Sylvia Chow

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Sylvia Chow was in to long arm quilt her huge quilt she made using gamer characters!

The quilt is all done in primary colours with a great deal of attention paid to each character. The castle is just amazing! I have never done a pixel quilt but may be tempted after seeing this one1

Sylvia chose to do this one with the computer design. The quilt is called Zelda with a edge to edge design "Creeping Fig" working out just perfect!

Gayle Makeiff

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Gayle Makeiff brought her quilt in for us to quilt using our APQS Millie with the computer. Her quilt is all in warm country colours and a great lap size quilt just calling out to be snuggled with.

The design chosen was an edge to edge design called Bean Sprout which I had not seen used before. It is really effective on the quilt with a traditional look but a contemporary twist. Loved it!
Lori Dewart did the quilting and used Glide thread for perfect results!

Remember that you can bring your quilts in for us to quilt. The cost is $.03 cents per square inch. Take the length and x by the width x .03  and you will have the cost of the quilting done by us. We are at a 1 - 2 week turnaround currently.

Agnes Olsen

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Agnes Olsen was in this week to long arm quilt her gorgeous scrappy blue quilt. Agnes just amazes me with how she can pull fabrics from her stash and make them work so perfectly every single time!

The rich deep blues combined with the clean crisp white gives a perfect finish to this gorgeous quilt. She chose to use the computer and with Bill's help. Agnes was thrilled with the result and I have to say this is one of my favourite quilts she has done here at the shop.

Thank you to Agnes for sharing your talents with us all. By the way Agnes....my birthday is in August.....LOL

Susan Green

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Susan Green was in to quilt her gorgeous quilt this week. It always makes me giggle when I see Susan come in with a green quilt. Obviously I don't get out much and find my humour in odd places....lol.

Susan used the computer with help from Lori Dewart for perfect results! She was just so thrilled with the professional finish she achieved.

Would you like to learn to use our APQS machine? If so we are booking into June now. The class is all day with you finish quilting a lap size quilt you would bring with you. Cost of the class is $150 and after that you will be charged $40 per hour. You can usually get through a lap quilt in about 2 hours. 250-376-7630

Mary Jane Reid

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Mary Jane Reid was in to quilt her beautiful Christmas quilt using the computer. With Bill's help she had a gorgeous finish to a gorgeous quilt.

Bill just loved this quilt and the quilting design was spot on. Design chosen was Asian Flow , which is one of my favourites. Glide thread makes it just so much easier with a professional finish.

Great to see Mary Jane get such an early start to the Christmas sewing. Well done and now I shall slink off to my corner like a slug......thank you Mary Jane so much! LOL

Kari Quintal

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Kari Quintal was in to learn to use our APQS long arm machine. She took the course and with Bill's help got this beauty of a quilt all done!

Kari chose a Bumble Bee edge to edge design to work with this quilt. Glide thread colour called Dijon was perfect with it and the results were gorgeous. One of the most spectacular finishes!

Minky in an ivory white was the fabric chosen for the backing. When using Minky remember that there is stretch only one direction and you will want that stretch going across the quilt, not from top to bottom. This is because as it works it's way down the frame the backing is stretched and that is not a good thing. We want the backing to be stable.

Thank you to Kari for sharing all your enthusiasm with us and your amazing piecing skills! A job well done!

And Bill Goes on the Road Again

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Bill will be heading out on the road again May 6th to May 16th. He is headed up the Cariboo as far as Prince Rupert.

Again he is doing services on the APQS machines and helping you all out. Price of a service is $200 with the number of clients all sharing the mileage. So the more clients the better for everyone. We are looking for a few more clients to make it worth his while. I really appreciate all of you booking Bill to see you, and then I have the house to myself with no cooking and lots of sewing!!!

Safety protocols will be in place with masks and distance please.

If this fits into your schedule please give me a call at: 
250-376-7630 or you can call Bill 250-318-1499. 
Email is also an option at info@fabricshelf.ca

Machine Repair every Wednesday!

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Reminder that Hector and Tammy come every Wednesday to drop off and pick up machines for servicing.
We are looking for another 3 machines this week. 

You can drop your machine off any time at the shop before Wednesday noon for them to pick up.

The same great service by the same great people at the same great price!

Give us a call at 250-376-7630 or email me at info@fabricshelf.ca

Floragraphix V

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I am just so excited to see this fabric come in our door! Floragraphix V is now here and it is gorgeous!

In the Beginning Fabrics always have such lovely fabric in colour and quality. Reasonably priced at $19.99 we will have kits for the sample of Egyptian Lotus quilt we have hanging above our till. Check out the photo beside for the border print and below for the Egyptian Lotus Quilt. We will start kitting next week.

Egyptian Lotus

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Workshop at the Shelf!

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This is just so over the top exciting!

For the first time since the whole Covid put our world on end last spring we are looking at having a workshop June 4,5,6 and 7th.

Prism Table Runner (22” x 65”)
A new design from Quiltworx, you will learn foundation paper strip piecing techniques for lone star diamonds and also striped borders along with the use of cutting templates, smart corners, and TRP lines.

Two day Prism Table Runner class (Friday 4th and Saturday 5th June):         

$130 + taxes + pattern or kit (including pattern)

2 kit choices will be available, and colours will be published soon.
Max. 10 people – very well space out, about 10ft apart with your own table.

UFO days with Anne

You can choose between:

3 day UFO:   Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th, Monday 7th June        $125 
(4 places only)

2 day UFO:   Sunday 6th and Monday 7th June                        $100
  (10 places)

1 day UFO:  EITHER Sunday 6th or Monday 7th                       $60

Your project for UFO MUST be cut out and started.  It can be either Quiltworx or Jacqueline de Jonge.

You can sign up in the shop, call us at 250-376-7630 or you can sign up online at: http://www.fabricshelf.ca

Covid Safety

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We want to reassure all of you that we are doing all we can to make your experience enjoyable and safe.

You are required to wear masks in the shop, hand sanitizing station as you come in and a limit of 10 in the shop at one time. We have spaced our store shelves and props at a distance that you can keep from being in anyone's space.

We are also still providing curbside pickup as well as if needed we can deliver at a nominal charge. You can shop anytime online at http://www.fabricshelf.ca

Handmade With Love Organizer

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Are you a beginner sewer or know someone who is? This organizer is a great project to try out as a beginner project. I can see this being so useful for a kid's room, in the bathroom or better yet ..... in my sewing room!

Give this a try and I am sure you will be pretty darn happy with the results! Click on the link to Blank Quilting for the free pattern: http://www.blankquilting.net/handmade-with-love-organizer/