Shop Hop In Your Jammies!

Join us in an On-line Virtual Shop Hop the ENTIRE month of FEBRUARY!  It’s easy!  Simply go to our home page, www.quiltingonthesquare.com, find the Purple Bunny and follow the clues until you find the “I Found It Bunny”. 

Click on the bunny to register for great prizes. 

From there, shop at the other shops participating in this hop!

What a great way to Shop Hop in Winter.

Have fun, just follow the Bunny, and register to win Great prizes!  

FREE - that’s right - FREE Block of the Month

Which Way North? - The Compass Collection 

Each month for 12 months, starting in February, a new compass block pattern will be posted on our website for you to make. 

Make 1, make many - it’s up to you.  Each block finishes at 12” square. 

All blocks are foundation paper pieced.  Use up your stash and have fun with these patterns.  Basic foundation paper piecing instructions are also provided on our website.

  FUN NEW FABRIC ARRIVALS

Crazy Daisy by Benartex

Contempo Dots by Quilting Treasures

 UPCOMING EVENTS

   
TNT - Tips and Techniques
 Join us on the 4^th Saturday of each month at 10:30 AM for our Tips ‘n Techniques class.  During the hour, you will learn the basics of a particular quilting method.  Every month will be a different topic.  In addition, each participant will receive a 10% Off coupon good for that day only. 

These sessions are FREE. Just show up!

Upcoming topics include:

•  February 25, 2012    Rag Quilts
• March 24, 2012   Hand Embroidery

Beginning Quiltmaking

2 Sessions – 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11 & Saturday Feb. 25, 2012

In these two sessions, learn the basics of quilting

• Rotary cutting

• Seam allowances

• Strip piecing

• Triangle

• Putting it all together

Your finished project is suitable for framing or making a pillow.

Class fee is $55 and includes kit

Love is in the Air!

February 2012 Has Two Romantic Holidays.  Here’s some little know trivia about these days.
Valentine’s Day - Feb. 14 - Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone on Valentines Day, 1876.

Leap Day - Feb. 29 - In Greece, there is a superstition that couples who marry on leap day are destined to a life of failure and strife.