• Issue 93

    Issue 93 – April 2013

    Building & Protecting • Your Database • Motivating Yourself and Your Staff • Sneak Peek New • Fabric Collections • ABCs of Customer Relations Health Insurance Reform: Good or Bad for Your Bottom Line? • Crossover…What Does it Mean and How can I be a Part of this Trend?

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    Issue 92 – February 2013

    •   A FabShop Exclusive Design Roll Quilt from Ty Pennington and Westminster  •  Picture Perfect Promotions  •  The Three R’s of Remerchandising  •  The Cupcake of American Quilting  •  Seven Summits Strip Quilting Challenge  •  Get Outside!

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    Issue 91

    • Shop Profile: My Girlfriend’s Quilt Shop • How Billboard Advertising May Help Your Shop • Protect Your Business Against Disaster • Fall Quilt Market Sampler • Speaking to the Modern Quilter • Shifting Your Weight

  • FabShop News Magazine Issue 90

    Issue 90 – October 2012

    • The Taupe Tide • Threads of Truth •Sneak Peek:New Fabric Collections •In the Mood: Music to Shop By •Hack Attack •20 Proven Types of Blog Posts

  • FabShop News Magazine Issue 86

    Issue 86 – February 2012

    What’s the Forecast? • Promote a ‘New’ You, ‘New’ Store in 2012 • What’s Trending? The Elephant in the Room • Why is Inventory Turn Important? • Buzzer-Beating Customer Service • Displays That Trigger Impulse Buying

  • FabShop News Magazine Issue 87

    Issue 87 – April 2012

    Using the 5 Senses to Increase Sales • Merchant Accounts: Negotiage a Better Deal • The Internet: Friend or Foe? • The Modern Quilt Guilt Movement • Buzzer-Beating Customer Service • Star Awards

  • FabShop News Magazine Issue 88

    Issue 88 – June 2012

    The State of the Fabric Industry Discussion • Quilt Market Sampler • Planning Your Social Media Campaign • Weathering the Storm • Making Connections • Manage Your Online Reputation.

  • FabShop News Magazine Issue 89

    Issue 89 – August 2012

    Charter Member Snapshops • Teach the Children Well • FabShop Members at Market Showcase • Gift Cards-Plan Now for Holiday Profits • Does Your Inventory Speak to Your Customers • Merchandising Before Markdowns





The dinner sponsors were incredibly generous!

Thanks for a Fabulous Cruise

Every fall and spring the FabShop team joins forces with our fabulous sponsors to put on a special dinner for FabShop members. This Market was held practically in our backyard, so we wanted to make it extra special to all …


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International Quilt Festival presents Quilt! Knit! Stitch!

The new annual show will debut August 14-16, 2014 (with Preview Night August 13) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Quilts, Inc., produces several editions of International Quilt Festival around the country, but the addition of Quilt! Knit! Stitch! recognizes …


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{coming soon} Coats Announces New Fabric Line

Westminster Fibers Lifestyle Fabrics, a division of Coats plc. the world’s leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, introduces a new line of designer fabrics at the International Quilt Market in Portland in May 2013 under the Coats brand. …