Heartworks Quilts & Fabrics
P O Box 148
Fly Creek, NY 13337
Heartworks...
Sharing knowledge every stitch of the way!
We get the nicest notes from customer friends and want to share some with you!
Our own Gail Jones is now Gail Seymour. Gail and Mike were married at Otsego Lake in Cooperstown on Friday evening April 25th.
Best wishes to both Gail & Mike.
Nancy Lange stopped in to show us a beauty that she just finished and she had a story to tell!
"When our son Scott and his wife Lisa redecorated their family room they asked for a quilt and chose "Zulu" from the book Tradition with a Twist by Blanch Young and Dalene Stone. Margaret helped us choose the fabrics to match the decor and the Meyda Tiffany lamps. Everyone loves the quilt including Toby the family cat! Toby will soon have his own quilt made from the scraps!
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"The Girls" Ruby & "The Little One" Molly love to be in the quilt shop every day. They meet lots of nice people, get their ears scratched and lots of belly rubs! Of course they have many chances to sneak out to play in their pool and run too.
Good deeds seem to multiply! Our quilting friend Kathy Myers (who is temporarily laid up with a bum knee) is making Quilts of Valor for wounded service men and women too! We recently gave Kathy a big bag of scraps so she can make more. She has just finished this quilt. We are sure it will make some wounded warrior happy!
You know that we have been cleaning out our fabric stash places and donating fabric bags to folks who make charity quilts. Our friend Sally Bush stopped in and asked for a bag and an idea of who might like a quilt so we suggested Quilts Of Valor. Click below for more information on this
http://www.qovf.org/
Sally Bush, Fly Creek, NY 
Sally has made five quilts with our scraps, and has mailed them out. She has been told who will receive the quilts and where they are located.
Roses to Margaret Wolff and her fellow quilters for their thoughtful donation to area EMS Squads recently. Wolff, owner of Heartworks Quilts and Fabrics in Fly Creek, and the others spent many hours creating "rescue quilts" from materials donated by the store. The quilts were donated to EMS squads from Fly Creek, Milford, Cooperstown, Cherry Valley and Edmeston two weeks ago.
In the event of an emergency where children are involved, the quilts will be given to them to keep them warm and provide a measure of comfort.
Emergencies are trying times for everyone, but more so for children. We applaud Wolff and company’s efforts to soften the impact caused by a traumatic situation.
Hi Margaret,
I thought I would share a picture of my finished "Let It Snow" quilt. I purchased the kit during a visit to your beautiful quilt shop this past summer. I made the half square triangle border a little bit different than the original pattern. This was a fast & easy project.
A happy quilter from Rome,NY
Holly Roberts
Dear Margaret,
Thank you so much for all the "Jubilee Tree" fabrics that arrived today ! I was surprised that they got here so quickly ~ and the little treats inside were lovely, too. I was just looking at your website and saw that you offer "quiltinns". What a fabulous thing to do ! Of course getting there from GA would cost more than the quilting weekend, but the whole trip sounds wonderful. I am sending a link to several of my friends right now.
Thank you again for the great service,
Ann in GA
Hi Margaret,
You have inspired me. I have been hoeing out the sewing room the past couple of days. Holy cow do I have a lot of fabric. Scraps are flying!
Julie
Burlington Flats, NY
We had two special boys in the shop on Friday. K-9 Casey and K-9 Jack. Now we really mean special, these K-9's work as bomb sniffing dogs in the subways and train stations in New York City. They were in Cooperstown with their handlers, two very delightful ladies (police women), attending advanced bomb detection training at the NYS Police Canine Academy.These boys mean business, we didn't do any belly rubs or ear tickles but they did consent to a picture or two then went right to work sniffing all around the yard. Fly Creek isn't nearly as exciting as the subway or train station so quickly they were back in their respective trucks having a snooze we are sure. How lucky we citizens are to have police women, police men and well trained K-9's protecting us from the terrorism that seems to have escalated since September11th.
If you are curious about the NYS Police Canine Training facility in Cooperstown visit the web site below.
http://www.troopers.state.ny.us/Specialized_Services/Canine_Unit/
"I purchased a "Fats and a Half" kit on a trip to Heartworks while visiting my son in Syracuse. I have had so much fun and finished the small quilt in four weeks. This trip I bought 3 more kits to work on. The ladies at home will be anxious to see what I've found at Heartworks."
Ramona Pennington
Gauley Bridge, WV
"When I first walked in to Heartworks I said, "It's like being in a museum." Now I say, "It's better than a museum! This is going to be so much fun!" Baby Lock is so bodacious-sewing will be enjoyable again. The flannel collection is more gorgeous than I've ever imagined flannel can be. It's going to be a cozy winter! I'm looking so forward to bringing Baby to class."
Maureen Dugan
Morris, NY
"We met Margaret when we stopped at Heartworks to have her look at an old broken dishes quilt top (early 1900's) and have it restored. She finished our beautiful quilt and we have become friends. She helps us select fabric for our new quilts and always enjoys seeing what we have made. We always have a good laugh when we visit and get to see "the girls"."
Janet & Art Wright
Jeanette Hucko
Delanson, NY
Hi Margaret,
I received the Thangles and fabric this afternoon....my goodness, you are FAST! The only thing that surpasses the greatness of your Heartworks shop---is your Heartworks service. Again--many thanks! I sing your praises to my friends. Happy Autumn!
Peg Burns
Sherrill, NY
From Jan Schultz---
"Yet another good newsletter! Wow, I sure wish I could be there for the horses! Sounds fun! I just returned from the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk in Seattle. It was an amazing venture. 60 very, very hilly miles!!! We raised over 6.4 million dollars!!! Thanks for supporting this cause in your store. My sister has breast cancer, and that means so much! Oh and yes, I found a quilt store out there....but didn't measure up to yours. I'm serious! "
Jan Schultz Beallsville, Maryland
From "The Compassionate Friends" Newsletter Schenectady chapter
We found out about Margaret who does quilting from a close friend. We made an appointment to go to her shop and told her that we would like a memory qult and the reason why. You see, our only son Jimmy was killed in an accident. She was very understanding and compassionate. Margaret is a very gifted person and very warm hearted. Jim, my husband and I felt very comfortable having her do this for us. She had made quilts for other Mothers and told us what to bring and gave us a general idea of how she would do it. She has a special computer with a printer. She made copies of the items we brought.Now we have something permanent of these memories. We chose certain pictures of Jimmy, our family, his high school diploma, birth certicficate, cards he had given us, scouting awards, and articles of clothing we had kept. We looked for memories that were part of him and his life. We talked about Jimmy and the things that were important to him and to us so she could get a better idea of how to put things together. It took several months to finish the quilt. We made several trips to follow her progress. When we went to pick it up, we were overwhelmed. It was just beautiful! Knowing it would be emotional for us she had the quilt on a bed upstairs. She left us alone to share the moment, our tears just flowed. Then she joined us and we held hands and cried together. Now we have a permanent memory of the 23 years we had togetrher and of our Jimmys life.
Jim & Judy Bleser
Schenectady, NY
"This is our first quilt and we have machine pieced it with Sandy's new Baby Lock Creative Pro now we are trying to hand quilt it.
We enjoy coming to Heartworks because of the quality fabric, good advice and enthusiastic input. Thanks Margaret for all of your help, always!"
Sandy Mondillo Portlandville, NY Jane Lehman Lowville, NY
"Heartworks is my favorite shop! I made this NY Beauty with batik fabrics and had Julie from Heartworks machine quilt it for me. She does a beautiful job!"
Betty Leitz, Ilion, NY
"My family lives in Little Falls, NY, and I live in New Jersey. When I come to visit I ALWAYS come to Heartworks. They have a wonderful variety of fabrics, and a STUPENDOUS selection of flannels! I love coming here. A must to stop by!"
Joanna Uveges
Dayton, NJ
"I took an applique class at Heartworks and made a beautiful Baltimore Album quilt and now hope to enter it in a quilt show. I love the ideas, expert advice and help I get when I'm working on a project."
Phyllis Muller
"Once a year my husband and I come to Cooperstown and we always plan to spend time at Heartworks. Margaret has an awesome collection of fabrics and she is always so full of ideas and is very helpful with color choices."
Sue DiSanto
Malone, NY
Camp Nancy Quilters
Roberta Ast,Carol Korn, Roberta Bango, Linda Kent
New City, NY
"We visit Heartworks twice a year when we are at Camp Nancy and can't wait to come! The fabric selection, flannel fabrics and quality is the best and we get lots of help from Margaret."