In-Store Shopping
& Curbside Pick-Up
Hours:
Mon, Wed, Fri 10 AM - 5 PM
Tue, Thu 10 AM - 6 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
Sunday Noon - 4 PM
Staff & Instructors are all fully vaccinated
Mask wearing is encouraged & respected
Please wear a mask in the shop if unvaccinated
Online ordering is open 24/7 - Curbside pick-up and shipping are available.
Cherrywood & Friends Challenge
It's our soon-to-be 6 year anniversary in April 🤩 and we're announcing a new shop challenge to celebrate!
Here are the rules:
- Purchase a Cherrywood Fabrics fat quarter at Blue Bar Quilts in the color of your choice. You may buy a larger cut or bundle, too if you like but the minimum to participate is a fat quarter.
- Use the fat quarter with at least two other non-Cherrywood fabrics of your choice to make a 24” square mini quilt. Anything goes for additional fabrics and there is no limit to the number, the minimum is one Cherrywood fabric and two additional (any type, fiber, print, designer, etc.), and any quilting technique, surface design, embellishment, embroidery, machine or hand work is fair game.
- There will be 2 prizes: Viewer’s Choice & Staff Pick. Winners will receive an 8-step Fat Quarter Bundle or 4-step Half Yard Bundle of Cherrywood Fabrics in the colorway of their choice.
- Participants may enter one quilt only, and the deadline is Friday, March 31, 2023. The entered quilts will hang in the hallway gallery through April 30, 2023, for viewers’ choice voting. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 24 via email newsletter and on our social media platforms.
Sewing Machine Service
Our service technician, Ginny, is accepting machines for service. We take all JUKI sewing machines and sergers, and any machines of other brands that are beyond the manufacturer's warranty. Bring your machine to the shop for service; the current wait time is within 30 days. Service times may increase if repairs and/or replacement parts are needed. Call the shop if you have questions and visit our service page.
Sharpening Services
Sharpening Services from 5th Dimension are now available weekly at Blue Bar Quilts.
- Drop off your scissors (or knives) at the shop by Monday and they will be returned the following Monday.
- Fill out a form providing your contact information; name, email address & phone number.
- No limit on how many items to be sharpened, bring as many as you would like.
- You will know your sharpened items are ready to be picked up once you receive an e-invoice from 5th Dimension for service.
- Any questions regarding sharpening services & invoicing should be made directly to Chessie of 5th Dimension: 5thDimensionknives@gmail.com or (608) 554-4203.
- Any blades that cannot be repaired will be returned with explanation and without a charge.
Pricing:- Scissors & Pinking Shears - $15 each regardless of length
- Knives - $1.50 per inch
Rent our Classroom!
Rent our Classroom for a sew day, event or gathering!
Rental charge is $25 per hour; please check our online calendar for availability - if nothing is scheduled for that day the classroom is available, please email Gael at bluebarquilts@gmail.com to request. Limited evening hours available.
Amenities include: irons, ironing boards, cutting mats & basic acrylic rulers, twelve 6’ tables, 20 rolling office chairs, 75” smart TV, 100” square quilt design wall.
Direct to Fabric Digital Printing
- Email your high-resolution photo or image files (JPG, PNG, or TIFF are the only usable file extensions) ahead of time with the subject line “digital prints” to bluebarquilts@gmail.com and include your name and phone number. We cannot print copyrighted images or artwork that does not belong to you.
- The price per print is $8.99
- Maximum image printout size is 11.7” x 8.3” and your image can be re-sized to fit this dimension. Please specify what size within the maximum dimension you would like your image to be.
- Images will be printed on a 12”x 14” piece of Bella PFD (prepared for dyeing) white quilting cotton.
- Please allow up to a week for the fulfillment of your order of 3 prints or less, an order of more than 3 prints could take longer.
New in the Hallway Gallery: Monona Monday Morning Quilters
"Inspired by Nature" February 2023
Celebrate the quilts created by the Monona Monday Morning Quilters, now hanging in the Hallway Gallery.
"Monona Monday Morning Quilters, founded ca. 2000, is a group of about 30-40 active members who meet at 9am sharp every Monday morning at the Monona Senior Center. We make quilts and other quilted objects for those we love and those in need such as Project Linus, veterans groups, Meals on Wheels, and many other local charities. In addition to making traditional quilts using a wide variety of techniques, members also enjoy embroidery, crochet, and knitting, as well as making quilted bags, garments, and art quilts. Here you will find a variety of textile objects - all "inspired by nature" made using original designs, patterns, kits, and panels, and all showcasing the maker's skills and interests beyond making larger bed-size quilts.
Our group, which includes women and men, welcomes everyone. Hope to see you on Monday morning! Now, enjoy the show!"
Featured Class of the Week
🧵 Beginning Quiltmaking is back! Learn every step of the quilt-making process in this class designed for beginning sewists. You will learn fabric selection, cutting, piecing, pressing, borders, basting, quilting, trimming, and binding. After taking this class you'll be ready to make any number of quilt projects. There's nothing like a handmade quilt - now you can make your own! This is a 6 session class on Wednesdays, beginning March 22. Register here.
Your Full Service Quilt Shop
From custom kits for any pattern (yours or ours!), to sourcing and ordering specialty notions and tools, to cutting fat quarters at your request, we're your full-service quilt shop!
An Aviary of Affection
I was honored and surprised to receive this amazing quilt and pillow, made by members of the Blue Bar community. Titled "An Aviary of Affection", it couldn't have been a more perfect gift for me, full of birds and incredible collaborative artistry, two of my favorite things. I thank the makers for this quilt, but most of all for sustaining and nurturing the community that they have built in and around Blue Bar. My love to you all! 💙💛❤️
Blue Bar Quilts is a Modern Quilting Community located in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Our focus is on modern quilters and makers and the fabrics they love. We stock designer fabric collections and fabric basics from Art Gallery Fabrics, Blank Quilting, Camelot, Clothworks, Dashwood Studio, Free Spirit, Island Batik, Michael Miller, Moda Fabrics, M&S Textiles, P&B Fabrics, Robert Kaufman, Ruby Star Society, Stof Fabrics, Studio E, Windham Fabrics, and more.We are a JUKI QVP dealer and stock a full line of JUKI sewing machines, sergers and long arm quilting machines, the Tajima Sai embroidery machine, and the Ricoh Ri 100 direct to fabric digital printer. Come into the shop to see our selection or call to schedule a demo.
Our quilt shop offers classes in quilting and sewing projects and techniques, both hand sewing and sewing machine, hand quilting, embroidery, sashiko, applique, patchwork, fabric dyeing, textile surface design, color theory, and design essentials. Our shop takes pride in featuring local Wisconsin pattern designers. Some of our favorites are JD’s Custom Quilts, Purple Pineapple Studio, Sew Hungry Hippie, Studio R Quilts, and Wefty.
We believe in giving back to our community through service. Our shop is home to the Days for Girls Middleton Team which meets for a workday in our classroom on the second Tuesday of every month from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Days for Girls is an organization that makes and distributes reusable menstrual kits to girls and women all over the world. Blue Bar Quilts is also a Project Linus donation drop-off location for finished quilts and blankets.
Two Madison-area guilds meet at our shop, Madison Modern Quilt Guild and Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists. For more information on these groups please visit their websites or social media profiles.
Blue Bar Quilts is a welcoming Modern Quilting Community – We invite anyone with an interest in quilting, sewing, and creating to join us!
A note from Gael:
We are so thankful for your continued business. This international health crisis is going to be a rough patch for so many small businesses and that worries me for all of us in that boat. On the other hand, it has heartened me to see how local communities have rallied in support of their friends and neighbors. May we all remain united in the face of adversity and come through this healthy and happy.
CONTACT US
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hello@bluebarquilts.com |
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(608) 284-9299 |
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6333 University Avenue Middleton, Wisconsin 53562 |
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In-Store & Curbside Pickup Shopping Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 10 AM - 5 PM Tue, Thu 10 AM - 6 PM Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM Sunday Noon - 4 PM; Online ordering open 24/7 |