It's that time of year again...

Hoping your holidays went well this week, with lots of family time, good eating and great memories with loved ones. Now it's onto the Christmas holidays which shall be here too soon. Shopping started this past Friday and Saturday with "Black Friday" and "Small Business Saturday". We thank you for supporting us and allowing us to visit with your family members, quite a pleasure visiting with several generations! Our two Blocks of the month are going strong with the embroidery patterns, and many folks completing their blocks quickly. We are also doing another challenge within the shop, a pattern by Stitchin' by the River, Lolita Newman's Massachusetts 54th pattern. What a strong and beautiful design. We have several customers and instructors designing the pattern in different styles, cannot wait to see all their artistic ideas. What excitement this pattern has shown in our studio from visitors and customers alike! Oh Ms. Newman, you would be impressed! With the holiday coming soon, we have suspended classes until Januany of 2013, to allow our instructors time-off and a well deserved vacation. Thank you for understanding this during the holidays. We also need to advise all our customers early, we shall be closing December 24th and 25th. This Saturday was the grand opening of two new businesses in our center, the first, a new deli called The Corner Bistro, and the second, Ellie's Creative Corner. Good luck to them both and lots of success! Well Folks, let us know what our studio should provide for the next year, perhaps we shall make some new changes? Our hand-dyed yarns have done very well and hoping to see all the yarns in our shop impress you too! Until next time, may all the woolers and quilters, knitters and crocheters, finish all those pressing projects before year's end!

Long, long, time ago... It has been so very long since I've had a chance to write and let everyone know how the shop has been lately. If you've recently visted the shop, then you know about all the changes, losses, and upcoming events in our town. We recently had our quilt show in Old Town Temecula, sponsored by the Temecula Valley of the Mist Quilt Guild in early October. What a successful and beautiful show it was for them, it was a show well done! They shared some of the best artistic and stunning works of art by their members. The best part, it was held on the Columbus Day Holiday, and our little town was busy with a Greek Festival, grape stomping at the wineries and the show. By the end of that holiday, folks must have been pretty exhausted! Now as we head towards the big holidays, many of you know they'll be here too soon, like next week, right??? By the end of this month, we shall have our Christmas parade in Old Town. Talk about rushing the holidays, the City set up their Christmas decorations in Old Town today...I'll wait until Thanksgiving! No need to rush out the month of November yet, haven't had my turkey and gravy yet! One of the changes in town was the closing of our quilt shop, Quilter's Coop. Many of you are stopping by and asking what happened to them, or did they move. They officially closed on Friday, November 2nd. But we still have Temecula Quilt Company and Pieced With Love, so folks continue supporting your local businesses so we may all continue to thrive. Another change in our shop is the addition of a new face, my husband, who retired after 30 years with a utility company. Congratulations to him! His co-workers named him "The Wool Daddy". Awesome. If he's around and you have any questions, perhaps Wool Daddy will provide you some assistance... Dinner time, gotta run, I will promise to write more often too!

The Wool Lady Grand Opening and the Old Town Temecula Quilt Show

What a great day for a grand opening and a quilt show in Old Town Temecula! It was a warn and sunny day with lots of quilts hanging on the antique buildings and the company of many quilters. It was a spectacular sight to see! We were fortunate to see our current customers and make accquaintances with many new ones. We provided a lunch special and served handmade chocolate strawberries for our grand opening, boy were they delicious! It was a fun day for all, with a successful grand opening and the quilt show, who can ask for more? We are hoping to see you stop by our studio and see our new place, let us know what you think...
Ruth-
The Wool Lady

New Location for The Wool Lady Studio

Hi Folks-
It has been awhile since I had time to chat, for it was a very busy summer! We were fortunate enough to have moved to a larger location within the same area this September. With our larger space in the store, we are now offering new items and classes. We are also making new changes to our website and looking forward to some innovative technology, all due to our computer wizards! This year just seems to be getting better and better! It is all due to you my customers, my constant supporters, who grace our store with your presence, creativity, and humor. We have been blessed to see the artistic quality of the many, laugh with those who tickle our funny bone,and cry with those who have shared our similiar family experiences. May we all share more similiar moments as our studio expands. We continue to look forward to your visits as we grow and share...
Ruth-
The Wool Lady

Can You Believe?

Hi All-
This year has been such a whirlwind, and it was suddenly summertime! I know, I am not the only one who believes that time is flying by so quickly, but when the holiday patterns are in, we know the year is half over. We have so many new things in the studio and we are packed with no more room to expand! With that being said, time to kick it into high gear and get our new samples ready for the fall and winter.
Next week is the Long Beach International Quilt Show beginning on July 29 thru that Sunday the 31st. It's always a day of cool weather by the beach area and the show is always a great day of fun. Hopefully, those not on vacation will be able to attend.
Must admit, this warm weather keeps me indoors doing my yarn dying and thinking about the fall colors coming soon. With fall being my favorite season, my head spins with all the possibilities! Oh well, the work day is almost over and time to go home and "dye". Chat with "ewe" again soon...
Ruth-The Wool Lady

Be Prepared...

We will have the Southern California Quilt Run beginning on June 16th through the 19th, and continuing on June 23rd through the 26th this year. It will be followed with the Temecula Valley of the Mist Quilt Show on Saturday, October 1, 2011. The Quilt Show is a beautiful sight to see with all the entries and participants doing a beautiful job of displaying their gorgeous work. Be sure to make an entry in your calendar for these coming events. If you are planning to participate, please contact the Temecula Guild to register. Hoping to see you then!

New and on the way...

Drop on in and see what is new since your last visit. We have added new yarns to our collection of bling and our "bling kits" have been a hit this season. New items are arriving daily and our collection of Valdani thread is finally here. The wools for this summer are also arriving and we have a beautiful fall kit ready to go just for you! You will love the special hand-dyed colors for these gorgeous sunflowers and you can have it ready for your fall collection. Classes are still available, please call us and set an appointment. We are looking forward to seeing you soon!