It Followed Me Home ... Really!

 Thursday my sister and I headed to Lancaster, PA to do a little

fabric shopping {I'll show the fabric photo's tomorrow} as well as

to attend a dinner/talk arranged by the Old Country Store.

I won't go into a lot of detail but  basically The Old Country Store

won a contest sponsored by Jaftex Fabrics.  

Here are photo's I took at the event.

Challenge Blocks

 Jaftex Fabrics provided [and the] Old Country Store mailed

all 250 registered attendees 2 fat quarters of fabric to

create a 10-1/2" block.  We had to mail those blocks in

prior to the event so they could be presented [as you

see above] so they could be voted upon by the attendees.

There were 5 categories with a prize for the winners.

 The quilts you will see were provided by the Old Country

Store using fabrics from the Jaftex family of companies.

 More challenge blocks.

 Challenge Blocks

 Challenge Blocks

 Challenge Blocks

 The Jaftex Company printed old family photo's on fabric

for this quilt.

 More old family photo's printed on fabric.

 The offices are located in New York City.

 Meet Scott Fortunoff

Scott's talk was informative and touched lightly on how the

family textile business got started, how fabric is made,

the country it's printed in as well as the acquisition of all the

companies under the Jaftex umbrella.

Scott & I ran into each other at the Old Country Store - I

was coming in and he was getting ready to leave.  Vanessa

[who I do sewing for occasionally] told Scott to look for 

me - so the timing was perfect.

 This event sold out at 250 people.

 It followed me home ... really!

 Holy smokes I had no intention of buying a machine 

and actually I didn't even know that Hinkletown Sewing

Company would have machines at this event.  It's funny because

I dropped off my B380 at the Crabby Quilter in Annapolis

for an annual service.  While I was there I asked the owner

what the cost of this machine would be and if they would

offer me a few $'s for a trade-in of the B380.  The answers

were:  $5,000 for the machine and no trade-ins.  

 Derby can't believe I came home with this big box.

 Moving on to the lead-up to the purchase of this machine.

The owner of Hinkletown Sewing is a super-salesman for

sure. They have an excellent reputation for customer

service as well as pricing these machines to move out

of the showroom and into the home sewing room.

Here's the deal on the great pricing I received.

First, this is a demo machine which I don't mind at all.

The regular price is $5,000 

Bernina had a $700 rebate bring the price down to

$4,299.  With my trade-in of the B380 they

offered me $1,000 bring the cost to $3,299.  

Deb & I had dinner and after that strolled back

over to the machines but this time not talking to the

great grandson but to the actual owner.  He said

if you take this machine with you tonight I'll give it

to you for $2,700! A quick call to Wilson and I went

back with my credit card ... how could I not!

With this special edition anniversary machine included

are $2,300 worth of goodies which I will need

to go back to the store in Lancaster to pick up. 

Merry Christmas ME!