the with extra large bed space, 9 widest currently available on mm stitch width, and an inte- home sewing machines. The grated feeding system. machine has 270 built-in Elna eXcellenceTM 760 stitches, including 11 differ- quilting and ent and 3 differ- “Behind the Scenes” at The Quilted Fox —November 12

Wednesday, November 12 what to buy from fabric com- 5:30 pm — 8:00 pm panies? This is your chance to ask questions and find out how it all works! Join Louise for a tour of We’ll also ask you for your the shop and a behind the opinions on events, classes, scenes peek. How do we find a and items you would like us to fabric when we get an order on offer! the internet? Why do the shelves have strange numbers Refreshments!!! on them that aren’t in se- Drawings for Attendance quence? How does she decide Prizes!!! www.quiltedfox.com September/October/November 2014 314-993-1181 Page 7 The Quilted Fox 10403 Clayton Road St. Louis, MO 63131 www.quiltedfox.com Phone: 314-993-1181 Email: [email protected]

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Wednesday, October 22 5:30 — 8:00 Multiple demonstration stations! Refreshments! Attendance Prizes!

Demonstrations will be happening all over the shop! Stop in, register for the door prizes, learn some new tips, tricks and tools to enhance your quilting skills. Have some refreshments and meet up with friends. It’s a fun evening for everyone!