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Loretta Buckingham
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Loretta Buckingham brought her darling Grinch Who Stole Christmas quilt in for us to long arm for her. The perfect lap size at 47" x 58" this one is sure to be much loved and used for many years to come.
The quilt was quilted using a E2E design called A Merry Lil Christmas with Glide Thread Avocado for the top . A beautiful finish for a quilt that is going to be a treasure!
Thank you to Loretta for sharing and kick starting the holiday season!
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Devona Hay
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Devona Hay brought her incredible Tiger for Thomas quilt in to show us. Starting with a panel and building out with blocks and borders she ended up with a bed size quilt for her son Thomas! Minky at 90" wide was used for the backing and the finish is spectacular!
Thank you to Devona for sharing with us all!
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Jeff Pelletier
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Jeff Pelletier was up from the coast for the Kamloops Symphany, of which he is a flutist, and had time to stop at our shop. He brought a few of his quilts to show us and we were more than a titch impressed. Keep in mind that Jeff only started quilting 4 years ago. He has since produced some very complex quilts, does his own long arm quilting and does a whole host of other things from competing with his huge pumpkins, has an amazing garden,cans, bakes and has now become an Ambassador for Maywood Studios! In his spare time he works full time!!!!
The first quilt we are showing you this week is Yogo by Quiltworx. Quilt finishes at 80" x 80".
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Jeff Pelletier Dinner Plate Dahlia
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The second quilt we wanted to show you all is also by Quiltworx, a pattern company that produces incredible paper pieced patterns. This one was developed as a Technique quilt and is very popular with quilters wanting to advance their paper piecing skills.
Quilt finishes at 99" x 99" and is all made from solids. Amazing quilt to see and am so thrilled that Jeff was willing to share with us all!
Thank you Jeff! You are a rock star!
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Fleur Nouveau By Andover
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New fabrics in this week to really get us all in the spring/summer mode! We have the fabrics on bolt as well as in kits.
Fleur Nouveau by Makower/Andover is a gorgeous line of florals with a bit of a vintage feel to a modern print. I just love the soft tones and have so many ideas of what I could use it for, other than just for petting.
Check out the kit below . I have included the links in the Read More button.
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Fleur Nouveau Kit
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Next up I wanted to show you all the kit we have in stock using the Fleur Nouveau fabrics. The quilt finishes at 70" x 70" with fabrics available on bolt if you choose to make it bigger.
Nothing super difficult with this quilt, just half square triangles and pay attention to any one way designs so you get everything the way you want.
Kits are now out in the shop and available online at .....hit the Read More button.
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Rising Prices ....
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Due to rising costs that see m to just keep coming at us, we are having to raise the price of our long arm service. The increase in price will take affect June 1st. Any quilts already in the queue will be at the previous price. The cost of the quilting will go as follows: Cost of E2E from .03 sq. in to .035 sq in Cost per bobbin $1 Cost if trimming needed $5 The approximate rise in the cost of a 60" x 70" lap quilt = $20. I have really struggled with this decision, but moving forward we have no choice if we want to keep the doors open. I do want to keep the doors open and continue with what is truly my love and passion. Bill is wonderful too. LOL
Thank you to everyone for understanding a very difficult decision having to be made.
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Festive Strips Free Pattern
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Do you have a stash that needs a bit of behaviour modification? In other words let's see if we can get some of it under control with this great free pattern from Robert Kaufman.
The black and the borders require more fabric (2.5 meters black + 1 meter border) but for everything else you only need .3m (12" to create this simple but useful size quilt. Quilt finishes at 66" x 81".
Click on the link Read More button to get your free pattern!
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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 the weekend.
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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