Are your armed with your passport?

Ahhhhh  summertime........ 

I envision traveling off to some far away land..  .

For some  the Olympics are your passport destination

For others an beachy destination are more to their liking

And others are ready to fill up their passports traveling along the Great White Way with the 2012 Shop Hop!  Join us on Thursday, July 26 - Sunday, July 29th at our Riverhead or East Northport and enjoy the sounds of the wild west with "Annie Get your Gun" in Riverhead and savor the sights and sounds of the "South Pacific" in East Northport.

                    

Calendar Girls

Don't you just love a calendar girl?  PQ sure does...can you guess what month our girls were working on?

One Block WonderFULL- Riverhead Style

One Block Wonder FULL returned to Pieceful Quilting this time in Riverhead and its  clear to see why we call them One Block Wonder FULL!!!  Superb job LADIES!!!!                                                




        

Snow Quilts

What a lot of patience that must take. And how does he get them so even.

Man Walks All Day to Create Spectacular Snow Patterns

Artist Simon Beck must really love the cold weather! Along the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, he spends days plodding through the snow in raquettes (snowshoes), creating these sensational patterns of snow art. Working for 5-9 hours a day, each final piece is typically the size of three soccer fields! The geometric forms range in mathematical patterns and shapes that create stunning, sometimes 3D, designs when viewed from higher levels.

How long these magnificent geometric forms survive is completely dependent on the weather. Beck designs and redesigns the patterns as new snow falls, sometimes unable to finish a piece due to significant overnight accumulations. Interestingly enough, he said, 'The main reason for making them was because I can no longer run properly due to problems with my feet, so plodding about on level snow is the least painful way of getting exercise. Gradually, the reason has become photographing them, and I am considering buying a better camera. Spectacular art for the sake of exercise!

Won't you join us on "The Great White Way"..

Won't you join us to revel to the sights and sounds of the  "Great White Way" at the 

6th Annual Island Shop Hop on July 26, 27, 28 and 29!

     

Hit a homerun at Sentimental Stitches with Damn Yankees.....

then bask in tropical warmth at Pieceful Quilting East Northport 
with South Pacific......

and gallop your way into the wild west with Annie Get Your Gun      
at Pieceful Quilting Riverhead......
                                                  

Find out what's really on a feline's 
mind with  Cats at Sew What's New....














Get the real story behind the "Wicked Witch" in Wicked at Patchworks....

And boogie your way through Abba tunes with Mamma Mia 

at Beyond the Thimble!

Passports available beginning May 15th 

for only $5 each!

Get a Shop Hop Tote FREE with purchase of passport.

Door Prizes, Raffles, Freebies and more!

Its a Cinco De Mayo Fiesta!

Attention Senoras and Senoritas...You'll be shakin your maracas when you hear the details of  the fiesta PQ planned just for you!  In keeping with the "cinco" theme, PQ has extended the fiesta for 5 whole days from Thursday, May 3rd - Sunday, May 7th!  Ole!

Just $5.00 to join the fun and to get your first playing card. Keep playing for 5 days, and the player with the best poker hand at the end of the event are entered to win one of five baskets (per store) valued at $50 each.  

Just to keep you things interesting....each store will have cards for different activities and although  I can’t tell you which days will have which offers in which store I can give you a little hint of the ways you can collect an extra playing card:

Make ANY purchase or

Get one card for every $50 spent or

Purchase 5 fat quarters or

Purchase of 5 spools of thread.

 Can you earn Bonus Cards? 

 You bet!!!  but I can't telll you which day will have which                                                              offer but here’s a sample of what we have in store:

Do you have a May birthday? Let us know,.... Bonus card!

Is there a number 5 on your driver’s license? Bonus Card!

Is there a number 5 on your credit card? Bonus Card!

Pay with a 5 dollar bill ...Bonus Card!

Is there a number five in your purchase total?  
Bonus Card?

How many ways did I list  you earn Bonus Cards?

You know what else has 5?  
Five fingers in your hand!!

Play at both stores to double your chances!!!

You'll need both hands to hold all those cards!!!

And then there are our Daily Specials!!!
Get 5% off OUR price of a sewing machine! Buy 5 FQ's for $6, Get 50% of 505 Spray, Buy 5 patterns and get 50% off their total cost and Buy 5 yards of one fabric and get the 6th yard free!

DOOR PRIZES EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your friends at PQ.  I bet your sombrero you'll be a winner !

Talent abounds at Pieceful Quilting

I think there may just be a Picasso among the recent students of Art Quilting Made Simple!   With Tina as their mentor, these ladies learned the secret power hidden in your machine's decorative stitches.  We have a sneaky suspicion they'll be spending countless days and nights dreaming of all they can do with these creative techniques, just look how proud they are of their new designs!

Boyfriend Shirt Challenge...Calling all students are you in or are you out?

Calling all tween, teen and college students do you have aspirations to be a clothing designer? We challenge you to create the most awesome original boyfriend shirt. We supply the plain jane boyfriend shirt and the rules...you supply the creativity. Beginning February 1st -l April 30, 2012 entrants can pick up their "Kit". Each kit contains 3 men's dress shirts in different colors. The challenge is to create another garment using the elements of the three shirts. The garment can be any kind including pants, shorts, skirt, a different blouse, dress, vest. 


All three shirts must be used in the newly created garment. Additional fabrics and embellishments may be used. Entries must be accompanied with a completed entry form. No entries will be accepted after the deadline of April 30, 2012. All entries must be dropped off at the EAST NORTHPORT STORE and the entries will be on display in the EAST NORTHPORT STORE ONLY. will be announced on May 5th. All entries will be on display in the East Northport Store from April 30 through May 12th. New creations will be judged by a panel of sewing experts,based on creativity, adherence to the rules, and technical skills. 


There will be two age categories with Grand Prize winners selected from each bracket. Teen for sewers ranging in age from 14-18 Adult for sewers ranging in age from 19-25 Prizes: Grand Prize is a Baby Lock sewing machine valued at $499!! Second Prize is a basket of essential sewing supplies valued at $150!! Third Prize is a $100 gift certificate to Pieceful Quilting!! 

Wall of Pain vs. Wall of Fame RIVERHEAD

Well we asked and boy oh boy did you deliver....the moment you've all been waiting for the first reveal of the Wall of Pain vs.Hall of Fame challenge in Riverhead.  We at Pieceful Quilting feel your pain.....and are overwhelmed by your response!  

PQ Riverhead Wall of Pain

We salute your bravery in acknowledging your UFO's and can't wait to welcome you to the other side....The Wall of FAME!  Congratulations to Sue and Carol on achieving your overachiever status.

and the East Northport Chili Smackdown WINNER is....

SCOTTIE!!!!

Yup, that's right. Scottie!!! Not only can she whip up a mean embroidery piece apparently, she's multi-talented.

Scottie is a dynamo in the kitchen and makes s a hot and spicy chili!  

Gloria was our 2nd place finisher and tied for third were Nancy and Tina P!

Congratulations to all who participated!

and the PQ Riverhead Chili Smackdown Winner Is.........

DIANE FLYNN

Congratulations to all our PQ Chefs....You certainly know how to warm up things on a cold winter day!  A fun and filling day was had by all and then it came down to some serious shopping tent sale style!!!

Bargains galore....we can't wait to do it again...t

Stay tuned for the late breaking news on our East Northport Store winner on January 15th...

that's right Round 2 begins on Sunday!