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Meet Your Neighbour
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This week I would like you to meet Lorraine Silbernagel. We have know Lorraine a long time and count her as a friend as well as a customer.
Lorraine was born and grew up in Vancouver, BC. Actually, she grew up not far from where I lived when I was a young child! Small world! Lorraine attended Vancouver Tech school and after graduation went to work at the Royal Bank.
She married in Vancouver and later lived in Victoria before moving to Kamloops and settling here. She raised her 3 children here and continues to be a Kamloops girl.
Lorraine's mom was a sewer and she learned along the way between courses in school and from her mom. Through the years she was working she was mainly garment sewing but upon retirement decided to take up quilting.
Now that she has the time to spend on her quilting she is a pretty prolific quilter. Always open to sharing ideas with others, Lorraine has a gift for getting others to share her passion in quilting.
When asked what her favourite part of quilting is she answered: "The buying of the fabric!" We all can appreciate that sentiment Lorraine!
Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself with us all Lorraine. Happy quilting!
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Batting Sale starts now!!
Our annual batting sale is starting early this year due to an increase in the price in the New Year.
Hobbs 80/20 rolls at 27.4 meters per roll. Price is $249.99 per roll plus tax. You can put half down [$125.00] now and the rest due by the 15th of March.
Bill will be going to pick up the batting at the end of March/beginning of April depending on road conditions. You will need to pick up at the shop but we can hold for a reasonable amount of time. Just let us know.
We start to take orders immediately so you can phone the shop 250-376-7630. I will have it up on the web site this week. Thank you for your patience as I work my way through the web page.
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Lori Goodkey
Lori Goodkey was in to long arm quilt this incredible quilt last week! Is this an amazing quilt or what? Lori pulled off a 3-D look perfectly.
This is the second quilt that Lori has put on the long arm machine and she nailed it! Using Glide thread and a simple panto she achieved exactly what she had in mind.
Thank you to Lori for inspiring all of us!
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Katie Degeus
Katie Degeus was in to take her certification class on the APQS long arm and quilt this great little quilt.
Katie did a great job using thBumpity panto and Glide thread to stitch a perfect quilt. Katie is from the coast and is up visiting her daughter so time is of the essence. She easily got through in the day!
Thank you to Katie for sharing the day with us.
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Hector is coming this Thursday!
Hector Symes and wife Tammy, will be here Thursday, December 6 to service sewing machines and sergers. He will also sharpen your sewing scissors.
Give us a call at 250-376-7630 to let us know if you are bringing your machine in. You can also email me at info@fabricshelf.ca
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English Countryside
English Countryside by Maywood is now in the shop! Maywood consistently puts out a great product in price as well as quality!
We have the kits, strip packs, fat quarter bundles as well as bolts. We even have a gorgeous cotton backing that would look fabulous with it!
Check it out in store or online at http://www.fabricshelf.ca
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Judy Nichols
Judy Nichols was in to show us her amazing string quilt. Judy loves to quilt with scraps and so a string quilt would be perfect for her!
She has named this quilt "Strings of a Feather Flock Together". I think that is just a perfect name for her project! She pieced and quilted this one herself at home on her domestic machine.
Thank you to Judy for the inspiration!
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Paulette Eccleston
Paulette Eccleston was in to long arm quilt this beauty of a stash project. Her placement of colours is just perfect!
Paulette used a new star panto that we have in and a lovely shade of orange to quilt the quilt.
Great work Paulette!
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Free Stocking Class
Every December we have a free class to make a stocking or gift. This year Betty Oswell has designed this stocking and will be teaching on Tuesday December 11th and Saturday December 15th.
This is a free class but you will need to bring your own supplies and machine.
You may want to consider donating a stocking to our Women to Women Program. The stockings are filled with product for women who are in crisis. We all have so much, and some have so little. You can donate a purchased stocking, one you made or just donate cash/product to let them know that someone is thinking of them and does care. Just a bit of a bug in your ear.
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Win a Millie
Win a Millie APQS machine of your own! You can enter every day but only once a day. The contest ends December 17th so get lots of entries in! Wouldn't that make a wonderful Christmas gift?
Wouldn't that be so awesome if one of our customers won this amazing machine? Click on the link to our website and the entry is on the home page. Good luck to everyone......and enter often!
Click here to enter : https://www.apqs.com/shopping-tools/giveaway/millie/
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Fire Island Hosta
We have had so many requests for this class we have decided to host this class in August of 2019.
The class is over 5 days from August 10 -14th. Teacher is our very own Anne Hall who comes with a wealth of knowledge in paper piecing.
This is big quilt, finishing at 100" x 100". Shown is the blue version which we will be kitting. Price to follow when we have firm numbers.
Cost of the class is $375 for all 5 days plus supplies. ***Please note - If you sign up on line and are charged an insane amount of $420 rest assured we will refund you the tax owed immediately.....We apoligize in advance for any confusion, worry or anger you may feel........*****
You can sign up in shop or online at http://www.fabricshelf.ca
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Box Bag Class - FREE!
Our annual free stocking class is coming! We have changed things up a bit and added a bag class for free as well! Your teacher is Heather and Betty so this will be highly disciplined! LOL
Box bag is Dec. 4 and Dec. 8th and the Stocking class is Dec 11 and 15th. The class is free but you will need to bring your own machine and supplies. We will have a list for you.
Sign up in the shop, call the shop 250-376-7630 or on line at http://www.fabricshelf.ca
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Patchabilities Mystery!!
Patchabilities is having a Mystery program starting in January! It is such a mystery that I don't even know what is coming!! They will all be Wool Mini Rounds. 5" x approx. 8".
I can tell you this: You will receive the pattern, the wool kit, a hangar in the first month to swap out each month, as well as any buttons needed for the project. Cost : $39.99 per month for everything! Pretty darn cute!
Sign up at the shop or give us a call at 250-376-7630. You can also sign up on line at http://www.fabricshelf.ca
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Maureen Coates
This quilt is a jaw dropper! Maureen Coates made this quilt......her very first quilt ever!!!!!!
She brought it in for Beth to long arm quilt it, but everything else she did herself! We all just stood there with our jaws hitting the floor when she told us how new she was to quilting!
Maureen you are a super star in the making! Thank you so very much for sharing with us all!
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