As the final leaves of
autumn fall to the ground, I am savoring the little bit of warmth that the
sun is giving off. Fall is by far my most favorite season and also the
shortest season. With autumn coming to an end, I look forward to
Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays. This is a perfect time to gather
with family and friends. November is a wonderful time to gather some of
your favorite fall quilts and reflect the beauty of the rich colors that we
use in them. Pull out table runners, throws and quilts that you have made
in the past. Fold them, stack them and fan them in a basket or two, add a
few leaves from the back yard, tuck in a couple of small pumpkins and you
have a great looking centerpiece for the table. Add a few new pillows to
the couch and you’ve created a nice seasonal change with little effort.
With the holidays quickly approaching, we have a number of kits that you
still have time to finish. The
Holiday Stars kit
(includes pattern) is on sale to help you get started. Regularly the
kit sells for $94.95 and through the month of November it is only $69.95.
The
Radiant Star kit is a wall quilt from the
Holiday Quilts book.
Once you have finished this quilt you can leave it up all year. As a
Thanksgiving gift to you, you will receive the Holiday Quilts Book FREE with
a purchase of a Radiant Star kit. Both of these kits use fabrics from
the
Holiday Homecoming cotton collection.
Pillow Partners is a collection of pillows using cotton, flannel and
wool.
Rolling Hills pillow uses the
Holiday Homecoming flannel,
Snow Date pillow is made from wool and the
Tree Burst pillow is from the cotton collection. All three
make great gifts.
In October, we had our 2nd
Top Shop Tour through Minnesota and Wisconsin. The weather was absolutely
perfect and the
shop hoppers were great. We had a really fun three days as
shoppers from all over the country and Iceland visited and shopped our
store. For the Top Shop tour, we designed a wall quilt that reflected our
shop during the holidays.
Candle Glow is that perfect size to
warm the holidays and to fill a small space in your home. 
Our
original design from the Sampler magazine,
Christmas by Candlelight is
still
available and the two quilts look great together. Another top seller
during the tour was
Christmas Woolens. A small mitten kit for
only $13.95 that can also be used as a gift. These cute little mittens are
wonderful ornaments, teacher or grandparent gifts and also add a special
touch tied to a Christmas package.This past weekend I tried to finish a couple of Christmas gifts for friends. One of my favorite gifts that I can’t wait to give is the Christmas Patches tablecloth. The pattern is in the Holiday Collection book, which is full of ideas. The great thing with this quilt is the variety of fabrics you can use. This fall, I did one in rich harvest colors and for Christmas I stayed with reds, greens, chestnut and black. No matter what size your table is, you can easily adjust it to fit.
If you’re looking for a
quick handwork project, check out our new small wool projects.
Candles and Holly,
Cardinal,
Maggie’s Mini
Mittens and
Christmas Lights are all new to the shop
and made with wool. All of these kits are great for making and better yet
for giving. The nice thing about the small wool kits is that you can take
them with you, no sewing machine needed. I have one of each ready to take
along in my purse. In the next two weeks, we are expecting our first
grandchild and I cannot wait. As soon as the phone rings, I’m packing my
kits and off I go. By the next newsletter, I can fill you in on if I’m
going to be making pink quilts or blue quilts.
Don’t forget to check out our
Cotton Shop Clearance
button and
our
Gifts
button. We are always adding new items to both. This year, keep
the Main Street Cotton Shop in mind when you are doing your Christmas
shopping. We have a unique collection of gifts and many cannot be
found anywhere else. If you need them wrapped and shipped to your
family or friends, let us know, we can help you.
As always, if you have any questions or are looking for something that you cannot find give us a call at 800.624.4001, email us or check us out at www.mainstreetcottonshop.com.