The News from Aunt Ruth’s Quilt Shop, LLC JAN-MAR 2010
Phone: 513.733.0006 Visit us at www.auntruthsquiltshop.com Hours T,W,F,Sat 10-5 Thursday 10-7 Sun 1-4 Events This Quarter

Quilt Appraisers are with us all day Feb 6th. Call to reserve your time slot.

Join us Feb 7th for a Super Super Bowl Sale!!! We’ll be open 12-4pm!!!

Everyday Sales!! End of bold purchases still get 10%. Our Frequent Buyer Program-$500 in purchases, you get a $25 gift certificate. We ALWAYS have fabric 30-60% off. We continue to have fabrics for $3 and $4/yd. Every Tuesday Fat Quarters are $2.00.
Children’s Hospital Medical Center Join us the first Thursday of the month from 10am-?? to make quilt tops to donate to Children’s Hospital. If you can’t make it, come by and pick up fabric or a kit to make your own creation.
Private Sit and Sews - Do you and your friends want to get together and sew without interruptions? Then we have a deal for you!!! Call and reserve the back room for your group. We’ll work around your schedule. Cost is $5/person for the evening.
CLASSES-All supplies you buy for classes are discounted 20%.
Grandma & Me Very Popular!!! Corey 1 3-hr session Cost $20 Sat 1PM 1/9 or 1/30 or 2/6 or 2/27 or 3/6 or 3/27 Bring your grandchild or other special little friend. We will be making a tote bag (ask to see the sample) that you will leave with totally finished!!! Grandma does the cutting, sewing is done by the grandchild. Teens will use rotary cutter.
Moondance Carol Lang 1 3-hr sessions Cost $25/person Thurs 1/14 or Wed 3/17 5:30PM Afraid of curves? You’ll conquer that fear when you make this colorful, fast and easy quilt. No pinning, no clipping, no stress. You’ll cut out all your pieces in less than an hour and you’ll be amazed at how quickly you’ll have a finished quilt top. Come and learn this fast technique, all your friends will be so impressed. Takes 20 Fat Quarters
Thread Painting Corey 1 2.5-hr session Cost $25 Fri 1/15 or2/19 or 3/12 6PM Come have fun painting with thread. Supplies are provided, so all you need is your machine and brown, green, and red thread.
Bargello American Flag Corey or Tobie 2 2.5-hr sessions Cost $35 Tues 1/19 & 2/9 or 3/2 & 3/16 or 3/14 & 3/18 6PM This is an Awesome American Flag!!! Bargello technique creates movement in the quilt. Must see the sample at the shop!!!
Layered Waves Susan Preglow 1 3-hr session Cost $25 Wed 1/20 or 3/10 5:30PM This is a fun fast technique, you’ll be making lots of these for yourself and gifts for others. See the sample at the shop.
NEW French Braid Staff 2 3-hr sessions Cost $40 Fri 1/22 & 2/5 6PM This is a beautiful quilt, looks complicated but is not. Stop by the store to see the sample. The hardest part is picking the fabrics, which we can help you with.
Decorative Machine Quilting Corey 1 2-hr session Cost $20 Tues 1/26 or 2/24 or 3/9 6PM Don’t like free-motion quilting? Here’s a solution for you!! Quilt your quilt with decorative stitches on your machine. Works for binding, too!
Crazy Quilting Corey 2 2-hr sessions Cost $32 Thurs 1/28 & 2/11 6PM This is a great fun technique that makes really funs quilts. A good project to use up lots of scraps!!!
Just Can’t Cut It Corey 2 2.5- hr sessions Cost $35 Tues 2/2 & 2/23 or 3/9 & 3/23 6PM A FAVORITE!! Great class for beginners. So look through your stash and pull out that beautiful fabric that you Just Can’t Cut. So quick and easy that you’ll definitely make more. Great class for young quilters. See the sample at the store.
Lazy & Lovin’ It Carol Lang 1 2-hr session Cost $25 Wed 2/3 or 3/31 6PM Come see all the fun blocks you make with the Lazy Girl Templates. Blocks are simple and possible combinations are endless. See the sample at the shop!!
Purse Class Corey 2 2.5-hr Sessions Cost $40 Thurs 2/4 & 2/18 or 3/11 & 3/25 6PM Pick from a variety of purse patterns. We’ll help you through the process. We highly recommend the Bow Tucks or any of the Lazy Girl Design patterns, but we can do any purse you like. Samples at the store.
Batik Fat Quarter L C R Game The Girls FREE Sat 2/6 or 3/6 1PM Bring a bunch of fat qtrs, the more you bring the more games you be able to play. The game is called Left, Center, Right!!! This is a roll the dice game, where winner takes all. Please call to sign up for this, as the more people we have the better!!!
Landscape Quilts from Photos Corey 3 3-hr sessions Cost $60/person Sun 2/7 & 2/28 & 3/14 1-4PM Do you have a photo you would like to turn into an art quilt/wall hanging? We’ll help you turn your photo into a quilted masterpiece. We walk through the steps of transposing the picture to a drawing, selecting fabrics, assembly, and ideas for quilting to enhance your art. Sure to be a lot of fun!! CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED TO 4.
NEW Simply a Pleasure Table Runner Staff 1 2-hr Sessions Cost $20 2/10 or 3/24 6PM This is a great project for “brand new to quilting” people. See the samples at the store.
Fun & Done Quilt-As-You-Go Carol Lang 2 2-hr sessions Cost $35 Thurs 2/11 & 2/25 6PM In this class you will piece, quilt and bind--- all in one step on your machine. Choose from multiple patterns including Pin Wheels and Blooming Blossoms (see samples at the shop). Class time includes choosing your pattern & fabrics.
Curling Iron Cozy Corey 1 2-hr session $20 Fri 2/12 or 2/26 or 3/26 6PM Need a quick gift for someone. These curling iron covers are great for people on the go!!! You will leave the class with a finished cozy!
Stash Jacket Carol Lang 1 Session Cost $25 Tues 2/16 6PM This stylish jacket goes together quickly and is very fashionable!! In sizes from SM to 3X. Stop by the shop to see samples!!
One-Block Wonder Carol Lang 1 3-hr session Cost $25 Wed 3/3 5:30PM Learn the surprisingly simple technique to make this easy but complicated-looking quilt. One session is all you’ll need to master this challenge, and only one fabric is needed to make a quilt that never repeats a block. Sometimes the ugliest fabric is the best. Let us know if you need help with fabric selection. See the sample at the store.
Shop Hop Finishing (ANY YEAR) HELP Corey 1 2-hr session Cost $15 Thurs 3/4 6PM Need help finishing up any shop hop quilts. Let us help you break through that block and get those shop hop quilts finished!!!
T-Shirt Quilt Construction Corey 2 3-hr sessions $40 Wed 3/31 & 4/14 6PM Get a head start on that graduation present. We have plenty of the stabilizer (it’s a must) backing for the t-shirts.
Block of the Month Activities

Starlit Forest Block of the Month Susan Preglow or Corey Todt 3rd Wed of the month 6PM Cost $5/month This was so popular we’re doing it again. This BOM (6 mo) covers a multitude of methods and tricks to make construction easy. This original pattern contains directions for many variations to suit any skill level. Come by the shop to see the sample.
Art Quilt Method of the Month Continues Susan Preglow or Corey Todt Cost $10/mo Moved to 3rd Saturday of the Month 1-3 PM. Call or stop by to see what we’re doing. YOU MUST CALL AND SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME.
NEW Mix & Match Block of the Month Corey $5/mo 2nd Saturday of the Month 10AM Starts Feb 13th This new block of the month (10 mo) is fat quarter friendly. You cut all your fabric at the beginning and then construct up to 20 blocks from these. Buy the pattern in the first session and then each month is $1.
NEW Intermediate Sampler Corey $5/mo 4th Saturday of the Month 10AM Starts Jan 23rd This new block of the month (12 mo) teaches some more advance techniques, using templates, y-seams, partial seams etc. Come join us for the fun. Buy the pattern in the first session.