FALL FOR NEW FABRIC!
Falling for You, by August Wren for Dear Stella, is just one of several collections that showcases the splendours of autumn. Come in to take a look. There just might be an autumn-themed quilt in your future!
And while Halloween may be in jeopardy this year, we still have some fun fabrics that would make spook-tacular masks. Glittery spider webs, anyone?
Enjoy the rest of October. And Happy Halloween -- we can still eat chocolate, right?
Leslie, Val, Amy and all the QP Dolls
NEED SOME QUILTY PLEASURES? WE'RE OPEN!
Our gradual re-opening is going really well, so we're ready for the next phase!
Saturday .....................................
10:30 - 3:30
- The number of customers allowed in the store at any given time will be limited. Please ring the doorbell on the table outside before entering, and we'll greet you with an update on our numbers;
- Everyone entering must wear a mask;
- Everyone entering must use hand sanitizer;
- Payment will be taken by debit or credit card, tap preferred, with no cash transactions.
NOT FEELING GREAT?
Thanks for taking care of yourself, your fellow shoppers, and us!
BEST DEAL ON BEST PRESS!
Our solution? We stock up now, before the snow flies, and you should, too!
Starting now and going through till the witching hour on Halloween (that's midnight, just to be clear), all sizes* of Mary Ellen's Best Press will be 20% off the regular price!
* Best Press comes in 500 ml, 1 litre, and gallon bottles. Sorry, our in-store refill doesn't qualify for the discount.
If we should run out during the sale, we will take orders with prepayment.
WHAT THE HECK, 505 TOO!
From now until midnight on Saturday, October 31, 2020, both sizes of 505 (small = 7.27 oz/206 gm, large = 11 oz/312 gm) will be 20% off the regular price!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Lucky for you, our super-cute Halloween panels and fabrics are on sale! 25% off!
Just quilt them as-is for instant wall hangings, or add extra elements for fun Halloween-themed quilts. If we have to stay inside, we might as well snuggle under a quilt while we're bingeing on the chocolate we can't hand out!
We're all stuck at home sewing these days, but that doesn't mean we need to get stuck in a rut!
During the month of October, 2020, purchase the fabulous Pfaff creative icon embroidery and sewing machine and receive a FREE bundle worth over $1500! Your gift includes:
- the NEW creative Ribbon Embroidery Attachment;
- the NEW Multi-Function Foot Control;
- the large extension table with adjustable fabric guide;
- the creative bobbin case;
- a package of 10 bobbins; and
- 20 pre-wound bobbins in black and white.
- You also have the opportunity to buy Premier+2 Ultra (or upgrade) at half price!
Call us for details, then get busy planning your projects. With the creative icon, whatever you can imagine, you can make!
And our online store will remain open 24/7, with curbside pickup available from 10 - 5 during the week, 10:30 - 4 on Saturdays.
DID YOU KNOW?
A QP gift card works on our online shop as well as in the store! So take a look in your wallet and junk drawer. A GOOD look.
LOYALTY DOES HAVE ITS...!
In a nutshell, the new system gives you a $10 coupon good for 90 days for every $250 you spend in the store. Still pretty rewarding!
NANA CAUGHT A BUG!
Laurelle Callaghan is well-known within the local quilting community. She's also a retired chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces, so she has ample experience in helping families with difficult situations.
ANOTHER SHOPPING OPTION!
Well, we aren't in a position to order every fabric TrendTex sells, but now you have an exciting opportunity to shop directly from their warehouse! This will give you access to a huge inventory of Moda, Benartex, RJR, Hoffman California, Stof, Michael Miller, and Lewis & Irene collections!
1/ Visit shop.trendtexfabrics.com to, well, shop;
2/ At checkout, enter the code QUI102 This gives us a portion of the sale, keeping your dollars local;
3/Shipping is $15 for all orders under $149, and free for orders of $149 and over.
This is a unique programme and we're excited to be a part of it, so please give it a go. It's always disappointing for us when a customer requests a fabric we don't have, but this gives you another way to buy exactly what you want.
It's easy, it's fun, and it's fabric. All good!
MORE GOOD NEWS! TLC FOR YOUR MACHINE!
We're now accepting machines for servicing!
You may drop off your machine during our regular in-store shopping hours. Please include the power cord and foot control, the zigzag foot, and the bobbin case with bobbin. Keep all extra feet and accessories, thread, manuals, etc (ie, anything we can lose!) safe at home with you. And please wipe off the machine with a Lysol wipe, or similar, and we'll return the favour when your servicing is completed.
WHAT IS MYSEWNET?
By visiting the mySewnet™Portal, you can access your own profile information, user account settings, machine information, subscription options and online cloud file management. It is easily accessible from anywhere with an Internet connection, including mac computers. Sign up for SewNotice, an app that lets you monitor your embroidery stitch-out progress via notifications on your smart phone. Get notifications when you're out of thread, ready to change colors, and when your design is done. Or take a look at ImageStitch, an app that allows you to take a photo and quickly create an embroidery design with it. Save the design to your mySewnet™ Account to be synchronized to your machine.
Even if you don't have an embroidery machine, you'll love CreatorCue, an app that allows you to view step by step tutorials for various sewing techniques on your tablet or smart phone. It also includes instructions for projects and handy information about stabilizers, with more content being added all the time.
For instructions on registering for mySewnet, click here. To download CreatorCue, click here. Then have fun!
It's our pleasure to let you know that the PFAFF® creative icon™ has won the prestigious "Red Dot: "Best of the Best" design award!
The "Best of the Best" award means that the creative icon™ was deemed to be one of the best designed products globally launched in 2017. Only 69 products, or 1% of all nominated entries, have received this award. This includes products from categories as wide as lamps and garden furniture, to ships, planes and trains.
The icon has won in the category "Household appliances and household accessories". This category includes vacuums, washers and other large house hold appliances.
Congratulations to Pfaff and its fabulous creative icon!
CLASSES! 
YOUR PASSPORT TO CLASSES!
Carting your machine back and forth to classes can be a pain -- literally. Lighten the load with Pfaff's fabulous little passport 3.0!
Weighing just over 6 kg, it's lightweight and compact, making it a perfect travel machine. But that doesn't mean you have to sacrifice features -- the passport has Pfaff's famous IDT dual-feed system, 100 stitches, full electronic functions, built-in thread snips, and it takes all of your standard Pfaff feet.
Add the extension table (which travels in its own bag, securely attached to the machine's hard carrying case), and your passport 3.0 can take you anywhere you want to go!
MACHINES IN THE CLASSROOM!
Often*, when you attend a class at Quilty Pleasures, you have the option of borrowing a classroom machine instead of bringing your own. This not only makes travelling to class easier for you, it also allows you to see what's new in the world of machines.
The Pfaff quilt expression 720 offers lots of light, lots of throat area, and the incomparable IDT dual-feed system. From the top of the hugely popular expression series, it has all the features you'll learn to love while being user-friendly and amazingly easy to operate. We have it set up in a Crafty Table, too, so you can be really comfy.
Please visit our Facebook and Instagram pages for all the latest QP happenings.
Amy keeps those sites up-to-date, so take a look and be one of our Quilty Pleasures friends! (A new window will open when you click the above links.)
If you want our Facebook postings to pop up on your news feed, visit our FB page, click "Follow". (it's next to the "Like" button.
Hovering over the "Follow" button will show you a menu with the "Get Notifications" option. Selecting this means you will be alerted in your notifications window whenever we post something.
So easy to be so connected!
CUDDLE QUILTS!
We continue to collect cuddle quilts for the Montfort.
If you've never made one before, a word of explanation: These are small baby quilts that are placed in the neonatal incubators and bassinets, so the size is restricted to between 22" x 22" and 24" x 24". Their small size also makes them perfect for testing block patterns, busting your stash, and practicing free-motion quilting.
Keeping in mind the intended recipients are newborns, please aim for cute and cheerful, using only 100% cotton or flannel in the top and backing, and 100% cotton thread for the construction and quilting. Cuddle quilts are typically sent home with the babies who use them, so there is a constant demand for them.
Thanks very much. Your donations will be gratefully appreciated!
DID YOU KNOW?
We can special-order products for you!
It happens all the time: You're reading someone's blog and they recommend a pattern, book, notion, or other item that you'd really like to have. Only trouble is, either they don't sell it or you don't want to order it from them because of the exchange rate, shipping costs, Customs issues, whatever.
Let us deal with it! We can usually order these products from our suppliers, and all of the hassles are taken care of. No fuss, no muss, and your order comes right to the store and into your hands.
However, we recently have had several customers tell us of specific instances where our prices were equal to or better than our competitors', even after their 50% discount was applied. We appreciate knowing that people are paying attention and realizing that our prices are competitive, even though we're a small, local business.
To our watchdog customers: Thanks very much for doing the math!
CREATE A CLASS!
We try our best to offer classes that we think will appeal, but we are always open to suggestions.
If there is a class that you would like to take but we aren't offering, just let us know. And if you have a group of friends who would like to take a class together, we can arrange that, too.
Happy to help.
