This is going to be another exciting year for the shop as we find ourselves steeped in our American Traditions, but  we remain committed to the Primitive and Vintage style we do best. You will still find that we can be a little contemporary sometimes as a New Year, New  Style emerges where old and new find a very timeless, satisfying and comforting place together, a place we call home. This year I will still be putting an emphasis on the 18th century style we love and how we mix this to fit today and create a new style that is easy and comfortable to live with.

With our new Schoolroom  you will find us offering many new and traditional classes.  We have some of the best teachers available.   Quilting, finishing, home decorating such as duvet covers, counted cross- stitch on linen, punch needle, and wool appliqué classes are all possibilities.   Our ”Open Sew” days are something our students love they can come in and get help on troublesome projects, have room to lay out quilts they are working on and a bonus is they have built some wonderful new friendships.   I hope you will join us for some great times.  Open Sew  is like having monthly therapy but we only charge $10.00 to come in on the 3rd Monday of the month at 10:00 in the  morning and you can stay as late as 4:00 in the afternoon.  Lunch time has become a real treat too as Vickie always manages to serve a wonderful tasty treat.  Our students also bring treats to share.  What a winning combination.  Please remember to call us and let us know if you will be joining us so we can plan accordingly.   

  

Join us for:  CUPIDS ANNUAL TEA PARTY

                     SATURDAY JANUARY 28, 2012

 MAGGIES HEART PINKEEP MAKE IT TAKE IT CLASSES

Classes are scheduled at 10 am and  1pm in the SchoolRoom

The kits and class fee is $10.95 

We have severaother brand new home decor items  from market that we will preview and wait until you taste the treats.  The Mad Hatter would more than approve, our Krista is the baker, and I think you are all going to love the brew we have in store for you.  It is not only great tasting , its beautiful and so festive to serve to your guests.  

GATHER THE GIRLFRIENDS FOR A FUN DAY AWAY IN THE COUNTRY!

 

 

 

 

 

IT’S A GRAND OLDE FLAG GIRL GATHERING

Session 1  JUNE  6 – 9 2012

Session 2   JUNE 10 – 13

OUR DESIGNER LINE UP FOR THIS EVENT:

 

MAGGIE BONANOMI

 

STACY NASH

 

LINDA LAUTENSHLAGER

Details will be posted soon.  The cost for the event is $495.00 

 

Look for my new “Orchard House circa 1860″ fabric line to drop into stores in November

I can hardly wait.

 

 

 Boxwood & Berries 2012 

Annual Gathering 

Our dates are….

Wednesday September 26th -  Saturday Septmber 30th

 

Designer Line Up for 2012:

Jo Morton Renowned Quilt & Fabric Designer

Jo Morton is a quiltmaker, author, teacher, lecturer, a designer for Andover Fabrics of New York, and a student of our ancestral quilt making.

Her use of color and design give her quilts the feeling of being made in the 19th Century, but compliment furninishings in the country, traditional and contemporary setting thus she appeals to a vast audience of quiltmakers.

Jo presents re-creations of antique quilts, imitating colors and styles of period pieces.  Using an antique quilts color and/ or design as a source of inspirtaion, she creates an interpretation – a quilt that might have existed in the 19th Century.  Her quilts are made in a lasting tradition, using new cotton fabrics, cotton batting and cotton quilting thread.

If this sounds like someone you want to know please call us and plan on joining us for this quilting experience.  We are expecting a large turn out for this designer so don’t sit back if you are intersted and ,know and love her fabrics  and patterns.

We will run two one day sessions with Jo.  We can take a maximum of 24 students per day session to get the  walk around attention Jo wants to devote to you.  We have a great deal of interest in Jo so we would like to accomodate a total of 48 lucky students. 

*** The cost for taking only Jo’s part of Boxwood & Berries is $290.00  this fee is for teaching fees, and your kits.    (This fee does not include meals which  will be priced out seperately when we get that far.)

***If you decide to take the entire 2012 Boxwood & Berries Workshop with Jo and Lori your fee will be:   $525.00 

  We will be mailing info out by email to confirm and ask for your non-refundable deposit of $100.00.  Like I have said you will be in class either on Friday or Saturday and on Saturday evening all students are invited to come together for our farwell, Jo’s trunk show and a small make do project after our dinner. 

 

Lori Markovic  La D Da Designs

Lori has been designing cross stitch patterns for many years and we had the priviledge of having her for one of our very first Girl Gatherings.  The stitchers were thrilled and have been wanting me to bring her back.   Lori is a great teacher and her projects are always unique and special.  The knowledge she shares is something you will use forever and what I appreciate is how she uses color and linen to fit our shops style. 

Lori is a “Sampler Maker“, we have just finished doing an exclusive club sampler Margaret Cottam Aged 9 which was adapted from an antique she owns.  I know she plans on doing something with my last line of old velvets and at this time that is all I can give you but I can assure you you will not ever be disappointed with this desginer.  

We will offer Lori’s workshop the same way we did Jo’s.  She will take a mximum of 24 students and will be teaching on Wednesday and Thursday.  

***Lori will offer 2 projects that are just for us, totally exclusive and one of a kind.  The cost of taking just Lori’s class is $240.00. 

This fee includes designer fees and kits.  Meals will be priced seperately.  You are invited to join us for Jo’s classes.  If you choose only to do Lori’s classes you are still invited to attend the Saturday night farwell with both designers. 

As you can see we want this to appeal to a good sized audience and I have priced the Gathering for Jo, for Lori, or for both.  Lots to think about.  I will not have descriptions for you until about the end of February but I will open the registration first to people that have expressed interest and second to the public.  This is going to be a great experience and I want to be sure we do everything in our power to make it all happen for you.  We have reservations for the 2nd Story.  We will confirm all of the reservations we have and since there is only one session unless someone declines we will be full so I will let you know if something changes. 

It looks like Lori will start the Gathering off on Wednesday morning and teach two days.  If you are strictly a stitcher we are offering her class as an option, if you are a stitcher and love quilting and applique handwork we would love to have you take both designer classes being offered.  If you are a quilter you can opt to take the quilting class only.  You will notice we are offering some options to accomodate as many students as we can.  This Gathering can only be offered once.

I am inviting you to  journey back with us to “A SYMPLER TYME”.

A time when handmade things made with love decorated your homes.   Our designers will be sharing a wealth of knowledge and exclusive projects designed just for you.

It is time to think about joining us for this Annual Event:   It is a a beautiful time of year to visit Wisconsin and my goal is to give you a great lingering taste of Spring Green.

       

 

American Country Christmas

                   2012 Open House

                    November 9 – 11

  This is the “Event” our customers wait for and we plan for all year.  The shop will close for its transformation on Monday the 7th- Thursday the 10th.  We love to create a magical holiday atmosphere where we bring our primitive style and tradition together.  We have bought extraordinary holiday needfuls for you and your holiday decor.

Our SchoolRoom will be decked  out for you as well.  We will be serving you some wonderful sweet treats, you can sit a bit and catch your breath, dream of all the wonderful things we have to offer in the shop while enjoying soothing holiday music and good conversation with friends. 

  We are going to be making Glass Photo Ornaments this year as a special little Make and Take it  project.  

Selma will be teaching the make it take it class on Friday and Saturday at 11:00, 1:00. and 3:00 .  The charge will be $5.00.   Please bring a ( 1-1/2″ x  2″ ) photo to class to work on and if you want to bring more than one that is also ok.

  Be prepared, because this is quite addicting.  Keep this in mind if you have old photos your ornaments will really be special.   You can see in the photo on the left how neat they really look.  Selma and I just had the photos we did on there own special tree last year. If this is something you think that you might enjoy doing please pre register with us so we can plan accordingly.   The shop girls and I did this at our Christmas Party  last year and none of us wanted to stop making them.  We  will extra glass cut for you to purchase if you want to make more ornaments when you go home or even in class.    We bought some great little tinsel trees and we even have an old antique metal tree that would also work for displaying them.   Oh, I so love Christmas! 

Save the Date! 

 

 

 

Country Christmas in Spring Green

December

 Fireworks,Horse Drawn Wagon Rides,Open House at all  shops through out the town ,Tour of Homes, and Christmas Tree Lighting.   It is a wonderful small town event that takes you back to Simpler Tymes.   You can feel and  sense all the benefits of living in a small community, I encourage you to join us for a day or weekend.   Our 2nd Story is open and I can’t think of a better way to start your December.

 

HOLIDAY HOURS

CLOSED MONDAY DECEMBER 24-26

THIS IS A TIME FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENJOY THEIR FAMILIES MY TEAM WORKS VERY HARD ALL YEAR AND HAS EARNED THESE VACATION DAYS

ALSO CLOSED DECEMBER 31 - JANUARY 2, 2012