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Meet Your Neighbour

This week we would like you to meet Maggie Carter, quilter, mom, grandma,wife, friend and just one of favourite customers! Maggie is always with a smile, a giggle and the best positive attitude ever! No wonder we love her!

Maggie was born in New Westminster BC and grew up in Savona and Kamloops. She spent 30 years as a Dental Receptionist, mostly in Prince George. Now retired, she and her husband run a farm with Black Angus cattle.

Maggie took her first course in quilting in Prince George to try it out and see if it would be a good fit for her. Well guess what? It was a perfect fit! She has managed to fit her quilting in with her cross stitch and is pretty darn prolific at it! Most of her quilts are big ones and she has made several for family and friends.

Her favourite part of the quilting process is the piecing. Maggie loves to see how the project works as she puts the pieces together! She told me that her quilts will always be large. That is her favourite size to work on.

Being that Maggie has no intention of changing her life style any time soon we are sure to see lots of her!

Last call on the Batting Sale

We are down to the last few days of the Batting Sale!

If you are still pondering whether to get in on the sale, ponder quickly. The batting is Hobbs 80/20 with 80% cotton and 20% poly 96" wide and 27.4 meters on a roll.

The cotton gives the batting the softness and lovely feel to the project while the poly will give you the loft and the wash-ability you will want.This product is one of the most popular battings on the market available.

Price of the batting is $249.99 per roll. Delivery is end of March/beginning of Arpril. You will need to pick up at the shop if at all possible. We can hold the batting for a reasonable amount of time if needed.

Give us a call at 250-376-7630 or order on line at http://www.fabricshelf.ca

Laurie Hallock

Laurie Hallock was in to long arm quilt this gorgeous quilt she created for a family member! Pretty darn luck grandson! Actually her grandson helped to pick out some of the fabrics and Laurie used her talents in colour coordination to make it all happen!

Thank you so much for sharing with us all Laurie!

Sherry Johnson

Sherry Johnson was in to long arm quilt her lovely quilt she created for a grand daughter. The pattern was fairly simple but very effective with her choice of fabrics.

Sherry used a simple panto and glide thread for perfect results. Glide thread is a gorgeous line of polyester thread that has become extremely popular lately due to the colour choices, price and quality.

Thank you to Sherry for sharing with us all.

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.
You have a choice of either a 74" x 74" or a queen size 100" x 100". We will be kitting both sizes in the colours shown. Price to follow when we have firm numbers.
Cost of the class is $375 for all 5 days plus supplies.

Give us a call at 250-376-7630 or register on line at: http://www.fabricshelf.ca

More Quiltworx classes!

Anne Hall has agreed to teach even more classes while she is here! I am so thrilled to offer you all the following classes:
Tea Time OR Eight in a Rainbow!
Take either of these 2 day classes on August 12 and 13th.

Confident beginner rated and should be going home with most or all of the project finished!

Classes are $160 each for the 2 days. Give us a call at 250-376-7630 or sign up on line: http://www.fabricshelf.ca

Anne Hall is offering even more!!

Good grief! Anne Hall is offering even more!

From the 11th of August through the 14th she is offering a Finish it up class for all of you that have taken a class with her!

Are you stuck with your project from Anne? Here is your opportunity to take a Finish it up class and get some help finishing your projects!

Give us a call at 250-376-7630 or sign up on line: http://www.fabricshelf.ca

APQS is giving away another Millie!

APQS is giving away another Millie! Free to enter, but you can only enter once a day. There has never been a winner from Canada and wow! would that be so exciting for one of you to win!

Enter by clicking here: https://www.apqs.com/shopping-tools/giveaway/millie/

Gee's Bend Quiltmakers

The women of Gee’s Bend—a small, remote, black community in Alabama—have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present. Resembling an inland island, Gee’s Bend is surrounded on three sides by the Alabama River.
The seven hundred or so inhabitants of this small, rural community are mostly descendants of slaves, and for generations they worked the fields belonging to the local Pettway plantation. Quiltmakers there have produced countless patchwork masterpieces beginning as far back as the mid-nineteenth century, with the oldest existing examples dating from the 1920s.
Enlivened by a visual imagination that extends the expressive boundaries of the quilt genre, these astounding creations constitute a crucial chapter in the history of African American art.

To read more about these fascinating quilt artists click on the link: http://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/gees-bend-quiltmakers?fbclid=IwAR17cgeBDY0MZIYxV_u79w_1O69qCLUvr5ZtppuV54ESyAJD16M6SNslEPk

Diana Hewins

Diana Hewins was in to long arm quilt her gorgeous quilt. Now here is the really interesting part: this quilt is all made from the left overs from her Butterfly Sampler quilt she made for our shop.

Diana even pieced the backing and made it work! Some advice from Diane in regards to piecing your backing: "Square each of the pieces and sew carefully so the quilt will look even after you have done the quilting".

Thank you Diana for always inspiring us all!

Hints of Spring

Is this not a great quilt project? I think it may have been the name as well that caught my attention. "Hints of Spring" ..... forget the hints just bring on the Spring !!!!!

Anyway part of the appeal of this project is that it uses a large pictoral fabric. Use your imagination and make one up!

Click on the link for the free pattern: https://hoffmancaliforniafabrics.net/patterns/files/Hints-of-Spring-Quit-Pattern.pdf

Bring a Lennie home Today!!

Our fun and affordable Lenni is on sale for only $9,300 USD. That is a $2,000 discount.

With Lenni, we have transferred our Millennium know-how to a smaller quilting machine. It is the essence of APQS in its simplest, purest form – a fun and affordable longarm. Everything is designed, engineered and crafted to be approachable, inviting and simple to use.

Don't forget to add a Bliss Track package for only $1,000.
For more information click on the link:https://www.apqs.com/machines/lenni/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=lenni+sale+button&utm_campaign=lenni.summer.2018

Quilt Show April 27/28th, 2019

Just getting the word out early for everyone. We are having our quilt show this year April 27/28th.

As always the quilt show will be right here in the Brock Shopping Center, in Kamloops, BC.

Our quilt show costs nothing to enter a quilt and everyone is welcome. If you can let us know how big your quilt is that is helpful for arrangement of the quilt racks.

We would love to see what you have been working on currently or in the past.The quilts shown are modern, antique, traditional and can be bed quilts, bags, clothing, runners and placemats or anything else that you have made from fabrics.

Entry to see the show is by donation to offset the costs and proceeds go to charity. I am cracking my whip, ladies, so you can get your quilts in!