Checker Newsletter

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Penny Haren 8:00 – 9:30 Creative Grids + Cut Loose Press = Perfect Demo
Join me to learn how to combine two Checker exclusives – Creative Grids and Cut Loose Press – and make them the foundation of your class and demo schedule.
Creative Grids is the most complete ruler line in the world – but [...]

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Saturday, May 18, 2013
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Karla Alexander

Spider Web with Attitude
Start the week-end with a bang!  Join Karla Alexander as she shares how to use her new Creative Grids Spider Web ruler.

Item #CGRKA6  Retail $20.95

This spider is revolutionary – for the first time, you can “float” the webs – and Karla will show you how [...]

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Come and join some of our favorite Creative Grids designers during Take and Teach sessions at Spring Market!  Meet the ladies who created your favorite rulers and learn how to use their creations to the max!  We have two sessions every day so come join in the fun!
Friday, May 17, 2013

Swirly Girls Design
30 Degrees [...]

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Checker, as a company, strives to improve every day – and make changes when it will make your life easier.  Today, I want to bring some of those changes to your attention…
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But don’t just “like” us!  Leave comments, let people [...]

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Spider Web quilts have been around since quilters had scraps – but this generation of spiders are simply stunning.  Karla Alexander has done it again!  She has designed the perfect Creative Grids tool to make these striking quilts welcome additions to your bucket list.

This banner – from the Creative Grids USA website – celebrates the [...]

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UThis Zig-Zag ruler by Cotton Cottage Press comes in two sizes.  The original cuts a 5″ square from a strip set – and when the squares are pieced together, unique zig-zag patterns are formed.

Item #ZZLG  Retail $16.00
Look at the patterns that they have already designed with it!  This geometric pattern called Diamond Trip features the [...]

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Cut Loose Press prints affordable patterns that all have one thing in common – they showcase specific notions and products so that you can feature them in demos and classes.  Your customers can then take the tool home and make something with it that they will absolutely love.  For shop owners, these patterns have the [...]

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Helen Robinson is the very talented sister of Jenny Pedigo and has used her Curve Ruler to create more traditional designs – that have a definite twist!  They both have totally different styles – so much so that I could look at all of the patterns and tell who did what!  That is the true [...]

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GE Designs’ new book – Big Blocks Big Style – is the perfect title for this collection of nine quilts by one of my favorite designers, Gudrun Erla.

Item #GE506  Retail $20.00
After all, sometimes when you want to make a statement it is time to go big or go home – or go big FOR the [...]

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Many of you have sold enough of the Twister and Lil Twister templates to pay your shop rent. And, now that all of your customers know how much fun it is, two designers have created lines of patterns to make your customers excited all over again!
Simply Twisted Designs has some fun designs that [...]

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