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Get all the latest news, sales and shenanigans going on at the Shelf! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Monday Morning with Paulette
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Every 2nd Monday morning, Paulettle Eccleston will be showing one of her scrap quilts with instructions for how to put the block together!!!
Tips and tricks, inspiration, trips down memory lane and of course there are bound to be some giggles in there.
The response to her first quilt was fantastic and so much appreciated.
The patterns will be free and I have the link in the website You Tube posting for you all.
This has been a learn as we go for both Paulette and myself. We would like to thank you for all your patience and encouragement.
New Update to the Paulette show: We now have it up on our website under the You Tube section. It is on the Home page so all you have to do is click on the button or just click on the Read More button below.
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Demo APQS available here!
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We are able to sell our shop models of the APQS machines now! What does this mean for you? Big savings!!
These machines are purchased by us for use in the shop. We are able to sell them to you at a great price with full warranty.
We have a Millie and a Lucey currently available. These come with or without the computer. My opinion is that you want the computer. It is such a time saver and enables you to have a very professional finish!
The Millie is on a 12' frame and the Lucey is on a 10' frame.
Click on the Read More link to see pricing.
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Hover Quilting Workshop
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COPPER VALLEY FAT QUARTERS QUILT GUILD
Logan Lake
NOTICE OF ZOOM WORKSHOP WITH PETER BYRNE
International award winner, Peter, will coach us through his Hover Quilting workshop over two 4 hour days, October 26 and 27, 2024
Workshop includes mandatory kit containing all needed fabric and supplies except thread.
*** Please note - I am not sure if this is the project involved as I was not shown a photo, so I just grabbed one of his quilts off the internet that was interesting****
Registration by September 10th.
$160.00
Call Joanne 250 523 6671
or you can email her joanneembury@gmail.com
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Tilda Launch Saturday June 15th
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Saturday June 15th is the day for Tilda to officially come to Heather's Fabric Shelf!!!
Cupcakes are ready to go, bundles and bolts are ready and waiting to go onto shelves and we are so ready after a long wait. All of us at the Shelf are so excited to have Tilda here!
Come on over to the shop to see what we have for Tilda fabrics. They may have been petted by staff beforehand. Full out fondled by the boss! lol
You can see what we have on the website but it is going to a fun day on Saturday so hope to see you all there!
Click on the Read More button to see the Tilda on our website.
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Vintage Patch Dress and the Story
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While looking for something else on the internet I found this very interesting little glimpse into history during the war years.
This is the story of one little girl's patch party dress.
The little girl and the story of her party dress was during the war years in England.
Hope you enjoy.
One day in 1944 Jane received a surprise invitation to a party. She was only four years old, and very much wanted to go to it – parties happened very seldom because of the war – but she had grown a lot recently and her party dress was too small for her. Her mother, Elizabeth, couldn’t buy her a new one, or even enough fabric to make one, because she would have to pay for it with coupons as well as money. This was the wartime rationing scheme: each person had only a limited number of coupons, and the family had none left at that time. But Elizabeth had thought of an idea, although by now it was the night before the party. When Jane had gone to bed, she got out her sewing things and every scrap of spare fabric she could find in the house. She sat up all night cutting and stitching, and in the morning, there was Jane’s new party dress – cleverly made out of all the different pieces stitched together into patchwork.
Girl's frock of multicoloured patchwork in silks (including parachute silk) and cottons, the dress has a squared neckline with an organdy frill, and padded puffed sleeves are lined, and the gathered skirt had a built-in organdy petticoat with a hem frill. The dress fastens at the back with five pearlized buttons and stitched buttonholes.
Made for Mhairi Elizabeth Jane Irving Draper, known as Jane (b. 1940) by her mother Elizabeth
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Gloria Barlow
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Gloria Barlow brought this gorgeous children's quilt in to be quilted. I love the vintage quilts with the embroidery and little details.
The quilt was long arm quilted by Leslie Ford using the E2E design Seamless and Glide thread Candy Apple Red.
Thank you so much Gloria for sharing with us all.
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Patti Bradley
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Patti Bradley created her awesome Pinwheels quilt and then brought to us to have it long arm quilted. Her piecing is fabulous with great colour choices!
The backing for the quilt is a Fireside so when the E2E design Dandelion was chosen the end result was amazing! Always when you have Fireside or Minky on the back of the quilt the design chosen shows so well! The top thread is Glide Steel Blue.
Thank you to Patti for sharing with us all!
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Scissor Sharpening
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Scissor Sharpening by Rick Walker of Wicked Edge
Rick will be coming in the second Wednesday of each month to sharpen your scissors and knives.
Have your items in to the shop by end of business on June 11th for them to be sharpened on the 12th.
Rick comes with 40 years of experience and does a great job! He will even sharpen pinking shears, grooming shears and more.
You can phone me at 250-376-7630 or email me as well to let me know how many scissors/knives are coming.
Cost is $10 a pair scissors
Knives $8
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Sewing Machine Repair
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As you know, Bill is away for a month with his sisters. Thank you all for your patience and understanding as Mr. Bill is away. there may be a glass of wine and bag of chips on my menu!! LOL
In the interim we have Hector and Tammy's daughter picking up the machines early Tuesday afternoon and bringing them over. You get your machines back by Monday the following week, at the latest.
Prices on a machine service are as follows:
Basic non Electronic : $110.00
Electronic : $130.00
Embroidery with Embroidery Unit : $160.00
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