NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK
We haven’t been putting our feet up after Christmas - we’ve completely redecorated and rejigged the shop! We reopened our even-more-lovely new store on 7 January and to celebrate, the first 25 customers spending £50 before 11 January will receive £10 of gift cards.
Plus, we also have a wondrous Gutermann collection, worth £90, to be won. Simply spend £15 with us instore or online in January and we’ll put you in the draw.
WINTER SALE
Our Clearance Sale with offers on discontinued fabrics and overstocks is from Friday 24-31 January. One week only - you don’t want to miss it!
GIFT CARDS
Our gift cards are always welcomed by keen sewers. They are available as £10, £25 and £50 cards. Available in-store, by phone on 01634 838880 and now online. They can be used on any products or as payment / part payment for a workshop. They can also be used for online order payments.
Please note lost gift cards cannot be replaced, so do look after them or spend them fast if you think they’ll go astray!
BARGAINS!
As well as our annual clearance sale, we often create a special offer when we get overwhelmed with fabric! Follow us on social media to hear about such events, as they can happen quite spontaneously.
We also sell ‘Yard Sale’ packs. These are metre cuts of fabric, at a great price. Ideal for borders, backing and binding, they’re a great way to keep costs down. Just look for the basket instore as our selection changes daily.
(Please note that Loyalty Card stamps are not given on Sale reductions since they’re such a bargain).
Fat Quarter Heaven!
Each week we put together bundles of coordinating fat quarters. Most packs contain 10 FQs (that’s 2.5m of fabric), ideal for the centre of a quilt.
And the good news is you save 10% instore on the price of buying them individually. (Occasionally, we get carried away and make up mega collections of 20 or more quarters, like the one Mavis is holding).
VALUE FOR MONEY
At Hometown we firmly believe in offering you great quality fabrics at fair prices. We have lovely printed cottons from £7.50/m and most of our range is £12-16.00/m. We don’t have a ‘one price fits all’ approach. If the fabric costs us less, we charge you less.
Why this attitude to pricing? Firstly, we want everyone to be able to quilt and sew. It’s for everyone, whether you’re 10 and spending precious pocket money, or a retired, avid quilter, spending the family inheritance.
We also believe in quality. So, we won’t buy cheaper items if that means compromising on quality. The best example of this are rotary cutters. We stock a fabulous range made by Olfa (the Japanese grand daddies in the rotary cutting world). When you buy this equipment, you want it to last. Marion has an Olfa cutter in regular use that is 30 years old. These tools are well engineered and a pleasure to use. Sure, you may be able to buy a cheaper cutter from a non-specialist for a fiver, but we can guarantee that you’ll soon upgrade to the real deal.
So be confident, that we know our onions or lemons (or the fabric equivalent) when we’re choosing great products for the shop.
Are you in THE QUILTERS’ GUILD?
Quilters’ Guild members have a 10% year round discount at Hometown, on full priced items and workshops, on production of their membership card. You can also use the discount online! Just log into your members’ page online for your QG code.
LOYALTY CARDS - JAN ’24 update
This switchover is such old news now, but we’re keeping the post here so customers can see the generous time we gave folk to swap to a new card. Please note we cannot swap or redeem OLD cards for any reason. Thank you. (January 2024).
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You, our customers are loyal, so a big thank you! This is why we have a Loyalty Card scheme which rewards you with free things! You can take as long as you like to fill a card and full cards are then dated and are valid for 2 months.
After 10 years, it was time for an update and in January 2023 we launched a new loyalty card. It’s still red in colour as shown above - we couldn’t change that! You now collect 1 stamp with every £15 of qualifying purchases (excludes sale items, gift cards, workshops and postage costs). When you’ve collected 10 stamps, you can redeem the card against 1 metre of fabric, a book or pattern (maximum value is £15).
When the new scheme was launched, we had a flurry of old cards in for redemption, but this has slowed to a trickle. So, in order to get all the old cards out of circulation, from 1 May until 3 September 2023, if you have a old-style card, we’ll transfer any old stamps to a new card at the new rate, below.
1 old stamp = sorry, this cannot be transferred
2 old stamps = 1 new stamp; 3-4 old stamps = 2 new stamps
5 old stamps = 3 new stamps; 6-7 old stamps = 4 new stamps
8 old stamps = 5 new stamps; 9 - 10 old stamps = 6 new stamps
11 old stamps = 7 new stamps
12 old stamps = eek, this card should have been redeemed for free stuff - check your date and redeem it pronto if still valid!
Since May 2020 we’ve also given stamps with online orders (either on a loyalty card or your invoice for repeat purchasers). So keep all your stamped invoices and we’ll transfer them onto a card when you’re next in town. The same rules apply regarding old-style, new-style cards. Just go to this page (read right to the bottom!) and we explain how to redeem it if you’re not local to the shop.
HOw much do I need?
It’s always a good idea to bring in your pattern or book as each project requires a different amount of fabric depending on the pattern.
The following is a rough guide to quantities. A cot size quilt will usually need about 1.5-2m for the top and 1.5m for the reverse; quilts of about 60x60in (150x150cm) need about 3-3.5m for the patchwork and 3.2m for the reverse. For a large quilt measuring, say 90x90in (230x230cm), it could be about 5-5.m.
This is an estimate based on block style patchwork. If you have sashing or borders, you’ll need to take this into account and add extra. The more experienced you become, you can double check pattern quantities before buying your fabric, to check they haven’t rounded up the quantities.
In-store we cut fabrics from just 20cm, so you can buy just what you need. Online, our quilting fabric and felt is sold in quarter metre quantities.
We’ll cut wadding from just 50cm and have a variety of widths available (115, 228 and 305cm), so whatever the size of your quilt we have a wadding to match.