Today is Open Day Friday at The Cloth Shop

Ever since The Cloth Shop opened on the 14 April 1998 we have had Open Day Friday - Every Friday we have Quilters coming in  to the shop to work on their own projects, At the moment there are only five of us here, Robin who is in this photo is quilting her McKenna Ryan Quilt called Forest Hollow - we have been doing that as a Block of the Month and she is thrilled to be at this stage. (You can still make this quilt if you would like to as we have two more sets of Blocks $55.00 per month) Dawn is making (almost finiished)a long time red work project , Jane has designed a Braid quilt in the most beautiful colours and Liz is finishing the Strippers quilt for Saturday Strippers tomorrow.Francie has arrived and she has bought us some Feijoa Loaf for morning tea- yay!!

Saturday Strippers and Saturday Sampler

Tomorrow is Saturday Strippers Day. We would love to see you at The Cloth Shop at 8.30 - we will show you our latest creation  using strips. Liz has been sewing our latest quilt - we have called it Log Cabin squares. It is a great pattern - easy and very effective. We have made up kits of customised Log Cabin Rolls - they have all the strips you need to make Log Cabin squares and cost $95.00. We have made up our quilt using deep dark purple and lime and for our block centres we have used a new tangerine pintucked fabric from the Martinique range - the Customised Log Cabin rolls look delicious - good enought to eat! This photo is a sneak preview of one of the Log Cabin Squares. We have made up 36 of these blocks to make up our quilt.

Textured Block of the Month also known as Pillow Talk

Each month at Saturday Strippers we show you how to make the latest Textured Block of the Month. In February and March we made textured blocks we  called "Chenilling" and" Smocking" - we made these blocks into two cushions, piped the edges and buttoned the backs and they  were the first "Pillow Talk" pattern. In April and May we called our next two textured blocks "Windmills" and " Kunika's Squares" and made them into two cushions with Prairie points on the outside edges and cords for closures at the back - they are in the second pattern of the Pillow Talk series. These patterns are $20.00 each.

 The textured block for June is called Corded pintucks and it will be part of the new Pillow Talk pattern we will be releasing in July. Everyone doing the Textured Block of the Month will receive the instructions for Corded pintucks tomorow and we will be doing demos on how to make the blocks during ther day.

Liz is making.............

There is no such thing as an Innocent Cat. This is one of my favourite quilts in the Tall Poppy Range of patterns. I love the naive and quirky look of the cats based on the original drawings by Griet Lombard. I am making a personalised version of this quilt for my daughter Megan, to celebrate her graduation - not quite finished in time for the event as it was in May! Her quilt includes a cat with a mortar board and two cats that look like ours.

The photos shows Liz's version of Kate with a mortar board.

We have the complete pattern of There is no such thing as an Innocent Cat or you can join our Block of the Month programme ($57.00 for the first month and $27.00 for twelve subsequent months) We also have a series of the cushion patterns featuring different cats than those that are on the large pattern. There are two cats in each pattern and they are $20.00 each. Kits for each cat are $25.00 each.  Watch out for the last two cats - we will be making them up in the next week or so.

Katherine loves this fabulous fabric

We made this quilt called A is for Adorable  several years ago from a fabric called Minkee. It is a cot sized quilt made in pretty soft pastels - pink, lemon, blue, green and lavender - and we bound it with a satin ribbon. Unfortunately we have not been able to buy Minkee for some time and our lovely little quilt was banished to the pile of "we might use that again one day" quilts.  When I was in Houston at Quilt Market last year I was thrilled to see a whole Booth of this luxurious fabric - the  walls were covered in it, there were bolts of ikt everywhere - we even walked on it. The name has changed to Cuddle - it is still silky soft and beautiful  and A is Adorable is out in full view again. We have printed the patterns again, and packaged up kits. We have the smooth velour $33.00 per metre and the bubbly velour  $43.00 in stock. The Cuiddly is 150cms wide.

Patterns are $20.00 and Kits are $100.00

Husqvarna Events at The Cloth Shop

.An Invitation from The Cloth Shop . On Friday 25th June Dianne Fussell, New Zealand educator for Husqvarna will be at The Cloth Shop for a Husqvarna Overlocker day. Husqvarna have recently released two new overlockers S21 and the S25. You will have a chance to ask any question you ever wanted to know about overlockers and also sit down on sew on them as well. There is more information about Husqvarna overlockers www.husqvarnaviking.com.

Husqvarna class with Dianne Fussell for Husqvarna Owners and Want to be Owners

Dianne Fussell is coming to The Cloth Shop on the 26 June to teach this bag class.
This class is for Owners of Husqvarna Sewing Machines and is the perfect chance to learn more about your machine. Dianne knows everything there is to know about Husqvarnas and she has designed these bags to show you more about your machine features.
This is also a perfect chance to sit down and sew on a Sapphire, Emerald or Diamond model sewing machine as we will have extra machines in the shop for that day. One of the bags features a free motion panel in the front and the other bag features a machine embroidered panel.
Class time:- 9.30 until 4.30
Fee:- $30.00 – we will provide morning and afternoon tea and lunch
Kits are available – let us know if you would like one - then you can just come and sew!.
 

We have had lots of people asking for "Quilt as You Go" Sessions

“Quilt as You Go” Sessions
Judith Briant is our guest for these sessions – she has made many of her big quilts using her own unique Quilt as You Go Method and she will bring quilts and samples to demonstrate her methods. She will show you what she does and how she does it – and answer any questions you have about Quilt as you Go” We will also have demos on how we at The Cloth Shop baste and quilt our blocks – so during these sessions you will learn all you ever need to know about Quilt as You Go. You won’t need your sewing machine at these sessions but you will need a pad and pen to take notes.
Date:- 6 July
Morning 10.00 – 12.00
Afternoon – 2.00 – 4.00
Evening – 7.00 – 9.00
$10.00 per session
You can book for these sessions by phone (06 358 1196) or email us at clothshop@clothshop.co.nz
We haven’t got a photo of Judith’s Quilts to put into this class list as they are on her beds!
 

Monday 14 June is Husky Day

There is no charge for Husqvarna owners to come to Husky Day ! It is on this Monday and is a perfect chance to learn more about your machine.

 Times are:- Morning 9.30 - 2.30ish.  Evening 6.30 - 9.30. Projects this month are Free Motion Quilting - demonstrated by Debbie Murray Aynsley, but you are free to just come along and work on your own project or learn some more functions of your Husqvarna Sewing Machine e.g. the memory function, stitch settings, trying out  one of the many Husqvarna Feet.

If you would like to meet Happy Husqvarna Owners call into The Cloth Shop and have a chat.

We are having fun making

Life is a Celebration! A new mystery Block of the Month featured in Homespun Magazine Volume 11 .1 http://leanneshouse.typepad.com/leanneshouse/2010/01/life-is-a-celebration.html.   We are waiting for more Homespun Magazines to arrive, so if you have ordered Block 1 and the Homespun Magazine they are about a week away. If you already have the Homespun Magazine Block 1 will be posted today, also Block two will be in the mail later today.

Life is a Hoot when I'm with you! is one of the Blocks we are posting out today. So cute! and so good to make!

Look at this beautiful fabric.....

Urban Angel designed by Studio E. Studio E's fabrics are different and always a little edgy. Urtban Angel is a range of pale pinks, hot pinks,charcoal, white, You can't see it in the photo but some of the patterns are embellished with silver sparkles. We have fat quarter packs of this small range for $43.50. We also  have charm packs of 5" squares $22.00

Jill Maas Calendar for 2011

Just arrived Calendar of Jill Maas dolls. This photo is of Maisie and Meredith Mouse - they are "January" in the new calendar. We are having a class in July 24 and 25 and another class 26 and 27 where Jill will teach you how to make them

Calendars are $21.00

We have a class with Griet Lombard on Sunday so we will be open between 10.00 - 3.00

Have a fantastic week - Making it!!

The Cloth Shop Girls