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MARCH Newsletter


                                                                          



MARCH, 2023
Hello March! We are crossing our fingers that the proverb holds true:
"In like a lion, out like a lamb." 

Is your craft room in need of some Spring cleaning? AIS can help! Bring those UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) in and we can help you complete them. 

Remember to tune in on Saturdays at 9:00am to "Sew What's the Stitch, Susan?" This is a weekly Facebook Live Video Show that gives updates and highlights for All in Stitches. And...the host is pretty fantastic and her puppy is a real cutie! ;) You can watch it on our Facebook page and on our Youtube Channel.  

Congratulations to our February drawing winner!
($20 store gift cert.)

February winner: Colleen Murphy


We greatly appreciate all of our customers and the continued support! Read on to see what we have planned for March.


 
                 
 


Daily Lucky-The-Leprechaun Specials

We have a leprechaun in our store! And he wants to give you daily specials! That's right, Lucky the Leprechaun will choose one item or product group to be 17% off for just that day. Watch our Facebook page or our Café Board to see the special for the day. 
 



Spring has Sprung-10% off flowers sale! 

Let's welcome Spring with a discount! All fabric with flowers will be 10% off original price!
 




 St. Patty's WEEK SALE  
March 13th-18th 

All green fabric will be discounted 17% all week! Come see our NEW lines!
 



   

NATIONAL QUILT DAY

Saturday, March 18th
8:30am-4pm

Join us for a mini quilt retreat to celebrate National Quilt Day. We will have breakfast ready at 8:30am and a lunch at 1:00pm. Bring a UFO (unfinished object/quilt) or just participate in various demos throughout the day. Can't join us for the whole day? No worries! Just stop in to say hi & grab something to eat. No cost to participate! (There is a small charge for some kits.) Due to limited space, we ask that participants call & reserve their place and sewing machine (if needed). Call (406.883.3643) or sign up on our website (allinstitchesmt.com) today to hold your spot.



 

"Wearing Of The Green"
St. Patty's Day Discount
    
March 17th

Wear your green and get 17% off your entire purchase! (Consignment items excluded.)



 

Camp Stitch S'More Registration Opens April 3rd
Mark your calendars because for this retreat, registration is a first come-first serve. Your spot isn't held until a $100 deposit is paid. The cost of the retreat will be $280 & the dates are Oct. 12-15th.  
  

UPCOMING CLASSES
Call (406.883.3643) or sign up on our website 
(allinstitchesmt.com) 
today to hold your spot.



   

Block of the Month:
Nautical Dreams

Every Second Wednesday of the Month (March 8th)
10:00am-2:00pm
$30-includes materials, pattern, and class

Sandy Taylor will be guiding us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month to create Nautical Dreams. Nautical Dreams is a combination of two mariner's compasses and flying geese. It is surrounded by eight 10" stars and more flying geese. It is a paper pieced design and requires some knowledge of this technique. The pattern includes all the paper patterns needed to make the quilt. The quilt was made with Island Batik fabrics. We have ONE MORE KIT! You could catch up, there's still time!

 



   

Shamrock Table Runner
Thursday, March 9th

10:00am-2:00pm
$15 plus supplies

Mary Jamison is teaching us how to make this adorable table runner! The pattern and green 1 inch strips will be provided. 

                                           
   




Poppins Bag
Monday, March 27th
10:00am - 4:00pm 
$40 plus supplies  

Welcome back Judiee Goodman as she teaches this popular class again & create a fun, versatile bag for everyday use.                                                                                                                                                                
 



   
NEW FABRIC
     From Clothworks: 
On Lake Time


 
From In the Beginning: 
The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars
  
  
   
 SUSAN'S MUSINGS

I’m ready for the weather to quit teasing us. It’s not that I really dislike winter. but I would rather not

have the teasing of these false spring events. Waking up yesterday morning to 7 inches of snow and such
a flurry that we couldn’t see the islands was not my ideal start to a day off! Then 3 hours later, it is
melting and the sun is shining. Oh well! It is Montana after all. I am liking the additional daylight though. Someone said we are at the ½ point with 12 hours light and 12 hours dark.

Even though I, personally, am not Irish, for some reason I love the whole St. Paddy's day fever that hits in
March. It just calls to me. Maybe it is my love of corned beef and a good reason to party in a month that
doesn’t have much reason to celebrate. When you stop in the store, you will see that we have really embraced the green theme and the "Luck of the Irish."

I’m hoping March will be a bit calmer for me compared to February. Those of you that know me very well
know that I am not a person to rush off to the doctor with every little ache or pain. Well, I was having
some stomach issues so went to get it checked out. Of course I really don’t have a regular doctor
because I go so seldom. So I had to start with someone new and go through the pages of questions that are
involved with that. Well one thing lead to another and it was suggested that I get a sleep study done.
WOW that is an experience. I felt like I was wrapped in wires and electronics. Remarkedly, despite all the wires I did manage to sleep. The interesting thing is, though, that a quick visit for stomach problems is now leading to a CPAP machine and 2 weeks of heart monitoring and still no real answers to the initial query. This is why I generally stay away from doctors. I have discovered, on my own, that having an iced coffee instead of hot coffee in the morning has helped with my basic issue. Hopefully summer comes soon because drinking iced coffee when it is 5 degrees below just lacks something.

I have recently had some time to get back behind a sewing machine and get going on some projects. I
need to have 2 quilts done for high school graduations this spring. One is started and progressing well
and the other is still stuck in the planning stage...  Guess I better get in gear since graduation is
only 2 months away! I’m also working on the BOM quilt that we are doing in the shop. I love paper piecing, but I don't love having to get set up and do several hours rather than popping the project in and out of the machine. I hoping to go up to Cranbrook for a couple days to see a friend and spend the time just sewing. 

I know some of you are catching our new Saturday morning Facebook live video show, "Sew What's the Stitch, Susan?" We sure appreciate seeing the comments and the number of views. Thank you so much for your support! If you don’t catch us live, the videos are posted on Instagram, Youtube, and other social media sites as well as staying on Facebook. This is just another way we are branching out into the modern technology world. Like many of you, I am not fond of projecting myself onto the world, but it is getting easier. This Saturday we will be visiting Lead Emerson at her studio to talk about longarm quilting.

“The older you get the more you realize it is okay to live a life that others don’t understand.”
(-Taken 
from Bonnie Hunter quilt quotes)