THE Q UILTERS ’ & EMBROIDERERS ’ S TORE Jan.pdf · Skillbuilder Starter Kit is designed to enhance your ma-chine quilting skill, accuracy, and creative potential using Skillbuilder

Hi!

Happy New Year. We hope you had a safe & enjoyable festive season.

We have lots of new goodies and surprises for you to kick off the year.

We welcome Donna Elkington (formerly of Sew ‘n Sew at Annerly) to our team this year. You’ll see Donna behind the counter and in the classroom. You can check out her classes further on in the newsletter. Donna will be starting her very popular ‘Lets Make Quilts ‘ class in March.

We are also excited to have award winning embroid-erer, Anna Targ, join us this term. Join her hardanger class and learn all you will need to know to perfect this beautiful embroidery.

As promised, Anna Lang has a stunning pansy silk

shading project for you to undertake.

If you are wanting to en-hance your machine quilting skills, the Skill Builder Panels and Companion Book are just the thing. We also have a beginners class using the Skill Builder set. Why not follow on with a fabulous intermediate/advanced machine quilting class with Marg Svenson.

Don’t miss Helen Stub-bing’s fantastic Colourque (coloured appliqué) class. We have some great books and patterns designed especially for Jelly Rolls and Charm Squares.

And don’t forget to check out our range of clothing patterns from Favorite Things.

As always, Happy reading!

W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

JANUARY 2008 VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1

T H E Q U I LT E R S ’ &

E M B RO I D E R E R S ’ S TO R E

SPECIAL

POINTS OF

INTEREST:

• Christmas Stock Sale

• Leap Year Sale

• Machine Quilting Skill Builder

• Favorite Things Clothing Patterns

• Helen Stubbings

• Jelly Rolls & Charm Packs

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

N EW F A BR ICS 2

J EL L Y R O LL S 2

W HA T ’ S N EW 3

N EW B O O K S 4

C HR IST MA S S A L E 5

L EA P Y EA R S A L E 6

C L A SSES 8

• Celtic Illumination

• Verandah by Ro Gregg (Quest for a Cure)

• Aunt Grace Polka Dots

• Jamestown by Jo Morton

• Dorothy by Anna Griffin

• Love Is by Nancy Halvorsen

• Spill the Beans

• Toy Box

• Wavy Chenille's

• Anne Cloth—white and ecru

• The Hamptons by Minick & Simpson for Moda

• Lulu by Anna Griffin

• Porcelain by Threads of Time for Moda

• 2 Young Street by Prints Charming

• Wild Rose by Brannock & Patek for Moda

• Dreamland

• At the Park

N E W F A B R I C S

P A GE 2 T H E Q UIL T ER S ’ & E MBR O ID E RE R S ’ S T OR E

LOTS OF NEW

FABRICS ARRIVING

IN STORE

—

WITH MORE TO

COME

• Antique Flower Collection Charm Packs by Lecien

• Durham Quilt Collection Charm Packs by Lecien

• Simplicity by 3 Sisters

• Hydrangea Charm Packs

• Cherry Baby Charm Packs

• Little & Lovely Charm Packs

• Swell by Urban Chicks for Moda Charm Packs & Jelly

Rolls

N E W C H A R M P AC K S & J E L LY R O L L S

S K I L L B U I L D ER F O R M AC H I N E Q U I LT E R S Skillbuilder Starter Kit is designed to enhance your ma-chine quilting skill, accuracy, and creative potential using Skillbuilder ready-to-stitch de-sign prints and the Skillbuilder Companion. The fabric panel features 16 printed border pat-terns, 9 unique blocks and 3 motifs. The Companion con-

tains step-by-step instructions, with clear photographs and excellent illustrations, for quilting Skillbuilder practice fabrics.

Once you have mastered the Starter Kit move onto Skill-builder 2 pre-printed practice fabric panels featuring 26 feather themed designs.

P A GE 3 V OL U M E 5 , I SSU E 1

.W H AT ’ S N E W

Wash Away Foundation Pa-pers are ideal for paper piecing and machine embroidery. The paper works in copy machines, printers, with pens & pencils and rubber stamps. And when you’re done the papers dissolve in wa-ter. Each pack contains 25 sheets 8.5" x 11".

The clear plastic Button Bank features eight compartments to store and organize buttons. Ro-tate the cover to expose the de-sired compartment and open the flip tab to get the buttons you need. Designed for buttons but great for the office or work shop to store small items.

Take Along Thread Holder holds up to 4 small spools or 3 large spools of thread. Just pass thread through the holes of the lid, from inside to outside, place your spools in the tin and you’re ready to go. Store your needle on the magnetic top.

Sixth Finger Stiletto—''It's like having a third hand to work with!'' Use it to control fabric fullness at beginning and end of seam, hold seam allowances open for pressing, help guide fabric under presser foot, hold seam allowances flat when joining quilt blocks and more.

Presencia Algodon 50 weight 100% Egyptian cotton thread is now available in 500m spools. 22 colours to choose from. Black & White are also available in 40 weight 500m spools.

Ezy Iron Reversible Iron-ing Board Covers are the Quilter’s #1 choice; provid-ing one side just for fusing and using glue products and the topside for everyday ironing. Comes completely reversible, you get 2 ironing board covers in one.

Water Erasable Brush Pens—you simply fill the base of the pen with water, screw the tip on, and you can apply the brush pen tip di-rectly to any water soluble pen mark.

Quick Stick Quilting Tem-plates by June Tailor—Sturdy adhesive quilting tem-plates constructed of durable woven fabric with a sticky back. Just stick them on your quilt top, stitch around the outer edge and then remove. They’re reusable—will stick over 50 times! Two themes available– Animal or Garden.

Embroidery • Award Winning Designs in Hardanger 2007

• Stitching for Beginners • Brazilian Dimensional Embroi-dery

• Beautiful Bead Embroidery • Small Flowers Iron On Trans-fers

• Beginners Guide to Silk Shad-ing

• A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2 • 18th Century Embroidery Techniques

• Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches

• Floral Interpretations for Silk Ribbon

Quilting • One Patch Scrap Quilts • 150 blocks for Baby • Wonderful One Fabric Quilts • Love Is • Be Attitudes • Cool Girls Quilts • Japanese Quilt Blocks • Lickety-Splits—Quilts for Little Ones

• Sweet 16’s Brights • Sweet 16’s Darks • Points of View– Landscape Quilts

• The Sewing Stitch & Textile Bible

• Whole Cloth Linen Quilts—Patterns & Designs

• Houses by Fig Tree Quilts

N E W B O O K S


Book Review

Jelly Rolls—is there anyone out there who doesn’t know what these great quilting temp-tations are?

A jelly roll is 40 strips of a fab-ric range that has been laser cut into 2½ inch strips the width of the fabric. All the cutting is done, so you can get started on your project straight away.

If you’re looking for patterns using Jelly Rolls these two books are just the thing:

On A Roll Again by Heather Mulder Peterson. This Book in-cludes 8 projects designed for Jelly Rolls. The projects include Diamond Dazzler, Around the Block, Keyholes, Pickety Sticks, Chutes & Ladders & Box Lunch Runner.

More Strip Clubbing by Cozy Quilts Designs—The de-signs in this book come in multi-ple sizes. Patterns include Strip Apple Pineapple, Line Dance, A Churn Dash quilt, Orient Ex-press and more.


25% off all things Christmas

Fabric Patterns Buttons Kits Books

Ornaments

(1/2 metre Minimum cut on fabrics, ribbons, trims, etc) NB: The store will be closed for Australia Day weekend from Saturday Jan 26— Monday Jan 28.

SALE

6 DAYS of CHRISTMAS

Internet Sale Saturday Jan 26—Thursday Jan 31

In Store

Tuesday Jan 29– Thursday Jan 31


ONCE EVERY

4 YEAR SALE

Spend $100* or more

& receive 29% off your total bill

*Conditions of Sale

• 29% discount is applied after existing discounts (e.g. discount club, 25% off items, 40% off items) have been subtracted from your sale and the total of your sale equals or exceeds $100.00 (excluding postage).

• All floor stock included.

• 1/2 metre Minimum cut on fabrics, ribbons, trims, etc.

• No batting will be cut on the day however orders will be taken at the discounted price while stocks last.

• No rain checks

• Discount does not apply to Gift Vouchers, Thread Clubs, Block of the Month, Classes.

• Applies per sale. Multiple sales on the day will not be aggregated.

Friday 29 February 8.00am—7pm


and Bermuda length shorts.

Also available in Little Smarty Pants for toddlers & children.

Prairie Girl has two lengths for a top or dress. Both the dress and the top tie in the back and have 2 options for the sleeves. Also avail-able in Little Prairie Girl – multi-sized toddler/children’s pattern

Hip Skirts—A simple, pull on skirt, with bias waistband that fits on the hips and has 3 different ver-sions: Four panel full circle skirt, an A line button skirt and ten panel pleated skirt.

… As well as Jammies, Spa Slippers & more.

We have added to our range of Favorite Things clothing pasterns with some great designs for chil-dren, teenagers and adults. The patterns are multi-sized and in some cases, unisex, and represent great value as you use them as the family grows.

The Little Vintage Jumper (Pinafore) is a cute little dress pattern which includes 8 sizes – Toddler (Sizes 1-4) and Children (Sizes 5-12). It comes with a hat and pocket dolly.

Smarty Pants—Fun & com-fortable pull-on pants in 2 differ-ent lengths – Capri length pants

F AVO R I T E T H I N G S C LOT H I N G P AT T E R N S

L I T T L E C H A R M E R S P AT T E R N S

If you collect charm packs, you’ll love these patterns!

Charm Square Packs, like Jelly Rolls, are one of those fabulous creations that allow you to buy small quantities of many fabrics with the cutting work already done for you. Anka’s Treasures has four different Little Charm-ers patterns for you to choose

from. They are great value with each pattern containing 3 table runners. .

Or if you’re looking to tackle something bigger, Charmed & Dangerous is sure to suit. This book, also from Anka’s Treas-ures, contains nine projects from table runners to quilts.

D I SC O U N T C LU B

Join now for just $40 and receive 10% off your purchases for 12 months from the date of joining.

Discount Club does not apply to

classes, workshop fees, already discounted items or at external venues.

Class Rules & Etiquette (or something like it)

1. Please book classes in advance.

2. A deposit must be paid at the time of booking the class, with the remainder payable at least 1 week in advance.

3. There is no refund of monies paid should you be unable to attend your class but you are most welcome to send someone in your place.

4. We reserve the right to cancel a class should numbers not be sufficient. Should we cancel a class, then you will receive a refund of monies paid.

5. Please arrive for class 15 mins early so that the class is able to start on time. If you have been delayed (and we all understand how this happens), please call to let us know.

6. Morning and/or afternoon teas are included in your class fee. Lunch is not in-cluded in your fee.

7. Requirement lists will be provided once your deposit has been paid. All sup-plies are available at the shop unless advised otherwise.

8. Costs listed are for classes only unless stated that kits etc are included.

9. Wherever possible, samples will be available for viewing in the shop.

10. Children are not catered for during class, so to be fair to all please arrange child minding for the period you are at class. We want everyone to enjoy themselves including you.

11. Above all else, enjoy your class!

ANYTHING GOES

Patchwork, quilting or embroidery—like we say Anything Goes. Come join us and let us help you get those UFO’s finished. If you need help, guidance or just a kick start with an existing project, then we will get you going.

Cost $15 per session

MONDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30

Feb 11, Mar10, Apr 14, May 12

SUNDAY 10:30—1:30

Feb 17, Mar16, Apr 20, May 18


C LA SS T IME TA BLE

BASIC MACHINE APPLIQUÉ

Machine appliqué is a technique for those who haven’t the time to hand appliqué or prefer to work with their machines. Work with Fiona on a simple block that can be used as a cushion or the beginnings of a quilt.

Cost $35

THURSDAY 9.30—12.30 Apr 3

BEGINNERS SAMPLER QUILT Join Jan Hendrie to make this delightful beginners quilt. Jan will take you through the basics of rotary cutting, patchwork, English hand piecing, foundation piecing, ap-pliqué, borders, basting, quilting and binding—everything you need to make a quilt. You can choose your own fabrics to suit your décor and style.

Cost $150 for 7 lessons

THURSDAY EVENINGS 5.30—8.30 Feb 21, 28, Mar 6, 13, 27, Apr 3 & 17

BLESSED BALTIMORE COLOURQUE APPLIQUE

WITH HELEN STUBBINGS

This class will take you step by step through the exciting and fun Colourque® tech-nique, (Coloured appliqué), hands on with the creator of this simple but effective colouring method. Use the method to add colour and WOW to your own award winning quilts of the future….

The award winning quilt ‘Blessed Baltimore’ shows how simple it is to achieve a stun-ning Baltimore appliqué look with simple coloured pencils on fabric. This version of Colourqué involves hand outline stitching but can be transformed into free machine embroidery or quilting if desired. (Enjoyable hand stitching will be done by all in class however)

Everyone coloured in at kindergarten, so anyone can achieve in this fun, no stress class!

Cost: $80

THURSDAY 9.30—4.00 Mar 6



COATED FABRIC TOTE BAG

This handy tote bag is made from coated fabrics making it ideal as an everyday bag. It is strong and water-repellent, and dirt and grime just wipe off. This class will give you the know-how for sewing coated fabrics.

Cost $35 Kits available.

THURSDAY 9.30—12.30 Mar 13

COOKING WITH KAY

Come and join Kay Haydon and let her introduce you to the joys of paper piecing. Kay’s forte is design and colour. Let her help you plan your masterpiece and enjoy watching it grow.

Cost $20 per day

WEDNESDAY 10:00—2:00 Feb 13, Mar12, Apr 9

ENGLISH PAPER PIECING

Hand pieced hexagons are very portable and fun to make from small pieces of fabric. Lynette will take you through the basics of paper piecing hexagons and give you some hints on how to incorporate them into a quilt such as her Lavender & Lace quilt, with a romantic old world theme. From there you can make your quilt into any size you like.

COST $35

SATURDAY 9.30—12.30 Feb 16 OR

THURSDAY 9.30—12.30 Apr 24

FAT QUARTER QUILT

Use all those fat quarters that you have been collecting and make this versatile quilt from Threads of Time—Fast & Fun Fat Quarter Quilts. It sews up so fast and there are 4 different sizes to choose from. Vary the border and create your own individual look.

Cost $88 (includes pattern) $75.00 if you already have the pattern

Saturday 9.30 –4.00 Mar 1 OR

Thursday 9.30 –4.00 Mar 20


FLORAL ABUNDANCE PATCHWORK BAG

This 18" x 17" bag, by Raggedy Stitches, is a great all purpose carry bag for every sewer! You’ll learn 6 different patchwork techniques as there are six outer pockets, each a different block, . The drawstring at the top of the bag keeps everything inside safe, and is not easily accessed by prying hands or eyes. The base of the bag is sewn in separately which gives you a nice flat bottom and added support.

Cost: $80 (includes pattern)

THURSDAYS 9.30—12.30 Feb 21 & 28

FOUNDATION PIECING—VICTORIAN HEARTS

The Victorian Hearts Foundation Piecing Wallhanging, by Quilters Barn Foundation Paper, is made by sewing pieces of fabric onto a paper foundation to form blocks. Foundation piecing allows you to construct complicated patterns easily and accu-rately and is a very good way to use up small scraps of fabrics. So gather your scraps together and come along and learn this fascinating technique.

Cost $80.00 (includes pattern) Kits available.

THURSDAY MORNINGS 9.30—12.30 Mar 27 & Apr 10

GOLDWORK

Choose from Sandy’s latest design- an elegant classic rose or one of Sandy’s other patterns. These projects will take you through the techniques for using goldwork wires and threads. The project also incorporates some basic stumpwork elements.

Whichever you choose you will learn the beautiful art of goldwork using an array of metallic threads and wires, luxurious threads and rich fabrics. This class is suitable for the beginners or the experienced embroiderer.

Cost $75 for 3 mornings

FRIDAY MORNINGS 9.30—11:30 Mar 14, 28 & Apr 11


GROUP — CHARITY QUILTS

Come along and help us make quilts for those in need. This year we have worthy or-ganisations to support. Quilts of Love for the Royal Women’s Hospital, quilts for Brain Injured Children, quilts for families graduating from the Fresh Hope Program and quilts for the Forget-Me-Not Orphanage in Nepal. We need people to cut, press, sew (both machine and hand) and generally help.

This group meets on the first Friday of each month. Please bring your sewing bits and pieces (we have our own machine etc.).

Please contact the shop for further details

No charge

FRIDAYS 9:30 — 2:30 Feb 1, Mar 7, Apr 4, May 2

GROUP—WEDNESDAY NIGHT “STITCH & CHAT”

Looking for somewhere to come and relax, enjoy the company of others and get a bit of sewing done at the same time. Then this group is for you. Our only requisite for this group is that you are working on projects relating to the shop (not scrapbooking or knitting or the like) and preferably purchased through the shop.

Cost $2.50 per week

WEDNESDAYS 5:30—7:30 Feb 6, 13, 20, 27 and continuing throughout the year.

Please note - All fees collected for the group are used to offset the cost of supplies purchased and used in the making of Charity Quilts.

HARDANGER

Award-winning embroiderer Anna Targ has created a lovely lace-like coaster that will teach you a variety of hardanger techniques. The project will take you through klos-ter blocks, needleweaving, cutting and edging.

After you have taken this class you will be able to tackle larger and more complex projects.

Cost: $45.00

SATURDAY MORNINGS 9.30-10.30 April 5, 12, 19, 26


LET’S MAKE QUILTS—Starting in March

Choose your own quilt design and Donna Elkington will guide you along the way to making your own quilt. Donna has years of experience teaching and creating her own quilt designs and welcomes beginners and advanced quilters for either hand or machine quilting. You can take as little or as long as you like—all we ask is that you advance book your place in the class and advise which patchwork quilting design you will be working on.

Cost: $15.00

WEDNESDAY 9.30—12.30 Mar 26, Apr23, May 28

LITTLE CHARMERS TABLERUNNER

Grab a pack of 5” charm squares or use up your scrap fabric to make up a beautiful table runner using a Little Charmers Pattern. There are 4 different patterns from which to choose and each pattern features 3 different table runners so the options are endless.

Cost $60.00 (includes cost of pattern)

Various charm packs available.

SATURDAY 9.30—1.30 Mar 15

LITTLE JAMMIES

You’ll just love these Little Jammies by Favorite Things. The pattern is multi-sized so you can custom make them for the very little people in your life or for older chil-dren. In this class you will make up the pyjama top and pants. It is a great class for beginners—learn how to attach facings, insert simple sleeves, do button and button holes and more. Once you have made one pair, everybody in the family will want a pair.

Cost $80 (includes pattern)

FRIDAY 9.30-4.00 Feb 15 OR May 23


THE LITTLE VINTAGE JUMPER (PINAFORE)

This cute little multi-sized dress pattern includes 8 sizes – Toddler (Sizes 1-4) and Children (Sizes 5-12). Just pick the size that suits, choose your co-ordinating fabrics and come along for the day and learn how to make it up.

Cost $80 (includes pattern)

FRIDAY 9.30-4.00 Feb 22

MACHINE QUILTING FOR BEGINNERS

Skill Builder Machine Quilting is designed to enhance your machine quilting skill, accuracy, and creative potential. This is a great class for beginners or those wanting to improve machine quilting skills. In this class you’ll receive a pre-printed ready-to-stitch design panel and the Skillbuilder Companion. The fabric panel features 16 printed border patterns, 9 unique blocks and 3 motifs. The Companion contains step-by-step instructions, with clear photographs and excellent illustrations, for quilting Skillbuilder practice fabrics—a very handy reference tool for future quilting.

Donna will also pass on all her tips from years of experience with machine quilting.

Cost $100 (includes pre-printed panel and Companion book)

SATURDAYS 9.30—12.30 Feb 23 & Mar 8

MACHINE QUILTED BED RUNNER

Marg Svenson is an experienced and skilled machine quilter. Her projects are just stunning and we are sure you will love this beautiful machine quilted bed runner.

The class is designed for intermediate and more advanced machine quilters and over the two day workshop you will greatly extend your knowledge and skills in machine quilting.

Cost: $160

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 9.30—4.00 March 29 & 30



PANSIES in SILK SHADING with Anna Lang

Learn silk shading embroidery using fine art silk thread. The delicate little pansy is an achievable project for beginners as well as the experienced embroiderer. In this class you’ll learn how to use silk shading techniques to create amazingly life like pan-sies.

Cost $70.00

Monday Mornings 10.00—12.00 Feb 25, Mar 3 & 17

PUPPY LOVE STUFFED TOY

This adorable little fellow will be a favourite with the grandkids. Made from yo-yos and a pieced stuffed head it is just too cute to resist. Join Fiona and use up your scraps for a fun filled class.

Cost $65.00 (includes pattern)

THURSDAYS 1.30-3.30 Apr 3 & 10

RAGGY QUILT

Looking for a quick quilt to make. Then perhaps our range of Raggy quilts is just the thing. Choose from a range of fabrics, such as brushed cottons, flannels and cottons to suit the season. This quick and easy quilt will be made in no time at all. Learn the technique in the morning and stay on for the optional afternoon to finish your quilt. Kits are available in different colourways.

Cost $35 morning Optional Afternoon $10

TUESDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30 Mar 4

THURSDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30 Apr 17

THIMBLES & THREADS SEWING POUCH

This is a lovely sewing pouch (by Kookaburra Cottage), with clear pockets, to keep all your sewing needs at your fingertips. You’ll be amazed at how many techniques you will cover in this class—sewing vinyl, inserting zips, attaching binding and more.

Cost $70.00 (INCLUDES PATTERN)

FRIDAY 9.30—3.00 Apr 18

Phone: 07 3870 0408 Fax: 07 3371 7458

E-mail: [email protected]

www.tqes.com.au

T H E Q U I LT E R S ’ S TOR E

T H E E MB ROI D E R E R S ’ S TOR E

HOURS OF OPENING

Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm

Wednesday, Thursday 9:00am to 8:00pm

Saturday 9:00am to 4:30pm

Sunday CLOSED

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

We will be at QLD Quilters Day & Night meetings on March 11

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