Quilt Sample and Fabric Sale

Saturday and Sunday, November 22nd and 23rd, we will be holding our once-a-year Quilt Sample sale. This is your chance to buy finished quilts at great prices with many less than $100. For these two days our staff will be selling from their personal stash. Some of these will be samples from our store. Others will be quilts they want to find a new home. Those who have come in past years know this is a good deal and are first in line at noon on Saturday. Note that we do not accept credit cards for the quilts. Cash or check only. Please bring multiple checks as they must be made out separately to the different staff.

While you are browsing the quilts, we are also discounting all fabric by 15%. Fall and Holiday fabrics will be discounted by 25%!

Road To California Quilter's Conference and Showcase

This quilt show in Ontario will be held January 21st - 24th. If you aren't familiar with this show, click here to learn more.

As we have done in previous years Cotton & Chocolate is hosting a bus to take you from Cotton & Chocolate in Thousand Oaks to the show in Ontario. We will be traveling on Saturday, January 24th, leaving the shop at 8:00 AM and returning around 5:00 PM. The cost is the same as last year, $62.95, which includes your transportation, entrance ticket, and a generous tip for our wonderful driver, Ivan from Barnes Charter.

Please note that once purchased, your ticket is not refundable unless a replacement passenger is available to take your place. Click here to purchase your bus reservation on-line. You can also reserve your spot at our shop either in person or by phone at 805-371-3042.

For those traveling on your own, Road To CA has changed their ticket policy and no longer are using wristbands. While we won't have wristbands for sale, they have told us they will be providing some discount codes for our customers. We will let you know when they become available. Meanwhile for those who can't wait, you can purchase your tickets directly from Road. The cost is $20 for a single day and $25 for a multi-day ticket.

Long Arm Quilting Service
In case you haven't heard, in addition to our retail store and extensive classeses and clubs, we also provide Edge-to-Edge long arm quilting services.

Here is a brief summary of our service:

We only provide edge-to-edge quilting and do not offer custom quilting or rental of our machine. We are primarily offering patterns from Ann Bright Designs. You can go to her website (annebrightdesigns.com) and choose a pattern. We also have a notebook with additional patterns from some other designers that you can browse.

We can take quilts up to about 120 inches (either width or length). Our base price is $0.0275 per square inch for the quilt top.

Additional optional charges include: Batting (if not provided), Backing adjustments (piecing or trimming), trimming or squaring up the completed quilt, and California Sales tax as applicable.

Some other Important Information:

Top should have loose threads trimmed and be pressed. Backing should be pieced, trimmed so top and bottom sides are parallel, and pressed. Backing must be sufficient in size to include an additional 4” on all sides relative to the quilt top size. You can either bring your own batting or we can sell you the batting you need. Batting size must also be as large as the quilt size plus 4” around. Not following the above requirements may result in additional charges.

A $50.00 deposit is required when your quilt is dropped off.  There is a minimum charge of $50.00 for any quit.

If you are interested in having your quilt quilted by us, please follow the above guidelines and bring your quilt, backing, and optional batting to the store. We will work with you on thread color and your pattern choice as needed. We will also provide you a complete estimation of the service for your approval prior to accepting your quilt. 

We recommend you print this form and complete as much as you can prior to coming to the store. If not, we will provide one for you.

Currently our back log is running about 2-3 weeks. If you need it completed earlier we will do our best to accommodate your request. At this time we are estimating that November 15th is our cut-off for ensuring completion of your quilt prior to December 24th. This is only an estimation and that date may change. We will continue to do our best to accommodate all requests.