Happy New Year from Quiltworx.com!

To bring in 2014, we want to extend a special thank you to our customers and supporters of our company, including our Certified Shops and Instructors!  It has been a fantastic year of continued growth for Quiltworx.com and we are very fortunate to be a small, family run business that can say that!

I thought I’d give you our own version of a Top 20 counting the ways in which we had such a great year for Quiltworx.com (in no particular order)!

1. We published a Record Number of quilt patterns for our company this year, including our second Technique of the Month, Mariner’s Compass, and  20 Additional Patterns!
2. We expanded our product line to include Fusible Applique Products: Quiltworx Impressions!
3. We expanded our product line to include Charm Elements!
4. We used Charm Elements to collaborate with Checker Distributors on 3 Cut Loose Press patterns in addition to the 20 we published above!
5. We expanded our product line to include Digitized Quilting Designs!
6. We worked with Hoffman Fabrics to create Quiltworx Bali Pops, a special set of 2-1/2″ strips cut from Bali Batiks, prepackaged in a set of 48, and pre-sorted to build ring sets for our Wedding Ring Series Quilts!
7. We worked with Robert Kaufman to design the Lumina Feathered Star! A New Pattern Listing on our Website with Modified Papers is coming Soon!
8. We began carrying products from three great designers, Cindi McCracken Designs, Laundry Basket Quilts, and Totes by Sandy!
9. We saw our Certified Shops and Instructors work with Timeless Treasures to recreate our favorite designs into new kits!
10. We broke ground on a new building that will include a dedicated training center and a new 7,000 foot warehouse!
11. We started a Youtube Channel and have 311 followers since the end of September!
12. We started an Instagram page!
13. Our Facebook Page doubled in size to over 20,000 fans!
14. Our Pinterest page also doubled in size, going to well over 4,000 followers!  And, we started a second Pinterest page dedicated to our Quilting Designs, only!
15. Our Certified Shop Program grew by 12 Shops!  Click here for the USA...and here, for Canada!  To see an ad for these shops, click here!
16. Our Certified Instructors were teaching around the US an average of 200 days, each month!
17. We gave away over $5,000 in gifted quilts for Charity, Contest Prizes, and Gift Certificates for Customers Making Award Winning Quilts!
18. Judy held her first ever Checker Symposium, introducing 30 new shops to our products, all of which are now regular customers, kittings, teaching, and sharing Quiltworx with their customers!
19. We were able to Expand our 2014 Retreats Schedule to include workshops with Judy, a team of Judy and Certified Instructors, and some outstanding Certified Instructors alone!
20. We had our first year of sales with our 30 new Australian Certified Shops and we couldn’t be more proud to be affiliated with such an amazing group of shops and Victorian Textiles!

So…with this in mind:

What do we have in store for you in 2014?!?!

1. Judy and I are kicking of 2014 with a trip to New York City to begin working with Timeless Treasures on a New Fabric Line designed by Judy and Judel Niemeyer!
2. Certification of 10 more Certified Instructors!  (Thank you, to these instructors for being so patient as we have found a way to get them Certified, which was no easy task!)
3. Certification of a “To be Determined” additional Certified Shops! (Thank you to our list of shop owners who are patiently waiting for the opportunity!)
4. Publication of our First BOOK!  This will be a Pattern Book, comprising over 32 quilt design using our papers by Judy, Judel, and our Certified Shops!  This project will be hitting your favorite facebook page, in full force with highlights and more information as we kick off the new year!
5. Expansion of our New Digitized Quilting Designs page, including the addition of new designers!  We are presently working on digitizing designs by Vicki Ibison, Angela Walters, and Karen Marchetti!  These will be available by the end of the spring for great patterns like the New Flowers for My Wedding Ring (Karen), the Captain’s Wheel, Bali Wedding Star, and Osprey’s Nest (among others) (Vicki), and the Lumina Feathered Star Queen (Angela).
6. Certification of New Shops in Austraila!
7. We have One Australian Certified Instructor in Australia and plan to expand this list in 2014!
8. We are making a concerted effort to expand the work we do with a wider range of fabric companies due to demand from our Certified Shops, Instructors, Customers, and the Fabric Companies, themselves!  In the next year, we have quilts planned with Hoffman Fabrics, Robert Kaufman, Timeless Treasures, Island Batiks, and the Laundry Basket Fabric Collection by Moda!  We plan to continue expanding these relationships to show our quilts in a wide range of fabric designs and meet our growing customer base needs, where you all have your own taste and favorites in fabric collections and styles!
9. We will expand our Charm Elements and Cut Loose Press Pattern Line in 2014!
10. We are designing our next Technique of the Month and will be training instructors and shops on this new design throughout the Summer and Fall of 2014!  Publication will be in early 2015!

There is so much more on our minds…not to mention, our goal to keep up with everyone’s dreams, desires, and wish lists!  We truly are fortunate to have such a wonderful customer base and are looking very forward to 2014!

Thank you ~  Judy, and the Staff at Quiltworx.com!