Aladdin's Cave??

 Lots of people enter my very own quilt shop and say 

"Wow, it's like Aladdin's Cave in here" and I say

"Oh No It Isn't!! It's Angie's Quilt Cave..." ha ha ha... take a looky look for your very own self.

You can always tell when My Lilly has been to visit... she picks up my trusty camera and snaps pictures from all angles, there were about 25 to choose from. Lilly wants to use some on my new web site that she's been building... now there's a mammoth task! But she's eating it, one bite at a time...

Let The Fun Begin

We're just about to start the festivities we've arranged for Sewing Prevention Season. This week kicks us off with our fabulous Christmas Party at Caverswall Village Hall, our much loved Wednesday Quilt Cave....
This picture was taken during last year's party... Boy did we have fun!
In January 2012 we were snowed off so many times that we didn't meet at all in January 2013... but the weather turned out to be fine, with very little snow, so we had cancelled January Quilt Cave meetings for nothing. I think we've found the perfect solution for January 2014... We shall be having our Wednesday Quilt Cave meetings in my very own quilt shop, smaller and a little cosy but better than no meetings at all... that way, if the weather decides to play silly doodahs... we won't have to worry. I can walk the distance to my shop and if no-one else can get there... I will play in my very own shop all by my very own self.
This being the case, at the time of writing this blog post, My Very Own Patchwork And Quilting Shop will be open every Wednesday of January 2014.
Of course I reserve the right to announce that the snow is too deep, the ice is too scary or the fog is stopping me from seeing anything and I'm staying home!!!

Stitching News

Shirley Lerly made a beautiful sandwich. She's been working on a fabulous backing which will complement the front very well indeed. 
Now comes the task of quilting... whilst dreaming up her next project!

Do you remember Posh Lizi's quilt... the absolutely amazing Log Cabin quilt? It's had to be put on one side whilst Lizi did other, very important things, but... it's back on the finishing straight, right now!!

JennyFlower continues with her quilting, this is a large project so it's tricky getting through that little hole... can you see Jenny's matching her quilt with her gloves and jumper? How very chic.

Helen had decided to make more blocks to make this quilt even bigger... here it's having decisions made about the borders so I quickly snapped a picture... this quilt was top secret but it's been seen already so, I'm quite safe showing it to you.

Stitching News, With Tooting

Giggly Gillian finished her beautiful lap quilt... toot toot toot for a finish!
She made it to gift to one of her sisters and is actually going to let her have it!!!
Gillian will make another for her very own self, so she says.
The pattern's from an old quilting magazine, don't you just love looking through your saved magazines... oh how those quilt pictures inspire!

Gillian attended Dotty's Hunter's Star workshop recently and, now that the 'Sister Quilt' is finished, she's going to continue to make more blocks, inspired by the quilt Stephanie Iceland made... how wonderful it is to inspire!

More inspiration here too... Princess Jackie made a very seasonal apron from the same book Cynthia used, I showed Cynthia modelling her apron for you in an earlier post... those Art To Heart books do it every time... one project made encourages several more to be made, thank goodness for inspiration!

Jean Bean finished her quilting, trimmed off the sandwich crusts then almost jumped for joy!! The binding is already made and ready to be stitched on. Jean has her next project lined up and fabrics purchased... she's excited to start something new but she stuck with this beauty and she will till the very last stitch, sheer determination! Sometimes you might feel you have bitten off more than you can chew... just remember you can eat an elephant, one bite at a time...
The full beauty of Jean Bean's quilt will be revealed very soon.

Stitching News, Short And Sweet...

Shelia popped in to show us her fabulous and finished cushion, toot toot toot! These were the remaining Half Square Triangles (HST's) after making her table runner. See how Sheila used a most beautiful variegated Metler thread and Juki HZL 600 decorative stitches... lovely.
Oh my word... what a beautiful background I chose for this shot!!

Jeannette only started this Lone Star quilt last week!! She's a full time nurse so I don't know how she does it, I wonder whether she actually sleeps?
I'm loving the sashing, what a great idea!
I think we all thank goodness for beautiful buttons at times eh... he he he

A short post because I'm short on time... so what's new! 
Thank goodness for the wonderful J Team and Thank goodness for My Mum Gwynneth and that very patient Daddy of mine!

Stitching News

Jean Bean is determined to get this lovely quilt finished and gifted this year. She stitched away all day, barely stopping to drink tea... oh no... that would never happen, so I must be exaggerating! ha ha ha. Seriously... she's only got the borders to quilt now, then it's binding time.

Penelope started making her snowman gift bags, three of them. She's using the same method as the Mat and Ruler Bag, a bit smaller and without the ruler pocket! The tutorial can be found by clicking the tab at the top of this blog. 

Morning Judith had finished all of the straight line quilting and spent her morning quilting leaf shapes on each 9-Patch block.
This beautiful quilt is a surprise gift for someone special.

Christabelle made a Christmas tree shaped quilt. Her very own design, embellished with applique and buttons, glitter and other stuff... beautiful. It's very loosely based on fabric post cards...
After the workshop last Wednesday, Christabelle was inspired.
On top of all that....
Another great picture of another corner in my very own quilt shop!!

Jan, a new lady, finished the centre of her Railfence Table Runner, it's a great project for learning all the basics of Patchwork and Quilting... it's also a very inviting doorway to our wonderful addiction!!

Sandwich Saturdays

Sandwich Saturdays are proving to be very useful. With no Saturday workshops booked for December it means that all ten tables are free, so we're able to cater for quilts of all sizes. Like New Sue's latest beauty made with Moda's Mid Winter Red collection. I didn't crop the picture at all... I thought it was a great advert for my very own, and totally fabulous, patchwork and quilting  shop!

Little Annette made two sandwiches on Saturday. She has all of the pockets made for her two Advent Calendars but the backgrounds for them needed to be sandwiched and quilted before the pockets could be stitched on. Yes it's a little bit late for this year's Advent fun... let's be positive... 
Annette's just getting ahead for next year!!

So, like I said earlier, we don't have Saturday workshops in December so there are 3 more Sandwich Saturdays before the holidays. All you have to do is book your slot between 10am and 2pm. I have lots of wadding including Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, 120" and Hobbs Heirloom fusible wadding 96" wide, which is great for bag making and smaller projects. 100% cotton white which is 90" wide and a further Soft & Gentle 80/20 in both 90" and 120".

Sue's Dresden Plate Cushions

New Sue finished her fabulous Dresden Plate cushions. She used a Charm pack to make them. It's Sweet Serenade by Moda, such a lovely collection. Both of Sue's cushions are going to be gifted. Almost everyone who came to our Dresden Plate cuchion workshop has gone on to make second and third cushions... actually, Rose made 4!