What's hot

Welcome to our new look "What's Hot" letter. We have changed the format and the way we send the newsletter because so many of you have told us that you didn't receive it each week. It was all a bit of mystery as we had the addresses in out address book so with the help of our very clever website designed we are going for a whole new set up!

NEW FABRICS RECEIVED THIS WEEK!

These fabrics are perfect for Garden Mist. We have this lovely pattern $20.00 to make this quilt .

Beginners Patchwork and Quilting class

Beginners Patchwork and Quilting Class Saturday Class stars tomorrow at 9.30 am It is not too late to join. Just phone or email us.if you would like to come alongWewill have a kit for you for the first day so that you can learn to use the ruler, board and cutter and you will make your first patchwork block in no time at all!! We also give you a lttle talk about how to choose your fabrics so you will finish up with a quilt exactly the way you want it to be. Fee $100.00 Hours 9.30 - 3.00

If the Saturday Class doesn't suit you we have our Tuesday classes which will start on 2nd March Morning 9.30 - 11.30 and Evening 7.00 - 9.00 Fee $100.00

There is no such thing as an Innocent Cat

We have eight more Blocks of the Month spaces for There is no such thing as an Innocent cat. We started this popular Block of the Month again in February and we have eight more spaces left. These cats are easy to make and they are fun!! Once the eyes are made they develop their own personality!

Block of the month runs over 13 months - $57.00 for the first month and $27.00 for the subsequent months

Saturday Sampler 2010

Next Saturday is the first day for Saturday Sampler 2010. This year there are four different selections:- Black and cream feature fabrics with c ream background, Funky Kiwiana i.e. New Zealand Kiwiana feature fabrics with Bright Blue Background, or Customised i.e. Your choice of feature fabrics and background. Fee is $35.00 for the year. You will make nine blocks during the year and in November we will have a Revealing Day when all the blocks will be made ujp into three different quilts. Get in touch with us if you want to know more.

Our fourth selection is called " Textured " All these blocks are made in Calico and each month they will feature a different texture. This month we have made a Chenilled block. We will be making our blocks into cushions each month.

This runs between 8.30 and 9.30. Each month we show you something made using strips of fabrics. This month we will showing you a gorgeous Black and Cream Quilt made compleely made from strips and a Bag called Laurens Bag which is parfially made from strips. You do not need to bring your machine to Strippers - but we love show and tell so we would like to see what you have been making - and there is no charge to come.

We are open tomorrow

You can visit our web site

You can v isit opur web site by Double Clicking on our name at the top of this letter.

There is a direct link on our Welcome Page that takes you to our Blog. Take a look at and see what has been happening at The Cloth Shop - we will put a direct link to our blog and other parts of the webste when I work out how to do it.!

When you are ordering off our web site you can leave your details, including your credit card number on our secure page. You can fing this under "Contacts" at the top of our web page.

More New Things!!

Great bag class coming up with Robyn Alexander featuring gorgeous machine embroidery on the flap. Robyn will supply a kit for some of the specialised threads, ribbons, silks, organza etc.

Have a great week

Have a great week!! It would be great to see you here in The Cloth Shop. Today we have had customers from Tauranga, United States, Canada, Holland,Australia and of course New Zealand. It has been a loittloe United nations in here!. Wouldn't it be great if Quilters ran the world!

PS. Anne who is in this photo - on the right side of the red pillar -gets married next Saturday! We are going to the wedding - so it will be Saturday Strippers, Saturday Sampler Day and Annes Wedding next week!