Anniversary Sale

 Last week we were a Vendor at Virtual Quilt Canada. It was a fun experience and wonderful to interact with quilters across Canada. In conjunction with the event we also had an online sale for all our out of town customers. This week we have a sale happening instore for all our local shoppers. 

The sale will take place Wednesday June 23 - Friday June 25. We have extended the shop hours a little for the sale. 

Wednesday June 23 the shop will be open 9:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday June 24: 9:00am - 8:00pm

Friday June 25: 9:00am - 5:00pm

If you spend $50 or more instore on selected items during these 3 days you will receive 25% off those items. Fabrics, precuts, kits, notions, patterns and rulers are included the sale. 

Batting, interfacings, already discounted items and bag hardware are excluded from the discounts. 

There will be no further discounts taken off the sale price. All items are final sale. No rainchecks. Sale is instore only. 

We also have several door prizes to be won during the three days, and all eligible purchases will be entered into the Anniversary Gift Basket as well which is pictured below and is valued at over $500. 

As the AHS Restrictions will still be in place this week there will be a limit of 15 customers in the shop at one time, so there may be a line outside. We ask that you be kind to our staff and other customers. 

Masks are also still mandatory for all customers. Hand sanitizing station will be available. 

Some have complained about the lines at previous sales but we have tried other methods such as appointment shopping and online discounts and they just don't seem to work well. 

The timed shopping does not work well as some people are very quick shoppers and others like to spend more time, and if someone is done shopping and leaves we have unused space until the next time slot while others may feel rushed with the amount of time given.  

We did our online sale a week early so that we would not have to worry about over selling items in the shop. 

Have a great week, 

Kayla

June Events

 June is right around the corner, and with it our 5th Anniversary!

First off I want to say Thank You on behalf of Esther, Carrie and myself for all your support and business over the past 5 years! We have had so much fun and look forward to the future. 

We had been planning to have some instore specials the first week of June as that is our actual Anniversary, but with restrictions lifting more all the time we have decided to wait until nearer the end of the month for the sales instead. So watch for more details on that in the next few weeks. 

We have our first few Tuesday Facebook Live Videos planned out. These take place live on our Facebook Page at 10:30am and we publish the videos when we are done filming so they stay on our page. 

June 1 we will be going over our PhD projects, as well as what we have planned for the remainder of the month. 

June 8 is Moda Stitch Pink Day and we will be doing blocks 16-20 

June 15 I will be doing a little "class" / "tutorial" on a baby panel quilt, showing how to square up a panel and how to add borders not only to panels but to all your projects. 

June 17-19 we are a Vendor at Virtual Quilt Canada. We have a booth set up, will be doing some demonstrations and having some show specials. This is the first time we are a vendor of a virtual event like this so we aren't sure what to expect but we are excited to be included. 

At the end of the month we will be having our instore 5th Anniversary Sale. 

We have more fabric arriving all the time and we have been busy putting together kits and samples for the shop. 

We are also spending time getting things ready for our Sidewalk Sale in July. 

Carrie will be here on Thursday with her Garden Sampler Blocks. 

Have a great week, 

Kayla 

May Events

 Can you believe it is already May! With Summer right around the corner, classes at the shop will be winding down until fall again but we do have a couple events planned for this month. 

Our last sessions of the spring Tabletastic and Bag Club are taking place this month. Both went really well, and I am sure we will try do something like it in the fall again. 

We originally had planned on a Sewing Retreat to make some Sallie Tomato Bags, but have changed it to some Live Facebook Videos showing off each bag, as well as a Trunk Show next week Monday in the shop. 

You can sign up for the Trunk Show by clicking here. There are 4 different time slots available, each with limited spots. There is  $10 registration fee, but it will be given back to you as Chicken Feed Quilts Cash when you show up that you can use during your time slot. If you do not show up or don't spend it in your time slot you will forfeit your $10. 

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary, this month we are focussing on Charm Packs. If you were unaware, Charm Packs are little packages of squares that are each 5". There is either 40 or 42 in the package depending on the manufacturer. We will have some fun quilts and projects to show off, using our favorite Books and Patterns. 

Sneak Peek of a Quilt I am working on right now that uses Charm Packs

Carrie will share the next block in her Garden Sampler on Thursday and I will have the next set of blocks for our Bonnie and Camille Quilt Bee quilt next Monday. 

Aside from our Sallie Tomato Tour of bags on Facebook Live, we also have PhD and Carries Sewing Room Tomorrow as well as Moda Stitch Pink Blocks 11-15 next week. These videos will take place at 10:30 am on our Facebook Page - Chicken Feed Quilts. 

We have lots more fabric collections scheduled to arrive this month, so check out our Social Media Pages, our website or come in store to see what is new. 

Have a great week, 

Kayla

Ruler Demos

 Happy Monday! 

This year is our 5th anniversary as owners of Chicken Feed Quilts and we are planning to celebrate for 5 months. Last month we held our big Clearance Sale as a kickoff. It was our biggest sale ever and we thank everyone that came out and shopped. 

This month we have 5 ruler demos planned. We love our Creative Grids Rulers and so this week we will be posting videos to our Facebook Page showing how to use 5 different Creative Grids Specialty Tools. We have shown some of them at retreats but we have only featured one in our Facebook Live Videos, and that one only briefly as part of a quilt along.

The five rulers we will be doing Demos on are

Kitty Cornered

10" Log Cabin Duo

Strippy Stars

Turbo 4-Patch

Square on a Square

All 5 of these rulers are available in our shop and they can be used to make some very fun projects either by themselves or combined with other rulers! They are designed to make traditional blocks come together much easier and with most of them involving some trimming, they come out really nice each time. For most of these  rulers we have either individual patterns or pattern books for some great inspiration and we will share them in the videos as well. 

Quilt made with Strippy Stars Tool

Be sure to check out our Facebook Page every day this week to see video tutorial. 

Runner made using 8" Square on a Square Tool 

We are getting a better (we are currently using our phones and a starter microphone) videoing system set up in the next few weeks, and than we will start our own Youtube channel and start posting our videos there as well for those that like that platform better than Social Media. 

Runner made using the Turbo 4 Patch Tool 

Have a fantastic week, remember I am going down to one post per week now as our family is about to get busy with Soccer, Golf, yardwork and other spring and summer activities.

Kayla

Virtual Bag Making Marathon

 Happy Thursday! A few months ago we hosted a virtual retreat and had so much fun. It was wonderful to spend a couple days sewing with others even if it was virtual rather than in person. We have decided to host another retreat in May. This time to make bags. 

Audrey

The dates of the retreat are May 6 and 7. 

We will be focussing on Sallie Tomato Patterns. Her patterns go together really nicely. You can choose any Sallie Tomato Patterns you like and you can make as many as you want.

Casey Duffle 

Esther, Carrie and I have made a wide variety of her patterns and we also have a truck show from Sallie Tomato coming for the Retreat. We will do a little virtual trunk show prior to the sewing days so that you can see all the different bags and decide which ones you would like to make and get all your supplies in time for the sewing. 

Myrna Crossbody

There will be discounts, door prizes, helpful tips and tricks, some games and a lot of bag making! And you get to do it all from the comfort of your own home, no need to pack up all your supplies. 

Luci

Space is limited for this event so sign up soon to guarantee your spot, it is $50 to register, and supplies are not included.  There is a link at the bottom of this post to register. 

Sign up will end Friday April 23.

Ginger

Some bag making experience is recommended for this event as it is more of a sewing retreat than a class. That being said the patterns are written very well and several of them are beginner friendly. 

We hope you will join us for this fun event. 

Have a great weekend!

Kayla

Register Here

Worldwide Quilting Day

 Worldwide Quilting Day is almost here! 

As a shop we decided to celebrate the day with a few tutorials and informative presentations using the video platform Zoom. These presentations will all take place on Saturday March 20. 

Saturday Morning at 10:00 am I will be doing a video tutorial on the Noodlehead Pencil Pouch. This pouch is quick to make and is great introduction to zippers. It doesn't use much fabric at all and fat quarters work really well. I love giving them as gifts to Teachers and friends. 

Their isn't much of a pattern just a written tutorial to follow, but it is free and can be found by clicking HERE.

At Noon Esther is going to be giving a presentation on Backings. She plans to go over what we like to use as backings for our projects and why and also how to determine how much backing you would need for your project. 

At 2:00pm Carrie has a little tutorial for the Moda Love quilt. This is a free pattern download available in 3 different sizes. The pattern utilizes precuts which makes shopping for the fabric fairly easy in terms of what to buy, the hard part is choosing just one to use! She has a few tips on how to trim the half square triangle units, and a few ideas on how to enlarge the size if you wanted to. You can download the Moda Love pattern HERE

All three of the videos are now posted on our Facebook Page, Chicken Feed Quilts

Kayla

Virtual Retreat Recap

 We had our first ever Virtual Retreat this past weekend, and aside from a few minor technical difficulties it went really well. The feedback has been great, and it was wonderful to spend a few days quilting with others! 

We had 24 ladies from Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC join us for the Retreat, which ran Thursday, evening, Friday and Saturday. 

Prior to the event all the attendees filled out a Questionnaire, and based on their answers we created custom kits for each. In addition to the fabric each Retreat package contained, the pattern, a goody bag of gifts, and an envelope saying do not open (for a game we played Friday Evening). Each package was sealed up, and shipped out or made ready for pickup at our shop. All the attendees were instructed to keep their bag sealed shut until the event if they could, and we had them open the packages on camera Thursday Evening. 

Thursday Evening we showed off our Quilts that we had made prior to the event as samples, did a shop tour, and had everyone show off their sewing spaces and get to know each other. It was so neat to see everyone's sewing rooms!

Many of us started sewing on Thursday Evening, but the real sewing started on Friday after a couple tutorials. 

We were all making quilts from the book called Stripology Mixology by GE Designs. The books contains 13 patterns perfect for Precuts, all of which are fairly simple in their construction but look very impressive. Although the book was written to use the Stripology Rulers by GE Designs, instructions are included for regular rulers. 

We did lots of Show and Tell with our progress throughout the weekend, everyone made good progress, and several people were able to completely finish their quilt tops. 

We would love to another Virtual Retreat in the future so watch for more information on when that will happen. 

Thank you again to everyone that joined us, we had sew much fun!

Kayla

Virtual Retreat January 2021

 We are so excited to announce that in January we are going to be hosting a Virtual Retreat. You can join in from the comfort and safety of your own home! The retreat will run January 21-23.

There are only 2 requirements that you need to meet to join in on the fun. The first is you need to have access to either Zoom Meetings or Facebook, and the second is that you buy the kit from our shop. 

The Project we will be making will be a mystery but sneak peeks will be shown on Social Media up until the start of the event.

The Retreat will start Thursday, January 21 at 6pm with an introduction to the event and project reveal.

The retreat will end Saturday, January 23 at 3pm after 2 days of sewing and games.

During the retreat there will be tutorials from Esther, Kayla and Carrie, games to play and progress check-ins all via Zoom Meetings and a Private Facebook Group.

As I said earlier the project will be a mystery but we will be putting up some sneak peeks on Social Media. I can tell you that there are two size options that you can choose from, either a lap/twin or queen/king sized project. You will need to decide what size you would like to do when you sign up for the event. 

After you register we will send you a Questionnaire to fill out with a list of questions about your favorite prints, colors, backgrounds you like, what precuts you like to work with, and what your favorite designers are. This will help us make a custom kit just for you for the event!

Your Project Kit will include: Either Moda or Art Gallery Fabrics to make the quilt top and binding, a spool of Aurifil Thread that coordinates to your fabrics and the book needed to make the quilt. The kit will be ready for pickup

Everyone that "attends" the event will receive a Goody Bag sponsored by our distributors. 

There is also a gift basket to win from our shop, just by registering for the event you will get added to the draw, but there will be ways throughout the weekend to earn additional entries!

For all the locals that are "attending" we will have an optional $75 Food Package available to make your weekend even more relaxing. (Local refers to anyone willing to drive to our shop on Thursday, January 21 to pick up your meals)

We have partnered with Chef Stella from Lethbridge and The Chrysalis Cafe from Coaldale for the food packages. 

The Food Package will contain:

Wine and Cheese Plate for the kick off evening

2 Breakfast Meals, 1 for Friday Morning and one for Saturday Morning

1 Supper Meal for Friday Evening. This meal will be prepared and frozen so you will need to reheat it. 

Some added snacks and beverages for the weekend. 

Supply List and Questionnaires will be sent out to all those that register

Signup for this event ends January 7th so we have time to put together the kits. 

You can sign up for the event here 

Esther, Carrie and I are so excited for this event and hope that many of you will join us for it!

Kayla