It's back to business today and Melissa and I would like to take this time to send you wishes for a peaceful and productive New Year. It was so good to unlock the shop doors this morning and see the "new look". Although Melissa was here most everyday over the holidays, I wasn't. So...I spent about a half an hour walking around, seeing what's new, eyeing up the samples and feeling a renewed sense of "let's get sewing".
Most of us have retreats planned for late winter and early spring and with the Christmas projects sent out to their new owners, the field is wide open for inspiration.
By now I hope all of you have received the new newsletter. I read through it myself this morning and frankly I plan to take every class. I think Melissa has gone above and beyond and found projects to make the winter fun. Love the t-shirt scarf, the re-cycled sweater mittens, all the handbags, the "It's a wrap! Bowls and Baskets(I'm making the sample for this one) and well you get the picture. We are offering again the class for Photo Quilt Labels, Thursday March 4. I simply cannot urge you strongly enough to take this class. Don't tell your story on the front of the quilt and leave off the ending. If for some reason the newsletter did not make it to your inbox, please call the shop. We don't want you to miss a thing.
New lines here at the shop include "American Vintage" by Windham Fabrics, also from Windham "Botanical", "Marrakesh"from Blank Quilting also from Blank "Winter Wonderland" and "Evening Mist" by Sentimental Studios for Moda. The sweet valentine's table runner featured in the photos is from "L'Amour" by Sandy Gervais for Moda and sells for $20.99 and includes everything for the project. The featured quilt is "Dot to Dot" it measures 48x72 and would make a sweet quilt for some little gal in your life.
Open sewing every Tuesday. Block of the months are 4 months strong and starting to visualize the finished project. "Quilters Book Club" starts next Thursday. There is still time to read the book and join us for sewing, discussion and of course, food. We'll meet on the 14Th, the first book is "The Quilter's Apprentice" by Jennifer Chiaverini and we are sewing blocks from "Sylvia's Bridal Sampler".
And then there's this:
Today before work I was running errands, feeling distracted and running late. I stopped at a stop sign and crossing the road in front of me was an elderly gentleman, maybe 80 wearing bright red tennis shoes. It's going to keep me smiling for the rest of the day.
till next time!
