The Pumpkin Patch:
Patchwork Quilting Newsletter

CLOSING DOWN SALE NOW ON.

LOTS OF FABRICS FROM £3.00 METRE

FLANNEL £5.00 METRE

WEBSITE FABRIC IS NOW £5.00 Metre.
½ Metre minimum's
We will deduct your discount when we put the order through the system.
Please note that YOUR printable invoice will show the full amount.

You will ONLY be charged £5.00 metre.
We have limited stock so please place your order NOW to avoid disappointment.



Dear Friends and Customers

Some of you will know that my husband Dick's Alzheimer's has deteriorated considerably.
The shop and more importantly what goes along with running a shop behind the scenes has made me re-think my life.

Life has become increasingly difficult, battling with the Primary Health Care Trust and Social Services to get the appropriate care and funding for Dick's needs.
This takes up a good deal of my time and energy.
I have therefore taken the decision to close the shop side of things down.
It is not something I have arrived at lightly as YOU the customers have kept me sane in the midst of the chaos that Alzheimer's brings.

The website will remain open for the time being also the beginners and block of the month class will continue until the August.

I would like to thank all my loyal customers for your custom and support over the past 3-½ years that The Pumpkin Patch has been open.
In adversity you have made life fun for me and given me a reason to get up in the morning.

I will therefore be having a MASSIVE stock clearance sale with greatly reduced prices starting Friday 1st June between 10am-4pm whilst stocks last.

So come and bag a bargain, increase your stash or buy some fabric for backing all those lovely quilts you are going to make.

Many many thanks for your custom and support over the years.
Happy stitching and very best wishes to you all for the future.

Sue Watters

The Pumpkin Patch.
Hawling,
Glos
GL54 5TA

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April 2007
So much for keeping up with the newsletter.
Here we are in the middle of April with the sun shining upon us and the garden beckoning and I am getting ready for Quilts UK at Malvern on the 17th-20th May this is always a good event to kick off the quilting show calendar.

As usual there are lots of new fabrics coming into the shop one being Chelsea Boutique from Blackbird design.
I absolutely love it and along with this range come a new innovation from Moda with there Jelly rolls, these are 40 x 2 ½ in strips of this wonderful new range of fabrics.
I have been busy making up a large throw in the strips and have used the accompanying fabric range to make a large throw for The Pumpkin Patch stand at Malvern.

I shall also be doing a small show at Childswickham NR Broadway on the weekend of the 5th and 6th May.
This is always a nice exhibition with the proceeds going to -The Air Ambulance.
I can thoroughly recommend the tea and cakes that this group provides to add to what is a nice day out with lots of lovely quilts.

Lots of you have been asking about the new class list.
I really have been up to my eyes in it with lots of personal problems since January but hope after Malvern things will have settled down and I will post them on the website.

Hope to see you over the coming months.

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January 2007
A very Happy New Year to all my Customers, let's hope it's a good one for everyone and that you achieve all you set out to achieve this coming year.

Please don't forget I would love to see those finished quilts.

Our January Sale will be on the 26th and 27th January. There will be fabrics from £4.00 per metre, a wonderful opportunity to buy and use as backing for all those quilt's you are going to complete this year. Plus 10% off normal stock for the 2 day period, so if you need wadding, now is the time to save a few extra pounds.

There are still available spaces for some of the workshops, so if you've been thinking of booking and were leaving it until the New Year to galvanise yourself into action, NOW's the time to pick up the phone or email for availability.

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November 2006
November is here already with 3 new collections arriving in the shop, CORNUCOPIA from Fig Tree Quilts, Lovely warm tomato red's, chutney greens and wheat coloured neutrals, CHOCHOLAT from the Three Sisters unlike the name these are definitely calorie free.
Also a wonderful range from Robert Kaufman by quiltscape called Mary Rose 7. These are a soft palette of duck egg blue's soft greens and coffee with hints of dark pinks.

With this exciting new fabric I am spoilt for choice and have new quilts buzzing round in my head not knowing what to cut first!

Christmas isn't far away and we have a couple of new Christmas panels in stock, Also Mistletoe Manor a very understated range of pinky reds greens, neutrals and checks.
These are all on the website for you to browse.
Happy shopping.

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October 2006
I hope you enjoy our newsletter which I will try to keep up to date with forthcoming events, what's new and photos of class quilts, as they are finished.

For those of you who have purchased fabric from the shop since we have been open, please let's see the finished quilts. I would love to photograph them and show them on the website.

So come on ladies let's get finishing those quilts so we can see you've not been resting on your laurels or just been accumulating an even bigger fabric stash!

Sewing machines services and repairs.
We now have an agreement with Parrs Sewing Machines for servicing or repairing your sewing machine.
You can drop your machine off at the shop and collect it when your repair or service is complete.
Bruce is an agent for Bernina but will undertake all makes of machine.
He also can supply and demonstrate any make of Bernina you require.

NEW Quilting Fabric Ranges
Several new ranges have hit the shelves:
Moda Mistletoe Manor, Red Rooster Fabrics, Angels Amongst Us and Halloween and Christmas Panels.

In November we are expecting:
Chocolat by Three Sisters range from Moda; also Nells Flower Garden by Blackbird Designs and Mary Rose 7 from Robert Kauffman, so watch the web site for these exciting new ranges.

Quilts UK Malvern
17th 20th May 2007

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3rd Birthday Sale
Can you believe it? We have been open for 3 years now and I want to thank all my loyal customers for your business so far.
To celebrate we are having a Birthday Sale on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th October. I will be selling off all existing cut fat quarters from the baskets for £1.25. There will also be bolt ends at £5.00 a metre and 10% off normal stock.
I hope to see you all for coffee and cakes at this exciting 2 day event.