“where traditional meets contemporary”

Stitchers Crossing

Dear Friends, Does summer give you a little more time to play? I

hope so. Our new classes, a shop hop, a summer sale and chocolate need to be added to your summer play list.

Carve out a little time to enjoy your craft and the

summer days ahead. See you soon,

MRS. HURST’S HAT WORKSHOP with Kirsti Johanson

author of Chawton Cottage Collection Join local knitting designer and teacher, Kirsti Johan-

son for this hat class and get started on your holiday knit-ting a little early. Mrs. Hurst’s Hat is a fancy hat pattern knitted from the top down and gently shaped with yarn-overs and decreases. The size is adjustable as you go and the end product is delightful!

Techniques covered in the class include Emily Ocker

Cast-on, basic lace work, hat structure and design (for student’s future creative work) stretchy bind off and fiber analysis so students will know what to look for in future knitting construction.

Class fee includes pattern, class hand-out and tech-

nique quick sheet.

September 22nd 12:30-3:00PM

Class Fee $35.00 Kirsti has been published in Spin Off

magazine, Jane Austen Knits 2011 and has self published her first book...Chawton Cottage Collection. Her book is a collection of knitting patterns inspired by the travels and adventures of Jane Austen’s characters...particularly those in supporting roles.

15th ANNUAL QUILTER’S SHOP HOP the summer quilting event in South Central Wisconsin

July 19—27

South central Wisconsin has the good fortune to have many quilt shops each with their own flavor. Experience these shops during our 15th Annual Quilter’s Shop Hop:

• Attic Quilts Beloit • Country Sampler Spring Green • Homespun Fabrics Endeavor • JJ Stitches Sun Prairie • Mill House Quilts Waunakee • Patches And Petals Belleville • Quintessential Quilts Reedsburg & Madison • Saving Thyme Stoughton • Stitcher’s Crossing Madison • The Stitchery Delavan • Uniquely Yours Orangeville, IL • Village Creek Lodi

Mark your calendars and gather your friends and join

us for fun and prizes.

Prizes…Prizes...Prizes...

• Fat Quarter and Pattern at each shop • Grand Prize...sewing machine (retail $695.00)

• 1st prize...fabric basket (retail $400.00) • 2nd prize...basket of notions (retail $200.00)

and 13 baskets filled with quilting goodies!!

Don’t want to drive to all 13 shops?? Ride in comfort and leave the driving to us! You will ride in style aboard a chartered bus. Save on gas, parking hassles and map searches. Relax and visit with fellow “Shop Hoppers”.

Buses are available Friday, July 19th and Saturday,

July 20th. Cost is $45.00 for one day or $80.00 for both days. Inquiries...please contact

Carrie or Nancy at The Stitchery...262.728.6318 or

email…stitcheryatmillies@yahoo.com Shop hop flyers are available at Stitchers Crossing.

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LACE BERET Try your hand at lace knitting with a lace

beret...baby to adult sizes. Terry knit the beret using Colorando, a cotton and acrylic blend yarn by Plymouth and circu-lar and double point needles. This is a great take-along summer pro-ject. Pattern included.

1 session Sun. Jul 21 12:30-3:30 Terry Rutlin $30.00 KNIT A SUMMER PURSE This cotton purse is knit with a left twist and right twist stitch resulting in a nubby texture that can be dressed up or worn casual. Strap can be shoulder or arm length or make an evening clutch without a strap. The purse has a zipper closure, a zippered inside pocket and is fabric lined. Must have sewing experience to complete lining. Pattern required. 2 sessions Tue. Jul 30 5:30-7:30 and Tue. Aug 13 5:30-8:30 Susie Krueger $35.00

COLOR AND FABRIC CLASS Are you wanting to develop your “eye” for fabrics and color? If you are feeling overwhelmed when it comes time to select fabric and colors for that next quilt, come join this class. We will cover color, value, intensity, and scale. We will make some amazing discoveries about how one fabric or color will affect another and learn how to avoid that disappointment of a quilt that “just doesn’t work”. 1 session Thu. Aug 1 1:00-4:00 or 5:30-8:30 Anne Smith $30.00 HAND QUILTING Come learn the basics of hand quilting. It is relaxing and portable! This class will cover everything you need to know about hand quilting...batting choices, basting, marking, needles, thimbles and hoops...as well as get you started on perfecting those tiny little stitches. The class project makes a wonderful pillow or wall hanging. Kit required. 1 session Thu. Jul 25 5:30-8:30 Anne Smith $30.00 FREEMOTION FUN If you are tired of stippling and want to add more fun to your freemotion quilting, this class is for you. We will explore a variety of backgrounds, fill-ers, borders and even fun feathers. There will be plenty of tips on how to make freemotion quilting more fun and less stressful. 1 session Sat. Jul 27 9:30-12:30 Anne Smith $30.00

CLASSES AND CLUBS

We offer a 10% discount on all your class supplies and are happy to help in the selection of fabric or yarn

and other supplies needed for class.

On the day of your class or club meeting, you will receive 10% discount on all regular priced items. We

look forward to helping you!

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GLITTER VILLAGE PLAY DAY Make a no-sew village in your favorite fabrics for your favorite “little or big” person. You’ve seen Kay’s adorable houses in the store...she will show you how much fun you will have embel-lishing and personalizing your own little house. Pattern re-quired. 1 session Sat. Jul 20 1:00-4:00 Kay Staskal $10.00 SUMMER GARDEN

Gather large prints you’ve been stashing and a few contrasting fabrics to create a Summer Garden. Join Kristie and Marilyn for this traditionally pieced col-laborative quilt. Book re-quired.

1 session Sat. Aug 3 10:00-2:00 Kristie Christy & Marilyn Boyle $35.00

POCKET BOOK QUILTING—ENGLISH PAPER PIECING Join the “hexie” craze...using English paper piecing. This hand sewn technique makes it the perfect project for summer activities. Tuck it into your pocket book and take it with you to the beach, ball game or to sit on the porch swing. Fabric hexagons are sewn around paper templates and then sewn together by hand. This is a technique class giving you the tools to create your own project. 1 session Thu. Jul 11 5:30-8:30 Judy Hasheider $30.00

BEYOND SQUARES AND RECTANGLES This class builds on the techniques you learned in Judy’s Quilt Logic class. There will be a trunk show of quilts and ideas, along with a lecture on math and meth-ods for making triangle units. Triangle knowledge that will be covered… ● Loose triangles ● Triangle paper ● How to decide what type of triangle ● you need to cut...half square or ● quarter square ● Connectors This further opens your world to help you design quilts or change scale or design in purchased patterns. 1 session Tue. Jul 23 5:30-8:30 Judy Hasheider $30.00

Your studio away from home… If you need a place to get away to work on a sew-

ing, quilting or knitting project, you and your friends are welcome to use our classroom when a class or group is not scheduled.

Give us a call to schedule your time to create or

work on those unfinished projects at 608.232.1500.

BUYER’S CLUB For $55.00 per year, you may become a mem-

ber of our Buyer’s Club. This will entitle you to 20% off throughout the year on all fabric, thread, yarn and fabric kits excluding DMC floss.

You will receive a card which must be pre-

sented each time you make a purchase. Stop in for more details.

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SKILL LEVEL KEY Beginner: Easy projects. Little or no

knowledge of quilting or knitting. You must know how to use your sewing machine if one is needed for class. Advanced Beginner: Quilters must

know basics of quilting and use of rotary cutter. We rec-ommend Basic Quiltmaking class before taking ad-vanced beginner level. Knitters must know how to cast on, knit, purl and bind off.

Intermediate: Fully comfortable with rotary cutting, basic quiltmaking techniques and piecing using 1/2 and 1/4 triangles. Knitters must be comfort-able with more advanced concepts, e.g., gauge chang-ing and stitch patterns.

IMPORTANT CLASS INFORMATION •Pre-registration is a must! Stop in, send check or call

with Visa, MasterCard or Discover card number. •For most classes, there is a supply list and/or special

instructions. Please pick one up when registering for a class or send self-addressed stamped enve-lope when registering by mail.

•We offer a 10% discount on all your class supplies and are happy to help in the selection of fabric and supplies needed for classes.

•Stitchers Crossing respects copyright laws. If a pat-tern or book is required for your class, you must have your own copy.

•Know how to operate your sewing machine for classes that involve one and be sure it is in good working order before you come to class.

•It’s best to have your own equipment (rulers, rotary cutter, etc…) in order to accomplish what is neces-sary to feel success.

•Our quilting workshops are for piecing the top only. •Cancellations must be made at least one week prior

to class in order to receive a refund. If we have to cancel a class, you will receive a full refund or credit can be applied to another class or merchan-dise.

QUILT SITTER’S CIRCLE PICNIC

Tuesday, July 9th 12:30PM or 6:00PM

at the shop We look forward to our annual QSC picnic…lots of

good food and fabulous show ‘n tell. If you are not a member of QSC, you are welcome to join us...a guest fee of $12.00 will be charged. Judy will present her trunk show...The Rabbits Out Of The Trunk...her quilt journey from the beginning.

Remember to bring table service, a dish to pass,

beverage, lawn chair and show ‘n tell.

KNITTING & CROCHET RETREAT Take a little time for yourself to relax and enjoy knit-

ting or crocheting with friends and fellow knitters and crocheters.

You will receive a 10% discount on all your pur-

chases during retreat mornings.

Saturday, July 13th, 9:30AM-12:30PM and

Saturday, August 10th, 9:30AM-12:30PM

CLASSIC FEATHERED STAR Learn to construct this delicate star block, perfect for a wallhanging or entire quilt of Feathered Stars. Using the bias strip method you will make small triangles (forming feathers) which will edge each of the eight star points. Pattern required. 1 session Mon. Aug 5 5:30-9:00 Judy Hasheider $35.00

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FOLK ART WOOL APPLIQUE CLUB with Judy Hasheider

Folk Art Wool Applique Club 2013 will feature

four new original designs by Judy. A crazy patchwork pillow will be the first project presented in February.

Wednesday, August 21st 1:00-4:00PM or

6:00-9:00PM Meetings are on the third Wednesday of Feb,

Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct and Dec. An afternoon group meets from 1:00-4:00PM and an evening group from 6:00-9:00PM.

The club fee is $55.00 and all patterns are included.

CHOCOLATE DAY July 7th

Seriously...we are celebrating Chocolate Day at

Stitchers Crossing. What better way to celebrate than to have a drawing for 2 boxes of Mauries Fine Choco-lates of Madison!!

Mauries owner, Cher, a second generation choco-

latier surprised us with a beautiful box of chocolates when she stopped in for thread. So after our taste test, how could we not want to “spread the love”!

Cher opened her business at 1637 Monroe Street in

1993 and named it after her father, Maurie, who owned a candy kitchen in Illlinois. Cher has her father’s original recipes and follows his principles:

• Be kind and generous in spirit and behavior • Use the highest quality ingredients • Never rush the process • Keep Maurie’s Chocolate recipes a family se-

cret Stop in on Sunday, July 7th to enter a drawing

to win one of two boxes of Mauries Fine Chocolates. For the rest of the story, visit

www.MauriesFineChocolates.com

BOOKS ARRIVING JULY & AUGUST… • Set The Table—11 Designer Patterns • More Twist & Turn Bargello

Quilts by Eileen Wright • The Big Book Of Baby

Quilts by Top-Selling Au-thors

• Simple Modern Christmas

by Cindy Lammon • Scrap Quilting, Strip By Strip by Kim Brackett • A Kid’s Guide To Sewing by Sophie Kerr • A Month Of Sundays by

Cheryl Arkison • First Steps To Free-

Motion Quilting by Chris-tina Cameli

• Brave New Quilts by

Kathreen Ricketson • Quilt Essential by Erin Burke Harris • Art Quilt Maps by Valerie S. Goodwin • The Loyal Union Sampler from Elm Creek

Quilts • Making Quilts with Kathy Doughty of Material

Obsession

• Easy Knitting For Baby by Doreen L. Marquart

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ATTENTION: ALL FORMER STUDENTS OF

NATALIE SEWELL Natalie Sewell will be honored at the 2013 Quilt

Expo, September 5, 6, 7, in Madison, Wisconsin. A spe-cial exhibit will recognize Natalie as a teacher and in-structor by featuring the work of her former students. All of Natalie’s students are invited to submit a quilt or other piece of art to this exhibit.

As this is not a juried show, the first 25 submis-

sions will be accepted for the exhibit; please, only submit your very best work. The requirements for entry are as follows:

• Digital submissions (only) will be accepted be-

ginning June 15. • Submissions must be representative of Nata-

lie’s technique. • Only one (1) submission per student. • Send submissions to

sue@susanstextileart.com; type “Natalie’s Legacy Show” in the subject line. • Attach a photo of your entire quilt or other art-

work. Attach a second close-up photo showing the finished edges of your piece.

• Include your name (as you would like it to ap-pear on a label) and your complete USPS mail-ing address.

• Include the title of your piece and the year it was completed.

• Indicate whether your submission was created in a class or on your own.

• Optional - include a testimonial regarding Natalie’s place in your personal growth as a quilter/artist. (Student testimonials may be used to advertise the exhibit.) All submissions will be acknowledged by July

15. All entrants whose work is accepted for the show will receive further instructions at that time.

FABRIC ARRIVING JULY & AUGUST… • Moda Civil War Jubilee Wool Needle II Flannels Boundary Water Batiks • Andover Jo Morton Savannah • In The Beginning Autumn Harvest • Henry Glass Alphabet Soup Simple Pairings Kim Diehl • Clothworks Guess How Much I Love You • Hoffman Batiks • Kaufman Urban Zoologie Cat In The Hat 2 • P&B Close To Home • M&S Textiles Aboriginal Designs • Island Batik Batiks

WISCONSIN SHEEP & WOOL FESTIVAL September 6-8

The Midwest’s premier sheep and fiber event, all

within an easy drive from Madison, Milwaukee or Chi-cago, is on the beautiful grounds of the Jefferson Fair Park in Jefferson, WI.

There will be over 70 fiber arts classes to choose

from along with sheep show, shearing demonstrations, the Crook & Whistle Stock Dog Trial, newborn lambs, fleece shows and sales plus educational clinics and workshops for shepherds of any age and level of experi-ence. Shop in comfort in the Country Store where over 130 vendors from across the nation offer every-thing from knitting needles to sheep cheese.

For complete details and hours, go to:

www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com Parking, along with children under 8, is free.

Lookout Point by Natalie Sewell & Nancy Zieman

July Stitchers Crossing Events 2013Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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9 QSC Picnic 12:30PM or 6:00PM

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11 Pocket Book Quilting-English Paper Piecing 5:30-8:30PM

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13 Knit & Crochet Retreat 9:30AM-12:30PM

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19 South Central Wisconsin Shop Hop-July 19-27

20 Glitter Village Play Day 1:00-4:00PM

21 Lace Beret 12:30-3:30PM

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23 Beyond Squares & Rectangles 5:30-8:30PM

24 Mad City Modern Quilt Guild 10:00AM-12:00PM

25 Hand Quilting 5:30-8:30PM

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27 Free Motion Fun 9:30AM-12:30PM Last Day of Shop Hop

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National Chocolate Day Drawing July 7

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6122 Mineral Point Road Madison, WI 53705

608.232.1500 tel info@stitcherscrossing.com

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Store Hours: M-F: 9:30-6:00 Thu until 8:30

Sat: 9:30-5:00 Sun: 12:00-4:00

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PAID MADISON, WI PERMIT 1391

Store Hours: M-F: 9:30-6:00 Thu until 8:30

Sat: 9:30-5:00 Sun: 12:00-4:00

Quilt Expo #9, presented by Wiscon-sin Public Television and Nancy Zie-man Productions, is a fundraising event supporting Wisconsin Public Television.

Several hundred volunteer shifts are needed dur-

ing this 3-day event. Quilt Expo will be accepting volun-teers July 11th...go to www.wiquiltexpo.com to find a time that works for you. All volunteers will receive a free ticket to the expo and a parking pass!

Quilt Expo will feature lectures, stage demonstration,

sit & sew workshops, a juried & judged quilt show and a vendor mall.

September 5-7, 2013

Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Center For more information, visit www.wiquiltexpo.com.

Advance Quilt Expo admission tickets will be available at Stitcher’s Crossing beginning July 1st.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY We are offering our annual weekly specials in July.

Most of our Christmas fabrics will be in stock by mid-July along with holiday books and patterns!

This is a great time to plan and stock up for your fall

and Christmas projects.

July 1-10...15% Off Yarn

July 1-10...15% off all books

and patterns

July 10-18...15% off Quilt fabric (1/2 yd min)

...and a table with store demo products and other incredible

values at close-out prices!

All sale pricing applies to in-stock merchandise only.