No Newsletter for a bit

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I am away for a few weeks on quilt retreat so no newsletter until end of October. I have never been away this long so am a bit nervous. Just think of all the projects I will get done!

Loads of new fabrics in including Christmas....the Father Christmas kit and fabrics is amazing!...Lavender floral fabrics, fun bright Free Spirit fabrics, and a ridiculous amount of basics.
Really jaw dropping is the Dragon Ancients by In the Beginning Fabrics. Kits and fabrics.
They are all moving very fast so check them out in the shop and on line:

https://www.fabricshelf.ca/shop/c/p/FOREST-HOLIDAY---FATHER-CHRISTMAS-71x78-12-x65744621.htm

Dragons Ancients

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Quilt on the Run

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Roxy Agar's quilt "Ladies Album" has made it to the final destination, Carstairs Alberta. If you have been following along this adventure, through our Facebook page, you will have had opportunity to see some of the shops between Kamloops and Carstairs.

I want to thank Roxy for letting your quilt take part in the adventure, Glennda Dafoe - sales rep for EE Schenck Fabrics - who travelled around with the quilt,  to all the stores that were so generous to agree to be a part of this and especially to all of you that followed on the journey and got to see all the different shops!

If you haven't followed it all, and would like to read more about the journey of the quilt, check it all out on our facebook page and on the website you can go to Newsletter and get the whole story from last weeks newsletter. https://www.fabricshelf.ca/newsletter.htm

The Next Millie Contest is now on!

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APQS is excited to give away another Millie longarm quilting system this Fall to a randomly selected winner. Want that winner to be you?

Enter daily for your chance to win the following:

• A Millie longarm quilting machine on a Deluxe Table. Our Millie features touchpad controls, electronic directional locks, lower bobbin thread cutter and much more.
• Our unbeatable lifetime warranty.
• A lifetime of quilting.

A total value of: $22,300

The selection process (drum roll, please)

We will select a grand prize winner at random on December 16, 2022 (after 5 p.m. CST). The winner will be notified via phone or email. Enter once a day for your chance to win.

There is no purchase necessary to enter or participate. Registration is open worldwide. Registration period ends at 5 p.m. CST on December 16, 2022. Must be 18 years of age to win.

Monthly gift basket winners

In September, October and November one lucky entrant will receive an APQS Quilting Gift Basket full of thread, patterns and other great APQS goodies.

Click on the link once a day, every day to win the APQS Millie:
https://www.apqs.com/shopping-tools/giveaway/millie/?inf_contact_key=916c94493dc06d1424e45fcb947b7dc24dfbc39d7283b2cb89d5189540b69330

Weekly Quilting Tip

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This week's quilting tip comes to you from our very own Longarm specialist, Bill! I am speaking as the wife right now and I can tell you that keeping the man organized can be a full time job. LOL

Bill has some magnetic little bowls he gets from Princess Auto for his pins and odd sods. these are just huge for keeping all the needles and pins etc. together. Bill keeps his on the end rails of the longarm.
Even better if you drop a bunch of pins on the floor you can run the bowl over, it picks up the pins and Bob's your uncle, you are ready to go!

Pretty cool! Now if there was something that would magically store all the other odd sods my hubby has.....other than me!

Brenda Bliss

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Brenda Bliss was in to longarm quilt her two gorgeous winter quilts. Both quilts have started with a panel from Northcott fabrics. The clearness and the colours are just amazing!

The Owl quilt is for Brenda so she really wanted the perfect quilt design for her! She chose Time Warp and Glide Cerulean for the top thread.
For the Lake panel quilt she chose the Raindrops digital design with Glide Cerulean thread. Lori Dewart was the helper on the quilt.

Beautiful quilts Brenda and thank you so much for sharing with us all!

Cheryl Sebastion

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Cheryl Sebastion brought her beautiful memory quilt in for us to longarm quilt for her. Cheryl is an amazing quilter with all her seams working so well and excellent pressing.

This quilt was quite emotional for Cheryl to make. She had made a memory quilt for all the members of her family and she was last. She found it to be the hardest.

We hope that your quilt can give you some peace as you curl up with it,Cheryl. thank you for sharing with us all.

Gail MacDonald

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Is this not one of the most fantastic quilted wallhangings ever? Gail MacDonald started with a Dream Big panel (45") and then ordered the laser cut applique pieces. She carefully arranged them and then brought the quilt in for us to longarm for her.

The photo is with her daughter who came to pick up the quilt. Quilt has been longarmed by Bill Fagervik, our manquilter. The digital design chosen is
Called Bird Bath with Glide Tabriz Orchid for the top thread. Lori Dewart did the Binding. Heather told them to....LOL

Just fantastic Gail! You are amazing! Thank you for sharing!

Sue Pare

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Our very own Sue Pare brought her darling little quilt in for us to longarm quilt for her. Her quilt is Bright Birdie with the design chosen Busy Bees.

Busy Bees is one of our most popular designs. It digitizes (resizes) very well and works on lots of different projects.
The thread chosen is Affinity Rainbow by Glide. This is a variegated thread for over the top results! Leslie Ford is the longarmer on this one.

Thank you to Sue for sharing all her talents with us! You are just amazing Sue!

Neila McKee

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Neila McKee created this fun little wallhanging for Halloween. Neila loves to work on the small projects, especially if she can add any bling.

Her quilt has glow in the dark for the skeleton and fun Halloween buttons to add more pizzazz!

Thank you to Neila for sharing all your creativity with us! I love it!

Mary Jane Reid

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Mary Jane Reid came in to longarm quilt this gorgeous quilt! The stars really show because of the great contrast with the black, white and red. Her placement of the colours is perfect with a gorgeous finish to the quilt. Even more amazing is the back of the quilt, which she created by using what she had left over from the front. Very effective! See below for a photo of the back of the quilt.

The quilt is quilted with a digital design called Spring Petals with Glide Cool Grey 3 for the top thread. Leslie Ford was the helper for this one.
I will try and get the name of the pattern of the quilt for you all.

Thank you to Mary Jane for sharing with us all! You are a rock star!

Back of Mary Jane's Quilt

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Here is the back of Mary Jane's quilt made from the leftover fabrics from the front. Just incredible!

Gail Epp.

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Gail Epp, who is a bit of a free spirit, created 2 beautiful I Spy quilts with so many different fabrics I could have spent an hour just looking at it all! Gail used a simple pattern, but her use of the fabrics is fantastic with great balance in the values of the fabrics! A couple of very lucky little ones will be over the moon with this generous gift!

We quilted the quilt for Gail using a digital design called Double Bubble for a fun finish with Glide thread Royal. Leslie did the longarming on her quilts.

Thank you to Gail for bringing us along on your quilt journey!

Gail Epp I Spy Quilt #2

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This is the second quilt that Gail Epp brought in for us to quilt for her. This one is a I Spy quilt as well. Being the free spirit that Gail is, there is an amazing array of fabrics in colours and topics. Again I could have sat for an hour just looking at all the different fabrics!

This one was quilted using Alfresco for the digital design and Glide Plum thread for the top thread. Longarm quilted by Lori Dewart.

Thank you to Gail for taking us along on your quilt journey!

Shirley Chizma Vintage Floral

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Shirley Chizma brought her beautiful vintage floral quilt in for us to longarm quilt for her. I am always a bit partial to the vintage floral look, so this one really appealed to me. Starting with a panel she grew it out to the final size she wanted.

Digital design Be Mine and top thread is Glide Cool Mint. Feathers, hearts and swirls....what isn't to love! Longarm quilted by Lori Dewart.

Thank you to Shirley for sharing with everyone!

Shirley Chizma

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Shirley Chizma also brought in this gorgeous little quilt with a simple design but look at the placement of the colours to create the stars! I love love love this one. I never would have thought the green stars would work, but it is absolutely perfect!

Digital quilted with design Busy Bees and Glide thread Celery for the top thread. Such a lovely quilt!

Thank you to Shirley for sharing!

Jeff Pelltier

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Jeff Pelltier created this jaw dropping amazing quilt for his friend, Kathleen Alcock. We have a few photos of the quilt and even the original Jane Austin Quilt in England.

Jeff was kind enough to send me a short story of the quilt and I think you will find it all very fascinating!

"As promised, here's the pics of the Jane Austen quilt that I made for Kathleen. 

It's a replica of the original quilt Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra made that's on display at Chawton Cottage in the UK. Riley Blake re-released all of the original fabrics that were used in the original quilt. It's 80"x100 and has 273 fussy cut diamonds. I quilted it with my APQS Lenni, all done with ruler work and free motion quilting. Kathleen can bring it in to show it off if you'd like to see it in person. It's really stunning. 

I used the Robert Kaufman Library of Rarities antique book wideback for the backing fabric and Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting and Glide 40wt Linen thread."

Jeff Pelltier and the crazy diamonds

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Jane Austin original quilt

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Scissor Sharpening

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We have discovered a fellow in town, Rick Walker, a fully certified, scissor sharpener who will come and sharpen your scissors here at the shop.
Rick comes with 40 years of experience and does a great job! He will even sharpen pinking shears, grooming shears and more.

Drop your scissors off at the shop and as soon as we have enough to make it worthwhile we will have him come out. I would think 4 - 5 pairs should be good.

Cost is $10 a pair.

Just a side note from us:  He sharpened our batting scissors and did amazing! They are like brand new scissors!

Sewing Machine Repair

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Does your machine need a bit of a service? Giving you grief? Let Hector and Tammy take a look and get you back up and running in time for all the Christmas projects.

Bill is bringing your domestic machines over to Hector in Salmon Arm every Wednesday. There is no charge as he is going over to see his stepmom each week.
Make sure you have your machine in by the end of business on the Tuesday and you will get your machine back the following Thursday.

Prices on a machine service are as follows:
Basic non Electronic : $99.99
Electronic : $109.99
Embroidery Fancy Dancy : $119.99