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We have another show-n-tell for you that Edith's friend sent in. Below is the Happy Stacker Ring Toy that Karen Wiggins made using Heather Bailey's pattern. We thought it was very cute. Karen said she made it to take to a baby shower. Thank you Karen.
Susie Wimer came in the other day with a fabulous applique quilt she has been working on. She used actual leaves from the area for her patterns and has many varieties on the quilt. We oohed and ahhed for quite a while. We were all jealous of her tiny stitches as most of us are having trouble seeing these days without our reading glasses.
She doesn't have a name for the quilt yet, but we were encouraging her to start hand quilting right away to have it ready for our local guild's biennial show in 2011.
Below are some of the photos we snapped. In the first one you'll see Susie on the left and appliquer of note, Elsie Dentes on the right in pink. The second one has Sharon Stroud holding one end. Sharon is also known for her meticulous hand work. The third photo shows how she took her striped sashing and made quarter-square triangle units to make the stripe work. The last two are just close ups of the beautiful quilt.
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Every year for some time now the partners at QC for our Holiday gift has given the staff a weekend retreat. We look forward to spending a weekend in a hotel with a big sewing room where we work on all kinds of projects. This year was not exception. We sewed some samples for the shop, finished some UFO's, made Valentine postcards, presents, baby books, lap quilts, mended, and of course ate and sang.
Can you find the photo of where Cathy quilted her quilt to the tablecloth? We had quite a laugh on that one and Cathy found her seam ripper to be her best friend.
Oh, and a helpful hint....we went to a Chinese place for dinner and brought back some chopsticks. I used one making a rug you can see in the baby corner. It was a perfect tool for tucking in and evening out fabric. It's the photo below that is a close up.
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Every year we close for one day and count everything in the store. It's not something any of us like doing, but it's what Uncle Sam expects, so that's what we do. We write down every code on the bolts of fabric and check them against inventory. We count every spool of thread, every book, pattern, sewing machine foot....you get the picture. So here are a few of the wonderful moments of the day.
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What we love to do most at work, is get together and sew. We can't wait until there is a Sunday free with no classes, or better yet 3 days in a row with no classes. This is what happened on Jan 1st-3rd.
We abandoned our families and pieced, quilted, machine appliqued, sewed clothing, sang, danced and ate. What more can you ask for. Debbie, Gail, Kristin and I are below. Not shown but able to enjoy the weekend were also Merrie, Rhonda and Linda.
If you are able to come into the shop check out the baby corner. We covered the area with new samples using Amy Butler's new LOVE line of fabric and another line we love called Nicey Jane.
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