   A Daily chronicle of events that occur and are associated with Olde City Quilts!
Wednesday 02.22.2012
Good morning! We're up early today. Rob and I will not be at the shop until later this afternoon. Unfortunately, Rob's Uncle passed away. We are going to South Jersey for his services. He had been ill. The shop will be in the capable hands of our staff. We have a few things to announce. We are delaying our Cathy Wiggins visit. We will reset the date very quickly. Rob is on the verge of "rolling" out his Rotary blade recycle plan. Mike is testing out our new Blade sharpening system. We plan to offer a blade exchange. Used blades will be dropped off, and recycled blades available for a slight fee. We are excited to be on the "cutting edge" of this new program! I hope to see you all a little later at the shop! Tuesday 02.21.2012 Good morning! It's Tuesday and we'll be heading to the shop soon. I had a good day working from home. Rob was busy installing a Gammill with the help of the buyer. He was gone most of the day. It was a fun sale to be involved with. The Bright Red Gammill Vision Classic was actually bought as a surprise Birthday gift! Rob installed it while she was at work, and her husband was off for the holiday. I can't imagine how excited she was when she got home. I don't have too much to talk about this morning. Hopefully we'll have some interesting things happen at the shop today. I'm looking forward to getting there. I hope to see you soon! Monday 02.20.2012 Good Morning! Another great weekend at the shop. Lots of things I have to work on and catch up on behind the scenes. I'll be doing as much as I can from home. Rob is off to install another Gammill. I don't think he is going to be able to stay away from the shop today. He has a lot of work on his plate. The Bus trip to the Quilt Fest is over half full, make sure your seat is secured! That's about it for now. Thanks for all your continued support! I will see you soon at the shop! Sunday 02.19.2012 Good Morning! It was great to get back in the shop yesterday. Especially, seeing some old friends for the first time in years. We were pretty busy. People are really enjoying the Cathy Wiggins samples we have displayed in the shop. There is still plenty of room in her classes, stop by or check out her site for more information. Rob and I just enjoyed a little breakfast. I made a quick Chili & Cheese omelette. Rob is finishing his morning "Bucket" of tea. So, now it's time to get ready to head to the shop. Looks like a beautiful, bright morning out there. Hope to see you at the shop! Saturday 02.18.2012 Good Morning just leaving for the shop! I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, I went on my first Gammill install with Rob! We had a great time. Bonnie is going to be a Sales rep for us pending the approval of Gammill. She lives in NY State. She does beautiful work and will have to be more involved at the shop! Driving to her home was a great reminder of my time in Montana! I heard the shop was busy on Friday and although I had fun, I wish I could have been around to see everyone. I will see you all soon! Thursday 02.16.2012 Good Morning. I don't know what happened to yesterday's post. I'm sure I wrote it. I'll have to be more careful today. Rob was busy the last 2 nights. He removed the wall between the elevator area and the Sale room. Mike's Scissor sharpening area has already been moved! Rob promises more changes are coming! I'm still finishing a sample for the shop. We put Cathy Wiggin's samples on display in the shop. They really are outstanding! Hope you stop in to see them and sign up for a class! I'll be heading to the shop soon. Hope to see you there! Tuesday 02.14.2012 Good Morning! Happy Valentines Day! I can't tell you too much about what was going on in the shop. I never made it there. Apparently, everything was under control. I have so much to catch up on around the house. I made a small improvement! I'm hoping that the samples for Cathy Wiggin's classes have arrived, or will arrive today. It's so exciting to have a teacher of her status returning to the shop. She is actually going to teach 4 classes. 2 Long Arm classes, her fabric painting and her photo to fabric class! We also will have a trunk show Thursday the 15th. I hope all of those who missed her last time are able to get in this trip! That's about it for now! I'll see you at the shop! Monday 02.13.2012 Good Morning! Whew. We had another great weekend and retreat at the shop. I know lots of people had a great time. Thanks to my staff for making everything happen. We had a new group of friends visit, who promise to bring more friends back. I also see more of our customers venturing out to visit local restaurants and shops in Burlington. I know Francesco's and Legends have seen increases. We also love Cafe Gallery and Geraghty's. Saturday we had customers visiting Philip's Antiques as well as The Antiques Emporium. I hope Ummm's is ready to open soon. I'm sure they're going to see more quilters! I hope you all are enjoying our growth. It's exciting to see so many people who enjoy quilting as much as I do. I think Burlington City is a great place to visit and it seems like more and more people agree. Time to go. See you at the shop! Sunday 02.12.2012 Good Morning! The final day of our retreat! Everyone is having a great time! I think yesterday's Burrito lunch was a real highlight! We had a really busy day in the shop! Another 830 Limited Edition is going home with its new owner! We have a couple of more Gammill shoppers, and another buyer is adding a couple of feet to her new house addition to accomodate her Gammill! Life has just been one huge blur lately. Time is flying so fast. But everyday is lots of fun, sharing in your quilts and feeling great helping anyway we can. I'll see you soon at the shop! Saturday 02.11.2012 Good Morning! Day 2 of our retreat is underway! I spent the morning working on tonights dinner! Last night we had a great dinner from Francesco's. Rob and I enjoyed it. Hope everyone else did. Busy day at the shop on Friday and there's plenty going on today. Judy Donovan returns to teach another great class. we are so lucky to have her nearby! Rob and I are trying to find a spot to set up our new Gammill Home Pro! I've gotta run as usual wish I had more time, I will see you all soon! Friday 02.10.2012 Good Morning! Our next retreat starts in a few hours! We still have some last minute details to attend to. It's amazing how much busier we are getting. Time is really flying for us. Events that seemed far in the future keep popping up almost unexpectedly! We are going to have another great weekend! We have been getting calls from visitors who are traveling from out of the area for their first visits! Lots of new stock came in yesterday. Sew much to do! It has been a tough week to keep up with all of the demands. Thankfully our great staff has been able to keep things moving! I'm looking forward to seeing you all at the shop! Thursday 02.09.2012 Good Morning! Another big day on the agenda. Rob and Mitch are heading out to install a Gammill at the Quilter's Corner in Chadds Ford Pa. They already have a Statler and are now adding the Vision 26 for renters! We still hope to add Gammill's to more shops! I have a couple of full classes today, as well as plenty to do in the shop. Mira sold her first Bernina yesterday! Three young men came in that are expanding their businesses. They are designing clothing and needed to add a serger! We wish them the best of luck in expanding! Time to get back to finishing my shop sample before heading to the shop! See you soon! Wednesday 02.08.2012 Good Morning! I had a great class last night! A new learn to Quilt class is underway! Its always exciting to get new people started! Rob installed a light bar on our Statler! What a difference! I really like the light bar. I think we'll run a special on light bars. Everyone should have one of these on their Gammmill! We are getting set for our retreat this weekend! Should be a great time as usual! Mike will be on hand sharpening scissors. I have a feeling we might overwhelm him this weekend. Lots of behind the scenes things going on today, hopefully we'll have new exciting things to report soon. Fingers are crossed! That should do it for now! I have a sample to work on before heading to the shop! Fun!! See you soon! Tuesday 02.07.2012 Good Morning! Rob made it home safely! 3 new Gammill owners will be happy soon! We also bought a new table for the shop. Still so much to prepare for! Our Quilt Fest Bus trip is more then half full. We have a couple of classes this weekend that still have room as well! Judy Donovan returns to teach project makeover and Camille Buchanan is teaching handquilting using the quilting spoon! Hope to see some last minute sign ups! See you at the shop! Monday 02.06.2012 Good Morning! Another really busy day at the shop on Sunday! We didn't sell any machines like we did on Saturday, but we didn't have many left anyway! Saturday was such a busy day. Rob made it safely to Missouri. He actually drove right by the Super Bowl! He said he was tempted to go to the game! He'll be home soon with the new Gammil machines to be delivered! I better get my day started, lots to do. See you at the shop! Saturday 02.04.2012 Super Friday at the shop! Friday is always one of our biggest days of the week. Yesterday broke a lot of records!Thank you so much for your support! The morning began with 11 ladies converging on the shop! 9 from Staten Island NY and 2 from Schenechtady. Not sure if I spelled that right! 4 sewing machine sales and more Gammill shopping! Our 9 ladies enjoyed lunch at Legends! The extra good news is we got a couple of trade ins that may not last the day! I have to get going. Sew much to do! I'm teaching a class and more sales are expected of machines! I will see you at the shop! Friday 02.03.2012 TGIF! Ready for another long day at the shop! I have several machine buyers visiting today! One of them should already be on the road! Bonnie is on her way down from NY State to visit the shop! She just bought a 26" Gammill Vision! She is on the way down with a friend and was scheduled to begin her journey at 6 am! The shop will also be buzzing late tonight with "The sew must go on!" I'm sure this day will hold additional surprises for me! Time to get started! See you there! Thursday 02.02.2012 Good morning! Another busy day at Olde City Quilts! Everybody seems excited about our Super Bowl sale. Lots of sewing machine sales, and just a lot of activity in general. It was sad to hear that The Mullica Hill shop is closing. Rob and I visited it on a trip to Needles and Pins, and just loved it! We wish them the best of luck. Rob got the Statler set up at Fabric Inspirations' new shop in Manalapan NJ! He said they looked like they were getting close to ready to open. Gammill continues to spread throughout the area! I guess that's about it for now! See you at the shop! Wednesday 02.01.2012 Good morning! Welcome February! We would like to thank everyone for a fantastic January! Things just continue to look great at Olde City Quilts! Rob is off this morning already to install that Statler, and getting ready to go pick up 3 machines this week! Today is the final day to get an order in to be on this delivery! Lots of work to do. Sign ups for the bus trip to Quilt fest have slowed down, We need a few more so let us know if you are going to join the fun! Thats about it for today, see you at the shop! Tuesday 01.31.2012 Good morning! Another exciting Monday as January comes to an end! Another Bernina sale, more shoppers and we are waiting for a final approval on financing for a new Gammill customer in NY State! We got the agenda for Cathy Wiggins visit next month. We will have that on line later today, I hope! Our facebook page passed 800 fans and I'm meeting with a fabric rep today, so lots to do! Rob is scheduled to deliver a Statler Stitcher to Fabric Inspirations new location in Manalapan tomorrow! Linda Eaves will become a sales Representative for Gammill and she plans to offer her machine for rent in the shop! Congratulations Linda! We wish you great success! Rob's son begins his return to Afghanistan tomorrow. We hope to get together for dinner tonight! That's about all for now! See you at the shop! Monday 01.30.2012 Good morning! Everything went really well at the shop yesterday! Another huge hook line and sinker class! The reason for the 2 large classes back to back was they were all part of a needle craft guild from my hometown Collingswood NJ area. I think we convinced several to try quilting! Eva also had a class going on both days! The shop was busy with lots of sewing machine shopping and sewing table buying and even a Gammill shopper who is hoping to buy before the sale ends tomorrow. I will be in the shop this morning, but have lots of sewing of samples which I plan to do at home. So, perhaps I'll see you at the shop! Sunday 01.29.2012 Good Morning! Busy, busy Saturday! The Huge Hook Line & Sinker class went great! We surely introduced more people to quilting! It seemed like everyone had a great time! Thanks for coming ladies! Eva had a mystery Quilt class going too. It was really fun to have so much sewing going on at once. The shop itself was pretty busy too. Lots of new visitors as well as our regular customers picking fabrics for their next projects. Today is likely to be just as busy. I have another large Hook line & Sinker class, Eva has a Bag class and we'll just have to wait to see how busy the shop gets. If you haven't been in lately, you haven't been to Olde City Quilts! It looks like a great day to take a ride to Burlington! I'm off to get ready! Ill see you at the shop! Saturday 01.28.2012 Good morning! What a great Friday! We were really busy but undertook totally rearranging the shop! It is still not put back together yet! We had a visitor from Nevada who has been following us on facebook come by! We felt so bad that the shop was not up to our usual standards. Its funny how when one section gets neat and organized, how sloppy the other sections look! We have a big day at the shop! And it's time to get it started! See you there! Friday 01.27.2012 Good Morning! And then it was Friday! A full Souper Sew crowd is expected! It's always a great time! Probably won't have any room for drop ins, but you never know! Do feel free to stop by and see what goes on for our Souper Sew! We did move a few things around yesterday Mira rearranged our Accuquilt dies and the surrounding fabrics. We are awaiting Mike, who is building new cabinets for our books! Rob and Lynne are updating a Statler Stitcher that we are trying to sell for a customer and Rob has more walls and things to tear down! Whew! Fridays are always a busy day to get ready for, so I better get started! I sew look forward to seeing you at the shop! Thursday 01.26.2012 This week is sure flying by! Thursday already. We are really looking forward to a busy weekend at the shop! 2 huge Hook Line & Sinker classes! I'm sure we will be welcoming new quilters soon! Lots of fun yesterday at the shop. Rob and his son moved some big cabinets to the second floor, and Rob started widening the doorway to the sale room! Change is underway again! There's always something going on here! I think I'll be there shortly. See you at the shop! Wednesday 01.25.2012 Good Morning! I enjoyed a day away from the shop! So much to do! I did get a lot of work completed! My personal sewing time has certainly increased since I got my own Gidget sewing table. The shop remained busy which is always nice to hear! I am very excited to get back there today! I think I'm going to get my day started right now! See you at the shop! Tuesday 01.24.2012 Good Morning! A great Monday for Olde City Quilts! Eva and I found the long way to Fabric Inspirations' new shop! We were about 30 minutes late! It's not open yet, but we got a preview at our Shop Hop Meeting! Good luck Linda! The Shop Hop meeting was good. I hope we have the best Shop Hop ever! Rob was able to announce that Sarah Vedeler will be visiting the shop! Sarah uses Bernina, Accuquilt and Aurifil products! Margie, our own embroidery specialist has made and promoted Sarah's designs. I think everyone loves the Bedazzled quilt! We will have her for 2 days, August 23 & 24 2013. We will build a weekend retreat around her visit. Speaking of retreats, payments are due for the balance on our Feb. retreat! Fun times are just around the corner! I will be doing a lot from the house today, and Rob has a Gammill job to go out on. Not sure when I'll make it to the shop today, if I make it at all! But I do hope I see you soon! Bye for now! Monday 01.23.2012 Good Morning! We had a really great Sunday at the shop. Very busy, and a large Hook Line & Sinker class. The class went pretty well, it seems like the class is attracting more true beginners, which is great! We got a little busy around 4pm which is our new closing time. I wonder if we'll have to stay open later again! Once we got home, I hosted Rob's family for dinner. It was a lot of work, but we had a really nice time! I have outside the shop things to do today. A Shop Hop meeting in Manalapan and a phone meeting with Bernina! Time to rush off and get things started! Hope to see you soon...at the shop! Sunday 01.22.2012 Good Morning! Thanks to those who braved the elements and visited the shop. Our rear parking lot was not clear, but the City was out there last evening as we were leaving, so it should be much better today. I actually spent last evening rearranging my kitchen instead of rearranging something at the shop! We will be at the shop from 11-4 today! We have a large Hook Line and Sinker class today, so we expect to be welcoming a new group of quilters! This class is always fun! Time to get the day started! See you at the shop! Saturday 01.21.2012 Good Morning, Waking up this morning to the beauty of the snow. We will be open as usual today. We don't expect to have any of the troubles reported by the local news. We had another wonderful Friday! Hopefully, we'll have some visitors today! Bus reservation's are already underway. We will sponsor a bus to the Quilt Fest of NJ on Sat. March 3, 2012. $45 covers your comfortable transportation, entrance to the show and the usual Olde City Quilts fun! Reservations are available on line under the Quilt Retreats and Events section of our on line shop. I'll get Rob to put more links on the site today! Time to run! I have to get to the shop! See you there! Friday 01.20.2012 Good Morning! It's Souper Sew Day! Can't believe how another week has just flown by! Another really nice day at the shop on Thursday. Not quite as busy as it was during the retreat. We do intend to be open all weekend if possible. We don't cancel events in advance due to forecasted weather. Seats on the bus trip to the NJ Quilt Fest are available to be purchased online! $45 gets you a comfortable ride with friends to the show, admission to the show and the usual Olde City Quilts fun! Time to get to the shop! Hope to see you there! Thursday 01.19.2012 Good Morning! Our first ever during the week quilt retreat ended. They are here to stay! Thanks to all who attended! Rob Jr was around the shop most of the day, and it was really great how many of you welcomed him home and said such nice things to him. It really meant a lot to Rob. They both went out on a Gammill service call, and stopped by to visit Marti's 830!  Rob Jr got right into the business! Rob Jr. is Bernina certified, but has not been actively working. The problem here was a little fuzz build up in the automatic threader! We're off to the shop shortly, Rob and I have agreed on a little remodeling he's been advocating for. He's agreed to do it the way I want it! Look for a mess soon in the elevator area! I know, I thought we were done expanding! You should hear what Rob and his son were planning yesterday! I'm not sure I can take it! Time to go! See you at the shop!
Wednesday 01.18.2012 Good morning! Busy, busy! Things just keep rolling along. Our retreat is going along just fine. I think these weekday retreats are here to stay! This one is not that crowded, but we're having the same amount of fun! The pace seems a little slower, Rob and I actually got to spend a little time there last night! Sewing machine sales keep moving along, Gammill inquiries are increasing. I see more and more people visiting our local restaurants after visiting us! It's just a great thing for this town! I look forward to more businesses moving in and really growing this downtown community! Thanks again for supporting. The Lily Inn B&B, Francesco Pizzaria, Legends / Legends Tap and the legendary Cafe Gallery! See you at the shop! Tuesday 01.17.2012 Good Morning! Wow! Another record setting day at Olde City Quilts! We were a little understaffed at times. Sorry if anyone was inconvenienced. Our first ever weekday retreat is underway. Rob brought a hardly used 30" Statler to the shop for sale on consignment, We need to update it, but it should be ready for years of service! We'll keep you posted. Year end results are in from Bernina. Olde City Quilts is in District D. The customers at Olde City Quilts were among the leaders in our district! We were ranked #2 in overall sales, #8 in selling the Big 8 Series machines and the #1 dealer in over acheiving the sales goals Bernina had expected from us! This is truly an honor. We don't set sales goals, we simply sell what you ask for! We thank you for acheiving this recognition for us! Glad we could help! Lots to do, we're up early and ready to go! See you at the shop! Monday 01.16.2012 Good Morning! What a Super day Sunday turned out to be. We were actually late getting to the shop. Normally the shop is really slow from 11 - 12. Well, people were waiting for us to arrive! We opened about a minute or two late, and the shoppers came pouring in! Judy Donovan had a really full class, which kind of stressed our space. We should have been better prepared for all of the room her class required. Growing pains! Lots of new visitors, one was wandering around the shop reporting on her cell phone how great she thought the shop was! Little things like that really make our day! Rob is off to do a Gammill job today, and hoping to return in time to pick his son up at the airport! I've got a lot to do to get things in order around here! I'll be off to the shop early. Our first ever during the week retreat begins today! We still have room! We are far from sold out! Come have a great few days of sewing with some new friends! Sunday 01.15.2012 Wow! We need a little more time to recover from Saturday! What a day! New shoppers, old friends and even scissor sharpening going on! That was great! Remember scissors can be dropped off anytime. Given the days success, I assume we will have Mike do his sharpening the same way again. Rob picked up a donated large screen TV for our someday in the future husband lounge! Rob got more good news. His son should be ready to be picked up at the airport tomorrow at 4:30! It will be nice to have him back here for a short visit. Time to get ready for another day! Sunday hours are 11 - 4! See you at the shop! Saturday 01.14.2012 Good Morning! Ready for another day at the shop! Our souper sew day was a little quiet yesterday. but the shop was keeping us going. We (Eva) are displaying all of our rulers in a new spot. Is notion organization coming to Olde City Quilts? Hard to imagine! We actually moved a large cabinet to create the new space. When we moved the cabinet we remembered why the cabinet was there.....we ran out of wood stain when we built and finished the wall! We had the stain color custom mixed so this was going to be a problem! Annie headed out to find a solution, She purchased a new color that Minwax came out with and guess what! It's a perfect match! Mike will be available to sharpen scissors this morning. Special pricing will be in place for the day. 3 for $10 sounded good to us. if you don't have 3 pair bring them anyway. We'll make a deal! See you at the shop! Friday 01.13 2012 Good Morning! Little late getting started again! We made it to the shop, we were rushing, but we're here! Souper Sew is underway. A little room for someone to drop in if you suddenly find you have free time this morning! Oops I have to run home...We're 1 crock pot short! It's always something! I'll see you when I'm back at the shop! Thursday 01.12.2012 Good Morning! Busy morning, I have to run and meet with a fabric representative! Rob is off to do a Gammill service! Maybe I'll bring you up to date later this morning! See you at the shop! Wednesday 01.11.2012 Very, very interesting day for Olde City Quilts. So much going on behind the scenes. I'm starting to think Olde City Quilts would make a good reality TV show! We continue to welcome new visitors from near and far. Yesterday we met new customers from Mt.Laurel, that didn't previously know we were here! Remember to keep spreading the word about Olde City Quilts! That's about all for this morning! I'm working on more Quilts then I have in a long time! It feels great! I'll be leaving for the shop in a little while. hope to see you there! Tuesday January 10, 2012 Good Morning! I can say that because it's not quite noon yet! Sorry that I'm so late getting this out this morning! We had a very important phone call we had to attend to this morning, and it just threw everything out of whack! Nothing big to report from the phone call! I did finalize plans with Cathy Wiggins and will posting her class schedule today or tomorrow! I am ready to try Francescos new lunch special! So it is time to run! See you soon at the shop! Monday January 9, 2012 Good Morning! Another week begins! Sunday got off to a slow start, I don't know if it's because people don't know we are open at 11am or if people aren't ready to shop until after 12 noon! We'll give it a while longer. Things picked up nicely making it another great day at Olde City Quilts! Rob and I are starting the week at home, and have lots to do around the house. Francescos has a new specials menu starting today! If you haven't stopped for their lunch specials, you're really misssing out on a great deal! We probably won't get to try the new menu until tomorrow, but they did show Rob the sneak preview! That's about it for today! I'll see you soon, at the shop! Sunday January 8. 2012 Good morning! Saturday was a terrific day at the shop! As usual we welcomed so many visitors, new and old! I have to say a special thank you to our regular friends who have offered so much to my shop! Our Quilts of Valor program would be nowhere without their invaluable volulnteer efforts! Thank you! Olde City Quilts travel coordinator, Irene Karas will be working out details, but we are also 99% having a bus (or 2) available to travel to the Quiltfest of NJ on Saturday March 3rd. We are excited to enjoy the same booth location we had last year, right at the door! Last year we had 10 ft. This year we have 40ft. Wow! Saturday was astonishingly busy. Perhaps the nice weather made people go out for a ride! I hope it continues today! How about Brunch at the Cafe Gallery and a visit to Olde City Quilts! See you at the shop! Saturday January 7, 2012 Good Morning! Another fantastic Friday! Thanks so much for coming! We started the day off with our visitors from Staten Island! They are welcome anytime! Rob was busy from the start, because the delivery truck was waiting for him to unload Lynne's new Statler! That was a big job! By all accounts our late night sew was a success! Thanks Eva! Too much to go on and on about! I've got a class to teach this morning! Gotta run! See you at the shop! Friday, January 6, 2012 Good Morning! Another wonderful day at the shop! We were busy all day long, welcoming a few new customers. We helped a visitor from Ct. who will be coming to visit by train! We have a new member of our embroidery group after she added an embroidery unit to her 640. We also signed up a handquilter, to take a lesson on our Gammills. Finally, the premier of our new Made to Create class was a hit. We didn't have a large group, but we had a great time! We all think this continuing education class will be very popular! I think we'll repeat this first one often, and add new classes regularly! We also were busy finalizing plans for our booth space at the Quiltfest of NJ! Hope to see you all there too! We'll have 40ft of floor space! Last year we had 15ft! Let's help make this quilt show one of the best in the country! Wow! That was a busy day! It's time to get today started! See you at the shop! Thursday, January 5, 2012 Good Morning! The shop is starting to come back together! We're liking it! Our disarray didn't slow our customers down on Wednesday! Really busy! More friends returning to see our expansion since their last visit! Looking ahead, tonight is our first in our new series of events. Free to those who have purchased Bernina's from Olde City Quilts. "Made to Create" learn about a specific function of your machine and leave with a completed small project! Should be fun for everyone! See you at the shop! Good Morning! A little slow yesterday in the shop. We were busy re arranging everything! The sleigh is safely tucked away until July. Right now it looks like a bomb went off! I'm confident once we get this together it will be an improvement! Moda's Summer Breeze II arrived yesterday. We're carrying the entire line. More fabrics are on the way! I'll keep you posted! Still room in our January, first ever, during the week retreat! This event has not sold out! Don't miss out on this chance to find out why our retreats are so popular! The Meeting house features bunk beds, but sleeps 120 over 2 floors! We have only 30 or so at our events, so as Rob says...no one gets a top bunk.....unless they want one! Plenty of room to spread out! See you at the shop!
January 3, 2012 Good morning quilters! The new year is underway at Olde City Quilts! It seemed like everyone shopped on Saturday, but plenty of you showed up on Monday too! We had some old friends stop in and we got to show them our expanded shop! We really did have a terrific 2011, and really look forward to revealing all of the plans we have for 2012 & 2013! As we grow because of your support, our focus remains on doing the things that made us your favorite quilt shop! We are looking forward to our first retreat that is not being held on a weekend. ( Jan 16 - 18 ) . We still have plenty of room, and actually are hoping to get a few more participants! Time to get my morning underway! See you at the shop! 01/02 Good Morning and Happy New Year! Our Good Buy Sale was simply amazing! The results proved to be our busiest day ever! It's always nice to see so many happy faces! My staff was just super and I so appreciate the hard work they do to make a day like Saturday possible! We had a quiet New Years Eve and Day. We are ready to get back to the shop! See you there! 01/01  12/31 Happy Sale Day! An Olde City Quilts tradition returns today! Our end of year sale! Hope you can make it! We are here and the doors will open at 8am! Gotta run and get things ready for you! See you here!
12/30 There's only today for us to prepare for the Good Buy Sale Sat 12/31 8 - 4! Tell your friends! We are trying to make room for new and exciting fabrics already coming in 2012! Rob moved the sale section yesterday, now we have to expand it! I hope we load it up with your favorites! I'm looking forward to tomorrow. We hear that a lot of people are coming. We'll see. We will have extra staff on and available to help you and help speed your visit tomorrow to Olde City Quilts! See you at the shop! 12/29 Another Busy day! I understand it was really busy before I got there! I was busy at the bank doing all the fun things behind the scenes! We are getting ready to head in this morning, things should be well underway by the time we get there! Things are progressing towards being ready for our Good Buy Sale on Saturday! I did get a lot done on the calendar last night. I'm trying! Still hope to get a few more classes lined up! Rob was busy working with Mike ( scissor sharpening ). They were discussing the small construction projects they are planning! Mostly shelving and widening doorways. Sew .... changes are coming to Olde City Quilts! See you at the shop! 12/28 Good Morning! Things were right back to normal on Tuesday! Busy,busy and welcoming new customers! We already had some gift cards cashed in! We're looking forward to our big sale Saturday, and making plans for expanding our sale section and re arranging some things! Always room for improvement! I look forward to seeing you at the shop! 12/27 Good Morning! We're back! Those 2 days certainly went too fast for me! We really did enjoy the time off! We'll have to find a way to do that more often! It will be good to get back to the shop though! I do miss it when I'm not there! I am opening this morning.....so....I have to run! See you at the shop! 12/26 Good Morning after Christmas! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We are really enjoying ourselves! Rob spoke to his son in Afghanistan, so it was a good day! We had his 2 other sons over for dinner! It was wonderful to see them! Rob didn't manage to buy me any sewing related gifts! What was he thinking! But, he did come through with a beautiful watch that I love, which is what I really wanted! We are taking the day off from the shop today. We will open tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you all! See you tomorrow! 12/25  12/24 Good Morning! It's Christmas Eve! We will be open 9-2pm We'll stay longer if we have to! I don't think we'll have to. We've had a wonderful Christmas Season and hope you all have as well! If you're still shopping good luck and be careful! We will return to normal business hours on Tuesday, Dec 27th! See you at the shop! 12/23 Good Morning! Welcome to the last minute! I'm almost ready. I think I may be finishing up a few things on Christmas Eve! The shop has been very active! It's been busier then last year! We really continue to have a great time seeing everything going on! I have a little news flash! In order to get some family gifts done I got a crash course on basic operation of the Statler! I actually had 2 quilts going at once! It was pretty great! Shirley, Rob and I picked out a couple of patterns on line and Shirley got it all set up! I think we learned a lot that is going to open up a whole new realm for our Statler rental program! Looking forward to the new year! Well I'm ready to head to the shop! Hope to see you there! 12/22 Good Morning! Another great day at the shop! Sewing machines keep moving out of the door! We are planning to be open on Saturday Christmas Eve! We will be there from around 9am and plan to leave by 2pm. We'll stay later if there is any business, but I think it will be slow for us! If your family is planning a last minute trip to Olde City Quilts, make sure they get here early! Also we will be closed Sunday for Christmas.......and Monday.....I know....how can this be.....sew many gift cards to spend.....our records from last year show that our customers were busy snapping up bargains and exchanging gifts at other stores on Dec. 26th 2010. So, we suspect you will do the same again this year! We have seen a lot of work getting done by our Dashing thru the Sew attendees! Hope everyone's ready! Its time to get running! See you at the shop! 12/21 Good Morning Quilters! I think it's only appropriate to say a special good morning to Irene! We had another great day at the shop Tuesday. We really have seen an increase in Gammill activity! Their long sale is scheduled to end January 31st! This may be the last opportunity to get a Gammill at these prices. We are starting to reach people in NY and CT. Bob & Carolyn Ward stopped in from Myrtle Beach SC. Bob reports that his quilting business is doing well and he has even taught successful classes in a local shop! Bob does custom quilting on his Statler Optimum we delivered earlier this year! We are going in a little later this morning! Plenty to do from home! See you at the shop! 12/20 Good Morning! It's getting closer! Are you ready? We have our annual Dashing thru the Sew Days! Plenty of time to make quick easy 10 minute table runners, or finish up those projects! Rob and I have a little shopping to do to keep the the shop full of cleaning supplies and paper goods.....it never ends! Making some soup for the days event! See you at the shop! 12/19 Good Afternoon! I imagine you all saw the blip on the website! Sorry about that! Rob was out on a Gammill Service, so he just got it fixed now! Nice day at the shop here! We've recovered nicely from our Holiday Party! I saw something so cute that made me so happy. A father and daughter came in to buy something for Mom! It was so cute watching them leave together. Really made me so glad that I own this shop. Hopefully, we are making good memories for our customers! I can picture someday the girl saying What was the name of that quilt shop we had to go to for Mom? Rob and I are here to meet another shop owner, who is planning to buy a Gammill for their shop! There's already another one in our trailer waiting to be delivered to another shop! Your Gammill choices are growing! 12/18 Good Morning! Another week has come to a close! Saturday was not as busy as expected. Rob and I actually left a little early. I got my tree decorated last night. I had to go through my decorations, sadly, lost some to damp conditions from the slight flooding problem we had this past summer. Time to run, we're going to have a little Sunday morning pancakes and eggs breakfast and then off to the shop! If you don't feel like cooking, head to The Cafe Gallery for their Sunday Brunch before we see you at the shop! 12/17 Good Morning! A terrific start to the weekend! The first 2 hours yesterday were the busiest I remember! I know some customers were heading to other shops following visiting us! I hope it's a good sign for our economy! Great to see The Noble Wife signing books in the shop yesterday! Ran out of books way too early! Sorry for that Jacquelynne! Thanks to those who did turn out for the event! Off to the shop! See you all soon! 12/16 Good Morning! I can't tell you how much I love our shop! It's always so much fun meeting new customers, visiting with old friends, seeing beginners browse around and getting to help someone buy the Bernina or Gammill they always wanted! This has truly become a paradise for me! The soup is on for today's Souper Sew! There may be some room due to some last minute cancellations. Remember, The Noble Wife, Jacquelynne Steves will be in this afternoon. Gotta run! Sew much to do! Looking forward to seeing you all at the shop! Bring a friend! 12/15 Good Morning! Another great day at Olde City Quilts! We started the morning with a machine sale, and ended it with a sales event in Philadelphia! We welcomed 4 new customers to the Bernina family from that event! I think we have established a great relationship with the Making it Sewing Workshop, and they are helping to spread the word about Bernina Sewing machines! The husbands and family members have been coming in and filling wish lists! This time of year is so busy and lots of fun too! I know I was missing my Mom a little yesterday, but I really felt her spirit was with me. I hope we all enjoy the rest of this Holiday season! Time does march on...we just put out a little Valentine's fabric! See you at the shop! 12/14 Good Morning! We're at the shop early! Ready for another long one. We'll be in Philadelphia this afternoon for a sale event at the Making it Sewing Workshop! We did this once before, and had a nice crowd come out! Hopefully, we'll have another good time there! We are doing a lot of rearranging in the shop, organizing for our big end of the year sale! Gift Certificates continue to be a big seller! Hope you are getting one! Don't forget to tell your friends and family what you really want for Christmas! See you at the shop! 12/13 Good Morning! I managed to stay away from the shop all day! I had plenty to do at home! I rearranged the furniture for the tree, and lots of cleaning and organizing! The shop was apparently, very busy as usual. Gift Certificates continue to be popular items. Another machine sale, and more on the way! I'm looking forward to getting there this morning! Hope to see you there! 12/12 Good Morning! Nice day at the shop yesterday. I'm planning to work from home today. We'll see how that works out. I may end up at the shop! I know Rob has to go in to work on a few machines. I'm actually going to try to get my house in shape for the holiday! We have a nice tree to decorate.....now let me see.....where is that tree stand! See you soon! 12/11 Good Morning! We are at the shop! This new opening at 11:00 thing is tough to get used to! Its quiet here, so far! Not much to say this morning! We sold the last 830 Limited Edition we had in stock! I haven't checked to see what the stock information is at Bernina. I'll be sad when we can't get these anymore! I'll miss seeing it on the sales floor everyday! The Gift card business this year is really something! I think we're wearing out a path to the post office! Time to go! See you at the shop! 12/10 Good Morning! Pressure is building! We had a surprisingly quiet day! Calm before the storm? We did have a lot of fun yesterday! Avis came in to upgrade her sewing machine! She brought her non Quilting friend. Avis explained that her friend was laughing and making fun of her for quilting. The friend explained (over a cream soda) that her mother had sewn and always wanted her to. Rob started in on her. " I've heard that story a million times!" You'll be in here quilting soon!.....of course she said she wouldn't.....Eventually she purchases a purse pattern but refuses to open an account, because she won't be coming back.....Avis and her head out the back door....but wait.....what's this?....someone comes back with the monster tote over her shoulder!!( boy is she hooked!) So now she buys the pattern for that as well....and...opens an account! Remember to bring your friends to Olde City Quilts....the more the merrier! I have to run! See you at the shop! 12/09 Good Morning! We may have new viewers of the Qronicle this morning! Welcome! Starting to hear back from more and more teachers and quilt artists from across the country. Trying to reach someone from outside the country! Hope to squeeze some visits in! Running late this morning. Not really ready for Souper Sew Day! We have a big group coming too! Sew, I better get going! Looking forward to this weekend. I'm sure this will be a busy one! See you all at the shop! 12/08 Good Morning! Busy, busy! The weather didn't seem to dampen everyones spirit for shopping yesterday. As I write this the sun has poked through my kitchen window! I expect everyone that didn't make it out yesterday will show up today! I just got off the phone with Judy Donovan! Look for more classes with her! I'm very excited about that!! Also coming to our schedule will be Hand Quilting! We are excited to be adding another great teacher to our team! Our classes, although I always hear great things about them, have been our most overlooked area during our growth! Well, we are fixing that! We are also working on having big name guests! That takes a long time, but we are working! See you at the shop! 12/07 Good Morning! Another huge day with machine sales! You guys keep surprising me! I've made progress on the newsletter! Scheduling Cathy Wiggins for a return visit! We also have set up a trunk show of Jacquelynne Steves The Noble wife! She will be in the shop December 16 2pm for a book signing! See you at the shop! 12/06 Good Morning! Had a nice Monday! The shop was busy apparently! Didn't get the chance to make it to there! We delivered 2 machines to Needles & Pins before heading to Lancaster! Not the most productive shopping trip ever, but always interesting to get out there! Saw some new products that we didn't buy yet... We're here today! Working hard on lining up teachers for our class schedule! Looking forward to filling you all in shortly! See you at the shop! 12/05 Good Morning! A new week begins! Great weekend at the shop! Another 820 ready to go home! Rob and I have a lot to do outside of the shop today! We will be in, just not sure exactly when yet! We are working on our exciting class schedule and hope to have some of the basics out soon! Trying to squeeze in some guests! I better get going! See you at the shop! 12/04 Good Morning! A great Holiday parade last night! It was great to see so many people out celebrating! The outdoor seating at Legends was filled up early! I bet they had fun! Rob and I were both in Marching Band in High School and were impressed with the great talent of our local young people! Great day yesterday at the shop! Great first day for my learn to quilt class! I can still make some room in this group and will catch you up fast if anyone still wants to jump in! I'm heading in early to do some quilting! See you at the shop! 12/03 Good Afternoon! I didn't have any time to write this morning. I had my Learn to Quilt class from 9 - 11! The shop was the busiest ever for the first few hours! Then we seemed to get a break! I just had lunch and things are still calm! We are ready for our Downtown Parade this evening! A great way to end the day! See you at the shop! 12/02 Good Morning! Another fun day! We were so slow for the first hour or so.....and then wow! It was as if a bus pulled up! We met with the students from the Doane Academy who have been painting store windows in town! I hope they get the time to squeeze us into their schedule! They seemed to like my idea, I hope they find a way to implement it! Fingers crossed! Time to run! Another busy day coming up here! Hope to see you at the shop! 12/01 Good Morning! And now November is over! The Christmas rush is on! We are really having so much fun seeing the projects everyone is trying to finish up for the holidays! Gift certificates have been rising in popularity! We have a cute little area with little sewing gifts for friends or stocking stuffers! Had another busy and late night at the shop as 2 last minute new shoppers came in to buy machines! One told us to thank NJ Transit for her having a little extra time while she made a bus connection! Time to start another busy day! See you at the shop! 11/30 Good Morning! So excited to be planning our Long Arm Retreat! Irena wanted to come back before she even left last time she was here! She told us then that she was going to film her DVD at Olde City Quilts. She will be including a DVD for those that attend the classes that are filmed! DeLoa sounds excited as well! I encouraged her to visit the website and Facebook to get to know us, and she said she didn't have to. Speaking to Irena about my shop was good enough for her! We had another big day at the shop yesterday! 2 machine sales! Husbands are out there shopping ladies! Make sure you let them know what you want! See you at the shop! 11/29 Good Morning! Tuesday already! Things keep rolling right along! Sew exciting to see what each new day brings! I'm running late this morning so going to run! I'm expecting another busy day! See you at the shop! 11/28 Good Morning! Well....sew much for the calmer Sunday! I had a great Hook Line and sinker class! Make room for more quilters! The shop was really busy for most of the day. This was the first Sunday that I felt like the new hours on Sunday message got out! Looks like the time change is here to stay! 11- 4 on Sundays! I am planning to go in to the shop today. I'm just not sure when yet! Hope to see you there! 11/27 Saturday added more excitement to this week! I don't think I ever imagined a shop being so busy! I wonder if today will be a little calmer. I'm going to keep it brief this morning our new Sunday hours make our morning go a little faster! We are now open 11- 4 on Sunday! See you at the shop! 11/26 Survived Friday! Good Morning! We were very busy yesterday! Lots of old friends lots of new! The end of the day slowed enough that we were able to move things around a little! Lots of new fabrics came in! We just have too much fun buying here! 2 Gidget tables got sold yesterday, and a 550 Bernina! We expect more excitement today! See you at the shop! 11/25 Good Morning! Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving day! I know I did! Black Friday is here and already underway! I'm busy getting the soup ready for our Souper Sew Day! Eva actually worked yesterday, taking care of all the deliveries that came in on Wednesday! We should be ready to greet our shoppers at 10:00! See you at the shop! 11/24  11/22 Good Morning! Getting an early start this morning Rob is heading out to move a Gammill machine. Hopefully, he won't be gone too long! Yesterday a new customer traveled from North Jersey with her Gammill and shopped while Rob checked it out. Another busy day, If this pace keeps up I may have to reevaluate what constitutes a busy day! I remember not too long ago we hardly ever utilized our 2nd cash register. Now sometimes I think we need 3! Hope you all got our sale flyer, we're still working on all our systems here. Signed up some new beginners yesterday, for our Hook line and sinker class! Quilting looks like its going strong and growing among younger people! I better get going! See you at the shop!
11/21 Good Morning! Another fun day for Olde City Quilts! Rob and I were on the road to speak to a great quilt guild! We'll be looking forward to seeing more of them! The shop was pretty busy while we were away! We got back in time to see a few customers! Monday is here and a new week begins! Black Friday Sale flyer will be in your E mail today! Regular hours Monday and Tuesday, we're closing at 3:00 on Wednesday! Re open Friday 10:00! See you at the shop! 11/20 Good Morning! Saturday looked like we were having a sale! What a great day! As usual lots of new people came in! One customer traveled from 100 miles and was thrilled that she did! She said our website did not do our shop justice. I should have asked her what could be done to improve that. We appreciate all of the word of mouth advertising our friends provide for us! We hear it everyday! So thank you all! We have another busy day today. Rob and I are off to speak at a local guild! I'm sure the shop will be busy as well! Time to run! Remember our new Sunday hours are 11 - 4 ! See you soon! 11/19 Good Morning! Wow! The busy days are really piling up! Still finding a steady stream of new customers! We're bracing for a large group for our thread demo, but didn't have too many confirmations, so we'll see what happens! I'm sure there will be space for you to pop in! Its like Thanksgiving...there's always room for one more! Eva and I need to pin on a preload for a long arm customer, so its time to run! See you at the shop! 11/18 Good Morning and Good bye to Regis! I really don't get time to watch but he's usually on in the background. Won't be the same! As usual there is a lot to do! I really have to get another thread order in! You guys have really been racing through it! Should have our Black Friday E mail out today! Fingers crossed! I think I've seen more husbands starting their Holiday shopping early. Start dropping those hints! They've been out looking around! Ready to head to the shop! Hope to see you all at there! 11/17 Good morning! The shop was a little slower yesterday, but we met some new customers, and sold another 830! We also had to get paperwork off to expand our presence at the Quiltfest of NJ! I'm still not good at this planning way ahead stuff! Can't we just do things at the last minute? Our Regular Wednesday group had a visitor who is new to quilting! Thanks to Peggy for helping her out! I know she had a good time! So, I'm off to the shop to see what today brings! Hope to see you there! 11/16 Good Morning! Another busy and long day at the shop! Another week is zipping by and Thanksgiving is right around the corner! We are ready for the rush to the Holiday season! I'm going to get my day started! We have our regular Wednesday schedule this morning! I'll see you all at the shop! 11/15 Good Morning! Monday, Monday! Another great day at the shop! Very busy and a Statler Sale! Rob has to drop this one off in Virginia! That's going to be a trip! We're off and running this morning! Come see us at the shop! 11/14 Good Morning! Well, the only way to describe Sunday is madhouse! We were so busy for most of the day, the time just flew! The retreat Show and tell was lots of fun! Rob didn't get a picture of my project! I was very disappointed! Our poorly promoted hours change seemed to work out OK. We had customers show up before noon! And no one knocked on the door after 4 when Rob locked the door. We were there until past 5 anyway finishing up projects we were working on. I doubt that we can follow up that weekend with a busy Monday, but we'll find out! I'm getting a slow start today. See you at the shop! 11/13 Good Morning! It is so Much fun going to the shop every morning! Every day is just more exciting then the next! This has been one of our busiest retreats ever. There were some great projects happening in Judy Donovan's class! Also, as usual, more and more new shoppers! It's time to run again! My oh my it's getting harder to rest for a minute! Today actually starts our new hours ( that I totally forgot we decided on) We are open 11- 4! We will be there till at least 5 I'm sure just in case! See you at the shop! 11/12 Good Morning! First day of our retreat went pretty well! Chicken Parm for dinner! We had fun showing and talking about things we saw and bought at quilt market. I stayed a little later then I planned, had too much fun! Time to have breakfast! Gotta run! See you at the shop! 11/11 Good Morning! God Bless America! Thanks to all of our Veterans! Retreat weekend is here! We just got notified by Aurifil that we won something at Market! It was great talking to Alex at the booth! We look forward to seeing him more often in the future! Thanks Aurifil! We also look forward to expanding our Aurifil collection! We'll be talking about our market trip during the retreat tonight. All are welcome to stop by (6:30 at the meeting House). Time to head to the shop for a busy, busy day! See you there! 11/10 Good Morning! Another great day at Olde City Quilts on Wednesday! I even made it to Costco so Charlie has food again! We are ready for our retreat weekend! We'll miss our Souper Sew crowd, but they'll be back! Tonight we have a good sized Hook line and sinker class! I love working with the beginners! Time to get ready to head to the shop! See you soon! 11/09 Good Morning! The days and weeks are just flying by! This is really a busy season with so many holiday events! Another busy day in the shop yesterday and today is our usually busy Wednesday schedule!! I'm going to keep it short today. I let Charlie run out of dog food, so I hope to make it to Costco at some point! As usual, I so look forward to seeing you all at the shop! 11/08 Good Morning! Don't forget to vote! Rob and I cast ours on the way in! It's another beautiful day! Very busy Monday! It's hard to imagine that we'll ever be able to take one off! We'd also like to say hi to all the new people that are following our website and facebook page! We are closing in on 700 followers! Also I see people reccomending the Facebook page to their friends! Love to see that! we have a big hook line and sinker class coming up! 8 people signed up! I'm so thrilled so many people choose Olde City Quilts to begin their quilting journey! Also we are reworking our Statler training program, due to the huge delay. We are going to get everyone in as quilckly as possible! Countdown to our Retreat this weekend has begun! I'm actually planning to do a project myself! Can't wait! See you at the shop! 11/07 Happy Monday! Things are really getting exciting around here! New shoppers plus Eva is getting her 830LE and one of our 830 Demo machines has found a new home! Looks like there will also be a couple of new long arm quilters in the area soon! Gammill sales are looking good! See you in the shop soon! 11/06 Good Morning! Another week draws to an end! So much excitement! We are gaining new customers and friends so quickly, its hard to fathom! We so enjoy seeing everyone! This afternoon we say good bye to the Turtle creek Quilt Guild. It was a great weekend for us and I hope they all enjoyed it as well! Next week we go right back in to retreat mode with our own group coming back for more! Time to run! The shop is already buzzing with activity! See you soon! 11/05 Just had breakfast with the Turtle Creek Quilt Guild! This group is a little smaller then our regular retreats, which makes it seem a little more cozy! A few attendees took a walk down to the river! Sounds like they liked it! Burlington is a beautiful City! We just need some more businesses to realize how much activity there is in this area! I hope you all saw our new Folding and transportable sewing table! Really great if you don't have a permanent sewing area! Time to run! The shop is open....see you here! 11/04 Good Morning! This has been a huge week at the shop! Unbelievable that we could get busier! But we are! We have a big Souper Sew, and 2 quilt guilds will be here! Whew! Supplies we bought in Houston have begun arriving! There's just too much to do! I'll try to keep you up to date, but I have to run! Soup's on! See you at the shop! 11/03 Good Morning! Wow! What a busy Wednesday! We love to keep our staff busy and you are making that easy! It's a joy to see all of you so often! Olde City Quilts has really become the quilt shop I always dreamed of owning! We're open and anxious to see what today brings! See you at the shop! 11/02 Good Morning! Lots of new people yesterday! Hope some of them are reading the Qronicle for the first time! I try to write something here every morning! I used to add updates during the day, but that never happens anymore! Uh oh! I just remembered I think I'm opening this morning! I have to go! See you at the shop! 11/01 Good Morning! The year is flying by! Here comes Thanksgiving, and Christmas is right behind! I think I forgot to mention that Halloween is 30% off thru this weekend! After that, it's gone! It was good to get back in the swing of things yesterday! Lots of catching up to do. We are expecting the delivery of a few things we bought by the end of the week! We'll probably have some rulers/gizmos and thread we bought on the shelf today! I think we'll post a little video or pics on facebook to show the neat ruler connector and seam allowance adapter! See you at the shop! 10/31 Good Morning and Happy Halloween! We're home safe and sound! A little late, a little tired but ready to get back! We really had fun! We really thank Shirley for taking care of Charlie while we were gone and thankful to the rest of our staff who apparently held the shop together as well! We have a few new items to add and some new ideas, so we have to get busy! See you at the shop! 10/30 Good Morning! It's traveling day! We'll be at the show for awhile, then it's off to the airport for the flight home! I heard that the electricity is still on at our house! I hope! I'm going to get my day started! It should be a busy one see you tomorrow at the shop! 10/29 Good Morning! Not as cold today! We hear its snowing at home! We survived another sample spree last night. Sample Spree is an event that has vendors offering special discounts on items. Shop owners line up for hours in advance. They all push forward trying to be first in. It's really sad! We managed to pick up a few items, that we'll try out in the shop! Its time to head to my first appointment! Moda has us scheduled first thing! Let see what they have! See you soon! 10/28 Good Morning from Houston! Its overcast and chilly here in Texas, but its supposed to warm up I think! We somehow got a great room thanks to Eva I'm sure! More of a Suite on the top floor! We are getting ready to head over to the classes. We're an hour behind NJ time. We'll try to keep you updated if anything exciting happens! See y'all soon! 10/27 Good Morning! It's a travel day! Getting last minute packing done for our trip to Houston and the Quilt market! We hope to find lot's of exciting things to share when we return! We'll stop in the shop for a moment, but then we'll be rushing off to the airport! Need last minute Halloween stuff? Our Halloween is 20% off. There's still time! We have plenty left! Time to run! See you soon! Houston here we come! 10/26 Good Morning! We're back at it again today! Another busy day at the shop. The end of my last few Tuesday's have been a little extra hard, because we had to split our evening beginner class in to two groups. So it meets from 4-6 and 6-8! We have a lot of work to catch up on before Rob and I head to Houston for Quilt Market tomorrow! We'll be gone for the weekend. We'll miss everybody here, but I'm sure we'll bring back some more excitement! Time to get going! Sew much to do! See you at the shop! 10/25 Good Morning! Wow! What a busy Monday! We met some new customers, who came in after attending the quilt show this weekend! It's always nice to see that! We also enjoyed seeing so many customers, who hadn't been in for awhile. The expansion to the new building really surprises them! November 19 will mark one year! Time really does fly! So glad that Vijay and Florence Kapoor (who sold us the building) were so willing to work with us to make it possible for all of us! Time to get moving! See you at the shop! 10/24 Good Morning! Another week begins at Olde City Quilts! Lots to do.....gonna unpack from the show! Thinking about moving Pee Wee ( our 18" Gammill ) into the main portion of the shop with our Bernina's. I'll probably try that! Sooooo......More rearranging! Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Quilt Shop! I'm off to Starbucks and then I'll see you at the shop! 10/23 Another beautiful morning! I'm on the way to the shop! We'll be at the show at the end for packing up! Another long day! We had a great time with Karen Bacon and her family and friends last night! What a great idea Bruce had, and it couldn't have worked out any better! See you at the shop! 10/22 Good Morning! It's crisp and beautiful out this morning! We are at the Berry Basket Quilt Show Getting ready! Its a beautiful day to come out and see some great quilts and shop with some vendors! I think I'm going to offer something special on Gammill's sold at the show! Nothing too fancy! I'll have to think about it! See you at the shop or at the show!! 10/21 And another week winds down! Its Friday, sew.....its a Souper Sew Day! Looking forward to seeing everybody! We also will be setting up for the Berry Baskets Quilt show at the Blue Barn in Mt Laurel! Hope you get the chance to drop by! Its always something exciting going on! See you at the shop! 10/20 Good Morning! We are heading off to the shop! We had a great day yesterday, Very busy Sewcial Wednesday! Great class last night! Sandi upgraded her 380 to a 440! Looking forward to more excitement today! Lots more going on behind the scenes as usual! See you at the shop! 10/19 Its another wild wednesday! Wednesday's have been as busy as Friday's recently! Lots of great work getting done! Christmas is getting closer! Lots of great fabric available to make some great gifts or decorations! Great day to hang out at the shop! Hope to see you soon! 10/18 Good Morning! We'll be off to the shop shortly! We had a busy Monday, without us! Maybe we should stay away more often? We are looking forward to meeting a group of 13 ladies who called to say they were coming today. That should keep us busy for a while! That's about it for now! lots more to do once we get there! I know we'll be moving something around today if we get the chance! See you at the shop! 10/17 And another new week begins! Time to prepare for The Berry Baskets Quilt Show this weekend! Hope you can stop by and visit there! We had another exciting weekend! Thanks to everybody who stopped in! We have lots to do behind the scenes today! We may be in the shop at some point, but our staff will be able to help you with anything you need! Hope to see you at the shop soon! 10/16 Sunday Morning! Hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather! Rob and I got our Isacord thread display finished before going home last night! I'm really happy to finally have it all! Now if I can just keep it in stock! As usual the completion of this project makes me want to move some other things! Look for more changes soon! See you at the shop! 10/15 Good morning! It's the weekend! Hope to see so many of you popping in to say Hi! I'll be a little busy teaching our Bernina Mastery class! Another beautiful day to jump in your car and visit Olde City Quilts for the first time! If you haven't visited recently, it's time to come see the recent changes! There's always something new at Olde City Quits! See you at the shop! 10/14 Good morning! It's another Souper Sew Day! Off to the shop for all the excitement! We look forward to an exciting weekend, Hopefully, we will have some new thread displays to unveil! Lots and lots of work ahead as usual! Soups on! See you at the shop! 10/13 Good Morning! this morning we wish The McClure's a safe trip home! The McClures drove to Burlington, NJ, from their home in New Hampshire! They brought their Statler Stitcher machine in for a check up. They thoroughly enjoyed their stay at the Lilly Inn. They also had dinner at Cafe Gallery! They vow to come back soon for a retreat or just to visit! More Bernina machines going home with new owners! Always something exciting going on! See you at the shop! 10/12 Good Morning! Just what we need, more rain! Our shop is a great place to spend some cheery time on a dreary day! Come on out to see us! There will be a lot of people in the shop today, Our Sewcial Wednesday is one of our biggest ever! I guess we might have to add another day! On another front, we are looking forward to making a couple of announcements soon! Olde City Quilts, just keeps finding new and exciting things to do! OK! Time to head to the shop! Come on out and join the fun! 10/11 Good Morning! My house is much cleaner thank you! Now back to serious business! I'm excited to get to the shop today! We have a Gammill customer coming to the shop from New Hampshire! They are bringing their machine in for service! We've been getting a lot more activity from Gammill, I really see so many customers, growing in their quilting ability! Time to head to the shop! Hope to see you there! 10/10 It's another beautiful morning! It was a fantastic weekend for Olde City Quilts! We enjoyed our time at the Newtown Quilter's Quilt Show! Grapevine quilter's took over the Meetinghouse for the weekend, and the shop was business as usual! We really enjoyed meeting a new customer from Philadelphia. She found us Saturday, and returned first thing Sunday morning! Two more customers have joined the Bernina family, congratulations! I'll be working around my house today, so I probably won't see you at the shop today! 10/09 Good Morning! What a Day! A fantastic morning to hop in the car and drive to Burlington NJ! Enjoy the waterfront promenade and grab a cone at Ummm's! Stop in Olde City while your in town and sya hello! What ever you do today, have a great time! Time to prop the doors open and let some fresh air swirl through! See you at the shop! 10/08 Good Morning! We are up early and preparing for the Newtown Quilter's show! Looks like its going to be good! Hope you get a chance to stop by! We better run! 3 people helping set up the show gave me shopping lists to fill and bring back to the show with me! Thanks to everyone for helping us get to this point! See you at the show or see you at the shop! 10/07 Good Morning! Its a Souper Sew day already! Another week has flown by! We are busy getting ready for the Newtown Quilters show tomorrow and Sunday! AS usual too much to do! We keep moving forward though! We probably have to make a little trip out of the shop to pick up a few things! Rob is hooking up the trailer and Olde City Quilts is ready to get on the road! More 580's going home, and one 440 trade in didn't last 24 hours before it was sold!! See you at the shop! 10/06 Good moning! Things are still racing along! We posted a fantastic photo on facebook of the shop that Vivian Robinson took! Really great! I have to hurry to the shop, running a little late! I'll try to add some more later today! See you at the shop! 10/05 Good Morning! Another great day at the shop! Bernina's new 580's starting to go home with happy customers! To anyone who follows our facebook page, remember our page is different then your own page, we don't get to see your postings, or conversations with each other, unless you put them on our page. So if you have great pictures to share( I heard Fran has good ones) please share them with us! We'd love to see them! Almost forgot, we will be at the Newtown Quilters Quiltshow this weekend! Hope to see lot's of you there! In the meantime see you at the shop! 10/04 Good Morning! Almost back to normal! Hopefully we'll get all caught up today! I was only in the shop briefly on Monday, what a mob scene! New customers keep coming in, from greater distances! Its always so interesting to meet the new shoppers! That's all for now! time to get to the shop! See you there! 10/03 Good afternoon! Rob and I are on the road taking care of errands! We'll be at the shop soon! I think the enormity of the weekend is wearing off! Sunday was very busy all day. We really appreciate everyone who has been such a help in organizing, helping during and after the show! We could not have done it with out any of you! Whew! Now we have to decide if we do it again next year! See you at the shop! 10/02 Good morning! Thank you Thank you! To everyone involved in our Quilt show! So many volunteers! Our fantastic staff! And all the people who agreed to display their quilts and all the people who showed up! Thank you! It was a great day. We didn't have the quilts on the street like we had planned, but our plan B was really great too! We still have a lot of work to do. Back to the shop today! We have one last class with Irena Bluhm today! I actually will be in this one! I can't wait! Thanks again everyone! See you at the shop! 09/30 Can it really be? Is it really the day before the Quilt show? When we started planning this show it seemed so far away! Now we are trying to finish up final details! Planning for next year will start very soon! lol! We do hope that everyone comes out rain or sun! We so hope for Sun! We will do our best to display the quilts inside if the weather looks bad. Irena Bluhm's visit has been a huge success with the attendees so far. We look forward to a long relationship with Irena! Stay tuned for exciting announcements soon! We are also very excited about all of the new customers discovering us! Come out to the show support the local businesses that are here, and maybe we can encourage other businesses to open here! See you at the shop! 09/29 Good Morning! Day one with Irena was a great day! So much progress made with students so quickly! I think Irena likes it here. Hopefully we'll have her back again! Quilt show planning is moving along! Now we need the weather to hold up! Who would ever expect all this rain! Think dry thoughts for the weekend! Time to head off to the shop! Hope to see you there! 09/28 Good Morning! Irena Bluhm is here! We are getting ready for her first class of several! We are so glad she's here! Come see her quilts at the show Quilts on High! Saturday Oct 1st 9 - 4! Lots to do again! See you at the shop! 09/27 Good Morning! We're getting closer! Quilts on High is Saturday! Soooo much going on Soooo much to do! I can't even think of what to write anymore! We were the first Bernina Dealer in the area to have the 580 machines in stock! More are on the way! Olde City Quilts is the leader in Bernina sales and we are working hard to earn your business! If it's time to think about a new machine, it's time to think Bernina, its time to think Olde City Quilts! Come join the huge list of happy shoppers! See you at the shop and at the show!! 09/26 Good morning! Monday! Lots of Quilt Show activity! Let's get those last minute quilts in We have a lot, but there's room for more! 09/25 Good Morning! Rob and I just got back from delivering a Horn Table and chair! We are moving things around the shop today! We are still calling all quilts! Get them off your walls and beds and lets air them out and share them next saturday! Weather forecast is looking good! Lets have a great event! See you at the shop! 09/24 Good Morning! Are you ready for the weekend? Next week at this time we will be underway! We are looking forward to a busy day at the shop! I have to run! Sew much to do! See you at the shop! 09/23 Good Morning! It's A Souper Sew day and Soup's on! Always a busy day at the shop! Hope the weather doesn't scare anybody away! Its always warm and dry in Olde City Quilts! Count down to Quilts on High! Quilts are still filtering in slowly! Let's keep'em coming! See you at the shop! 09/22 I know, I know, I missed a day! Good Morning! Things are just continuing to grow around here! We were really busy early in the day yesterday! Thanks to Annie and Shirley for holding everything together! Rob and I were on the radio yesterday with the Mayor of Burlington! That was fun, we'll try to let everyone know if it happens again! Time to throw open the doors for another day at Olde City Quilts! See you at the shop! 09/20 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, and we're heading back to the shop! We had a busy day running around looking for items to help improve the shop! We'll be trying some new things out today! Should be interesting! I saw that some quilts are coming in for the show. A little slower then I expected. Remember, I want your quilts! This is a great chance to show your friends, neighbors and fellow quilters what you have created! Time is getting short! See you at the shop! 09/19 Good Morning! Time to start a new week at Olde City Quilts! Its Pirate week in Burlington, lots of events in the area! We have a lot of running around to do today! Not sure when we'll be at the shop. But I will see you there! Happy Monday! 09/18 Good Morning! Another busy day at the shop! I was at Needles and Pins for most of the day. I welcomed Marie as a Bernina sub Dealer for us! We intend to make it as easy as possible to buy and maintain your Bernina at the #1 BERNINA dealer in the area! We had 2 sales at the event, 2 at the shop and more to come for sure! We have begun accepting quilts for our show Quilts on High! Bring'em in! We want to display as many local quilters as we can! One of our customers from NY dropped off 3 quilts! See you at the shop! 09/17 Good Morning! Saturday! Hoping to see some machine sales down at Needles and Pins! She is having a sale event, and I will be there to officially introduce Needles and Pins as a sub dealership for us! We will have business as usual at the shop! We are hoping to see folks from Oaks coming to the shop! Hope to see you soon! 09/16 Good Morning! Another week has flown by! EverYone is getting in the quilting spirit! We were a little slower yesterday after our huge events! Also many people are attending the show in Oaks Pa. If you go, tell people you meet from out of the area to stop in! It may be a great opportunity for them to visit! Well, I have to get back to making the soup. Its not a large gathering today, but it is a Souper Sew Day! See you at the shop! 09/15 Good Morning! Whew!! What a couple of days at the shop! Bernina Educator Kevin Conley and our District Manager Gayle where here and boy did we need their help! Kevin is so terrific! He explained so many features to our customers! We had a great time while they were here! I am so excited to see all the new machine purchases! We are going to be very busy trying to keep up with all of you! So we hope to see all of the projects that you will be creating! Don't forget we are looking for you to bring your quilts in for our event Oct 1. Quilts on high! No quilt too small we want them all! See you at the shop! 09/14 Good Morning! We had a late night with Kevin and our late session of our Celebrate 8 class! I hope everyone enjoys their new 830 limited edition machines! There are still a few left in the warehouse, so its not too late to join the fun and excitement! I think we'll offer our own similar class, let us know if you want in on all the fun! Today will be a huge event, with Kevin showing off many Bernina doodads! We can probably squeeze a few more people in the room! Call us and see! 609 747 0075! Big apologies to Marsha! Rob was supposed to deliver her new Gammill at 8 am! I forgot to tell him! He's on his way now! Sorry! See you all at the shop! 09/13 Good Morning! We are at the shop early this morning! Two big Bernina Classes. Celebrate 8 with Bernina instructor Kevin Conley! Celebrate 8 classes are full, but we still have a little room for tomorrows Sewing celebration! If you want to have some fun with Kevin call so you can come out 10 - 1 tomorrow! Lots of last minute things to do for today's classes! See you at the shop! 9/12 Good Morning! Its a bright and beautiful day! We are all supercharged for our Bernina Events this Week! We had an unbelievable weekend, meeting so many new customers! And our Quilt retreat was another great time for everyone! Plus, the quilt show is right on top of us! Too much to do! Sew little time gotta run! See you at the shop! 09/11  09/10 Good Morning! We had a really nice turn out for Linda Hahn's trunk show last night! Looks like we need to get more chairs, as our events continue to grow! Our retreat is underway too! Should be another busy day at the shop! I have to get myself moving! Sew much to do! Remember we will soon be collecting quilts for our show! I hope you're planning to bring yours! See you at the shop! 09/09 Good Morning! Retreat weekend is here! We, as always, are looking forward to a great weekend at the meeting house! Feel free to peek in at the retreat if you visit the shop this weekend! We have several appointments with customers today. I've almost got the Bernina area back together from our big rearrange! Everybody seems to like how the shop looks! Should be lots of excitement as usual! Well, I'm off and running! I'll be on the way to the shop soon! Hope to see you there! 09/08 Good Morning! More water! Oh my! We had a great day at the Making it Sewing Workshop! Lots of new Bernina customers! I hope you all enjoy your new machines! Busy day today! Stay dry! 09/07 Good Morning! Wednesday already! Rob made it safely to Gammill for our latest machine sales! I'll be on my way to Philadelphia for the event at the Making it Sewing Workshop! Should be a busy day! See you all soon! 09/05 Good Morning! I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend! Olde City Quilts will be open Tuesday! See you then! 09/04 Good Evening! I know this is not the norm! What a long day today! We were up early today to deliver a huge amount of machines to Making it Sewing Workshop! We will be holding a sale event there on Wednesday! This will be an excellent opportunity to obtain a used machine as they will be selling off their Bernina classroom machines ( Sergers and mostly 210's! ) , and restocking with brand new Berninas! This is a great little shop that specializes in clothing techniques! After we left there it was off to Swedesboro and Needles and Pins! We dropped off a few machines to get them started as a sub Dealer for us! Needles and Pins will be selling Berninas backed by Olde City Quilts! 09/03 Good Morning! It's Saturday and a great day to visit Olde City Quilts! We are hoping for a big turnout for our Quilts of Valor campaign today! If you have no plans, drop by anytime all help is welcome! We will be closed for 2 days, but there will be no rest for the weary! A lot will be going on behind the scenes! I look forward to seeing everyone at the shop! 09/02 Good Morning! Its Friday and a long Weekend! We are having a Souper Sew day today! Hope everybody has an exciting weekend! We will be closed Sunday and Monday! Wow! That's going to feel like a weeklong vacation! We have some last minute Gammill sales, Rob is heading out Tuesday. So far picking up 2 machines.....1 will probably be added today! You can still get your order in, but time is short, and funding must be in place before Rob Leaves. We will see you at the shop! 09/01 No time to write today! Just got in the shop! Rob and I were picking up some supplies to help in our new arrangement of the Bernina area! Should be nice! See you at the shop! 08/31 Goodbye to August. Not a great month. We are sending August off with our regular Wednesday events! The ladies are showing up now! Time to get this day underway! Hope to see you all at the shop! 08/30 Good Morning! Looks like a beautiful day! Still rearranging the shop! We're off to do a little shopping, then back to the shop! We did get some water in the basement of the shop too, we have a pump running and we suffered minimal damage. But, we will have a lot of junk to throw out! So much work! Hope to see you soon! 08/29 Good Morning! Well we were busy at the shop this weekend! Not with customers! We had 1 customer yesterday.....actually 2 but they came in together! Rob and I started moving around the shop. Its a mess! But we are working hard to get it back together! See you at the shop! 08/28 Skipped day! Sorry! Minimal storm damage at our house, Lots of water coming in the basement, but so far the pump is handling it! Hope all of our customers and friends are safe as well! We are heading to the shop to see if it survived! We'll see you soon! 08/26 Good Morning! Countdown to the hurricane! Hopefully, we'll all be safe! So far no plans to close this weekend, but we'll be sensible! We had another steady stream of new customers yesterday! We are scheduled to pick up 2 Gammill's for delivery. One more Gammill sale will be completed soon! There is still time to bank the savings that Gammill is offering until August 30! A refundable deposit will hold the sale price for 2 months! See you at the shop! 08/25 Good morning! Nothing to report today! We had another great day at the shop.....only got things about half moved! Lots of shuffling things around in the back rooms on tap today! Preparing to move the machine repair area! That should make the shop look nicer! Time to run! See you at the shop! 08/24 Good Morning! Can you believe more announcements are coming! We are working really hard behind the scenes to improve everyone's Olde City Quilts experience! Stay tuned for news! We're planning to make some shop changes today, if we get the time! This will probably be our last opportunity to rearrange prior to Quilts on High coming Oct. 1! Don't forget we need Quilts to put on a show! Get those registrations ready! We're here at the shop and the doors are open! See you soon! 08/23 Good Morning!! It certainly was exciting to be recognized as a 5 star quilt shop in NJ! I hope it leads to more exciting events at our shop! We will keep working to keep Olde City Quilts out in front of the quilting world! Be sure to visit quiltvisionusa.com to find other great quilt shops in your travels! Busy day at the shop yesterday! Meeting with Moda today! See you at the shop! 08/22 Good Morning! Well we had a busy Sunday until the rain came! Lots of Retreat reservations! Online deposits really saves time! We'll probably have to send a confirmation e mail or something but so far it works great for us! Rob has hooked up our small trailer to the truck and we're off to do some buying for the shop! I don't know if we really need the trailer.....but its nice to know we can fill it if we find some great stuff! See you at the shop! 08/21 Good Morning! Great day at the shop Saturday! Excited to see what today brings! Had some Gammill shoppers looking yesterday! I think North Jersey is about to get a new longarm quilter for hire! We'll keep you posted! time to run. Festival of lights tonight...hope the weather hold off! See you at the shop! 08/20 Oboy! looks like a press of a button erased 4 months of the Qronicle! Time to change this format! : ( 04/16 Good Morning!! So today is looking cloudy and stormy....But it is always bright and dry at OCQ! Looking forward to the weekend. We've had a tremendous week thanks to so many customers bringing new friends!! We thank everyone for their kindness! My greatest joy in Montana was the number of people I introduced to quilting. My NJ experience is really starting to equal that! Every day seems to get more exciting at the shop! See you there soon! 04/15 Good Morning!! Its another beautiful morning! We have a large souper Sew group today! Also a large group of ladies who sew is visiting the shop for their first time because of a customer reccomendation! Should be a busy busy day! Its always exciting at the shop! Can't wait to get there today! Get me to that shop!.....Here's a morning update....11:30am ..15 ladies at the Souper Sew...a busy shop ....Miss Kitty rented....Hoss rented....Statler rented...Someone buying a 330....whew!! 04/14 Good Morning !!! A beautiful day for a trip to the Shop!! We are busy getting ready for the shop hop and I hope you have your taxes done! Lots of people spending their refunds! We keep hearing from new customers! Facebook page reports that we have 294 people that have said they" like" our page. 364 people regularly visit!! So exciting!! If you visit us, make sure you click on the LIKE button so we know you're there! See you at the shop! PS added the through the needle link so you can subscribe to Bernina's magazine. Its only available online now. 04/13 Good Morning! found time to quilt another Quilt of Valor yesterday. I think that makes 9 in 3 months. Im proud that I signed up to be a long arm quilter for this great cause! I hope those who can will participate the last Saturday in April for our own Quilts of Valor event. See you at the shop! 04/12 Congratulations to Sally who received her Statler this morning! We're all working hard today...Mitch is attempting to mount a cable so we can display quilts above the basement stairs. Not much else to report. I'll be trying to finish up the newslettter! See you at the shop! 04/11 Wow! Good Morning! Sunday was another huge day at OCQ! Lots of fun in my BSR class. Looking forward to some summer temperatures today, hope it doesn't feel too hot! Its Monday, our day off.....Rob's heading in early.....and I'll be there to open! See you at the shop! 04/10 Good morning! Saturday fulfilled its promise! A tremendous day at OCQ! New people visiting by train! 4 classes presented through the day and fabric was flying out the door! Progress made, by meeting with a few teachers, and working out class schedules. Eva has agreed to expand our mystery quilt program, by offering 2 sessions,when needed! The first group will have to pledge to keep a secret! Our embroidery program continues to soar! With so much space and so many classes this is becoming its own full time job! 3 new trainees on the Statler. Time to get ready for Sunday! See you at the shop! 04/09 Good Morning! We are ready for a busy Saturday! I think this was one of our busiest weeks ever! Our next newsletter is almost ready. We'll be getting it online sometime next week. 04/08 Good Morning! Soup is simmering for the Souper Sew crew! Looking forward to another busy day! Everyday this week has been more like a weekend!....... Everyone is really enjoying the pictures of Cathy Wiggins trunk show on facebook. Looks like we'll have to schedule her again soon! See you at the shop! 04/07 Good Morning!! A busy day at the shop yesterday. It was a hard day. It's trying when the business end takes time away from the things that need to be accomplished in the shop!Saw some drawings that we are turning in to the city. Hopefully we are closer to an opening. See you at the shop! 04/05 Good Afternoon! Another brief pause in my updates! But I'm really trying!....We just had a very interesting visitor to the shop.....Lets hope she leads us to more exciting workshops and visitors in the future! ..........Rob got in at 5 am this morning after installing the Statler for Bob Ward in Myrtle Beach SC. Bob has retired from his first career and is now starting a long arm business in between rounds of golf!.....Hole in the wall update!.......Our contractor has used the rainy day to work on drawings and hopes to have paperwork to the City by the end of the week! 03/29 Good Morning! Rob installed our first Gammill sale last night! Congratulations to Janet! We are expecting a busy day today. A customer is bringing her Gammill in for service, coming in from Md! Also a group of 8 - 12 is expected from a local guild. See you at the shop! 03/28 Another busy weekend is behind us! I keep thinking that we won't get things done, but we keep doing it! Cathy Wiggins was a big hit! We really enjoyed the time we got to spend with her. Im sure others will want her to teach here again once we start seeing what our friends made with her help! We again thank the Lilly Inn for their help in housing her during her stay here! The Lilly Inn is so convenient for OCQ! Rob and I were at the LAQ show this weekend. Many people enjoyed seeing the longarm for sure! It really seemed like it was a good show for everybody! One of our regular customers who travels from the Freehold area purchased the 830 we were demonstrating at the show! Congratulations Dee! 03/24 Good almost afternoon! We are awfully busy this morning! We have Lynne teaching some Statler students! The shop is busy, we have our Souper Sew underway and the phone doesn't stop ringing anymore! Did everyone see the Motown legend Bass player last night on American Idol? That was Bob Babbitt. Bob is Cookies Dad! Rob spotted him right away! See you at the shop! 03/23 Good Morning! Things are seeming to get back to normal around the shop. We've been very busy, lots of people buying sewing machines. The pressure of Rob's trip to Gammill is over too. He said everything went smoothly, and should go better next time now that we know what to expect! Cathy Wiggins is due in tomorrow, we would like to thank the Lily Inn in advance for their help in housing her during her stay! 03/22 Good afternoon!! Remember me? Busy Busy...Rob left for Gammill in West Plains Mo. Sunday Morning at 1 am. He and picked up our order Monday morning! He's back in the shop this morning we put some pictures on facebook. 03/16 Good morning Everybody! Its Wednesday! Rob is preparing for our first Gammill Deliveries. We have 5 machines ready for delivery. There's still time to realize Savings from Gammill's price reduction. We also are getting ready for our next retreat weekend and the Love Apple Quilt show! As usual busy, busy. We have moved the shop around again! Looks really good! We also met with the contractor, and an engineer yesterday. I think the wall openings are closer to reality....I'll keep you posted! 03/14 Good morning!! Well, its Monday our Day off! Rob went in at 6:00am to get some things ready! I'm heading in for a 10:00 appt! 03/11 Good afternoon! Time continues to fly! Can't believe its Friday! Souper Sew is moving along! We're very busy, I got interrupted and started this a few hours ago! Berry Basket Quilters are here this weekend for a weekend retreat! Busy Busy Busy!! 03/10 Rain, rain go away! Time is just flying by. We are still scheduling appointments from our show last weekend! I'm so glad to see people are still making the investment in quality sewing equipment! There were some new machines at the show, but nothing really compares to Gammill! We're getting set for Love Apples quilt show! We'll see you there! 03/09 Good Morning! today's agenda...Sewcial Wednesday 10 - 4 , Serger Club 1-3 and Wild Wednesday 4-8! Nothing much to report. We had a busy day yesterday. We have a fresh delivery of Classroom machines due in today! Saw a for sale or rental sign on Birches restaurant. Hopefully someone will get that place going again. Beautiful spot for a nice restaurant! See you in the shop! 03//08 Good Afternoon! Busy day yesterday, and busier today! Embroidery club had lots of happy people today! Our first road trip to pick up 4 Gammill machines is set! Theres still a little time to get in on this delivery trip! See you in the shop!! 03/07 Good Morning! We're back to our regular routine. Overall things went well! We are looking forward to going back next year! Lots of work ahead. See you at the shop! 03/06 Sunday morning just a minute to check in! These shows really take a lot of time! The show has been very busy, we met lots of new people that should be making their way to the shop! One more day. Then its back to normal busy! See you soon! 03/02 Long,Long day Rob and I just got home a little while ago! its 10:15pm! We are pretty well set up for the Quiltfest! Hope to see you there! 03/01 March Madness!! This should prove to be a very busy month for us! We are getting ready for our role at the NJ Quilt fest! lots to do, and as usual I'm behind schedule, and not prepared! Somehow things seem to work out for us so far! See you at the show!! 02/28 Farewell February! thanks for a great weekend in the shop! Very busy both days! Rob and I took a day off Sunday! Much needed! We saw some great RV's At the Atlantic City show! We were looking for something that might make our Gammill deliveries easier. We really didn't find anything. Rob loves the idea of RV's so he had a great time looking at everything. He loved them all. I only saw one that had a good sewing area! 02/26 Good Morning! Its a beautiful day for a ride to the Quilt shop!! Yesterday was a great and fun day! I spent some time trying to convince a new business that we'll all love to open on High St! I'll let you know if anything develops! I have a new group of beginner quilters starting today and a Hook Line and Sinker class later! Theres always something exciting going on at OCQ! 02/25 Getting things ready for the Souper Sew! We have at least one opening, Sadly,we had someone cancel, due to a family emergency, our thoughts are with her this morning. 02/24 Good Morning! A little quiet here so far! We have a BSR Workshop later tonight! I' m trying to make some plans for our first quilt show representing Gammill! Quilt fest of NJ VII March 3 - 6. www.quiltfest.com! 02/23 Good Afternoon! another busy day here. Comcast was out yesterday and today. Im still not sure if the service is working yet. We're trying architect #2!! lets see how this goes! See you in the shop!.....Hooray!! Our internet is working again!! 02/22 Hi everybody!..Sorry for the break! Rob and I lost our internet service at home! We were only in the shop briefly on Monday.....the shop sure was busy! Probably one of our busiest Mondays ever! Thanks to all that came out! We did get a lot of errands done! Still so much to do! Have to meet comcast this afternoon! 02/20 Happy Sunday!! We started today off with a stop at Amy's Omelette House on 130 and High st! Great Breakfast! Eva's Sunday sac class is going! Pam picked up her 640! Yea Pam!! Its only 12:30...and we've already done alot!! 02/19 And Saturday is underway! I've got a pretty full schedule today! See you at the shop! Shirley has brought in her alternate Embroidery block of the month in progress! Looking good! 02/18 Good Morning Souper Sew Friday is busy this morning! Looking forward to lots of fun today! 02/17 Thursday! Hey everybody. Got to see Keith Urban on GMA this morning while getting ready for the day! See you all at the shop! 02/16 Wednesday! Good morning! We have our Sewcial Wednesday today! More rearranging going on when we move the 8ft Long Arm in to the new Long arm room! thats it for now! see you in the shop! 02/15 It Hasn't been 4 days since I wrote here!....I must not have hit save! I can't imagine! So....Happy belated Valentines Day.....We were soooo busy over the weekend with the retreat and Judy Donovan having 2 classes and a Fashion Show! Even Monday was busy! Now today is a little slow! Tomorrow we expect to sell our first Limited Edition 830. Patty is also picking out her Koala sewing cabinet to really create a great sewing area! 02/11 Good Morning! Heater went out at the house last night....thats pleasant!...rob's waiting for the repair......should be a busy day today! Its a retreat weekend! Judy Donovan fashion show tonight! See you soon! 02/10 Good afternoon!! Rob and I spent the morning shopping for the retreat plus shop supplies! We got to grab the worlds greatest chicken parm sandwich at Macaro's Deli Westfield ave in Pennsauken. Any time you are in that vicinity...its a great lunch choice! This was our first shopping trip with the new pick up truck.....it was much easier! See you in the shop! 02/09 Good Morning! Lots of fabric ordering yesterday and today! Exciting, exciting! Today is Sewcial Wednesday 10 - 4, Serger club 1 - 3 and Wild Wednesday 4 - 8. 02/08 Olde City Quilts has a new vehicle. Rob's very happy with his black 4 Wheel Drive Pick up truck! Nothing much else to report we spent a long time at the Car Dealer yesterday...really boring! .......Architect and contractor were here and we are closer to an opening! Hopefully in April! 02/07 Good morning! Well Im excited that the move of our classroom, and the Statler went pretty well. Still a little tweaking but we are moving along. The architect is scheduled to come in tomorrow for breaking through the wall. Its been a few months since we started all this moving, but its still exciting to us! Our plans still change almost daily! We are back to planning 2 openings to the 2nd floor "Quilter's Clubhouse". We'll have to see what the architect has to say about this! This morning we're off to try to get a new truck for our Gammill deliveries! 02/05 The Statler stitcher has been installed at OCQ. American Sewing Guild folks are getting a quick demo! 02/04 The Upstairs class room was christened today! It was a last minute idea and we pulled it off! Rob is calling it the Quilters Club House! The first floor is a ghost town again! But....tomorrow we move the Statler in! This afternoon I finalized arrangements that we are now a Koala Sewing Cabinet Showroom dealer! I thought we had registered some time ago, but now its official. Look for these quality tables in the shop in about 4 weeks. And remember you can finance these tables with American Financial Partners! 02/03 Back in the saddle again! We're getting ready for the big arrival of Lynne's Statler Stitcher! We've accomplished a lot of painting in the new space! Its starting to look like a Quilt shop and classroom instead of ...whatever it looked like! See you soon! 02/02 Good afternoon! running a little late today! Very slow day here today...I guess everybody loaded up on projects the last few days!! I may even close early tonight! Im thinking maybe 6:00pm. 02/01 Feels like snow out there! We're here and ready to go! Had a busy Monday! Rob was barely able to leave so we could run our shopping errands! We got almost everything accomplished! Remember there are still a few spots open for our retreat next weekend! 01/31 Good morning everyone! Its a great day at OCQ! Last day of January already! We're bracing for another storm. I'm working from home Rob is at the shop, and later we're going to be doing our routine purchasing for the shop! See you there soon! 01/30 Looks like a nice day today.....Burlington cleared all of the snow from High st yesterday, so it should be a good day to head to the shop! 01/28 the parking lot is really rough...but we're open, and several people have made it in safely so far!! Souper Sew is underway! Lois actually just drove in from Maryland! 01/27 OCQ is OPEN!! Only one customer today...lots of phone calls....Miss Kitty is almost ready for her new debut. There were a couple of issues that had to be ironed out with Gammill. Rob says the tech support staff has been great. 01/26 Hello Snow! We're going to head to the shop! Not sure if we'll make it on time...We have plenty to do there so we'll see how it goes! Miss Kitty is still not ready... Rob will be calling Gammill for a little advice. However, The Breeze track install went well and feels great! OCQ is open!.....Very sloooow day.....we had a few visitors which was nice.....We're going home now...its 4:30.....We're closed! 01/25 Good morning! I wasn't in the shop too much yesterday. Rob and Mitch operated on Miss Kitty. Hopefully she'll be up and running today, The Breeze track is installed and feels great!...... Hopefully, getting Charlie on medicine today...had Another incident last night...he's his normal self this morning! 01/24 Hey everybody! We finally made it to the city offices, and our permit procedure is officially underway! I'll keep you posted on progress, our contractor is calling his architect, so we'll see how long this process takes! Fingers crossed for swift resolution! Surgery set for Miss Kitty. She's sedated.....and being prepped... 01/23 Good Morning! Busy start to the day! Software class is underway and alot of customers for first thing Sunday! We have received a Quilt that will be raffled by BeachPlum Quilters! $1.00 per ticket its a queen size 88X102.  01/22 BBRRRRRRRRRRRR!! Well another all night sew is complete.....and the building is still standing....Thanx ladies!....hope everyone had fun! We're expecting a busy day today....We've had a lot of phone calls from new people so evidently our ad has been running somewhere! See you all at the shop soon! 01/21 Souper Sew day is under way! Off to a slow start....I left early, and forgot the keys to the shop!....Rob wasn't too awfully far behind luckily!...But soups on, shops open! Its always a great day at Olde City Quilts! 01/20 Busy day today! We are moving things all around, and everybody is out shopping this morning! 01/19 Good Morning Quilters! Wow yesterday was a slow day at the shop...today I meet with the fabric sales rep from Moda.....everybody calls her Moda Lisa...Mitch is away at Bernina Certification and training! Our yard survived..lol..no more ice castles for Charlie! lol..Getting ready to go! See you soon! 01/18 Hello, Hello! Our yard looks like a war zone! We have bamboo, which doesn't hold up well under ice. I hope it stands up again when the ice melts, or we have a lot of bamboo to harvest! Be safe! See you soon!.......Quiet day here at the shop, we might have to start moving things around! 01/17 Good morning!! Busy busy weekend! I actually moved into my office in the new building! Eva's daughter Brianna did a great paint job! Of course, I don't expect to spend much time there, but its there when we need it! I do know it will help us to be more organized. 01/15 Got in last night bout a half past 10....ready to get back to quilting again....Can't wait to get to the shop today! We had a great time meeting new and exciting people, but it's time to get back to OCQ! .....Busy day! Judy Donovan's Vest class went really well! Saw two sets of visitors from NY and 1 set from Md! 01/13 Waking up in Columbia Missouri. We're very excited to head over to the Statler facility! Hope all is well at home! Its really cold here, but snow is at a minimum! 01/12 Travel day! This morning we check out of this hotel, spend the day at Gammill, then head north to the Statler facility for 2 days! No snow here. I hear the shop has been busy with people loading up on projects! I expect lots of show and tell soon! 01/11 I tried to write this morning.....Blame Holiday Inn Express! I couldn't get online at all! We're back from another great day at Gammill. Today was a trip to the factory. Great bunch of guys making your Gammills! Rob and I took a big Gammill apart and put it back together.....twice! 01/10 The Big Snowstorm hasn't hit where we are. Wednesday we head north to the Statler Stitcher facility, I don't think we'll be as lucky.....Full Day of class ..now its off to Dinner with Ron Parker CEO and the Gammill crew! 01/09 Travel Day! We flew out of Philly @ 10;30am Just arrived @ Gammill 8:30pm Nj time! Our first meeting is tomorrow morning at 8am! 01/08 Good Afternoon! Buzzing away here! Nice size group braved the storm for our demo! Actually busy right now. It actually reminds me of Montana today.....a nice snowy saturday visit to the quilt shop! 01/07 Waking up to beautiful snow! Got a lecture from Anthony last night about days when nothing is written here! GOOD MORNING ANTHONY! Well we're on our way to the shop! See you soon! ......Pleasantly surprised at the number of people who showed up this morning! Teaching a mastery class today! 01/06 I know, I know I skipped a day! Good afternoon! Working at home today, some things to handle with Gammill, our trip is coming up next week! Any Gammill owners retrofit kits are available to upgrade to the Vision system. OCQ has reserved the 1st 2! Kits are limited to 2 per dealership per month. 01/04 Good morning Tuesday! We're starting off a little slowly today, unpacking the shop supplies. No classes scheduled. Tomorrow starts our Sewcial Wednesdays for 2011! 01/03 Monday, Monday another week begins at OCQ. Lots of people filling up our class schedule! Rob and I are out and about shopping for the store......Our poor staff....We hear its been really really busy! Three sewing machine sales as well as lots of fabric! 01/02 Wow...another busy day chock full of meeting new customers! This is the best season, ya gotta love coming to work when all the customers make it so much fun! Another 830 plus quilting table plus a Koala table sale! And Lynne Blackman has been having fun talking to everybody about Gammill's. She just has so much knowledge and she also showed off a little of her talent. 01/01 What a day! OCQ has started it off with a bang! Probably the busiest day we ever had. We thank everyone who started their New Year with us! 12/31 Good Morning on our last day of 2010! OCQ wishes everyone a Happy New Year and is looking forward to an even better 2011! We envision bigger and better events, more classes and of course continued fun! We'll be here until 3pm today and YES....we will be open tomorrow Jan 1, 2011 for our storewide sale 10am-6pm! 12/29 Busy, Busy, busy...so many new customers we can't keep up! Thanx to everyone for the word of mouth advertising! Yesterday we had the most hits to our website since we've been operating! And the day before that was the 2nd most lol....needless to say somebody's checking out our site! Talked to our contractor recently ....he said he was still coming! We're almost ready for work to start! The 2nd floor renovation is coming along nicely! 12/28.5 OCQ is proud to add some additions to our work force. Eva Hare will soon become a full time employee beginning in about 2 weeks! Shirley's daughter Grace is undertaking our online shopping! And In addition to Rob and Connie, doing our tech work, Rob has found Mitch Selby who will soon be Bernina certified, and our Gammill Delivery tech! 12/28 Well here we are back to normal. Our youth camp starts today after being snowed out yesterday! The one day delay made it possible for 1 more camper to sign up! ....... 12/25 Wishing you all the very Merriest Christmas! 12/24 Twas the night before Christmas and all thru the shop....not a creature was stirring not even a husband making last minute gift certificate purchases! ...OCQ is open til 3pm! 12/23 Vet called Charlie is doing fine so far....they want to send him home! Looks like he has epilepsy...should be fine with meds...another busy day at the shop yesterday. Looking forward to our good buy sale....just hope we have stuff left to sell!! 12/22 Tough morning...our Golden Retriever Charlie is ok....but had a seizure last night. Rob and I were in the vets and didnt get home till about 4am....they're doing tests to see whats going on.....but he was his normal self when we left him...poor guy... 12/21 Hello everybody. Another long day at the shop. Looks like we have our first Gammill sale about to happen! Very exciting! 12/20 Its 7:30pm...We try to take Mondays off...OK so ......we got to the shop at 10:00 and left about 6:30.... 12/19 Tick tick tick......time is getting short......We have lots of Bernina chairs in stock. A great gift idea. Lots of rolling bags, Turn your last minute shoppers into gift giving heroes! 12/18 Here it is the last Saturday before Christmas! Should be busy here today! Still time to pick up some nice fabric combos to make those 10 minute table runners for some last minute gifts! Plus there is still room for our Dashing thru the Sew sessions. M - Thur $ 10.00 each day includes soup! 12/17 Busy busy Friday! Souper sew day is buzzing along! All night sew tonight, I wonder how many will make it to the end. I know at least one person is already here for the all nighter! 12/16 Hello! Is everybody ready?? Its getting closer! Last minute items still available. Gift certificates are available on line and still time to get them out to you! 12/15 Good Morning! Busy right from the start with a father buying his daughter her first Bernina! This has been a wonderful season with so many new people buying machines our Mastery classes should be stuffed! 12/14 Another day has begun! I plan to contact Gammill today. Meet some of the people I'll have to deal with now. We had several people look at the Vision yesterday. I think our rental business is gonna drop, cause everybody is going to want one! 12/13 Good Morning everybody! In the shop on our day off! lots to do as usual. We are hopeful we'll have a Gammill Vision 18-8 in the shop by the end of the day. I'll keep ya posted! ......Ok! The Demo Gammill Vision is in the shop. Thanx to Lynne Blackman! Lynne is acting as a sales rep for us While We get underway! 12/12 Looks like a great day to spend in the quilt shop! We had a fantastic day on Saturday! So many shoppers, and also so many visitors! Even Santa stopped by! Burlington has done a great job marketing itself this season! I see that this enthusiasm will grow! Lets sell some more machines today! Who wants to buy the first Gammill! 12/11 Good morning!! Getting ready for a big day here! Cookie Exchange! Eva will be running her mystery quilt class. How about that We wrote something 3 days in a row!! 12/10 OCQ is looking for sales representatives for Gammill Quilting systems in Ct and NY. If our visitors from those areas have a favorite shop, or know someone that would be interested let us know! 12/9 Well, Im back again....there is so much happening at once. We are going to pledge to keep things feeling the same even as we grow into our new space! We are clearing out the 2nd floor in preparation for expansion. We were supposed to meet with a contractor today, but that didn't work out. Im sure we'll reschedule as early as tomorrow. I'll keep you posted on details. We have 15 scheduled for Souper sew Friday tomorrow. Thanx to our new bigger classroom! 12/5 Where on Earth have I been? Days are starting to run right in to each other, I found myself in the shop asking what day is this? We had a great Holiday parade here yesterday! Christmas is coming! Still plenty of time to make your 10 minute table runners! Directions are posted on Facebook! Ive been seeing so many creative variations with decorative stitching added! See you soon! 12/2 Hey everybody! Kind of a slow day today. Lots of contact with Gammill and arranging training. I like how things are looking already. This is exciting! 12/1 Good Morning! The excitement around here is overwhelming. So much to do starting up with Gammill and acquiring the new space, at this time of year! So many people talking about buying Gammills already! I hope people aren't dissappointed if our growth is slower then they expect, but we will be trying. The second floor tenant is not leaving until the 20th of Dec. so nothing can happen there for weeks. See you in the shop! 11/30 Good Morning!! Shop Hop 2011will be April 27 to May 1st. Hope to see everybody then! We Have officially been named a Gammill dealership. 11/29 Tried to make it to a meeting about the shop hop in beautiful Haddonfield NJ.....but ran out of time! Back in the shop so much to do, but making progress! 11/28 Two machine sales plus an embroidery unit! Its so exciting to see more and more customers are getting into Quilting and Embroidery! We had a very busy weekend and somehow have moved so much stuff around I can't believe it! 11/27 Good morning! Looks like a normal start to a Saturday. Youth class is well attended and going great! Thanks to everyone who shopped yesterday! It was a busy day at OCQ! Someone bought her first Serger and someone upgraded their 380 already! Lotsa excitement! 11/26 It's Black Friday!! Savings are underway at OCQ! 11/25 Happy Thanksgiving! 11/24 Like everyone we are busy preparing things for ........Friday.......we still have a hole where our classroom used to be....but we move forward! 11/23 Good Morning! We've decided we will do an Open sew on Friday....no soup...please register, space remains limited. 11/22 Goood Moorning!! Well we have converted the new space into a temporary roomier classroom! Now we have to fill the hole where the classroom used to be! We are also considering an open sew on Black Friday! 11/20 The morning after....our first Sew all night!! The shop still Stands!.....looks like someone napped in the bed though...lol......Black Friday Sale info is on the homepage link Click Shop events then sales...I was having trouble with this.....think its working now! 11/19 Well we have been busy.....Souper sew is buzzing along......and are ya ready for the big news?....We have acquired the building next door! Hopefully we can break thru the wall soon! 11/17 Hi everybody...breezy out there! So thrilled to see that our facebook followers are now up to 211! How high can it go? Nothing too exciting to report yet. Trying to get some more sale info up on here. Hopefully today. 11/16 Spent Monday in Lancaster picking up supplies and ideas...Back in the shop today....catchin up on everything from the busy weekend. 11/14 Good morning...Our retreat is winding down....another great time with great friends and great food! 11/13 Happy Saturday! Sorry I missed you yesterday...I think I did write....I think I forgot to hit send!....Well we're in to day 2 of our Nov. Retreat. Dinner was Chicken and Pasta ! Of course we had special desserts. Beginner class in full swing in the shop and front door gets unlocked in 12 minutes!.. 11/11 Good Veteran's Day Morning! I hope you have the day off! We just watched Burlington's Parade! ESPN was broadcasting live from the Army Base in Germany that Rob's son is currently assigned. He didn't get to see it all but he was excited to see some of where his son is! 11/10 Another lovely day! Our newest member of Circle 8 took her new 820 home yesterday! We started our morning today with 3 fun ladies who visited our shop for the 1st time! We certainly look forward to them coming back! 11/9 Good morning Quilters! We're in Hartford Ct. for a district meeting of Bernina dealers. We had a few out of towners yesterday, Los Angeles and Memphis. They were in the area for a conference! 11/8 It's a great day here at OCQ.....Shirley's Back!!..Yeah!! 11/7 Good afternoon!..finally a little break in the action! People have started picking out their fabrics for the UGRR project. Another classroom table has been upgraded! We forgot to check with Avis first, I hope she approves. 11/6 " the Cowboys and their kin, like the sea came pourin in" OCQ is open Gooood Morning! .......We have been very busy from the start today! Three Bernina's went to their new homes today! A lot of new people and new quilters! 11/5 tough day..Busy busy busy....getting set for our lecture tonight.....should be fun! 11/4 Last night our 200th fan of our facebook page signed on! I really think that is fantastic! We're up to 20 attendees for our Underground railroad event Friday 11/5 6-8. Im sure we'll get 5 - 10 more plus staff. should be fun, and it's a free event. 11/3 Better late then never!....Busy busy morning.....We've slowed down a bit, sooooo.....its time to move things around!! 11/2 Vote! Good Morning! We're back and excited to share our experiences! Some new pantographs that we bought for long arm quilting are already being used! Lots of excitement to come! 11/1 Its Novemburrrrr! Good Morning! The Shop somehow survived a weekend without the Boss around! She's having a great time at Quilt Market! Some big things coming soon! Stay tuned! 10/31 Wow!! Busy Busy Sunday....at least at the start here...10 Taking Linda Weingard's class...(she's a great teacher!) And shoppers galore!.....usually Sundays start a little slower! 10/30 Having a nice crochet rug class today 4 attendees! Looks like Bernina's are a hot item all of a sudden! 10/29 Arrived in Houston Last night! Shirley got to meet her newest Grandson for the first time! Off to market we go! Remember Bracelets to support Burlington are on sale $5.00 gets you 10% of any store purchase at regular price. Legends, Umms and Francescos are offering 20 % of food items. Today and tomorrow only! 10/28 Rob Jr. enroute to Germany! Judy, Eva and Shirley enroute to Houston for the Quilt Market! OCQ running smooth as silk! 10/27 Last minute preparations for getting ready to leave for the Quilt Market in Houston. Lots of new good stuff should be on the way soon! Off to a busy start today with our sewcial Wednesday! 10/26 Good morning everybody, its another great day at OCQ! A little long arm quilting going on, and a beginner class this evening. 10/25 don't ya hate when somebody says they're gonna call .......and they don't...never made it to the shop today. Yesterday was amazingly busy! Thanx everybody for stopping in! We did a lot of errands for the shop and investigating new ideas! Celebrated Rob Jr's Bday a couple of days early. Back to the shop tomorrow! 10/24 What a glorious morning! No time to write today! This joint is jumpin! Tomorrow might be better! 10/23 Good morning! Our beginner class is in session. Judy is introducing several people to their new addiction! Margie is introducing 2 people to Hoss and Miss Kitty, our Gammill long arm machines! Another great day beginning at OCQ.....Fun class this afternoon going on Carolann Hopkins teaching Expressive stitching. 4 attendees making beautiful stuff using the BSR. I see big things coming out of this class. 10/22 Loaded Souper Sew day! We have our Burlington City Wrist bans on sale $5.00 Gets you discounts at many shops in Burlington during our Halloween Hop! Click here for details. 10/21 Rob finally picked up his son from Fort Jackson! Great to see him. He heads to Germany on the 28th.....Dedicated to regulated stitching class is always fun! Everybody always makes so much progress! Let's hope this isn't the last time, this year, we say, Lets Go Phillies! 10/20 A beautiful crisp fall day! Sewcial Wednesday is underway! We've got 5 going...fun! 10/19 Good morning! Kinda bleak out there this morning! Its a great day to come to the Shop! We're starting our day with a Bernina Mastery Class with 4 attending!......Here comes the Sun! Lets go Phillies! Everything is looking up! 10/18 I actually really get upset when I don't write on here during the day. Sometimes there is just so much happening at once, you don't even know where the time goes! I don't even know if anybody reads this or notices but We do try to keep things up to date. We had a very interesting visitor today, somethings brewing in Burlington! Lunch and business meeting at The Cafe Gallery was perfect! 10/17 No rest for the weary....Lots of busy shoppers! Looks like a great day to visit OCQ! 10/16 Its a little breezy out there this morning! Lets go Phillies! We're off to a nice start. Just had our 2nd customer in 2 days from Texas! And one will be back for Christmas! Yee haa! lol. .......another 330 leaves the nest and finds a new home. The new owner promises to bring her back for a visit now and then! 10/15 Love Souper Sew days! They're always so exciting! Always a nice blend of new faces and regulars! ......Anothr day nears an end at OCQ. Some exciting things going on. We've announced to our Souper Sewers that we will begin a quilt all night program! Nov. 19th It will begin at 6:00pm and end .......well we're not sure when. More details to follow. MIght want to call first thing Sat. Its already fillin up! 10/14 Its a great day here at OCQ. Still no pick up of Rob's son. Hard to make plans when they are changing all the time! OCQ may be interested in bartering for some architect renderings, or even some construction. Just throwing it out there. 10/13 Another delay in picking up Rob's son. Delay's delays. We're here at the shop on a gorgeous day! 10/12 Rough couple of days for us here at OCQ. But we seem to be back on track. Rob was a little under the weather, but is feeling much better! Our Tues edition of embroidery club is underway. Margie took delivery of her new Horn table and her 830! Looking forward to what she is able to create with all that room and increased speed! Rob should be heading down south this afternoon. Time to pick up his son Rob Jr from Fort Jackson SC. He'll be home for a couple of weeks, and then he's off to Germany! 10/9 No thoughts yesterday I guess. How about that Phillies game! Big day at the shop today! Some new people too. Its always a great day at Olde City Quilts! 10/7 Wow what a night for the Phillies. I think a commemorative quilt is needed for that event! Its a great morning here at OCQ! 10/6 Just checking in, enjoying that bright sunshine today! Hope it lasts! Lets go Phillies! We should be seeing some of those embroidery block of the months around here! Shirley has hers done, Great job!......Rob and I are leaving early today....its our 3rd wedding anniversary! Store is pretty busy and we're still open until 8 tonight! See you tomorrow! 10/5 I feel so bad that I didn't get on here at all yesterday. We did some shopping for the shop! Visited the printer and had a meeting with the Burlington buisness owners. We kept pretty busy. So now we're up to today. Good Morning!!......Lunch time and we've been pretty full with a long arm rental, a bunch of shoppers and an individual BSR class! After a big lull in our afternoon. We're buzzin again! 1/2 dozen or so Princess Mira Designs by Bali came in, for those who have been asking! 10/3 Wow what a 1st hour! probably the busiest Sunday start ever! Flying geese class in full swing, and we've restocked our copies of the Beverly Bee! 10/2 Just got our edition of the Beverly Bee! It has a nice little interview about OCQ! Thanx Mayor Fazzone! ......Nice busy busy morning!....Mastery class for new Bernina Owners is finishing up lunch break. 4 out of 5 participants choose Francesco's for lunch! 10/1 Souper sew day!! I think we have a couple of spots open if you want to brave the storm! ....Soups on!! Busy morning showing machines! Madeleine bought a 230, and Lyn has decided to trade up to a 380 next week. 9/30 8:45 am..Rainy day....Seems like a good day to head for the quilt shop!.....3:30 ok I repeat its a good day to go to the quilt shop...lol......We did get some important stuff done ...like defrosting the fridge... 9/29 12:30 pm Good Morning big rush today, and we have a nice group for our Wed. Sewcial. Just a question....will we ever stop welcoming new customers to the shop? lol...it seems unending!!..3:15 Lots of new fabric delivered today! And,,,,,our 2nd cash register is here....now to figure out where to put it....should be operating by next weekend! 9/28 Good morning 11:15 am Just got in our Bernina Skins ad Pretty neat. Bernina is now offering the ability to customize your machine! I'll put it on facebook in a minute! ......Just spoke with the Burlington Chamber of Commerce they are sponsoring the lighting of our trees this Holiday season. Its beautiful! All donations welcome. Sponsor levels at 100, 250, 500 and 1,000 Call Murray Sonstein for answers! 609 790 1969! or Chance van Sciver 609 864 2288. 9/27 A day of running errands outside the shop today......perhaps I'll pop in a little later.....see how things are going! 9/26 Well today closed another great retreat! As usual everyone had a great time. We posted a few pics on facebook. There were some great quilts there this weekend, We definately did not take enough pics! 9/25 Sept. Retreat ...Day 2....Breakfast was delicious as usual that French toast is awesome! Store is already hopping! Big day Today with a group of 75 quilters scheduled to come to town! ......Wow! Big day And the Bernina family of owners grows by one! Congratulations Sue!! 9/24 Retreat Day!! T minus 2 hrs 46 minutes! Our September retreat is underway....Should be a great weekend! Tonights dinner Lasagne!....the best...provided by Macaro's Caterers Pennsauken NJ. 9/23 Missed all day yesterday! Sorry about that spent the morning at Costco prepping for this weekends retreat! Still a couple of spots open due to last minute cancellations! Just had a customer who had a water pipe break above her Bernina! It survived! She will probably employ a cover from now on! 9/21 Good Morning..Last day of Shirley's vacation thank goodness!..... Never got back to write anything else...sooo busy...plus the Mayor got here to do his interview for the Beverly Bee! That was fun! Put a couple of kits online for sale, still just gettin started....there's got to be a better way to do this! lol.... 9/20 So far its a slooow day here at OCQ. Margie is busy with her long arm lessons. Judy is off at a meeting for next years shop hop! Trying to arrange time to meet the mayor for an intervirew for the Beverly Bee! He's always busy too! .....Ok things have picked up quite a bit...now Margie is busy with her embroidery....And if you're close by ...stop in to see Kelly's boots! 9/19 Busy busy busy...One new member of the Bernina family, going home with her new 330. And looks like somebody else is ready to take the plunge! Shes gonna sleep on it!! Eva' bargello table runner class seemed to be enjoyed by all. The class area was stuffed! 9/18 Not too much happened yesterday I guess...lol....Big beginner class going on this morning. We introduce 8 ladies to their new addiction! ........We are getting in complete line of McKenna Ryan Beach Walk. We will have kits....expected October. 9/17 Souper sew day... 9/16 Since Shirley has left for a vacation in Montana, I'll say it for her this morning....Its a great day here at Olde City Quilts! ......We're already hopping! No shoppers from extra long distances so far today...funny..I just said no one from long distances......and .....heeeello Virginia! lol....Ok ...stop it....Now Bermuda...Ok Due to popular demand the newsletter has been properly formatted so its easier to read...Thanx for your patience. 9/15 Wednesday Sewcial is underway! Today's long distance shoppers.....West Virginia! Thank you ladies! 9/14 Here's a new page where perhaps we can keep you up to date on things at the shop. We have changed the shop around again. The checkout counter has moved closer to the front door, and closer to the wall. We also turned our cutting table 90 degrees.This change has opened a lot of space! We Moved our notions area and its now much larger! Today we had 2 visitors from Iowa! One sour note.... the Burlington City Police were enforcing the parking time limits today. I have not seen them do this for quite some time. One customer did receive a ticket. Parking on High street is limited to 2 hours. If you might be staying for 2 hours please use the free parking lot behind the shop. For new visitors, there is a rear entrance to the shop from the parking area. End |
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