WINNER AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP

Check out this lovely Row X Row quilt hanging at the Attic Window Quilt Shop. Melanie P. made this quilt and was the winner of fat quarters and a gift certificate for being the first to complete her Row X Row quilt that included the Attic Window Quilt Shop block.  Congratulations Melanie!

Above is the Attic Window Quilt Shop block for the Row by Row Experience. 

Taste the Experience is the theme for the Row by Row Experience this year and as you can see as you enter, the shop is ready for that.  Stop in at Attic Window Quilt Shop to pick up your free Row by Row Taste the Experience pattern (one pattern per person).

AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP 

• Tuesday, July 30
• Bee
• Thursday, August 1
• Doll Bee

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

• A Quilter's Table has a tutorial for a Wedge Slabs quilt.

Caroll, 

Caring, Sharing, Creating Smiles

GET YOUR ROW BY ROW FREE PATTERN

Above is the Attic Window Quilt Shop block for the Row by Row Experience. Taste the Experience is the theme for the Row by Row Experience this year.  Visit the Attic Window Quilt Shop to pick up your free Row by Row Taste the Experience pattern (one pattern per person).

DON'T FORGET the 7th Annual Jingle Bells in July Hop begins July 10 and runs through July 13.  You will get a free  pattern with your passport purchase.  Grand Prize:  Fifty Dollar gift certificate from each of the four participating shops for a grand total of $200.  Participating shops are:  Pressing Matters Quilt Shop in Holland; Queen Bee Quilt Shoppe in Grand Rapids; Quilted Memories Inc. in Montague; and the Attic Window Quilt Shop in Comstock Park.  

AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP 

• Charity Quilts, Monday, July 1
• Bee, Tuesday, July 2
• CLOSED, Thursday, July 4

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

• Threading My Way has a tutorial for a Fabric Basket Drawstring Top.

Caroll, 

Caring, Sharing, Creating Smiles

ROW by ROW EXPERIENCE FREE PATTERN

The theme for Row by Row Experience this year is Sew Musical.  You won’t want to miss the free pattern from the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  

Row by Row Experience is for avid quilters and sewers who love to travel and love to add the next new quilt to their collection. Since 2011, Row by Row Experience has engaged tens of thousands of quilters all over the world with the fun of collecting free row patterns while visiting local quilt shops, then creating themed quilts projects using the rows they collect.

On the business side, Row by Row Experience has given thousands of quilt shop owners a needed boost in foot traffic during the traditionally slow months of summer. Quilt shop owners have welcome traveling quilters into their stores to enjoy the unique shopping experience they each create.

Here are the Row by Row Rules

• Visit any participating RxR quilt shop to pick up your free RxR Sew Musical themed row pattern. One pattern per person.
• Each shop creates a pattern, then gives it away for one row in a row quilt.
• Collect as many rows as you can, then mix and match your rows to create a fun and unique quilt.
• Have fun traveling, shopping and collecting as many different patterns as you like during the RxR collecting period, June 21–September 4, 2018.
• Have more fun making the rows and designing a quilt. Visit other participating shops all over the US, Canada and Europe to add rows to your quilt if you wish.
• Be the first person to bring a finished (quilted, bound, labeled) quilt using at least 8 different rows from 8 different participating stores into a participating quilt shop and receive a bundle of 25 beautiful fat quarters.
• Rowers may include The 9th Row and RxR Junior designs in a RxR quilt, but they may not be counted as one of the 8 rows needed to win a prize.
• Include their row in your quilt and receive a bonus prize! Limit one prize per person

You can read more about the Row by Row Experience on their website.  

Be sure and stop in at the Attic Window Quilt Shop and get your free pattern. You may also purchase a kit.  Make it one of your 9 rows and maybe win a prize!

AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP

• Stitch-In and UFO Night, Friday, June 8
• Stitch-In, Saturday, June 9

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

•  Happy Quilting has a tutorial for a Gothic Window block.

Caroll,

Caring, Sharing, Creating Smile

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Melanie Phipps was the first person to combine her rows of free quilt patterns gathered from quilt shops participating in the Row by Row Experience and turn her finished quilt into the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  It is adorable.  The row at the top of the quilt is from the pattern that the Attic Window Quilt Shop gave to customers.  Melanie did an excellent job of designing this quilt.

QUILT SHOWS:

• The Lighthouse Quilt Guild's Quilt Show runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 28, and Saturday, July 29, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 901 Columbus Ave, Grand Haven, MI. Admission is $6.
• The 2017 Annual Quilted Memories Quilt Show will be held July 28-30.  Hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Sunday 12 p.m. through 4 p.m. Admission is FREE.

AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP

• Tic Tac Mo Table Runner, Saturday, July 22
• Quilt Block Cookbook BOM, Monday evening, July 24
• Tuesday Bee, Tuesday, July 25
• Bee Hive, Wednesday, July 26
• Quilt Block Cookbook BOM, Wednesday a.m., July 26
• Freezer Paper Applique Class, Wednesday afternoon, July 26
• Doll Bee, Thursday, July 27
• Mega Bow Tucks Tote, Thursday evening, July 27
• Machine Applique Scrappers, Saturday, July 29

ON ANOTHER NOTE:  

• Pile O' Fabric has a tutorial and templates for a Triangle Wheel Block.

Caroll,

Caring, Sharing, Creating Smiles

ROW X ROW STARTS TODAY

 

Row by Row starts today.   If you haven’t already heard about it, this is a new kind of shop hop.  You don’t need a passport.  There are no fees.  And you get to play all summer long.  Simply visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt.  You can then combine your collected rows any way you want to create a unique quilt.  There are participating shops all over the United States and Canada.  Think of all the fun you can have traveling this summer.  You can get a list of the participating shops in Michigan by clicking here.

You can also click around on the website to find participating shops in places in the US and Canada where you are going to be traveling this summer.

And you can win a prize!  Create a quilt using at least eight different 2017 rows from eight different 2017 participating Row by Row shops and be the first to bring it into a participating shop will win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6-1/4 yards of fabric!). Use that shop’s row in your quilt and win a bonus prize!

On The Go is the theme this year.  Pictured above is the Row that was designed by Chris at the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  

This is a closer look.  Isn’t it stunning!  Be sure and get your free pattern at the Attic Window Quilt Shop today!

AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP

• Row X Row starts Wednesday, June 21
• Sampler and Bee, Wednesday, June 21
• Farm Girls, Wednesday, June 21
• Doll Bee, Thursday, June 22
• Stitch-In, Friday, June 23
• Machine Applique Scrappers and Stitch-In, Saturday, June 24

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

• Allie of Allie-Oops Sweet Happy Life has a free stitchery design for you.  So cute.

Caroll,

Caring, Sharing, Creating Smiles

THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP HAS A WINNER

Check out this lovely Row by Row Experience quilt.  Congratulations to Melanie Phipps who won a stack of 25 fat quarters because she was the first to create a quilt using eight different 2016 rows from participating Row by Row shops and bring it into the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  You can see it in person when you stop in at the shop!

ATTENTION: 

•  Also, coming in August is an In-Store Special Fat Quarter Day At the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  Buy ten and get two free.  Buy ten Batik fat quarters and get one free.  Mark your calendar now for AUGUST 5 (one day only).  You won't want to miss this.

DON'T FORGET these happenings at the Attic Window Quilt Shop

• UFO Day, Monday, July 25
• Bees In The Attic Bee Hive, Wednesday, July. 27
• Stacking Pop Up, Wednesday, July. 27
• Little Jewels Bag, Thursday, July 28
• Lighthouse Quilt Guild "My Michigan" quilt show, July 29 & 30, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Grand Haven, MI

Be sure to check the check the calendar on the sidebar for happenings this week at the Attic Window Quilt Shop.

ON ANOTHER NOTE:  

• Moda Bake Shop has a tutorial for a Little High A Little Low quilt.

Caroll, 

Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

ARE YOU COLLECTING THESE PATTERNS?

 Don't forget!  Row by Row has begun and above is the row that Chris designed for the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  If you are a quilter, you will want to participate in the Row by Row Experience.  It is taking place from June 21 through September 6.  You have all this time to collect the free patterns from the shops you visit.  Go here and click on the state where you live or where you will be traveling to see the listing of participating shops.  Be sure to check the shops’ websites or call ahead to verify their open hours.

 When I recently visited the Attic Window Quilt Shop I saw a couple cute wool items that I wanted to show you.  Isn't this little needle case with the blue bird and flowers darling?

And check out this adorable little wool bird sitting on its nest.  There are an abundance of beautiful wools at the shop.  Be sure and check out the wool area on your next visit.

 ATTENTION:

• Quilt exhibit at St. Patrick's Church, Parnell on Sunday, June 26, from 12:30-5 p.m. The exhibit is during the parish festival and the quilts are inside the church.  Denice Barker, who told me about this event, said she is naming the show "Blessed Are The Piecemakers.  She said that the people contributing are people from the parish, my friends, and local quilters from Lowell.
• Monday Charity Quilters!  Since the regularly scheduled sewing day for the Charity Quilters falls on July 4th, the meeting has been moved to Monday, July 11.

DON'T FORGET:

• Scrappers Helping Hands, Saturday, June 25
• Quilt Exhibit at St. Patrick's Church, Sunday, June 26
• CLOSED MONDAY, JULY 4th
• Charity Quilts, Monday, July 11

Be sure to check the check the calendar on the sidebar for happenings this week at the Attic Window Quilt Shop.

ON ANOTHER NOTE:  

• Remember the red, white and blue quilt that Vickie made and can be seen here?  You can make it too with the lovely fabrics from the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  The free pattern is called Cherry Pop and can be found here.  

 ♥ Caroll, 
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

HOME SWEET HOME IS THE THEME

Row by Row begins on Tuesday, June 21 and you are going to love what Chris has designed for you.  The theme this year is Home Sweet Home.  Above is the Attic Window Quilt Shop’s design.  Some of you collect them, others might just want to make this one.  Whatever you do, keep it mind the Attic Window's Row by Row would make a great gift too.

Are you a Polkadot Adddict?  I love this license plate.

This is the row and license plate together.  You get the Row by Row pattern for free when you personally visit the shop.  The Kit and the license plate are available for purchase.  You can read more about the Row by Row Experience by going here.

 DON'T FORGET:

• Happy Scrappers, Saturday, June 11
• English Paper Piecing, Tuesday, June 14

Be sure and check the calendar on the Sidebar for more happenings at the Attic Window Quilt Shop this week.

 ♥ Caroll, 

Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

ROW BY ROW WINNER

Above is Jackie Huizen who is the winner of the Attic Window Quilt Shop’s Row By Row Experience.  Jackie created the above quilt by collecting rows from the various participating shops.  Isn’t it lovely! You can see it when you stop in at the shop as it is hanging on the wall there.

Are you participating in the Row By Row Experience?  Between June 21 and September 8, you can collect at least eight different 2015 rows from eight different 2015 participating Row By Row shops.  The first person to bring in a completed quilt using the above eight rows and bring it in to a participating shop can win a stack of 25 fat quarters.  You must use that shop’s row in your quilt to win a bonus prize.  You have until Oct. 31, 2015 to bring your completed quilt to a participating shop.  However, only one winner per shop.  Jackie is the first to bring in her finished quilt, so she is the Attic Window Quilt Shop’s winner!

Check out the Row By Row Experience here.  You can still be a winner. 

ON ANOTHER NOTE: 

• Sew Can She has a tutorial for a handy sided zip case. 

♥ Caroll,
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

ATTIC WINDOW ROW BY ROW

 I love the pattern that Chris designed this year for the Attic Window Quilt Shop's Row By Row Experience.

 Several people have asked how she makes the spools of thread.

 She will give you a quick demo when you pick up your kit.

I know she somehow stitches the threads over these knitting needles.  I'm sure if you get a group together she will be glad to do a special demo for you.  Just give her a call and ask.

ON ANOTHER NOTE: 

• On The Windy Side has a tutorial to make a hot water bottle cover.

♥ Caroll,
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

MORE BACKGOUNDS FOR ROW BY ROW

Above is just part of the row that Chris designed for the Attic Window Quilt Shop's entry into the Row by Row Experience.  Kits are available for this design with various background fabrics.  Above is just one of those fabrics.

This is another example of one of the backgrounds being offered.  These are so darn cute, it is going to be difficult for me to decide!  You can read more about the Row by Row Experience here.

Jill stopped in at the shop on Wednesday to leave this quilt to be quilted.  Jilll does excellent work and I had to show it to you.  The pattern is Ophelia's Wedding Cake.  Jill made it for her Goddaughter. 

A customer stopped in at the shop on Wednesday and I also had to take a picture of her stunning quilt.  Nancy, who made this quilt, said the pattern name is Mrs. Lincoln's Sampler by Lori Smith.

 This is a closeup of one of the blocks.  I think these blocks are only six inches square.  Beautiful work!

REMINDER:  THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL AT THE ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP

• Patterns are on special this week. 
• All sale patterns are an extra 20 % off sale price. 
• All other patterns are 15% off. 
• Our row by row kits are $10

DON’T FORGET:

• Kids Quilts, Friday, June 26
• Scrappers School House, Saturday, June 27

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

• Freeze Frame has a tutorial for a scrap busting cold drink wrap.  Check it out.

♥ Caroll,
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

ROW BY ROW ABOUT TO BEGIN

Have you heard of the Row by Row Experience?  Above is the adorable quilt that Chris designed for the Attic Window Quilt Shop to distribute during the "experience."

This is a closer view of the quilt and the "license plate" which is also available for purchase.  The Row by Row Experience is like a nationwide shop hop with no fees, cards, or stamps.  You can read more about it here.

I think what makes this quilt unique is the clever way that Chris instructs you to make the spools of thread.

I'm not sure how it is done but you use small knitting needles (or another small object) and you sew over them until  you get the desired look.

 This year’s theme is H2O.  Collect the patterns for free by visiting the shops during the summer - June 21 - September 8, 2015. 

Kits are also available.  Above are samples of the background fabrics that will be provided in the Attic Window’s kits. 

Take advantage and visit participating shops during your summer vacation.  Click on the Start Here tab to learn about the shops in your area or state or place you will be visiting.  For instance, click on the license plate for Michigan and you can see a list of the participating shops.

At the Row By Row Experience you can also download a free pattern for a tote bag from Timeless Treasures.  The link is on the front page, just scroll down.

DON’T FORGET:

• Twilling Bee, Friday, 1 p.m.
• UFO, Friday, 3 p.m.
• Happy Scrappers, Saturday, 10 p.m.

Hope you have a fun weekend.

♥ Caroll,
Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles

THE ATTIC WINDOW ROW BY ROW - HAVE YOU VOTED?

Have you visited the Row By Row Experience Blog and voted for those rows that you liked best? I love the Attic Window Quilt Shop’s row (shown above).  This row is so cute! Chris used the Creative Grid Double Strip 90° Triangle ruler and the Double Strip 45° Triangle ruler to make this darling quilt.  Make this row a winner by going to the Row By Row Experience site, click on “start here”, then click on the Michigan license plate, then on the left click where it says “visit the Michigan Row By Row Experience on Facebook."  Then scroll down until you find the link to “Row By Row Experience With Creative Grids” and click on that.  From there you are on your own because every computer is different.  You just need to be signed into Facebook and find the Attic Window row which is number 49, and click on the “like” button.  Let’s make this one a winner for Chris!!!!

ALSO:  Mark your calendar now.  The Lighthouse Quilt Guild is sponsoring the “Treasures: Past, Present, & Future” Quilt Show in Grand Haven, MI on July 25 & 26.  The doors will be open on that Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.  Admission is $6.  There are more than 150 member quilts on display.  There will also be vendors.  In fact, the Attic Window Quilt Shop is a vendor at this show, so be sure and stop by their booth.

JULY CLASSES:   

• One Block Wonder - Vickie S. will be teaching this one week class on Monday, July 14th from 10-4. Call the shop for details and a supply list.
• Irish Chain – Vickie D. will be teaching this two week class on Wednesday, June 25 from 6-9 p.m. and again on July 23 from 6-9.  It is a beginning to intermediate class.  It is a fun and easy basic quilt done with 2 ½” strips. Class fee is $20
• Big Blocks – Vickie D. will be teaching this one week class on Thursday, July 31 from 5-9 p.m.  It is easy to piece this lap size quilt that is 72 ½” square.  Class fee is $15.
• Rectangle Rumba Tablerunner – Vickie D. will be teaching this one week class on Saturday, July 26 from 20-12.  This two color runner is easy to piece and perfect for any table.  The fee is s$10.
• Strip Street Bag – Lee Anne will be teaching this darling bag on Saturday, July 19, from 10-3.  You can make this simple easy strip pieced bag in a day and you can choose from two different size handles. You can see a picture of my Strip Street bag here.  The pattern was designed by a local quilt shop. The Class fee is $25.

ANOTHER NOTE:    If you like to use your scraps you will love the patchwork tote that Sew Mama Sew has for you.
 
Until next time,
♥
Stay Calm! Stay Kind! Stay Positive!
Caroll

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE ROW BY ROW EXPERIENCE?

How would you like to go on a shop hop that requires no passports and no fees?  You can do that this summer whether you plan to travel across the US and/or Canada or just travel here in Michigan.  You simply visit any of the participating quilt shops when you travel with your family or friends.

You probably wonder what’s in it for me?  Not only will it be fun, but you can win prizes and get free patterns like the one above.  Each shop has a free unique pattern that you will receive just for visiting the shop.  If you create a quilt using at least eight different rows and are the first to bring it into a participating shop, you can win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6-1/4 yards of fabric!). Use that shop’s row in your quilt and win a bonus prize!  For example, make one of your eight rows using the free pattern from the Attic Window Quilt Shop (like the row above), and your quilt is finished (quilted, bound, labeled) and you are the first to turn it in at the Attic Window Quilt Shop and you get a bonus prize. 

You can find out what shops are participating by going to the Row By Row website and clicking on the license plate for the state you are going to visit.  You will also find out more about this fun shop hop.  

 This is another look at the Attic Window row.  Above, Chris has added some words…."Peeking Snowman" and "Is it Spring yet?"  Remember you can get the free pattern and kits will also be available to purchase. 

• Travel and collect rows:  July 1 - September 2, 2014
• Bring in completed quilt for prize:  July 1 - October 31, 2014

ON ANOTHER NOTE:  Bee in My Bonnet has a tutorial for a great granny pot holder
 
Until next time,
♥
Stay Calm! Stay Kind! Stay Positive!
Caroll

DOLLS AND TRAVELING

Since I have been a bit under the weather lately, my lovely quilting friends have been sending me pictures of what is happening at the Attic Window Quilt Shop.  Above, Maggie is participating in the Doll Bee.  I love these little dolls and wish I had the patience to make one.  Julie L. teaches the class and runs the bee.  She is a fantastic teacher and if you are interested in making one of these dolls you should stop by and join her Bee any Thursday to see what is going on.  You might want to join one of Julie’s doll making classes.You can check the calendar on the sidebar for classes/Bees and times.
Thanks, Julie for sending me the picture.

SOMETHING TO TRAVEL ABOUT:  Are you traveling this summer?  Before you get on the road be sure and check the Row By Row website.  This is a new kind of shop hop.  There are no fees and no passports required, but you can visit the shops all summer long.  You simply visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern, and if desired, you can participate in a contest where you may win a great prize.  It tells all about the experience on the website.  Simply, click on the "Start Here" tab, and then click on the license plates of the states you are visiting to see which shops are participating.  NOTICE:  The Attic Window Quilt Shop is participating, so be sure and stop by!

ON ANOTHER NOTE: Seaside Stitches has a tutorial for a fabric box.

Until next time,
♥
Stay Calm! Stay Kind! Stay Positive!
Caroll