Oklee Quilting is becoming an online presence
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 8:48am
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Oklee Quilting has been open throughout the pandemic. The storefront business has increased, but the mail order has declined quit a bit, due to the fact that customers couldn't get together to quilt for the mission projects and other things.
Recently, Oklee Quilting Supply in Oklee did their first online video on January 5th. Owner Toni Johnson and employee, Judy Schue, to promote their new online presence,
Starting January 14th at 9 a.m. they will be going live online to feature some of their new products, giving tips and all kinds of fun stuff, says Toni Johnson.
More videos will be coming on their facebook page.
In their introduction video they informed everyone one of their physical location at 205 Main Street in Oklee, MN. Their phone number is 218-796-5151. They are open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
During the winter months, the have special evening hours on Thursdays until 7 p.m. where they do interesting things, like Show & Tell, strip exchanges, etc. and have in-store specials.
They have had online ordering for batting for a number of years and have now added fabric to their website store. Go to htttp://www.okleequiltinginc.com to see all the things the online store offers, batting, fabric, notions and much more. It is a great place to see what our store has to offer.
If you have any questions or need assistance, you can also email them at okleequilting@hotmail.com.
With their facebook presence, (https://www.facebook.com/oklee.quiltingsupply) you can check for sale specials, flash sales, have access to their newsletter. They usually feature a new fabric weekly.
If you want to get on their mailing list for the newsletter, just shoot them an email to okleequilting@hotmail.com stating you want to be added to the list.
Oklee Quilting has been part of the Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop for three years and is one of the five stops in the Northwestern part of Minnesota. This year's Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop, the 15th annual, will take place from July 30th to August 21st, 2021. There is usually a featured fabrics which can be pre-ordered. Just give Oklee Quilting a call and put in your order.
Many people consider Oklee Quilting the "Best little secret of Northern Minnesota," It offers a very good quality and selection of fabrics at reasonable prices. People walking in to the store are amazed at what they have.
They have 45" cottons and flannels in petit's, children's prints, nature prints, sport prints (Vikings, Twins, NDSU, UND, Gopher, Wild) and generic prints for hocky, football, and basketball. They also have a selection of blended basics that will blend with your quilts, and many different widths of wide backing for your quilts.
Right now they have specials of $4.00 off per yard of their seasonal fabrics (Christmas , Halloween, Easter, Valentines, & St. Patricks). They also have a great selection of home decor and are running a 25% discount on Christmas decor.
There are too many items to mention but they also have a selection of Minkee Minkee 60 and 90 inch widths, prints Batiks, solids, patterns, notions of all kinds, and if you can't find it, they will look for it and order it for you from their suppliers. Lots of samples hanging on our walls, kits varying from table runners to full size quilts. boxed kits, prepacked kits, 2.5 inch strip rolls, fat quarters, and much more.
If you need a quilt quilted, they also have long arm quilting machines to finish your projects. They are a full service quilt shop.
Coming up is a Show and Tell night scheduled for January 21st. Oklee Quilting will be hosting another Show & Tell night. Bring a project to share & tell us all about it. You can also share tips & tools. We will have a special prize for one lucky show & tell participant.
We have been open during Covid. Come on over to Oklee.We are masked up and ready to serve you!



