Awwww yeahhhh. Welcome to the 2023 Small Business Saturday Extravaganza we call The Big Hug. It always feels like a homecoming, SBS, at Crimson Tate. Like the ruckus and fun energy that nieces and nephews bring, we are doing the same!!! We feel the big old hug you give to us as we kick off the holiday season and we reciprocate that hug right back with wide open arms in the form of giveaways, hoopla, merriment, discounts, and fun. We’re so glad to be in this community with you and we see you and your outpouring of love and fun and we’re giving it right back.
At 9:00 AM our doors will open on Small Business Saturday where we’ll be giving away 10 swag bags filled with goods from our other local business friends including our longtime bestie Silver in the City, Decorate Indy, and Boomerang BTQ. We are also excited about our new friends and local bookshop Tomorrow Bookstore and chocolatier The Best Chocolate in Town who both have opened their storefronts on the Ave in our block!!! And more!!! We’re excited about all the fun contained in these swag bags!!!
Every year there is a group of diehard Crimson Tate superfans that line up outside the store to be the first in line. What a fun tradition and every year I think surely they won’t be there when I roll up and for the past 10 years, they’ve proved me wrong. They show up. I see you. I love you. I thank you. We are all honored by your outpouring of support. Look at this fun right here.
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Every hour (on the hour-ish) we’ll be giving away one of SEVEN amazing Crimson Tate swag bags filled with some of our favorite patterns, fabrics, books, notions and love. For every $20 you spend, you’ll receive a ticket that will go into the drawing. No need to be present to win. That means, if you’re shopping from home, you’ll have a chance to win!!! We’ll ship you your prize. WHAT?!
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We are GIVING AWAY AMAZING PRIZES ALL DAY AND SOME SUPER GRAND PRIZES AT THE END!!!! We employ something we like to call The Big Barrel of Fun. We’re gonna put your name in our Big Barrel of Fun and draw for prizes all day long at the top of the hour.
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This year we’re doing it again!!! We are including a philanthropic opportunity to support our buddies at Indiana Comfort Quilts. Crimson Tate will give you multiple opportunities to win stuff. Win-win-win, right?!
Help support the efforts of IU Health Comfort Quilts.
I’d like to invite you to support the efforts of local IU Health Comfort Care Quilt group, spearheaded by Crimson Tate customer and friend, trauma surgeon Dr. Ashely Meagher. The group creates quilts for trauma patients who are at the end of their treatment and are receiving only palliative care. What this means is that their conditions are terminal and nothing more can be done. This is where Ashley’s love and compassion for her patients, and her passion for quilting kicks in. She has created a network of quilters who make quilts for these patients to use in their final days. What a beautiful, tangible way to express care and love for local families who are faced with sobering realities. Those quilts will be passed on to the families of the patients. Ashley from the beginning has made a conscience effort to create a partnership with Crimson Tate for which I am incredibly grateful and hope that you, too. She has made a commitment to procure and source as much as she can from local, independently owned fabric stores.
How can you help?! Can you create a small lap quilt for her cause?
There are a number of ways you can help:
1) Make a quilt – ~40″ x 50-60″ which will fit on a hospital bed. Please, no religious, holiday, or children’s themes
2) Make a quilt top – these will be used during quilting parties to make “sandwich and tie quilts”
3) Donate fabric, batting, thread, notions. We’ve created a product on our website that goes directly to Comfort Care Quilts. We don’t take any administrative fees for this product. You donate $50, Indiana Comfort Care Quilts receives $50. You’ll find the donation product here.
If you’ve got the time, you’ve got some stash, I’d love to invite you to create a Comfort Quilt for the patients of the trauma unit at IU Health.
Quilts approximately 40″ x 50-60″ are needed!
Don’t have time to quilt?! Wanna give supplies needed? For every batting you purchase specifically for Comfort Care Quilts, Crimson Tate will match your purchase. You purchase one batting we donate one batting. You purchase 12 battings for Comfort Care Quilts, Crimson Tate will donate 12 battings yielding 24 battings for their important cause. The batting donation product is here. We’re going to give you FIVE tickets for every batting you purchase to donate to Comfort Care Quilts. FIVE!!! YEAHHH. That’s a great big hug all around.
That’s right, for every package of batting that you purchase for Indiana Comfort Quilts, Crimson Tate will match your donation. You buy one, we buy one. And, we’re gonna give you five tickets to be entered into the pool of two grand prizes.
Bless your lil’ heart and thank you for using your talents and resources for good. We love you!!
Please note this product will be given to the Indiana Comfort Quilting group and nothing will be sent via mail to you. You will only receive good wishes and big big thank yous and all kinds of love from us to you. Let us know if you have questions. Purchase your donation batting here. We’re gonna give you 5 tickets automatically for being so awesome.
All of us here at Crimson Tate thank you for donating to their project. Imagine being able to use your talents and know-how to provide compassion and care to someone who is at the end of their life. Amazing. What an amazing gift.
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Let’s pretend that you don’t win an hourly drawing. I know. I know. What a bunch of hooey. No fear, we’re going to take your ticket and add it to the end of the day drawings for three grand prizes!!! Let’s take a look at Grand Prize Number One!
We’re giving away a Crimson Tate Countdown to Fun box!!! WHAT?!?! That’s right. One lucky winner will receive a box of fun in the mail!! There’s still time (and boxes available) to ship one to your mom, your bestie, your partner, anyone who would love receiving fabric every day of the advent season!!! You’ll find boxes counting 8, 24, and 31 days here. That’s totally happy.
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Grand Prize Number Two is a Hidden Agenda quilt kit featuring Anna Maria Horner and FreeSpirit solid fabrics!! WHATTTT?! This dudie is a stunner and a fan favorite. What a beautiful palette and those jewel toned fabrics? TOTAL LOVE. Find your own Hidden Agenda Quilt kit here. I mean, if you can’t wait to find out if you’ve won or not. 😉
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Grand Prize Number Three is a Sally Kelly bundle of Atlantis. 30 pc bundle is YOURS!! Whatttt?! That’s awesome. And fun. And such a happy group of fabric. Find your own Sally Kelly inspirations here.
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Other noteworthy things you should be aware of. We’ve got a SUPER ROBUST CLEARANCE section. Like, super robust. The you’re gonna flip your lid kind of robust. Here are the links to our mega sale section that we add to all the time.
Fabric by the Yard (sold in one yard increments) Sale Section
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The Crew of Crimson Tate is excited to see you! What you need to know before you head down:
- Crimson Tate will swing open the doors at 9:00 AM. Crimson Tate super fans have historically gotten in line hours before we open, so early bird gets the worm is true in this scenario!!!
- We are happy to take phone orders if you’d like to call us, but know that you might have to wait a lil’ bit. Of course, online shopping at crimsontate.com is superbly easy and you’ll still be entered to win.
- When shopping online there’s a place to send well wishes, and we like that, too. So please don’t hesitate to send your stories along. We love knowing you.
- We’ll be LIVE on Facebook every hour on the hour-ish. Join us there to experience the big barrel of fun every hour!!! Here’s a link to our Facebook page.
- We close at 4:00 PM and will host the grand prize drawings after the store closes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dear Crimson Tate,
I live in the far far reaches of the world and won’t be able to make it to Crimson Tate on Small Business Saturday. Is there anyway I can participate by purchasing items online to be entered to win? How’s that gonna work? Sincerely, Lover from the Far Reaches
Dear Precious Lil’ Lover from Yonder Town,
Don’t fear! We’ve got you. On Small Business Saturday we’re going to enter you into the hourly drawings! That’s right. For every $20 you spend we’ll generate tickets for you and add you to the drawing. Wooooot! And we will add all the tickets to the big barrel of fun until end of day on Saturday (4:00 PM EST) Don’t sweat it, we’ll add you to the larger drawing, too. So go for it!!
Dear Tate de Crimson,
I’m an international customer. Am I eligible to win the bundles or hourly tote bag giveaways? I’m tres excited to know. Sincerely, La International Customer
Dear International Friend,
Yessss!!! Part of the reason we switched our online game was so that we could offer international shipping!!! We hope you’ll be our customer, too! We’d love to enter you into the hourly drawings. As far as the bundles go, we’re going to offer it to you, too. Get in there and buy some stuff. Best of luck!
Dear Crimson Tate,
I am a mega mega fan! How many times can I shop at your store and be eligible to win? I’m so excited to play and I’m super competitive. Sincerely, I NEED TO WIN
Dear Needy,
Seriously! Let’s do this. Get yourself to crimsontate.com – you can shop everyday multiple times a day. All of your purchases will be eligible for our many giveaways! And thank you for being a mega fan. We’re so honored.
Dear Crimson Tate,
I’ve been considering becoming a VIP. If I become a VIP, can I get tickets for that? Also, I was thinking about buying myself a gift certificate and then I want to use that gift certificate to buy my VIP membership. Will I get tickets for the purchase of the gift certificate and then also when I use the gift certificate to get my awesome VIP tote bag and pin as a charter member? Sincerely, Double Dipper
Dear Dipper,
You are so cute. Here’s the deal, D. Every gift card purchase made on Small Business Saturday will be awarded tickets! Yayayyyyy. However, if you redeem that gift card during this time period, you won’t get double tickets, boooo. That just makes more admin work for us and we’re not so into that. If you’ve got a gift card you bought yourself before the game begins, it will be eligible for tickets. We’ll give you tickets for all your purchases, just not doublely. Bless your little heart. I see you.
Dear Crimson Tate,
Girl! I’m VIP. Are there any VIP perks for me?! And do I still accrue points during this time period? You know I love you and I love being at Crimson Tate. Lemme know, ok? Sincerely, VIP Charter Member
Dear VIP,
YES! You still get points! Just by your beautiful nature of already pledging your love of Ms. Alizarin Crimson Tate (you know that her first name is really Alizarin, right?) as a VIP member, we’re going to enter you into the large drawing, and you’ll receive tickets at a faster rate per the email sent yesterday. Bam. You’re important to us. Don’t you forget it. We love you. Being VIP is awesome!
Dear Crimson Tate,
I want to contribute to IU Health Comfort Quilts how do I do that?! Sincerely, The Giver
Dear Giver,
Awwwww. Thank you. Definitely feel free to mail us your finished quilt. We will pass it along to the folks at Comfort Quilts. If you aren’t able to create a quilt, we will have more opportunities to help. Don’t fret. We can put your kindness to work and we thank you for being willing. Please note that we cannot accept fabrics, notions, and battings at this time from your home. All goods that pass through Crimson Tate for Comfort Care are either finished quilts, quilt tops, donation batting purchased at Crimson Tate, or gift cards directly donated to CCQ. Thanks for understanding.
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