Reserve your place in class!!

This week at the shoppe we have events every single day!! Art Club on Tuesday, UFO day with Nancy on Wednesday, The fabric bowl workshop Thursday evening, and Scottie Dogs on Friday Morning. Please call to reserve your spot, at the current time there is room in everything, but we need to know you are coming. You can email, or call if you need to, but the best thing to do is to come in so we can get you set up with supplies, show you the samples in the cloth, and help you choose fabrics if you need.

Last week I posted the schedule for October, we have finalized dates for the rest - through January- and it is at the printers, so Hard Copy of the full schedule will be at the Shoppe for next week, and on the website asap. I am very excited about the new Block of the Month for 2011, called Magic Garden. It is based on the book called Fusible Magic by Nancy Johnson-Srebro. I will post a photo as soon as the top is done. You can see it in progress in our classroom on the design wall as I get it finished. I am having a wonderful time doing it, and especially if this winter is as grey as last was, this project is just the thing to keep us going in the storms. The individual units of the blocks are interchangeable, and easy to applique with fusible or by hand or machine. Our version is a whimsical flower garden landscape, but the designs work just as well as traditional blocks, with sashing and border to set it all off. I am getting obsessed with these shapes, the possibilities are endless, and if you come to the monthly meetings you will get lots of bonus projects that use the same basic shapes. Its just too much fun!!!

This Friday and Saturday, the special is on Bowl Templates. Once you have made a bowl in class, you will find that these handy tracers make the cutting even easier, and with built in options making every one you do personalized will be so much fun. You'll have one for everyone on your gift list before you know it. Take 20% off the selling price - 25% if you show me what you made in class!! Happy Fall Stitching!