March 2024 Newsletter

Spring is just a few days away, and it seems to have arrived early in Northern Michigan.  We'll take it!  Are you working on spring projects?  Come in and let us help you pick out new fabrics and projects!

First things first - if you haven't checked out our new website yet, take a look!  You can shop online at any time of the day in your pajamas!  You can sign up for classes!  You can read current and past newsletters!  You can find products on sale!  Save this link as a favorite:  www.erinmatthewsewing.com


New Moda Kits Have Arrived!
This week we received two new Moda quilt kits:  Shoreline by Camille Roskelley and the Great Outdoors by Stacy Iest Hsu.  These won't last long, so stop in soon if you're interested! 


Windsong Block of the Month is Here! 
If you didn't sign up for the Windsong Block of the Month previously, we still have a limited amount of kits available!  Call the shop if you want to do this beautiful quilt made with Tonga Windsong batiks.  Thanks to Marilyn Herriman for sewing the shop model.  Here are the details for this 12-month Block of the Month: 

- $24.95 a month (plus shipping if it needs to be shipped)
- $10 non-refundable sign up fee
- You'll get 19 1/2 yards of Tonga Windsong fabric (a 20-piece batik collection)
- Uses traditional piecing techniques
- 108" square
- Quilt pattern and instructions, which includes a full-color double sided (11x17) pattern cover, and 8x10 image of the quilt color block pictures and the fabric to grayscale conversion chart
- You'll get the finishing fabrics (borders/binding during month 12)

We will carry the optional tools that will help create this masterpiece:
- Creative Grids Ultimate Flying Geese Ruler
- Creative Grids 4 1/2" Ruler 

Coming soon!  

'Twas the Night Block of the Month - Starts April/May 2024
This BOM is SO darn cute!  Who can resist a happy Santa, dancing reindeer and stockings by the fire?  Not to mention a sleeping mouse!  This is done in beautiful soft blues, grays and lavenders. The picture does not do it justice!!  The fabric line is Winter Gardens by Clothworks, check it out to see closer fabric details.  Here's what we know so far:

- Cost TBD
- 6 Months (you can get this done before Christmas 2024!)
- 60" x 68" 
- Features pieced quilting, along with applique quilting and hand embroidery techniques

Call the shop to get added to the list! 



Big Woods Block of the Month - Tula Pink
This 12-month advanced beginner BOM starts in August 2024 and runs through July 2025. Tula Pink fans, you do not want to miss this!  What a way to get through NEXT winter!  You'll get the monthly fabric kits from us, the pattern downloads and tutorials will be provided by Designer Sarah Fielke. This brochure provides more information. 

- Cost TBD
- Features Tula Pink fabric lines: Besties, True Colors & Solids 
- 70" x 96"
- Total of 16 yards of from 64 different fabrics! 
- Templates will be provided with subscription
- Monthly video tutorials with Sarah Fielke
- Features hand applique and piecing


Upcoming Classes

Are there other classes you want us to host?  Let us know!!  We can do individual one-on-one lessons, or larger classes as space permits.  The 3-yard quilts are popular! Get a friend of two and let us know what you want to learn! 

March 21, 2024
Viking Owner's Class @ Tawas Bay Beach Resort - Cindy Peck, Instructor   (Sign up here)

Learn to use the Program feature on your Husqvarna Viking sewing machine.  Combine and modify the beautiful decorative stitches or spell out a message on this handy little zipper bag.  It is just the right size to pop into your purse to keep those small treasures contained and off the bottom of your purse. Learn to use the 3-hole foot to add texture with yarn or ribbon. A kit will be provided with fabrics, mesh, zipper, etc.  Cost is $50.

March 25, 2024 @ 11:00 am
Free Motion Quilting (Sign up here!)
Learn free motion quilting in this 4 hour class!  You'll need to do some homework before class, details are online.  Cost is $50. 

March 27, 2024 @ 10:30 am
Personal Portfolio 6x9 Class (Sign up here!)
Wanda Anderson will teach this portfolio class.  It's great for a beginner--you'll learn basic skills and create a beautiful portfolio. Contact the shop for a list of fabrics to bring.  Cost is $20. 


April 2 and April 9, 2024 @ 10:00 am
By Annie Running with Scissors Class (Sign up here!)
Tracie Harmon will teach you how to create a handy toolcase to carry your rotary cutter, scissors, small rulers and more!  The toolcase features pockets made of vinyl, mesh and quilting cotton.  The two-day class is $30 for each day. You get 10% off your supplies when you purchase them at Erin Matthew Sewing. Bring your lunch to class!

May 18, 2024 @ 9:00 am
Kimberbell Machine Embroidery Event:  Day at the Spa (Sign Up here!)
You deserve a Day at the Spa!!  We will host this one-day Kimberbell machine embroidery event on May 18, 2024 at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort.  It features 3 projects, including a rope bowl, a soap pouch, and a zipper pouch - all done in lovely shades of lavender.  The cost is $109.  Sign up now! 


New Kimberbell

Quilting Through The Seasons
It's here!  Come see the Quilting through the Seasons ladder quilt shop model in the shop now!  We've got the embellishment kit and the 154-page CD/Instruction Manual that is beautifully printed!


All Michigan Shop Hop

We are preparing for the All Michigan Shop Hop which will take place in JUNE and JULY 2024. We've had so many pre-orders for the magazine/catalog--thank you! This helps us know how many to order.  We will let you know when it is available to pick up.  The cost will be around $11.95.  




This event is sponsored by Jaftex Corporation (and the delightful Scott Fortunoff)! Here's how it works: 

You buy the Michigan Shop Hop catalog from a participating shop.  Inside the full-color catalog, you will find ads from every participating shop, along with a regional map and a passport for each shop.  You visit the shops you want and get a stamp from each shop.  If you complete all shops in a region, you can enter to win prizes.  If you complete all the shops in the state - WOW - you can enter for more prizes!!  At each shop you'll get a collectible fabric patch.  Here's ours: 



Don't forget we are a drop off location for Rayola, a local charity that serves children in need in our own area. 

Until next month - keep sewing!