Starting Again I Hope

Here I go again trying to start this blog. I hope to keep it up. We thought maybe if there were several of us posting that it might be easier to keep up with. We will have some guest writers from time to time. Bear with us as we continue to keep up with ways to keep you up to speed about what is happening here at R & R Quilts. It is funny that I begin this again as I am about to go to International Quilt Market again. I am looking forward to seeing all the new fabrics, notions and trends that will be coming in the new year.

While I am gone we are having a National Chocolate Day event. Come in and pick out a candy bar and see what you win. There will be some discounts, coupons, and instant book and pattern prizes. Come try your chance, you might win and you might not but it will be sweet and fun!

TO MARKET TO MARKET I GO

I am heading to the International Quilt Market in Houston. Can't wait to get there and check out all the new and exciting things in store for the next few months. We have lots of new events and demos, and classes in the works here at the shop. Stay tuned for all the fun stuff coming your way.
We have a pillow case party coming up Oct 17th 10-4. We will be demonstrating the "noodle" technique to sew a pillowcase up in a jiffy. It is a come and go so come by and see what we are up to.

Happy stitchin' to you

Pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer

Come by on and make a cheerful pillowcase for a child who is sick with cancer or another serious illness. This is a good cause for our community. We would love to have you ladies come by and sew up a cute pillowcase.

STASH SALE/NEW FABRICS

The stash sale has begun. The ladies have their tables full of goodies. Come in ans see what bargains you can get.

Vine Creek has arrived, it is by Kansas Troubles and Moda. Luna by Maywood has begun to arrive and it is BRIGHT and wild. Alex Anderson's Always and Forever collection is here and going fast. It is red,white and black . It has some toille like pieces that are great.


I am getting the shop ready for all the upcoming holidays. Labor Day is coming (we will be closed). Halloween , Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is time to get busy on all those holiday projects.

COOL TIES

America We Support You group will be here Friday the 28th at 1:30 pm. Come on over and help them out , make some cool ties for the soldiers and check out the stash sale.

STASH SALE

Come for the stash sale this Friday and Saturday. Several customers will have their own quilt and sewing related stash up for sale. It is a good time to get some goodies and maybe find that piece of fabric you have been have been searching for. I may even have a sale going in the shop for you. Come by this weekend August 28th and 29th.

We have new collections coming in that you will love!!

Shop Hop Winners

1st Prize Winner

Janis Page

Amarillo Texas

2nd Prize Winner

Janie Williams

Wayne Oklahoma

3rd Prize Winner

Bekah White

Claude, Texas

CONGRATULATIONS

We got lost in the fifties and had a great time with shop hop. Hope everyone had a good time. We had a big turnout and we thank you all for participating. I still can' do the hula hoop.

Janis Adams won the R & R Grand Prize. Congratulations to her.

Tool School is tomorrow so come in and see what we have.

Quilts of Valor and community service sew day is Mon August 3rd. Come by and join in the sewing. Stay as long or as little as you like, it is come and go. Hope to see you! Our service men and women really appreciate our work.

SHOP HOP

Don't forget to twist and shout your way to the 2009 Shop Hop Sock Hop! Come on in and make the scene, we will have an unreal time at this great bash . Be sure and pick up your passport and make the rounds to all the shops to be eligible to be in for the prizes. Brush up on your fifties lingo, music and dances. We will be open 9-6 on Thursday, 9-8 on Friday and 9-6 on Saturday.

The Sleepover Quilt Class for kids is July 29, 30, 31. We have kits for boys or girls.

We have so many new books patterns and fabrics. Come in to see the new items that are arriving.

See you at the Hop!

Kathy

IT'S A NEW YEAR

Time just goes by faster and faster. Let's see if I can keep up with this blog a little better this year.

Poker run is coming up January 30th and 31st. Visit each one of the Amarillo Quilt Shops listed below and draw a card form the deck of playing cards. At the last shop you visit, you will draw two cards. Your poker hand of five cards will be collected at the last shop, and at the end of the day we will determine the three highest poker hands. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO PLAY.

PRIZES

Highest Hand $30 gift certificate from each shop.

good toward a class fee at that shop

2nd Highest Hand Basket of Notions valued at $100

3rd Highest Hand Quilting Books valued at $80

Come se us at R & R Quilts and More

Fabric Dreams

Pam's Quilt Corner

Sisters Scraps Quilt Shop

Join us for door prizes, refreshments and fun. All shops will be open from 9:30 to 5:30 each day.

We are making plans now for our next Open House. Stay tuned for details.

We want to thank all of you that participated in our food drive. We collected 471 pounds of food. Way to go ladies!

We have lots of new fabrics in. Marie Osmonds Blanc et Noir, Giant Panda, Weekend Getaway, London Cats to name a few.

Come on in and see us soon!!

DOLL SALE AND SWAP AT R & R

There is a local doll club that is having a sale and swap meet here at R & R. New and vintage, dolls clothes and miniatures. Barbie dolls will be for sale also.

November 1 st 9 am - 4 pm.

BLUE BAG SPECIAL

This is for the ladies that got a blue bag during shop hop. (They are all sold out now)

The 4th Saturday of every month you may purchase 1 regular priced item at 40% off OR 1 single cut of regular priced fabric up to 10 yards. you may only use the blue bag discount once on each 4th Saturday. Offer subject to change. It will start this Saturday October 25th.

We also got in some more Eiffel Tower fabric. This has been so popular. We have it in 4 color ways, black/white, bright pink/black, pink/brown and teal/brown. Come check it out.

Several new books have arrived also. More polka dots.

I am off to Quilt Market.

QUILT MARKET

We are going to Quilt Market to see all the new and exciting fabrics and products. This will be my first trip to market. I am looking forward to this.

I hope you have checked out our new website. We will be expanding it as we go along.

Come in and check out all the new fabrics that have been arriving. It is all so great looking. I want to make a quilt out of every new thing I see.

Moda now has Sweet Rolls and Turnovers. They will be available shortly. There are great new patterns to go with them. These are more precuts that will help you busy ladies. The Sweet Rolls are one and half inch strips and the Turnovers are 6 inch squares cut in half diagonally. They will be fun to work with.

October is getting away

October is going by very fast. The holidays and the new year will be here before you know it. Things at the shop are as busy as ever as you can tell by my not posting for a while. There are lots of new things going on.



You may have noticed our emails now have pictures and graphics. We also have a our new website up and running. Bear with us as we continue to work on it and expand as quickly as we can. The website is rrquilts.com. We will still try to get emails out to you weekly.



We have lots of new fabrics in. Wildflower Serenade, Woodland, Blooms, the 3rd Wizard of Oz collection, new dots in teal/brown and pink/brown. We have some matching checks also. We are expecting Recipe for Friendship any day. We have a great looking Siberian Tiger collection. Check out the great wall hanging on the website.

We have completed our rework of the notion wall and it is a little more organized. I have been moving things around again so you will have to come in a see all the changes. I like to keep things "stirred up".

Come in and see us soon.

WHAT'S NEW TODAY?

We got in a few bolts of batiks, elementals in taupe's and greys. These are really great neutrals with a kind of scroll work on them. Some dots and stripes also arrived.



We also started ( a few weeks back actually) a section of fabrics that you can get at 25% off if you take the whole bolt. This is and end of bolt that we have going all the time. The last day of the month (which is next Tuesday) we still have the end of the bolt on any bolt in the store.

On Wednesday October 1st Candy is going to do a template demo featuring Marti Michell piecing system. We carry quite a few of her templates. Come in and see what Candy has to show us. I am sure she will have some interesting ideas.

GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66

That famous mother road is on some new fabric by Michael Miller. Come in and get some kicks and some of this fabric. It is a great looking collection.

Next week I will be hanging several of Yvonna's quilts, sort of a mini trunk show. We will be rotating them over the next few weeks. This will be a great chance to see samples of her quilt patterns. Come in and see her great work. Her quilt class on her new Crossroad pattern is next week. Have you signed up yet?

Come in a see us real soon.

IT'S MONDAY

A new week has begun. I wonder what exciting things are in store for us this week. It is always fun to see what new collection or books that come in. I have so many new things coming. I can't wait till Quilt Market. This will be my first year. I am excited about seeing what they have to offer for the coming year. Leave me a comment on what you are interested in seeing, like colors or patterns or notions. I am interested in what you would like to be able to get here at the shop. I like to keep you all in mind when I put in orders.

Have a great Monday and come by and see us.

HERE COMES THE WEEKEND

The weekend is here and it is time for sewing. I really get the sewing bug this time of year when it starts cooling off. I start thinking of the cool nights and how I need some more cozy quilts.

The picture at the left is the Cider Mill Road collection. The picture doesn't give true colors. It is in several color ways. The colors are pomegranate, juniper, aquamarine and willow just to name a few. It is a beautiful collection.

Come in to see this gorgeous group of fabrics.

FABULOUS FALL

This was a fast easy quilt to make for fall. It take 1 layer cake and a little extra yardage and you have wonderful fall quilt. I made this from the Fabulous Fall collection from Moda. It has wonderful colors and prints.
The quilt top just took 2 evenings to make.

Cider Mill Road by Nancy Halvorsen has arrived. It has lots of color and prints. We are working to get it out on the floor in the next couple of days.

The $2 per yard fabric is very popular. Ladies are coming in and checking it and scooping up the bargains. We have also put quite a few notions on sale as we are updated and reorganizing our notion wall. The makeover of the store still goes on.

Come on in and see what's happening.

NEVER ENOUGH ROMANCE

If you like red and white this is your fabric. It is designed by Alex Anderson. The flower is a really fun piece. I am thinking an apron would look great in this fabric.

We had a great Saturday. We had new quilters in and they are having fun. We are helping them to get started in this great hobby. You ladies are really getting into checking out the $2 per yard bolt special. It goes fast each day. Saturday was really hopping.

Wildflower Serenade is going fast . We still have a couple layer cakes and jelly rolls left and some bolts also.

Come see us soon!