Successful Event

Another Carolina Shop Hop has run it course. What a great time we have all had participating in this adventure. It was really nice to see friends we have made across the years as they have hopped from year to year. We all have aged and wizened as time has gone by. We have sewed our purchases and used our prizes in our art/craft of quilting and sewing. When you share your items with us it is always a joy to see what you have made.

The Carolina Comforts book added a new dimension to our fun this year. Hopefully you had an opportunity to say to Robin and the others who worked on her committee how much you liked the book. If not yet, send a quick email to Asheville Cotton Co and Robin so that she knows about your appreciation. We have copies of the book to sell at $18.95 if you failed to get one during shop hop.

The 13 shops will convene on July 25 to finalize the year 2011 Carolina Shop Hop. Then the prizewinners from the drawings will be notified of their good luck. Keep an eye and an ear out after the 25th to see if we pull your name.

Sara

H&C Feature of the Week: 20% off One Item of your Choice
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week we will feature a 20% discount on any one item you choose to purchase (excludes items in our Dept 975 of machines, software, and cabinets). You get to make the choice this week for what you want as our special of the week. You can choose a book, a ruler, thread, a machine foot, etc. One item of your choice will be 20% off original price.

Previously Owned Machines
At Heirlooms & Comforts we have a list of previously owned Husqvarna Viking machines that have been traded in for newer models and are now spiffed up and ready to go home with you as a second machine in your sewing room or as a "carry to class machine" to make life easier for you. Check out the list on our web site to see what is available. You just might find what you have been looking for including the great Designer Diamond!

Life is full of joy! Really, it is great when you don't have to suffer the pain, but you can share in the joy. Such is the situation with being a grandparent - WOW! Miles Bennett and Finn Elijah were born on March 31 in mid-afternoon - 6lbs, 2oz and 4lbs, 13oz. What a wonderful mother to endure the waiting abed for so long and the birth of these boys. Big brother Naaman is pleased (so far) with having two brothers. Wonder what the response will be in two years? Mother and boys are doing well and Dad is "busting his buttons". Joy unspeakable! Great-grandmother, Mema, was a twin and always hoped to see grandchildren or great-grandchildren twins. She missed these, but would have been surprised and happy at who is the parent of these twins. There is something rather magical about this kind of miracle. Grandpa and I are grateful and thankful for the safe arrival of Finn and Miles. Granddaddy Newton always told me the only way to pay for your raising is to raise one of your own. Now our son gets to deal with a family ¾ the size of the one we raised. We will always be praying for guidance for him and his wife. Here goes a great adventure!

Sara

H&C Feature of the Week: 20% off any one item
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week we will feature 20% off any one item of your choice excluding Department 975 (machines, sergers, software suites, and cabinets). Choose something that you normally would not purchase on impulse or something that you buy almost anytime you are in the shop. One item of your choosing can be 20% off regular retail price this week. Remember that book that you wanted? Now is the time. How about a new cutting mat or even a second one of a different size? Maybe a new easy-blade-change rotary cutter or those Gingher scissors that you have wished for would make you happy. You choose!

New Opportunity for a Diamond
At Heirlooms & Comforts we are continually surprised by the opportunities that are provided by Husqvarna Viking to make it easier for our customers to become Viking owners/users. At the moment H-V has an offer for you to purchase a top-of-the-line Designer Diamond sewing-embroidery machine that has been opened and used for about three hours under the supervision of Viking specialists in a classroom such as an Heirloom Sewing School. These machines carry full warranty and are in no way at risk and have an unbelievably low price tag. We have access to several of these machines in limited quantity. Come by for a full demonstration of how these machines work - you'll love it. You must come into the shop to get the price quote - too low to advertise or quote by phone.

Moving Fabrics
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week there will be new "residents" on the sale table in the fabric "neighborhood." You can never tell when one of those that you have hesitated to choose will end up on the sale table at a great discount. It could become the backing of that quilt that needs to be finished. This week there will shifting in the racks. Be the first to review the new reductions.