August Issue

ON THE BIAS: In This Issue

• Brand new product for Fall—Shape-Flex® in packages!
• What's so special about a 3rd edition?
• Everyone needs Calling Cards
• August New Releases
• Coming in September
• Top Sellers
• Inventory Updates

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Brand new product for Fall—Shape-Flex® in packages!

The supple, 100% cotton fusible interfacing that you know and love on the bolt is now available in a convenient package. Each peggable pack contains a single piece that measures 20" x 45"—perfect for small projects, and for reducing the long lines of people at your cutting table!

Popular for years with both professional tailors and home-sewers for getting crisp collars, cuffs and other detail areas of garments, Shape-Flex® is a favorite in millinery, home décor, and soft craft applications too. Quilters and fiber artists love it for stabilizing delicate fabrics without adding stiffness.

Shape-Flex® is M'Liss Rae Hawley's favorite interfacing for her gorgeous handmade purses and bags. It's a perfect add-on sale to her best-selling book, 101 Fabulous Fat-Quarter Bags with M'Liss Rae Hawley. Each pack is enough for 2 small bags or 1 large bag.

You can use packaged interfacings to build your bolt sales! Bolted interfacings can be difficult to merchandise effectively. Packages, on the other hand, have beautiful images and descriptive copy to help customers understand the differences between interfacings. Packages keep the brands you carry in front of your customers.

When displayed in targeted areas of the store, such as with related books and fabrics, Shape-flex® can be a successful impulse sale. Make sure you order plenty of this must-have product, and you will ensure reorders for years to come.

This brand new product is not in our Summer/Fall 2009 catalog - electronic sales materials are available, just let us know what you need!

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What's so special about Start Quilting with Alex Anderson, 3rd Edition?

This expanded edition of Alex's classic beginners' guide includes new projects, more quilt sizes, and lots of helpful new tips and shortcuts. Be sure to display this book front and center, because beginners are everywhere, just waiting to be found and guided into the wonderful world of quilting. Who better to guide them than Alex Anderson, America's favorite quilting teacher? The 2nd edition is no longer available, so be sure to place your reorders for the 3rd edition instead!

Everyone needs Calling Cards
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Calling Cards are back in style—and these gorgeous designs are easier than ever to personalize and pop out whenever you need them. Imprint them with an inkjet printer, rubber stamps, or handwriting. Get creative and add embellishments like stitches, ribbon and buttons. All your quilters and sewers can use Calling Cards to network socially or professionally. Display one on your front counter that customers can browse through to see all 40 uniquely illustrated designs and you'll need to reorder in no time! book cover


New in August

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Alex Anderson's Hand & Machine Appliqué
$19.95, #10673, 36/case
978-1-57120-611-4
  Patchwork Party
Sandy Bonsib
$27.95, #10682, 36/case
978-1-57120-624-4
  Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Appliqué
$29.95, #10683, 36/case
978-1-57120-651-0
  100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts for Kids
Mary Link
$16.95, #10676, 36/case
978-1-57120-618-3

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Alex Anderson's 4-in-1 Essential Sewing Tool
$19.95, #20109
978-1-57120-788-3
     Shape-Flex® Craft Pack
   $9.95, 20128, 50/case
   978-1-60705-019-3

Coming in September

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Super Simple Quilts #4 with Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski
$9.95, #10691, 72/case
978-1-57120-662-6
  Quilter's Academy Vol. 1— Freshman Year
Harriet Hargrave & Carrie Hargrave
$27.95, #10662, 36/case
978-1-57120-594-0
  Next Steps in Altered Photo Artistry
Beth Wheeler
$25.95, #10687, 36/case
978-1-57120-658-9
  Paradise Stitched— Sashiko & Appliqué Quilts
Sylvia Pippen
$29.95, #10675, 36/case
978-1-57120-617-6

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Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Cover-Button Jewelry
Laura West Kong
$14.95, #10681, 72/case
978-1-57120-623-7
  Mickey Lawler Teaches You to Paint Landscape Fabric DVD
$21.95, #10762, 30/case
978-1-60705-102-2
  Crystal Steps Quilt Journal
$16.95, #10996, 36/case
978-1-57120-854-5
  Royal Bubbles Quilt Journal
$16.95, #10997, 36/case
978-1-57120-855-2
• New Release Program members: Click here to customize your September auto-ship.

Top Sellers - It pays to keep these titles in stock

101 Fabulous Fat Quarter Bags with M'Liss Rae Hawley   $21.95, #10625, 978-1-57120-558-2
Carol Doak's Foundation Paper   $9.95, #10985, 978-1-57120-814-9
Judith Baker Montano's Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Tool   $22.95, #10644, 978-1-57120-533-9
Foolproof Machine Quilting   $20.95, #10618, 978-1-57120-509-4
Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts   $28.95, #10686, 978-1-57120-655-8
French Braid Quilts   $24.95, #10432, 978-1-57120-326-7
One-Block Wonders Encore!   $24.95, #10579, 978-1-57120-464-6
Quilts, Bibs, Blankies...Oh My!   $26.95, #10606, 978-1-57120-491-2
StrataVarious Quilts   $21.95, #10610, 978-1-57120-501-8
One-Block Wonders   $23.95, #10428, 978-1-57120-322-9
(for 12 month period ending 07/31/09)

Inventory Updates

Changes to New Releases:
Quilts: A 16-Month 2010 Calendar will be available to ship the week of August 17th
Alex Anderson's 4-in-1 Essential Sewing Tool will be available to ship in late September

Reprints that arrived in July:
All-in-One Quilter's Reference Tool
$16.95, #10382, 978-1-57120-299-4
Beautifully Embellished Landscapes $26.95, #10466, 978-1-57120-360-1
Carol Doak's Foundation Paper $9.95, #10985, 978-1-57120-814-9
Katie Pasquini Masopust Teaches You Simple Steps to Dynamic Art Quilts DVD $20.95, #10582, 978-1-57120-467-7
Peggy Martin Teaches You Quick-Strip Paper Piecing DVD $20.95, #10679, 978-1-57120-621-3
Sally Collins Teaches You Precision Piecing DVD $19.95, #10578, 978-1-57120-463-9
Elm Creek Quilts $24.95, #10287, 978-1-57120-177-5
Fabric Art Collage—40+ Mixed Media Techniques $26.95, #10654, 978-1-57120-580-3
Fast, Fat Quarter Baby Quilts with M'Liss Rae Hawley $25.95, #10638, 978-1-57120-527-8
fast2cut® Dresden Plate Template $14.95, #20116, 978-1-57120-827-9
Feathered Friends $21.95, #10647, 978-1-57120-537-7
Fun with Folded Fabric Boxes $20.95, #10510, 978-1-57120-399-1
Fuse-and-Tell Journal Quilts $21.95, #10611, 978-1-57120-502-5
More Elm Creek Quilts $26.95, #10567, 978-1-57120-451-6
A New Light on Storm at Sea Quilts $24.95, #10652, 978-1-57120-578-0
One Line at a Time $21.95, #10642, 978-1-57120-531-5
Paper Piecing with Alex Anderson $14.95, #10264, 978-1-57120-138-6
Simply Stunning Woven Quilts $26.95, #10568, 978-1-57120-452-3
Super Simple Quilts #2 with Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski $9.95, #10636, 978-1-57120-525-4
Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts $28.95, #10686, 978-1-57120-655-8
Timtex™ Craft Pack 13 1/2" x 22" $6.99, #20117, 978-1-57120-859-0
William Morris in Appliqué   $29.95, #10702, 978-1-57120-794-4

               On Backorder:
               French Braid Obsession - ETA 8/31/09
               Embellishing with Anything - ETA 8/21/09
   

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