Saturday Sampler 2010

Saturday Sampler - First Day for 2010 tomorrow! 13 February

We are looking forward to seeing you all!  It is not too late to join - just come in tomorrow and choose which colour way you would like quilt to be. Saturday Sampler is a painless way to have a new quilt made by Christmas! - The fee for Saturday Sampler is $35.00 - you receive the pattern and fabric to make one block each month - by October you will have nine blocks made and in November we will have a selection of settings for you to choose from - see painless!

It is also the First day this year for Saturday Strippers - 8.30 - 9.30am. During the week someone came in  to book for Saturday Strippers - we told her there is no need to book - just come. She had heard that if you don't come early you don't get a seat, so she was just checking!  Tomorrow we will show you how to make a striking quilt from 2 1/2" strips and also a new bag designed by Wendy Williams called Laurens Bag. It uses some strips and great Jumbo ric rac!

An Invitation from The Cloth Shop

On Tuesday 23 February Shinichi Kawahara - Clover Representative from Japan will be visiting The Cloth Shop to demonstrate Clover Products. We sell and use and really like -  the Clover products and are thrilled that he and our New Zealand representatives are coming. He will be demonstrating the Bow Maker.Yo Yo maker Pom Pom maker, Hanaami Flower Loom, Rotary Cutter, Pen style Chaco line and Desk Needle Threader and other Clover products. We are using the Clover Slash Cutter for our Textured Square for Saturday Sampler tomorrow.

There is no charge and everyone who comes will have their name in a lucky draw for a Clover Mini Iron and Case.

10.00 am to 12.00 Tuesday 23 February

Jill Maas is coming to The Cloth Shop on Tuesday 16 February

Jill will be here from 10.00 - 3.30. She will be working here at the shop for the day - making dolls. This is an excellent chance to come in and see how Jill makes those tricky things like doll faces, doll  fingers, how to attach legs and arms and how to sew on hair! If you have brought one of her patterns and are not sure how to go about making a doll. or too scared to start or you would just like to come in and have a fun time with Jill this is a perfect chance. This is not a class - there is no charge to come.

Jill will also have some of her new creations at the shop, including her very cute mouse! 

We will have all her patterns on sale including Kathleen - her latest release

NEW FABRICS RECEIVED THIS WEEK!

Something very different from Keiko Goke from Japan. Here are two of the fabrics - we will have the others on our website in the next few days. There are two colour ways - this bright ones and dark blue background with with moody purples, teals, blue and pinks. www.clothshop.co.nz

Another shipment of the new Stof Basics. There are over 100 fabrics in this new range - they are country/moody mix. Next week in What's Hot we will tell you about a new Fabric club we arestarting with these fabrics.

At Saturday Strippers we will be demonstrating a quilt we have made in Black and Cream strips.  Black and Cream packs -  eight fat quarters in each bundle and they $58.00 each. Individual Fat quarters are $7.50 each.

Product of the Month

Bejeweler Down Under.

Electric Rhinestone Applicator - we sell the Rhinestones too! Applicators are $75.00 and they come with seven different sized heads. Rhinestones are from 20cents each.

They can be applied to Fabric - Quilts, Ball Dresses,Bags - Paper, Shoes, Wood, Glass - we use them to embellish quilts and they look fabulous. Fabrics can be washed safely after the rhinestones have been added. We have Once Upon a Star - a Block of the Month quilt we have just finished - designed by McKenna Ryan and made by Sonja Revell - hanging in the shop at the moment and it has been liberally embellished with Rhinestones appllied with the Bejeweler. They catch the light and just a special sparkle to the quilt. The photo shows the rhinestones on the Christmas balls the seals are balancing on - you have to be here to see the sparkle!!

Classes coming up

Beginners Patchwork and Quilting Class starts on 2nd March morning and Evening.

Wednesdays are for Quilting - Morning and Evening

Shimmering Night with Robyn Alexander on 6 and 7 March

Baltimore for Beginners - starts on February 28th

Another popular Quilt in a Day on 20 March.

www.clothshop.co.nz Classes will be updated again this week. we have samples for the Classes with Jacqui Karl and Anna Williams.

Have a great week

The Cloth Shop Girls

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