New Block of the Month

Great news! We are starting a new block of the month the first week of January! This block of the month is different than our current block of the month. It is called Civil War Tribute, and the fabrics used are Judie Rothermel. We love our Judie Rothermel! It's a 12 month block, and you pay as you go.
Each month you will come in anytime after the 1st week of the month and pick up your yardage. This is not a pre-cut block. There will be more than one block to complete each month. The finished quilt is 100" x 112". By the end of the 12 months you will have enough fabric to complete the entire top and the binding.
Come in or call the shop to sign up, as space is limited!!

December Open House

AnnaLouisa's NeedleArts is welcoming Christmas with our December Open House!Join us Saturday, December 5th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.We will have sales and treats from our special bakery!

Some of the sales will include:

• 30% off Sale Fabrics
• 20% off Books, Patterns and Magazines
• 30% off Yarn
• 40% off Flannel
• 10% off Select Kits
• All fat quarters $2.25

We will also be offering 10% off our new arrival fabrics, which include:

Mill House Inn by Fig Tree Quilts
Wiscasset by Minick and Simpson
Rouenneries by French General
Aster Manor by 3 Sisters
Old Primrose Inn by Blackbird Designs
Civil War Homefront by Barbara Brackman
Collections for a Cause - Alliance by Howard Marcus
Vine Creek by Kansas Troubles Quilters

Stop in early for the best selection! (Of cookies too!)

Black Monday Sale

Hello friends!

We're right in the middle of our Black Monday Sale!! What does that mean? It's great deals for you! With select fabrics, books, patterns and so much more on sale it's a great time to stock up before the snow gets here!

We've gotten new fabrics in, including 19 bolts of new 30's prints!

December 5th is our Winter Open House. Make sure to stop in for sweet deals and sweet, well, sweets!

We hope to see you soon!

Fall is here!

All this cold weather means one thing... TIME FOR CRAFTING! No more yard work to be done, kids are at school and our crock pots are doing the cooking for dinner. That leaves us lots of time to be behind a sewing machine, knitting a sweater or hand stitching the latest Block of the Month!

Speaking of what else it's time for, our October shop hop is nearly hear! The Steppin' Out Quilt Tour 2009 starts in less than two weeks. Are you ready? For details check out this site: http://www.steppinoutquilttour.com/index.html.

Pincushion of the month details are available on our site now as well.

We are in the process of rearranging the site, so make sure to stop over and get reacquainted!

More to come soon!

Where did the summer go?

What happened to July and August?! Oh that's right, we were preparing for September and October!! We've been so busy getting wonderful kits, classes, and shop hops organized for you. In fact there is a shop hop going on right now. The Jingle Bell Shop Hop is comprised of 10 area stores offering you the best in needle crafts. Stop by, we're open extra early all week (9am) and Saturday we don't close until 5pm!

We also have another shop hop coming up in October. This one involves 13 stores (WOW!). It's $5.00 for a passport and you get a nice tote bag and small gifts from each store. More details to follow.

Don't forget our Block of the Month has started, but you still have time to get in on it. We are offering a Civil War or Floral choice for our fabric. That is $30 up front for the whole year! We also have two new choices. We are doing a Wool BOM this year. This block will be a pay as you go block and you will applique your wool pieces onto either a piece of wool or brushed homespun (your choice).

Our newest monthly choice is a Pincushion of the Month! We are so lucky to have it designed by the very talented Lisa Schiller. Each month's pincushion will lend to that month's holiday or time of year. But don't expect your average pincushion every month. October's is going to be a 3-dimensional witches hat! The pincushions will also be pay-as-you-go.

As you can tell we have lots of things to keep you busy as the weather cools down at AnnaLouisa's! Stop by and see us soon!

Fun in the Sun!

Hello Quilting Friends!

This past weekend we went to the United Quilt Guild's quilt show in Sebring, OH. What a great time! There were many beautiful quilts to be seen and we made SEW many new friends! Thanks so much to United for putting on a great show.

We've been putting out all sorts of new kits. We have a beautiful wool Sunflower hanging that's a breeze to put together. It's available in the shop or online for $14.99. Check it out under Quick Project Kits and Wool Kits!

We also added a tour of our store to the Location page. It's a great way to see what our shop is all about if you haven't made it in yet.

Lots more coming in July! Stop by and see us soon!

Time flies when you're having fun!

And boy oh boy is the time flying at AnnaLouisa's!

We are already starting to get Christmas fabric in! We've gotten Figgy Pudding by Basic Grey and Kansas Winter by Kansas City Troubles.

We are also ramping up for a fun weekend in Sebring for the United Quilt Guild bi-annual show. Come check us out!

We've been getting together lots of kits and great little projects to get you through the summer and this heat wave we've been having. Stop by and say hi soon!

Website Updates

Been super busy with the website for the past 2 days! All of the Bella Solids, Beach House and Collections for a Cause Legacy fabrics are available for purchase. Also updated the kits page and put 4 new kits for sale! Check it out!

New Class Schedule

Our June Class Schedule has been posted on our website! E-mail, call or stop in to sign up for classes!

Make sure you're searching our site often as we are continually adding to it. You never know what new section might pop up or when we may take down those annoying "Under Construction" signs! It's a process, but we're working as quickly as possible for you!

We've been busy!

What a great time we are having at AnnaLouisa's! We had a great time with the authors of The Guild in the Granary; Mary Clark, Jan Biggs and Diana Forrester. The book signing went very well. We also participated in a Quilter's Day Out in Warren, OH and met many new friends.

Quilter's Market was this past weekend and we will have lots of new things to share with you soon. Fabric shopping is fun!

Book Signing

We are all very excited at AnnaLouisa's NeedleArts for next Friday. That day we will be hosting the three authors of "The Guild in the Granary". Stop by on Friday, May 8th between 1:00pm and 3:00pm and meet Mary Clark, Jan Biggs and Diana Forrester. The trio will be on hand to sign their book "The Guild in the Granary" printed under the pseudonym Alma Lynn Thompson. If you aren't able to attended, stop in early and pre-order your book. We will be glad to have the women sign the book for you! We look forward to seeing you!


Check out our website: www.annalouisas.com

New Civil War Fabrics!

We received 19 new bolts of Civil War fabrics from Marcus Fabrics on Wednesday the 22nd. All of the fabrics are by Judie Rothermel from several of her different collections.

The Civil War Room is bursting full of fabrics, stop by soon to check them out!