Labour Day Special.

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It is Labour Day weekend and I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to my amazing staff! They have stood by me, propped me up, pushed me to go further, laughed with me, cried with me and been just incredible! They have a surprise coming but I can't tell you about until next weekend newsletter.

In honour of Labour Day we are having a 3 day sale. Today, Sunday Sept. 5 and Monday Sept. 6th we have all regular priced fabrics, kits and precuts on sale for 25% off.

This is in store and on line. The store is not open on Sunday or Monday....I am at home doing laundry...but you can order online.

How do you get the 25% off? Just enter the code Sept2021 at the checkout. that is it. Super simple, super convenient and we hope you enjoy perusing our website.
http://www.fabricshelf.ca

Here we go again

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Due to rising numbers in the Covid cases in the Interior we have been mandated by the Provincial Government that masks are now mandatory.

Masks must be worn at all times in the shop. The numbers allowed in the shop stay the same ....limit of 10.... and we have the hand sanitizing stations still at the door and at the till.

We ask for everyone to be respectful and considerate towards all small and large businesses out there. Together, with kindness and calmness we will get through this. Thank you.

Marg Hanson

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Saturday in the long arm room was all about Marg Hanson! Marg arrived with this gorgeous quilt to be done using our computer system.

Marg has a long arm machine but not the same computer as ours. She fell in love with it and learned so much from Bill. Her computer design is called Flirtacious which was great for locking down those seams and giving a light airy look.

Thank you Marg for sharing your day and your talents with everyone! Welcome to Bill's harem! LOL

Joyce Tomm.

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Joyce Tomm brought her stunning quilt in for us to quilt for her. This one is an anniversary gift for her daughter.

Joyce actually joined 2 panels horizontally and then created the borders to bring it out to King Size. The really interesting part is that her daughter chose the outer border fabric a while ago and Joyce had to figure out how to make this all work somehow. I think she absolutely nailed it!

Are you wanting to get some of your projects quilted? We are at a week to a week and half turnaround. To get an estimate of what your quilt will cost to be quilted :
length x width x .03cents. You can just bring your quilt in with batting and backing 4" larger around or send an email to me at  info@fabricshelf.ca

Monna Manhas

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It isn't often we show a flimsy instead of a finished quilt, but this one is just too spectacular to wait. Monna Manhas made herself a promise to create a quilt for each of her kids. This one is the last one I think and is 4 years in the making.

The Bargello pattern is called Entwined and pretty darn intense. Monna brought it in for us to long arm but thank heavens she said to not rush. After all it has already been 4 years. LOL

We are trying to figure out how to quilt it as she does not want an edge to edge design. hmmmmmmmmm.......Just really not sure what we should do. If anyone out there has any ideas I would love to hear. We are spinning a few ideas but always open to more.

Thank you to Monna for sharing your incredible quilt with us all!

Verna Miller.

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Verna Miller was in to long arm quilt another beauty of a quilt this week. This one reminds me of the Boston Commons pattern.

With the Deep chocolate browns and fresh peaches and mint toned fabrics this one is just yummy! What a gorgeous quilt and I know that someone is going to be very happy to have this one!

Verna used the computer program as well for those perfect results! She is becoming quilt the pro star at all this long arm quilting!

Thank you to Verna for sharing with all of us !

Devona Hay

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Bashful Devona Hay made this gorgeous project bag for her cross stitch and other needlework projects. She did not want to photographed but she was fine with you all having a chance to see the project bags. However I did manage to get her lovely sleek arms in the photo! I am sure you all are very impressed with Devona's arms. We were.

This one is made from a new fabric we have in the shop called My Happy Place in bright colours! Devona now is making her project bags very specific for her needs, so is quite comfortable changing things around on them.

Are you looking for Happy Place fabric? Click on the link to take you right there:
https://fabricshelf.rainadmin.com/shop/c/p/MY-HAPPY-PLACE---PLAID-x59484296.htm

Elodie LeCerf.

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Elodie LeCerf brought her lovely log cabin design quilt in for us to quilt. Don't you just love the orange she used in this one? I do. It reminds me of the past summer here in the Interior of BC.

Her tones in the quilt are actually more earth tones.....greens and browns. Elodie did a beautiful job of working her palette of light to dark fabrics.

Lori Dewart did the quilting and she did great! Lori used the computer program, Glide thread and her extensive knowledge to achieve these great results.

Lori and Elodie were quite the team on this one and I hope we can put them together again soon. Imagine what they will come up with next!

Changes coming Oct 1st to Longarming

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As of October 1st we will have only the Thursday, Friday and Saturdays open for quilting your own quilt.

The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays are for us quilting customer quilts and quilting store samples.

We hope this will streamline things a bit more and make the staffing easier to work with. Heather's attempt at being Martha Stewart. LOL

If you have any questions please phone us at 250-376-7630 or you can email me at info@fabricshelf.ca

Sewing Machine Repair

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A little bit of a change to the machine repair schedule.

Bill has rescheduled when he will visit his dad in Salmon Arm to Wednesdays. He will bring your machines out to meet up with Hector in Salmon Arm. there is no added cost for Bill to bring your machines over to Salmon Arm.

Hector then takes the machines back to Kelowna to service and you get your machine back the following Thursday.

Hoping this all makes sense to you.
If you have any questions please give us a call at 250-376-7630 or you can email us info@fabricshelf.ca

***Please note that the price of the servicing is going up by $10 to offset Hector and Tammy's  travel costs up from Kelowna and back. ****
We have openings for machines to be serviced. Don't forget that Hector and Tammy service sergers as well.

If you can drop your machines off by end of day on Tuesday you can be assured your machine will get over to Hector.

Celebration Tree Skirt Class

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We have a new class to announce coming this September 18, 19 and 20th. This class is taught by Anne Hall, a CI for Quiltworx so you know that you are getting topnotch instruction and help.

You will have opportunity to custom design your own tree skirt with your colour choices.

You can also opt to make a smaller tree skirt as this one is quilt large, 60". Just let us know what you want and we will do our best to accommodate.

The cost of the class is $295 for all three days and includes the pattern with foundation papers. Times are 9:30 to 5 each day.

You can give us a call at 250-376-7630 or you can sign up on the website at http://www.fabricshelf.ca

UFO Days with Anne Hall

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Do you need a UFO day with Anne Hall to work on one of your Quiltworx projects? I have several that live in bins in a closet so I know that would certainly twig my interest.

Anne is offering to help you get through some of those projects you may be stumped on. You can sign up for one day or more. Whichever works the best for you.

Cost of UFO day with Anne is $75.00 per day.

You can sign up in store or online at https://www.fabricshelf.ca/module/class.htm?classId=420477

Quilts for Fire Victims 2021

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The fire situation has settled to a large extent now, finally. Was certainly a bit of a roller coaster ride for the summer. I think this will be a summer to remember for sure!

Quilts have been collected at Katja's Quilt Shop and ourselves for the evacuees. Marg Johnson and Cheryl Dyck did an amazing job of getting the quilts out to the people wherever they were evacuated to. Thank you so much to you both.

And now a huge thank you to everyone who sent or brought quilts in. Almost 2000 people from Lytton have received a quilt hug thanks to you all. Pretty remarkable when you can step up to the plate and send your love and hugs in your own time of stress. Thank you all so very much.

At this time we are going to start winding things down. Well done to you all and you can be so proud of what you have accomplished.

Mondo Grips

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Do you use grips or pins to attach your quilt to your long arm frame? Well we have a great product to introduce.

These are called Mondo Grips and are just the bees knees. You need 6 sets for a 12 foot frame and each set costs $9.99!!!!! So for $60 you have it all set up and ready to go. If you have any questions please call us at 250-376-7630 or you can call our very own man quilter Bill at 250-318-1499.

All you need to do is sew a pocket along the canvas edges of the back and the very front rollers. Slide the rods in and then just attach your quilt with a quick push of the hand. Super easy to do and a very affordable price!

You can find them in store and on line at https://fabricshelf.rainadmin.com/shop/Long-Arm-Supplies/p/MONDO-GRIPS---40-x59182824.htm