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Cutwork 101 Workshop September 9-12th at the Days Inn Cost $100.00 (Purchase the Cutwork tool from the Icehouse and save $25 off the class fee) We will be working with lessons and doing stitch outs so come ready to create and work, or should I say have too much fun! This will be a three day retreat to become acquainted with all that the Bernina cutwork tool can do. Don’t be left in the dust…come and join us Grayling Harvest Fest October 2nd and 3rd Join us this weekend and celebrate the arrival of fall. Grayling will have many activities for the entire family including Antique Tractor Show and Farm Market, Antique Passenger Train and Train Show, Swap and Displays. Here at the Icehouse we will be showcasing our fall projects that will be sure to tempt you back into the sewing room. Be sure you mark your calendars. Pattern Party with Marcie October 9th 11-3 Have you ever wondered how Ali chooses such fun patterns for the Icehouse? Well here is a chance to pretend you are Ali for the day. The wonderful and fabulous Marci from Checker is coming or an exclusive pattern party at the Icehouse. She will bring her tote with all the newest patterns and you will have a chance to look though theses totes and order just what you want. What could be better than that…Well you will just have to come we could have few more surprises in store. Please call to sign up. Mind, Body & Sew With Dawn October 7-10 @The Days Inn $75 Dawn has a great Kaleidoscope pattern picked out for this years project. You’ll learn some wonderful techniques as well as make a stunning quilt. The Icehouse presents a time for you to pamper Sign up soon.
Frolic Into The Fall Embroidery Retreat and Party Oct. 21-24, 2010 At The Days Inn $175 (includes 2 emb. CD’s) You’ll be working with the two CD’s given and creating a small quilt, ornaments, and four different styles of pocket bags. Along with a variety of make it and take it projects, if you choose. If you own any make or model of embroidery machine, are a beginner or seasoned embroiderer, this retreat is for you. Don’t let the holidays catch you unprepared, now is the time to get ready. Sign up soon, this one fills fast.
GRAYLING'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS WALK SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20TH 5-9 P.M. Come back to the heart of Christmas. Join us for Graylings annual Christmas Walk. This is the perfect time to visit the local shops with all of their Christmas decor. They'll be goodies and activities for all. Start your shopping early.
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Dear Friends,
It’s hard to believe fall is almost here, especially when it’s
90 degrees out today. School is about to start and we’ll get back to
a routine in our lives. Cody is a freshman this year, that’s also hard to believe. He had his first high school football game last week, before we know it he’ll be graduating. Fall is also the perfect time to get those machines and projects back out and start working on them. We have some great classes and events planned, so be sure to read through the whole newsletter, you don’t want to miss anything.
Our class Open House is September 11th from 11-2. This is the perfect time to see all of the models from the classes and to receive a savings off of class supplies when you sign up this day. Margie is teaching another Quick Quilts class, this is the perfect class for the beginner. So if you’re ready to learn to quilt this is the class for you. Margie is teaching several other classes too, so be sure to check them out. Georgette has some wonderful classes also, such as the Double Wedding Ring, Drunkard’s Path and the popular Quilt As You Go. As requested, Lynn is teaching the Garden Party Jacket again as well as a couple of embroidery classes. Lynn is also teaching a few new techniques, check out her samples at the open house. All of these would make great Christmas gifts. Nancy Schwalm is back teaching a hand quilting class and a hand applique class. It’s great to have her back
teaching and working, we missed her. Nancy Webster is still heading up The Digitizing Divas, The Embroiders Extraordinaire Club as well as teaching an embroidery retreat in October. Everyone here is busy, busy, busy. There’s no excuse for cabin fever this fall and winter. Don’t forget Grayling’s Harvest fest in October and The Christmas Walk in November. We have a “lock in” planned in December to finish up all of those Christmas
projects. The Mind, Body and Sew retreat in October. I told you we’ve been busy. Come join us for some fun.
Again I’d like to thank all of you for your support over the last 30 years, we wouldn’t be here without our loyal customers. Of course the Great staff helps too. I’d like to thank all of them also. Have a great fall And lets get started on those projects.
Blessings
Be the First to Know!
Be the first to know about The Icehouse sales! Receive special notices and coupons without lifting a finger! Make sure we have your email address so we can let you know what's going on in the store. Send your email to icehouse@freeway.net and we will add you to our growing list.
Gifts to please Everyone!
Come into the store and fill out a wish list. Then tell your family and friends and send them in. We'll help them pick out the perfect gift, just what you wanted. We also have gift certificates available, what could be easier? We will even gift wrap.
January 2011 Icehouse Retreat
with Sue Nickels
Folk Garden Borders:
Design and Machine Appliqué Techniques
All levels welcome
January 6-9, 2011
$200 @ Days Inn
I am so excited to present 2011 Icehouse Retreat. We will start Thursday evening with our wonderful snacks~treats, then our introductions (bring a show & tell- either something from a previous SN retreat or some of your own work to share, then a recap of my 2010 adventures and then a preview of what we will be working on for the retreat.
In this retreat workshop, learn Sue’s Stitched Raw Edge appliqué technique while creating a folk garden border inspired from Sue’s Quilt “Blue Tulips on Pink Skies”. Nineteenth century folk art quilts were the influence for this completely machine made quilt. Learn all the details of the technique including bias stems, points and circles. Make your quilts spectacular by adding beautiful appliqué borders. Project can be the start of the quilt or a border for your quilt or can be made into a small runner… We will start with a demo on how I design my own unique borders and you can choose to create your own design, use one of my patterns or a little of both!
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The Digitizing Diva’s Embroidery Club
September 2th and November 4th
10:30-4
This is a club that the Nancy’s have started featuring Bernina Designer Plus
V5 & V6 software. You will need the Artista In’s and Out’s Workbooks, which we can order for you and of course the software. If you are thinking of purchasing the software this would be a great class to sit in on and learn some of its features. You will need to bring your laptops and sewing machines. There will be fun projects, challenges and many other surprises along the way. This group will meet the first Thursday of every other month starting in January, always check the calendar. Sign up the class is only $60 and order your books soon.
Embroiders Extraordinaire Embroidery Club
With Nancy Webster
Cost $120 plus book and supplies for a 6 month membership, this club meets the third Thursday of every month from 10:30 till 4:00. This is hands on machine and laptop work. The first adventure is the Latte Quilt. We will be making a block in class and a duplicate at home. Call the Icehouse today to register because class size will be limited to no more than 12 students.
The Unique Boutique
The Icehouse Quilt Shop and Ali Baynham would like to announce the opening of The Unique Boutique. The Unique Boutique is just that, a wonderful collection of handmade merchandise. Purses made from vintage and recycled materials, adult and children's clothing and pajamas, tablerunners, placemats, napkins, home decor, of course quilts, and much, much more!
The merchandise is all handcrafted by local artists and is without a doubt an impressive extension of The Icehouse Quilt Shop. In addition to the handmade items the Unique Boutique has an extensive line of gifts, dishes, toys and Michigan made food stuffs.
Ali would like to invite you to stop in and see all that the Unique Boutique and The Icehouse Quilt Shop has to offer.
Design Connection This is an OESD Design Connection Club that entitles you too many unique and exciting promotions during your year of membership. When you sign up you will receive1000 hand selected designs, thread charts for the 1000 designs, starter stabilizer sample pack, embroidery essentials 101 book ( the first in a series), digital catalog, Explorations sizer program and a spool of Isocord thread. Each quarter you’ll receive an additional version of the embroidery essentials 101 booklets, also an email newsletter telling you about the latest new products and designs available. It will include things such as inspirational projects, instructions, tutorials, or maybe even a video, all related to your education of the embroidery process. Each quarter you will also receive 6 Take Out Stock CD’s, bring these in at any time, select your 6 design packs and we will make them for you while you wait. That’s a total of 24 design packs that you get to choose. You’ll also get, each quarter, a selected Bonus Premier Collection that you can pick up at The Icehouse. We’re really excited about this new Design Collection and know you will be also. So you’ll receive 1000 designs when you sign up, a total of 24 Stock Design CD’s, 4 Premier Collection CD’s and lots of other goodies. The cost for the year is $799, with a $2600 retail value. What a deal. Sign up soon to get started.
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Embroidery Take Out (ETO) ETO is short for Embroidery Take Out, great designs to go home with you. ETO is a revolutionary design program that allows us to offer design packs to our customers in multi format CD's, cards, or floppies. You have a choice of over 1500 multi format CD's, over 1350 design packs for most cards, 850 cards for 4 X 4 hoops, and between 750-1500 packs for floppies. All you need to know is what format or language your embroidery machine speaks and how you get the designs to your machine. What designs do you want? Just look in the catalog. It's easily accessible with sections for Alphabets, Animals, Artistic Designs, Arts & Leisure, Children, Crafts and Needles Arts, Culture and Religion, Floral and Gardening, Home & Hearth, Mascots, Nautical, Novelty, Occupation and Logo, Patriotic, Police, Fire and Military, Scenic Places, and Flags, Shapes, Borders and Corners, Sports, Transportation, as well as Licensed Design. As you can see the possibilities are endless. Most design packs are about 20 designs. If you use a CD you can get a Build Your Own Pack of 10 or 20 designs. Just look in the catalog, write down your favorites and we'll custom design your CD.
Oklahoma Embroidery The Icehouse now carries 351 wonderful colors of Isacord threads. Isacord thread is known for it's strength and smooth running. It's ideal for embroidery but can be used for piecing and quilting also. We also now carry the OESD stabilizers. We have tear-away, cut-away, stabil-stick, hydro-stick, aqua mesh in all different weights. Soon we will be adding software and embroidery take out to our line. Watch your email for more details.
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Bernina Software Sale September 3-October 31 Fall is here and just in time for those Christmas Embroidery projects Bernina is sponsoring a fall software sale. If you currently have EditorLite versions 4 or 5 you can trade your dongle in and purchase the Designer Plus V6 software for only $1299. If you still need software the Editor Plus V6 software is just $799 or the Designer Plus V6 software is $1499. These are fantastic fall savings.
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Bernina Sew Pink October is Breast Cancer awareness month and Bernina is offering Special savings in Support of the Cause. Come in to pick up the Sew Pink Flyer.
Bernina Christmas Catalog Back by popular demand The Bernina Christmas Catalog will be here in November. Be sure to pick up a copy for there are sure to be lots of ideas for those Christmas lists. |
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Retreats at The Icehouse As you can see on the calendar pages we hold lots of special private retreats. If you and your quilt group or friends would like to have a get away for the girls just let us know and we can make the arrangements. Weather it be a few friends or a big group we can accommodate either. You can pick the class and we can give suggestions or maybe you just want to work on your own projects. Whatever you’d like we can make it work. |
EQ6 CLUB Georgette and Lynn both have the EQ program and have been playing around with it a little, but they’d like to learn more. What better way to learn than in a class with others. You’ll bring your computers and the program to class and just play and learn together. Sounds like fun!
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Sew and Share Days at The Icehouse are days that we reserve the classroom for YOU! Come on in...bring in a project...applique...quilting... Share the laughter. Share ideas. Make new friends. You might choose to come in and use the extra large tables to layer and baste your quilt. Bring friends and sew together. Perhaps just to visit for a cup of coffee. Whenever you have a question, you can get assistance from The Icehouse Staff. We'll make every effort to assist you in achieving your goals for the day. Jot the dates on 'your' calendar. Give us a call if you want us to reserve a table for a layer and baste project.A stamp collector doesn't use his stamps to mail letters.
A coin collector doesn't use his coins to buy Cokes.
Why should I use my fabric collection for anything???
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Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm