Upcoming Events

We have over 20 various quilters/sewers who have cleaned out their stash and are offering great bargains on all sewing and quilting needs. Fabric, books, patterns, UFO’s, and notions for quilting, sewing and needlework are just a few of the offerings at great bargain prices. For your non-quilting friends, there will be finished quilts and bags for sale too! Come fill your stash with not what you need but with what you want at great prices.

Parking: We have received permission to use the EconoLodge’s parking lot next door to us. Parking is also available in the Park & Ride parking lot across the street. You can also park on the right hand side of Pine St. (side street that runs behind us) Please do not park on the grassy areas or in the back parking lot as this is where we are set up.

Stencilscape Class with

Red Rooster Fabric Designer Jackie Paton

Saturday, Sept 25^th, 8:30-5:00

Cotton Weeds is so excited to have Jackie Paton, fabric designer for Red Rooster Fabrics, come teach her stencilscape technique. Anyone can do this! No painting experience or artistic ability is necessary! You’ll be making an adorable wall hanging with sheep, houses, and crows as Jackie teaches you her fool-proof technique of painting on fabric with freezer paper stencils. You will leave with the completed painted portion of Good Neighbors and the pattern to complete the quilt portion of the project. Sign up early as class size is limited. Come see Jackie’s beautiful sample. Class fee is $65.00 plus $15.00 supplies fee payable to Jackie for paints, brushes, etc. Bring your lunch. A yummy dessert will be served in the afternoon.

Linus Blanket Day

Saturday, Sept 11^th, 10:30-4:30

“The best kind of sleep under heaven above, is under a blanket handmade with love.”

Cotton Weeds is proud to be a supporter of Project Linus, so we have scheduled a special day to make quilts for this worthwhile cause. Kits will be available in exchange for 2 yards of flannel from the Cumberland County, Maine Chapter of Project Linus or you may provide your own materials. Cotton Weeds will provide a light lunch and dessert for those participating. Advance sign-up is required. Please help us make MANY security blankets for children who need them.

Fall Open House

Come join us for our annual Fall Open House on September 18 and 19. Class samples will be displayed and there will be a 20% discount on class fees (except Stencilscape Class) for those signing up and paying for classes on these 2 days. Watch your emails or our website for more information to follow.

You are invited to step back in time and join Jo Morton club. If you're a lover of reproduction fabrics and you love to make reproduction quilts...Jo Morton's Little Women' club is for you. She has the best patterns and books and you'll love making all of them. Here's how the club works. We meet the 3rd Thursday of each month (in our spacious new classroom!) from 6:30-8:30 pm for a a short program, a project introduction, a yummy dessert, door prizes, and great company. The cost of the club is $90.00, for which you will receive a fat quarter bundle of Jo’s fabrics, the current patterns or book and the 6 classes/meetings. The current club has already had one meeting but we still have a few openings. We would love to have you join us and we will bring you up to speed on the projects.

Cotton Weeds will be a vendor again this year at the Cocheco Quilt Show, October 16 & 17, 10:00-4:00, at the Rochester Community Center on Wakefield St., in Rochester, NH. It is a wonderful show and we hope to see many of you there.

“Over the River and Through the Woods” is the theme for a holiday event sponsored by Cotton Weeds, Calico Basket Quilt Shop in Windham, and Quiltessentials in Auburn. Make the rounds between all three shops for a fun weekend filled with demonstrations, prizes, gift making suggestions, and of course, yummy treats. Watch your e-mails or our website for more information.

Thank you to everyone who attended Quiltport! We all had a fabulous time at the event and we were inspired with quilters from as far away as New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire!

Save the Date - April 8-10, 2011 for the next Quiltport event! Registration will begin this Fall.

Congratulations to Sue Hawkes - This year's winner of the Elna Fun Sew Sewing machine

JoJoin other quilters for a week-end filled with the indulgences of your choice….sew in the company of fellow quilters, finish up UFO’s, start something new, take a class, make new friends, shop the outlets, dine out at the restaurants & pamper yourself!

Sponsored by Calico Basket Quilt Shop, Cotton Weeds Quilt Shop and Quiltessentials, Inc.