September 19, 2018 - In This Issue
- Important Notice Regarding Road Construction/Parking
- Third Thursday Demo - September 20
- Blocks Without Borders - September 20
- Rulerwork/Free-motion Classes
- New Books
- New Pre-cuts
- Classes
- BERNINA
- Spotlight Item Of The Week

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Apparently the median project is starting on our block. We will be open our normal hours, Monday-Saturday, 9:00-6:00. Two-hour parking limits on all surrounding streets has been lifted during the project. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Please call us if you are bringing in a machine for service - as always, we are more than happy to come out and bring it in for you.

THIRD THURSDAY

Third Thursday Demo: Thursday, September 20 – Square In A Square Ruler

Join us on September 20 at 12:30 p.m. for our monthly Third Thursday Demo.  Sine Skaggs will be our guest teacher this month, and she will be demonstrating Jodi Barrows Square In A Square Ruler. This ruler has 39 different uses, and is Sine’s go to tool.  Among the most popular techniques are the square in a square, half square triangle, and flying geese. This event lasts thirty minutes – feel free to bring your lunch if you are on your break. We always have door prizes at our Third Thursday Demo’s! Bring a friend!

BLOCKS WITHOUT BORDERS

September 20, 1:00 pm

Congrats to all who displayed (and/or won) in our excellent Art Quilt category for the quilt show. Well done!

For September 20th, bring an item that inspires you. Could be wood, metal, fabric or just a shape or pattern that you like  as a design element. Sine will lead this design/ inspiration discussion.

Our October meeting will be “Paper dolls” by Virginia Robertson. Create your own fun action figure.

Our next challenge is simply “BIRD” so anything, any size and creation that speaks of bird to you! Completion by January meeting. 

If you would like to display your “Water” challenge piece at the Cortez Cultural Center, please bring that to the 9.20.18 meeting. And bring a brief description of your work and inspiration.  ~ Judith

Blocks Without Borders (an Art & Landscape Society) meets on the Third Thursday of each month at 1 p.m.  Prepare to exchange ideas, along with giving and receiving inspiration.  Don’t forget to bring your Show-N-Tell! We will have a door prize! No RSVP necessary. This meeting usually lasts about an hour.

Congratulations to our customers who have completed a four month long rulerwork block of the month class. Whew! Each student learned a lot during this intense class! Thanks to guest instructor, Shanna Stordahl. We are anxious to see everyone's completed project.

Stay Tuned:

For those of you wanting to learn rulerwork or free-motion quilting - keep an eye on our class schedule, as we will have classes for both techniques coming up soon!

NEW BOOKS

I just found this amazing free-motion book, complete with ten elaborate quilting designs which provide the framework for free-motion wholecloth quilting. This book also has a large gallery for inspiration.

Our art & landscape society, Blocks Without Borders, plans their next challenge to be "birds". This book should provide plenty of ideas. Stitched Textiles is a  practical and inspiring guide to producing textile birds using Rachel Sumner’s colorful composition and stitching techniques. Readers will find six beautiful step-by-step projects and galleries of inspirational pieces that are vibrant, contemporary, and beautifully executed.

Master scrap quilter and Instagram sensation Susan Ache shares her secrets for creating gorgeous, colorful scrap quilts with Jelly Rolls - those irresistible slices of 2-1/2in fabric strips. Instead of using pre-bundled Jelly Rolls as they come, Susan sorts her strips by color, mixing and matching Jelly Roll strips to the max. The scrappy effects are nothing short of sensational! Once quilters learn Susan's tricks for sorting their strips, they'll discover the freedom to make strip quilts without fear of choosing colors or prints that do not mingle well - and what a feeling of freedom that will be! Jelly Rolls are at the peak of popularity and quilters need pretty patterns to use up all the strips they are accumulating. Susan's unique way of working with pre-cuts will appeal to quilters who own fabric from the entire pre- cut family: fat quarters, charm squares, layer cakes, and more.
With sizes from large lap to bed sized quilts, these are colorful, comfortable quilts with a style that will appeal to all. 80 pages.

NEW PRE-CUTS

UPCOMING CLASSES

Quilt ‘Til You Wilt
Friday, September 21, 2018
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
$10

Bring your projects to work on, plan to chat and have fun! Ann will be here enjoying the evening with you. If you would like, bring a snack to share. Please RSVP, space is limited.

Embroidery Open House
Friday, September 28, 2018
1:00-p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
$25.00
Finish your project from Embroidery Club or work on a new project. We have additional patterns available to practice your multi-hooping skills you learned yesterday. If you attended Embroidery Club on 8/30, join today’s Open House for $15. This event is a great chance to sit down and work on that project you have been anxious to get to. Ann and Todd will be here to guide you along. Nothing is better than a chance to sew with friends!

September Accessory of the Month

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

~ Rabindranath Tagore

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