Friday 16 September 2016

Stitching News

Sometimes, quite often actually, folk in class, and shop customers, ask me for ideas... about colour, settings, technical "how to's" , mend-it's... and so on... If nothing else, it helps them decide what they DON'T want to do.. he he he. Mostly my customers are happy with the ideas... It's fun sometimes to give customers a little challenge... as I did with Princess Jackie's Cockerel quilt. more on this cutie next time...

Princess Jackie, our first prize winning applique-er allowed me (when she wasn't actually looking!) to take a picture to show you how neat her blocks are from the back... all ends tied off and sorted out. I think these guys would look great embroidered... don't you?

Gail cut all of the different units she needed for her next project. Lots of people like to work this way... cutting everything up so it's like sewing a kit together. This pattern has Gail making Flying Geese with the stitch and flip method so there will be lots of little triangles left over, we'll have to wait to see what she makes with those!! 

PM Pam brings a few projects to work on each Tuesday, as do lots of others... I think some ladies take less luggage for a two week holiday! In between everything else, Pam's working her way through Christine Porter's Sunbonnet Sue book and having lots of fun choosing the right fabrics for each block

Carol made a handy-dandy sewing machine mat. She used fabrics left over from other projects... I can't encourage that... not as the owner of a wonderful quilt shop full of lovely new fabric!!! ha ha ha. The sewing machine desk tidy has lots of pockets, including one to keep your pattern in to stop it from getting lost... How many times do patterns get lost as they whoosh off the table with a flick of fabric!!
There's a thread catcher and a pin cushion to match... 
Do pop in if you would like to see for your very own self... 
it all folds up with a big clue as to what time it is!!!
It's always Time To Stitch!!!

This fabric has been delivered
Cats, cats and more cats....
It's very popular too... 

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