With the completion of our New Year's Sale and the first club meeting of the new year, we are off and running. As I mentioned in my last blog, changes are coming----the first change of 2007 is a big one and one that I am sure will present adjustments--Antoinette is leaving Nutmeg Lodge to return to her roots--dentistry. She came to my shop after many years in the world of dentists and procedures, now comes the time she would like to return to that and, I am sure, everyone joins me in wishing her well. She has been a bright and shining presence and the help and assistance to me has been invaluable. Her hard work and good humour will be missed by each of us on staff. This will be her last week at Nutmeg Lodge and I am sure that many of you would like to stop by to say farewell. To make the trip a happy one, I would like you to have an extra 10% off any purchases you make and a punch on your card. Remember that Antoinette works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. For a brief time Judy will be filling in on Tuesdays and Marcy on Wednesday. By March we should be settled into a new schedule and I will let you know which days you can find whom on duty.

The next big thing coming is EMPRESS WOO. This is the latest creation from Robyn Pandolph and her first line with Free Spirit. We have the entire collection, all 30 bolts. It is a fabulous group of fabrics and the hand is just lovely. There are plenty of yards to be cut and fat quarter bundles are ready to go.

At long last I will be posting a class schedule. New classes will be beginning in March and I will have that schedule available on line and in the shop in the next couple of days. If you would like this to be mailed to you, call or email us with your address and we will do that as well. Beginning in March also, I will be publishing a monthly update to the web and blog information for anyone to pick up at the shop and/or having it mail.

And, finally, I will be going to the gift market at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in February. It has been a very long time since I have been able to shop this market and the new merchandise that will be coming to Nutmeg Lodge really will change the whole shopping scene. There are other things in the offing for the future and I will keep you posted on each and every one. See you soon---Barbara