Sesqui Spring-tennial Celebration: Waverly will be 150 years old and the merchants are lining up special prices and bargains galore just for you. Come and see what’s going on March 26, 27 & 28. We will have quilting fabric, quilting books, selected frames and cross stitch kits 20% off. Plus I’ve been cleaning cross stitch patterns out as I count them. They’ve been good friends but now it’s time to say goodbye at ½ off the cover price. Maybe you should take some new friends home!

Love to Shop Hop Trail: Hop on the trail to seven shops on April 2, 3, & 4th. 20% off offered at all stores for quilting fabric and books. Visit every shop and get your card stamped, with purchase, to receive a piece of fabric for the mystery project. Turn it in at your last stop to be entered into door prize drawings. It’s time for some fun and fraternizing with friends.

The Victoria Sampler Trunk Show: These elegant sampler style models will be in the shop from April 2nd– 25th for your viewing pleasure. Vote for your favorite and get a chance to win a free one of Thea’s patterns.

Online Needlework Show April 15 – 20:
Go to www.needleworkshow.com to see all the neat things. If you don’t have a computer to get online, you can use ours. I will have my laptop set up so you can view all of the vendors (there are usually over 100) and a handy notepad so you can write down what you just have to have. All orders should be called 352-5464 or 1-800-307-4103 or emailed (info@myfiberworks.com) by in Monday noon so I have time to compile orders and get them placed before the show closes. If you order beyond that time we can probably still get items, but it may take longer.

Free patterns: Thanks to Joan Lohr and Cricket Collection for sharing their free patterns.

Punch Needle Trunk Show: On May 1st – 16th we will have models from Red Barn Collections by Carrie Beenken. Please come and see this Iowa artist’s work. She will be teaching a class here in punch needle using her red barn design on May 2nd. Let’s fill the table to encourage her efforts!

TECHNIQUE TIP: Laughter is good for you.
As I was cleaning off my desk I found a list of jokes someone had sent me and was laughing out loud by the time I finished reading them. Not only does laughter make you feel better, it exercises muscles, and has been proven to help you heal faster. With all the depressing economic news, retirement investments doing badly, people losing jobs or having to take time off unpaid, I thought you might enjoy a few minutes of mirth. So I share these “Things to Ponder” from comedian Steven Wright:

1. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station.
2. If Fed Ex and UPS merged, would they call it Fed Ups?
3. Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?
4. What hair color do they put on the driver’s license of bald men?
5. Should women put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans?
6. How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t live there?
7. If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?
8. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn’t zigzag?
9. So what’s the speed of dark?
10. If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
11. I went for a walk last night and my kids asked me how long I’d be gone. I said, “The whole time.”
12. Why don’t they make mouse-flavored cat food?
13. I just got skylights put in my place. The people who live above me are furious.
14. Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?
15. Whose cruel idea was it for the word “lisp” to have an “s” in it?
16. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
17. If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?
18. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older, then it dawned on me. They were cramming for their finals.
19. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with little tiny spoons and forks, so I wonder what Chinese mothers use – a toothpick?
20. If quitters never win, and winners never quit, how did we get “Quit while you are ahead”?
21. After eating, do amphibians need to wait an hour before getting OUT of the water?
22. Since light travels faster than sound, isn’t that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?

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Class Schedule: One half of the class fee is required at the time of registration to hold your place. Please register at least two weeks in advance of scheduled dates to allow for ordering of supplies in time for class. Fees include supplies and instruction unless otherwise stated in class descriptions. Please add 7% tax to fee if you mail it in. There are no refunds for class fees once I have ordered supplies, but you may reschedule a makeup time at your convenience.

Thurs. Apr 16th 10:00-12:00 or 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Beginning Knitting: Learn to cast on, knit, pearl and bind off. Class will be getting the technique down and if you feel comfortable starting a dishcloth. Fee includes instruction book, a pair of bamboo needles & yarn (color choice in class) Class Fee: $19.50. If you just need a review or practice, you can join us at no charge.

Sat. Apr 18th 9:00-12:00 – Cross Stitch Plus: Using a bead accented design from Papillon Creations called Winter Wood, you will do cross stitch plus learn fishbone, rhodes diamond, queen, woven ray, pulled square eyelet and fly stitches. Threads used will be silks on a evenweave 28 count ground fabric. Stitch size is 54 x 54 and can be finished as an ornament, pincushion, or card insert. Class Fee: $18.50.

Thurs. Apr 23rd 6:00-9:00 – Beginning Silk Ribbon Embroidery: Make a sweet basket of silk and beaded flowers with a Mill Hill design. The basket is bargello, the flowers looped bead and spider web silk roses, detached chain buds and silk french knots – eek! (They are not really that bad.) Design fits on a medium heart charm which may be worn as a pendant or add a pin back to wear as a pin. This is a great technique to use to embellish clothing. Class Fee: $24.50. (limited to 3 people)

Sat. Apr 25th 9:00-12:00 – Blackwork Mini Stocking: Your choice of floss colors, plus a metallic, will decorate this cute little Christmas stocking from Heartfelt Designs. Learn reversible blackwork done with the running stitch. Just the right size to make into an ornament. Class Fee: $20.50.

Thurs. Apr 30th 9:00-12:00 or 6:00-9:00 – Rainbow Sherbet Runner: From Top It With a Runner book by Waldschmitt you will do a bright and cheery looking table runner with rail fence blocks. Finished size is 17 ½” by 44 ½” with a pair of stylized fusible applique flowers on each end. Class fee includes pattern, fusible web, stabilizer and fabric for the front of the runner. You will need your own batting and backing to finish. There are 6 other designs in the book for you to do on your own. Class Fee: $39.00. (Bring your sewing machine, rotary cutter and ruler.)

Sat. May 2nd 9:00-11:00 – Punch Needle Barn Sampler: This class will be taught by Carrie from Red Barn Collections, a new designer in the punch needle field. The design has a red barn scene complete with a windmill and alphabet and numbers lined up on the top and bottom. The design is pre-stamped on fabric for you. Fee includes pattern, floss and instruction. Class Fee: $22.50. You will need a 3 strand punch needle (additional $9.00 if you don’t have one) and a non slip hoop such as a Susan Bates.

Thurs May 7th 6:00-9:00 – Cubed Herringbone Bracelet: Using a ladder stitched base you will combine it with herringbone stitch to make a cool bracelet. I do need to know what colors you would like to use early so I can get the correct beads ordered. Uses size 8, 11, 4mm cubes and 3mm fire polished beads. Price may vary depending on the color/finish of the beads you choose. Class Fee: Not more than $24.50.

Sat. May 9th 9:00-12:00 – Tulip Fantasy: This is a charted canvas piece by Susan Kerndt. A tulip radiates out from center in each quadrant done in a combination of florentine embroidery and laid fillings. Shades of silk in violets are accented with silk and wool greens in Caron Collection threads. Design is worked on a 9” square piece of 18 count mono canvas. Class Fee: $42.50.

Thurs. May 14th 9:00-12:00 or 6:00-9:00 – Elegant Hardanger Accessories: Pattern by Roz Watnemo has a scissors fob with matching needle book and scissors case. Materials for all pieces are included in class fee, but we will concentrate on the fob in class. You will do klosters, cutting, weaving, and satin stitches used in this lovely technique from Norway. Class Fee: $25.25.
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WHAT’S NEW! –
Kits: Threaded Needle – beaded key chain kits can also be used as a needle case; Just Nan – L.E.Harmony Monogram Tin matches Harmony pattern; Bent Creek – Photobooth Snowmen; Dinky Dyes – For My Friend; Swedish weaving towel kit; Fabric: Red Rooster – A’s, Bees and Dandelion Seeds; South Sea Imports – Button Up Bears by Debbie Mumm; Avlyn – Space Ranger (planets glow in the dark); Riverwoods – Flannel Tracking White Tail Deers by Granola Girl; Other stuff: DMC needlepoint canvas, View Stick magnifier; Just Nan – Charm Garden Pins; Double clasp beaded chatelaines; Krafter’s purse and mini purse on a swivel.

QUILTING: Lockwood Enterprises: Rambling Rose, Springtime, Lavender Blue; Brookshier Design Studio: Nine Patch Ring.

CROSS STITCH: Rosewood Manor: Midnight Tulips Necklace, Watch Over Me, Flowers, Plants & Fishes, 2 Stockings; Shepherd’s Bush: Be My Valentine, Scatter Luck, Scatter Snowflakes; Homespun Elegance: Stitching Lady, Miniature Samplers VIII, Welcomes a Plenty VII; Prairie Schooler: April, July, Stars & Stripes; Heart In Hand: First four Christmas Markings and Border; Lizzie Kate: Just Text Me, It’s a Girl Thing; Blue Ribbon Designs: Read Between the Lines, It’s Cold Outside, Hugs and Kisses; Jeannette Douglas: Pineapple Stitches and Biscornus, Take Time to Read; Indigo Rose: September, Scottish Prayer, Walking to St.Ives; Imaginating: Perfect Gift, Our Anniversary, Tea for Two; Victoria Sampler: U is for Usher, V is for Valentine, W is for Witch, Mystic Needlework Smalls, Forever and For Always, Where Stitchers Gather, Heirloom Stitching Sampler; Val’s Stuff: Home is Where My Cats Are; SamSarah: Baubles D is for Dog, E is for Elephant, Three Carrots; Sue Hillis: Here’s My Heart, Stitchers Days of Christmas; Waxing Moon: Love, Monthly Series January; Blackbird Designs: Love is in the Air, My Heart is True, Two Hearts; Kit & Bixby: Blessed Wool; Nora Corbett: Letters K, L, M, Rudolph, Santa’s Sleigh; Mirabilia: Winter White Santa; My Big Toe: Threads of Love, Quaker Prayer, Hope in the Lord; Ink Circles: Twisted Heart, Friendship Star, Cross for Anne, Hawaiian Mandala Sampler; Bent Creek: Snapperbets 4 & 5, Winter Frost, The Tree of Me; Praiseworthy Stitches + : Petit Sampling Etui, Simple Gifts Hope; Dinky-Dyes: Celtic Tuffet, Pansy Biscornu

OTHER: Hardanger: Meier &Watnemo – Mary’s Hardanger Fancies; Satin Stitches – Quick Bookmarks; Loopylou – Summer Breeze, Memory Lane. Canvas: From Nancy’s Needle – Spring House Garden; DebBee’s Designs – Glitz and Glamour Peridot, Amethyst, Diamond, Topaz joins Ruby and Sapphire.

Happy Stitching!

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Fiberworks Sesqui Spring-tennial Celebration
108 E Bremer Ave. March 26 – 27 – 28 STANDARD Waverly, IA 50677 Love to Shop Hop Trail PRESORT
April 2 – 3 – 4 U.S. POSTAGE PAID 20% off quilting books and fabric PERMIT NO. 37
Trunk Shows:
The Victoria Sampler – April 2 - 25
Red Barn Collection – May 1 – 16 Online Needlework Show
(punch needle pieces) April 15 - 20