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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Take An Exclusive Quilt Lovers’ Tour of England
Last Two Days to Register and Reserve Your Spot! (Deadline to Register: January 10)
Have you been thinking about taking the trip of a lifetime to England and seeing some of the world’s greatest quilting treasures? Think no more–the time to register is now, if you don’t want to miss this trip!
Join your fellow quilt lovers for an indulgent tour and see:
One of the oldest quilts in existence, the 14th century Tristan quilt, on one of its rare public displays…
The first quilt exhibition at the storied Victoria & Albert Museum in over 20 years…
Jane Austen’s own beloved city of Bath…
The Globe Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon…
The only quilt museum in Britain, York’s Quilt Museum and Gallery…
This is a tour like no other. Join us on our spring trip to England, enjoying all the sights a quilt lover would like to see, as well as many of the must-see spots for all travelers in this exclusive tour, just for the New England Quilt Museum.
This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to see England’s quilting treasures. The deadline to register for this trip is January 10.
To register for the trip visit Sew Many Places’ website.
18 Shattuck Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Oh my goodness — look at these!
During the Topsfield Fair we met a wonderful woman — Gail — with 3 heirloom machines — all owned and passed within one family. She will soon be moving to a small place, though, and can’t take them with her! Gail wants to make sure they go to loving homes with people that respect just how beautiful the machines are. Take a peek at the detail work and how well kept these lovelies are…
Interested? Just write to Gail to learn more: gshphd@verizon.net. She has priced these similarly to those that have sold through eBay, but you don’t have to pay for shipping.
(Crafters Quarters is not taking any commission from these sales, we’d just like to see someone love these machines with the care they’re used to getting from their former family.)
1952 Singer Featherweight 221-1
(yes you read that correctly — an adorable, working Featherweight!)
Serial number AL011325 — in working order with case, attachments, and manual. Heirloom owned by one family. Asking $350.
1928 Singer 66-6 electric
Serial number AC021052 — in working order in cabinet with attachments and manual. Heirloom owned by one family. Asking $250.
1900 Singer Antique Treadle model #27
Serial number N466772 — 5 drawer oak cabinet. Heirloom owned by one family. Asking $200.
A women’s group from Main Street Congregational Church (MSCC) in Amesbury MA is happy to announce their first “Supporting Women in Wellness and the Arts Fair” to be held Saturday, October 24, 2009.
They are inviting all vendors selling arts and crafts as well as those with products or services relating to wellness to participate in this event. They are looking for vendors related to:
- Wellness - such as yoga, massage, essential oils - sharing a service or product
- Education - local services for women such as Jeannie Geiger Crisis Center, breast cancer awareness, child oriented services such as Amesbury Parent Coop
- Arts and crafts - such as handcrafted pottery, jewelry, textiles, soaps
- Spiritual - music (live or recorded), poetry or book readings
The fair will run from 10am - 2pm on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in the Parish House, Fellowship Hall and sanctuary.
There will be a $20 charge for a space + a donation of one item from each vendor, such as a gift certificate for a service or a piece of art/craft work. This will help create a basket or two for a raffle. The purpose of this fair is to raise money for missions work at MSCC and to support women’s art and wellness in general. Publicity will begin in August and will be conducted via local newspapers, cable TV, flyers and the church website.
Vendor application forms will be available from their website as well as by emailing Jane Ansaldo Church at j.ansaldo@comcast.net or Nancy Frick at nancy.frick@verizon.net. They reserve the right to accept or deny registrants so as to offer a well rounded fair. First come, first served! Applications will be accepted up until Friday October 9, 2009.
If you have any questions, you may call Jane at 603 929 4919 or Nancy at 978 388 6833. They look forward to having you join us at this exciting service-to-women fair!
Quilt Signed by 24 Members of 2009 Red Soxto be Auctioned by The New England Quilt Museum |
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Crafters Quarters is very proud to be a Founding Member of the Amesbury First and 10% Shift initiatives to help revitalize local economies around New England and throughout the US. We highly encourage you to click on the links to learn more about how to help bring back Main Street USA.
You don’t have to spend more money to help your town and local economy… If we all shifted at least 10% of what we already spend to locally-owned independent businesses, most of those dollars will stay in the local community. Shop in local stores wherever you happen to be, and you will single-handedly help turn around our towns and our economy!
To learn more, read this article in the Boston Globe!
Crafters Quarters is very pleased to offer you an exclusive discount coupon for the upcoming
Fiber Arts Celebration
Andover Wyndham
on June 14th! Read more >
Support your local, budding artists! Visit Chiller Studios for a fantastic show of photographs taken by his advanced, adult students. The photography studio is at 14 Market Square here in downtown Amesbury - just a couple of doors down from CQ. As a matter of fact, several people who frequent Crafters Quarters also take classes at Chiller! The Chiller Studio is open Wednesday - Sunday (closed Monday & Tuesday).
Come to Amesbury this weekend to tour artists’ studios throughout the town! Crafters Quarters will be camped out at 14 Cedar Street, where we will be demonstrating quilting, silk scarf painting, creating carpet bags, and smithing beautiful jewelry. To learn more about the event, check out this Newburyport Daily News article!
During the month of April, Crafters Quarters is proud to present four of our own artists at the Wick’d Kool Gallery on Friend St! Leah Allman, Linda Carey, Lisa Phillips, and Linda Stein will display and sell their beautiful works. To learn more, check out this Newburyport Daily News feature article!
