Loving this fall weather!

I'm loving this lovely mild weather...but my long-awaited fall has turned into a frenzy! 

How did that happen? It's me, maybe. 

Probably.

I seem to keep thinking up cool ideas with no time in between to relax between finishes.

At school, I've taken on several big projects that turned out to be more time consuming than I remembered. Or maybe I made them more time-intensive than they needed to be...
But it's so much fun...

Some I volunteered for myself, others are regular duties that I just have to 

squeeze in & get over it. 

I enjoy them all - I just didn't expect them to pile up like all the fall leaves in the driveway!

But now let's talk about the shop.

At Calico Mermaid, we have some amazing plans for the rest of 2014! 

We're especially excited about our guest teachers coming soon. 

Terry Waldron will be here in a couple of weeks.

I can open up two more seats if you'd like to join us. 

Call the shop soon if you want those spots!

559 793 2510

Lynne Pillus will be at Calico Mermaid teaching her amazing techniques on January 10!

Save the date!

We also have some great holiday plans - on Halloween, we'll have some 

special Trick or Treat Fun for you. 

After Thanksgiving, we'll have our traditional Shop Small Weekend. You won't want to miss it!

 In December, you can earn Crabby Cash again this year - and spend it like cash!

And just wait till you hear about our 12 Days of Splash Your Stocking! 

The Mermaids have 12 days of special deals just for you!

We'll also be hosting a FINtastic Mini Winter Retreat again this year:

January 3-4-5            8 a.m. - 10p.m. at Calico Mermaid     7 meals included

Fun - Games - Prizes - Food - Friends

Start the New Year off right with time for yourself to finish up all your projects ...

OR get a jump start on something wonderful for 2015!

Check our Newsletter for our most recent 

Class Calendars!

Thanksgiving

We're so thankful for all our new friends we've made at the shop, & all the familiar faces we're getting to spend more time with. This Thanksgiving is especially sweet for us for lots of reasons, & we thank you for sharing the past months with us.

Have some very special time with those you love. Be thankful for every minute you have together. We're very thankful for you.

Georg.

November Hours

Wednesday, November 23 open 10-1

Thursday, November 24 CLOSED

Friday, November 25 CLOSED

Saturday, November 26 open 10-6

Sunday, November 27 open 1-5

Start earning your Christmas Clams on November 26

(earn one Christmas Clam for each $10 you spend in the shop)

Start spending them like cash on

December 17-21

Holiday Open House

Downtown Porterville's

Customer Appreciation Night

Friday, December 2 4:30-6:30 p.m.

teacher demos, prizes, goodies,

double punches on your

Sand Dollar card

Bring a friend!

We're feeling pretty jolly around here!

We have lots of holiday ideas to fill your decorating, gift giving & creative needs. I just love to show off what our amazing teachers come up with!

New Fabric

I've been so excited writing about our new classes that I've neglected to show you much of our newest fabric.
We have lots of new Halloween, fall & Christmas fabric in already.
We have snowmen in all shapes, sizes, & color palettes. We have holiday flowers, trees, reindeer, & ornaments. Look at these beautiful Fall Colors from Wilmington Prints. There's a wall hanging panel & an apron panel - the perfect gift for your Thanksgiving hostess.
Then check out this cute Halloween door hanging panel.
Very cute!

Free shipping this weekend!

Free shipping this weekend to celebrate staying inside,
sewing where it's cool!
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday
www.calicomermaid.com
Check out all the new holiday fabric!
If you want something that isn't on our website, email me because it might
be in our shop & we just haven't had time to upload the photos.
We're rearranging & preparing for even more new fabric to arrive this month.

Hot Summertime

Summer has hit P'ville pretty hard this week, but it's cool inside where all the sewing is going on. Today we had quite a group for WIP Wednesday - sewing & snacking & sharing.
Look at these pretty Laurel Burch holiday fabrics that just arrived. I just love the panel! You'll have to stop in to see the intensity of these colors. Amazing.

Stonehenge by Northcott

Stonehenge has been very popular at the shop since we opened, but this week the holiday pieces arrived so I thought I'd share them.
This is the panel requested by some of our favorite customers.
Look at these beautiful holiday panels. Perfect for quick wall hangings or add borders to make a throw or a great holiday bed cover.

I'm loving this tree skirt panel with all the reds! You could line it to be reversible with another pretty fabric on the back - or even piece the other side. How cool is this?

This panel has been moving really quickly. One friend even used it to make a barbeque apron! I wish I had a picture of that to share.
How have you used Stonehenge?