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Hi!

What a fun packed term we have for you! June saw the arrival of Kaffe Fassett for his one day work-shop and an evening lecture. We were amazed at how quickly the class filled—a day and a half. Both events were a great success and very much enjoyed by all In August, Lisa Walton from Dyed in Heaven is coming. She is offering two workshops—one quilting and one beaded embel-lishments. Lee Cleland is also coming in August. Lee is a specialist ma-chine quilter so you won’t want to miss out on her work-shops. There are three one day workshops from which to choose, so I’m sure there will be something to suit all. We also have Robyn Alexander from Colourstreams along to teach her hand felted and em-

bellished bag. This a fun workshop, guaranteed to get the heart pumping. As part of this years resolu-tion to get you sorted and or-ganised we have some hints on how to get your threads sorted. And if you are looking for an excuse for lots of fun and shopping , join us on the Coast to Country Shop Hop bus tour. If you have a little spare time, why not enter the pin cushion challenge, in support of the Fresh Hope Association or make up a quilt block or small quilt to assist breast cancer re-search through Margie’s Quilts of Hope 2007 Quilt Challenge. As always, Happy reading!

W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

JUNE 2007 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2

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:

• Shop Hop in July

• Lisa Walton—Dyed in Heaven

• Lee Cleland—specialist ma-chine quilter

• Robyn Alexan-der—fabulous felting

• In Memory of our dear friends

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

N EW F A BR ICS 2

N EW K IT S 2

N EW B O O K S 4

O R GA NIZE Y O UR

T HR EA DS 5

P IN C USHIO N

C HA L L ENGE 6

Q UIL T C HAL L ENGE 7

C L A SSES 8

•Opulence by Paula Nadelstern

•Heaven on Earth—Quest for a Cure

•Fresh Cut

•So Sweet So Soft Flannel

•Lullaby Dreams Flannel

•Aunt Grace 15th Anniversary Collection

•Elsie’s Kitchen

•Sunshine

•Lotus by Amy Butler

•Emperor Collection by Kona Bay Fabrics

•Country Roads by Robyn Pandolph

•Building Blocks by American Jane

•Fleurish Flannel by Valori Wells

•Little Darlings Flannel

N E W F A BR IC 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

•Enchanted Chenille combines the plush feel of chenille and the freshness of spring from the Hydrangea & Raspberry fab-ric range.

•All About Me Fabric Packs—for a boy, girl, or bub!

•Floral Splendor Lap Quilt—a lovely scalloped edge quilt in a variety of fabric styles to suit all tastes.

•Remember When Quilt Kit

•Sanctuary Quilt Kit includes the Sanctuary Jelly Roll—40 pre-cut strips of fabric to save you time and energy.

N E W K ITS & F A BR IC P AC KS

M ACH INE Q U ILTIN G S E RV IC E

Finished piecing your quilt top and ready to have it machine quilted?

On the first Saturday of each month, Jan Hendrie will be in our store from 10.00am to 12.00 noon to discuss your ma-chine quilting needs with you.

Or if you prefer you can make an appointment to meet Jan at the Store or ring Jan and dis-cuss your project over the phone and drop your quilt in at the Quilters’ Store for Jan to pick up and drop off when completed.

P A GE 3 V OL U M E 4, I SS UE 2

.W H AT ’ S N E W

Scallops, Waves & Weaves Ruler by June Tailor. These nifty rulers will allow you to cre-ate decorative quilt borders without the pain. The ruler in-cludes wavy & scallop designs for innovative edge treatments and 1” slits for marking positions on your fabric for weaving ribbon or fabrics.

Ribbon Embroidery Needle Set by Birch contains all of the needles you need to get you started with silk ribbon embroi-dery all in one handy little pack.

AppliBond Needles are ideal when hand sewing fused layers of fabric together such as appliqué. They are also helpful when doing the button-hole stitch on fusible appliqué. Each needle has 3 bayonette cutting edges and pierces the bonded fabric with ease.

Gorges Quilt Care Labels (that`s pronounced "gorgeous"!) —Any new, wash-able quilt needs a quilt care label. Quilts given as gifts are often given to people inexperienced in quilt care. The labels describe how to clean, store and display quilts.

Misty Fuse—by Esterita Austin is an adhesive-free fusible that is

sheer, bonds firmly when cooled and doesn’t add bulk to fused pieces. Because there is no added adhesive, it won’t gum up your scissors or quilt-ing needles. It is available in black or white and is suitable for all types of fabrics from velvets to cottons, tulles and organza.

Transdoodle transfer paper is non-waxy, non-staining, re-usable, chalky-colour transfer paper for clear guidelines that never set — not even with ironing — and simply rub out with the swipe of a cloth or in the wash. You get four huge 18”x 24” sheets, in white (2), 1 yellow, 1 blue— all to-gether in a handy storage tube.

Fresh Hope Patterns—The Fresh Hope Association has released a range of patterns designed by well know de-signers to aid in raising funds for the association. You’ll love the Beach Babe bag, Baby Kisses quilt, Land Ahoy quilt & Party Time table cloth.

Check out the new colours in Colourstream hand dyed silk threads, ribbons, velvet,

•Beaded Crazy Quilting • Flower Days •Winsome Baby •Bold Bags •Beginners Guide to Goldwork •The Art & Embroidery of Jane Hall

• Shadow Work Embroidery •The Art of Annemieke Mein •Cross Stitch Fairies •Brazilian Embroidery—Apples to Zinnias

•Brazilian Three Dimensional Embroidery

•A Perfect World in Ribbon & Stumpwork

•Beginners Guide to Silk Rib-bon Embroidery

• Stash Buster Quilts •Nancy Crow •Log Cabin Quilts with Atti-tude

• Scrap Lovers Quilts •Quilts from the Garden •Luminous Landscapes • Fat Quarter Cottage •Baltimore Elegance •Birds ‘n Roses •The 1776 Quilt •Mosaic Appliqué •Pepper Cory Quilting Pattern Collection

• Follow the Line Quilting Designs

•Quilting Possibilities—Freehand Filler Patterns

•The Quilter’s Edge

N E W B O O KS


C O NG RATU LATIO N S

Yet another addition to the ex-tended Quilters’ & Embroiderers’ Store family with the arrival of a second grandson, Riley, for Fiona.

And just incase you haven’t heard, Christine is eagerly await-ing the arrival of her first grand-child in June—we’ll let you know the results!

Marjorie has gone off overseas for eight weeks. I’m sure she will have many a tale to tell when she gets back …...

Marj’s

Mutterings


G E T TIN G Y OUR T H R EAD S S O RTE D

Tired of buying a thread and getting home and finding you already have one (or more!) of the same colour. Here’s a few tips to help you sort out your threads and keep track of what you already have. 1. Firstly get out all of your threads—don’t forget the ones that are stashed away with your UFO’s!!!

2. Sort them into similar piles—this can be by brand e.g. DMC, Needle Neces-sities; by fibre content e.g. cotton, silk; or by colour. (I personally prefer to sort by fibre content, brand and then size e.g. perle 3/5/8 etc as this makes substituting threads of the same fibre content and colour easier.)

3.Now think about how you would like to organize each of your piles. Do you like to sort by number or by col-our? Whichever method you choose, if you really want to be organized, this is the time to start recording your threads into your thread inventory.

4.Decide on how you will store your threads. Remember, your storage sys-tem needs to be easy to access and put away. Empty shoe boxes and biscuit tins will do the job. There are also lots of purpose made storage solu-tions available to help you get organ-ised. These include floss cards for winding your stranded cottons, Bag-Its for storing bulkier threads such as

wool, binder rings for storing thread cards such as Rainbow Gallery & Ma-deira threads, Floss Caddies, Stitch Bows, stackable containers and many more.

5. Label your storage containers for easy access and store them where they are

What is a thread inventory? A thread inventory is a method of recording & keeping track of all the threads you have in your stash and those that you add in the future. Did I say record all of the threads you have? I sure did, but don’t panic—someone has done most of the hard work for you and put together over 300 pages of checklists, listing most of the threads you will ever buy. So get yourself a notebook or folder and print off the pages you need. You’ll also find conversion charts, stitching tips, fibre & thread information and some free projects as well: http://needleartworks.com/FIBERSYSTEM/CCPPage.htm http://www.cascadehouse.com.au/catalogue.htm http://www.needlenecessities.com/catalog/catalog.html & click on the thread, then download the adobe acrobat file http://support.laurasbooks.com/list-needlepaints.html http://www.flowerthread.com/gtftorderform.html www.millhillbeads.com/index2.php & click on the bead inventory list Tick off all of the threads you have already collected and then check your inventory be-fore you go shopping or take it with you when you go shopping.

14yrs. Entries close on 1st September 2007 and winners will be an-nounced at Quiltfest 2007. Pin cushions will be available for purchase at Quiltfest 2007 with 100% of proceeds benefiting Fresh Hope Association. Call us or drop in for an entry form.

Using any spare material from your stash, make an original pin cushion to reflect your unique character and creative ability. Any technique can be used to create the pin cushion. Be as innovative or traditional as you desire. There is a section for adults and one for children under

P IN C U SH IO N C H ALLE NG E


M ARGIE ’ S Q U ILT S OF H O PE 2 0 07 Q UI LT C HALLENG E

Margie’s Quilts of Hope is a fund-raising initiative launched in 2004 to raise funds for breast cancer re-search. Join with quilters nation-wide to raise funds for research by entering & donating your quilt or quilt block in one of the 5 catego-ries.

The more quilts and blocks entered the more money will be raised to assist in finding a cure for breast cancer.

The theme for 2007 is “our Stars of Hope” and all fabrics used in the challenge must be NORTH-COTT fabrics. Lloyd Curzon Textiles and Northcott’s Silk Inc are proud to be the corporate partners of Margie’s Quilts of Hope.

You can get your starter pack from us now.

Entries close27 July 2007.

A BOU T F R E SH H O PE

Fresh Hope is an incorporated non-profit community volunteer based residential rehabilitation program. It is the only rehabilitation centre in Queensland to establish a program for mothers, who are in need of rehabili-tation due to drug/alcohol abuse & keep their children with them while in the program. The program involves 12 months ‘live in’ at the residential

family home on the Darling Downs. The program assists both mothers and children to recover from the effect of substance abuse while building practical living and life skills.

To find out more visit:

www.freshhope.org


“C O UN TRY TO C OA ST” S HO P H O P

Join The Quilters’ & Embroid-erers’ Store on the “Country to Coast” Shop Hop in July. All you have to do is pick up a passport from one of the par-ticipating stores and visit each of the 10 fabulous patchwork & needlecraft shops involved in the shop hop from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. Make a purchase at each store and be in the running for great prizes. 1st prize is sewing & quilting accessories and tools valued at over $2000. 2nd prize is $750 worth of lat-est range fabrics 3rd prize is $500 worth of Northcott’s ‘Quest for a Cure’ fabrics. Plus there are lots of consola-tion prizes as well. Each shop also has competi-tions & prizes of their own , so check for details at every store. And while you are at each store, don’t forget to collect your free pattern and make

your own “Fun with Floral” quilt. Choose your own fabrics to make this quilt or buy a full fabric kit from a Shop Hop store. Join us on The Quilters’ & Em-broiderers’ Store Bus Tour of the Shop Hop Trail on Friday 20 July & Monday 30 July. The bus will leave the Quilters’ Store at 8.00am and return around 5.00pm each day. The cost for the 2 days is $55, or if you can only come along one day it will cost you $30. Join Karen for lots of fun and frivolity as you head off on a two day adventure. Call us for details and book a seat for this fun filled trip around the great south east.

D ISC OU N T C LUB

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 month

MONDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30

July 9, Aug 13, Sept 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10

SUNDAY 10:30—1:30

Jun 24, Jul 15, Aug 19, Sep 16, Oct 21, Nov 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

TUESDAY 9.30—12.30 Jul 17

BASKETS OF POETRY

This large appliquéd & pieced medallion quilt has been designed and made by Lyn-ette Peters. In class you will create needleturned appliqué for the centre, corners and borders of the quilt complemented by pieced baskets (either machine or hand pieced). This style would lend itself nicely to 1930 or reproduction fabrics.

Cost $90 9.30—11.30

SATURDAYS Jul 28, Sept 1, Sept 29, Oct 20

BEADED GOLDWORK BROOCH

Let Sandy show you some of the basics of goldwork and beading. You will be making a beautiful brooch to wear, use as a bag ornament or give as a gift to that special someone. There is a choice of brooches for you to make—the choice is yours.

Cost $35

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1.30—4.30 Jul 21

OR

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1.30—4.30 Jul 27

BEGINNERS QUILT



Our beginners classes this term will be run by Christine Cohrs. Let Christine take you through the basics of rotary cutting, patchwork, hand piecing, hand appliqué, borders, basting, quilting and binding—everything you need to make a quilt. You choose your own fabrics to suit your décor and style.

Cost $150 for 7 lessons

TUESDAY MORNING 9.30—12.30 Aug 7, 14,28 Sept 4, 11, 25 Oct 2

BEGINNERS SILK RIBBON EMBROIDERY

This class will teach you the basic silk ribbon embroidery stitches to set you on the path to creating beautiful silk ribbon embroideries. This pretty little needle roll fea-tures ribbon roses and basic embroidery stitches and is perfect for the beginner em-broiderer. Your needle roll will become one of your essential accessories once the embroidery bug bites !

Cost $25

THURSDAY EVENING 5.30—7.30 Jul 5

OR

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12.30—2.30 Aug 18

BULLION ROSES

Learn how to create beautiful bullion roses while making a simple potpourri heart, Once you have mastered the art of the bullion roses, you can adorn your hand tow-els, handkerchiefs, baby outfits or create lovely gifts. And there is so much more you can do with bullion knots once you know the basic technique.

Cost $25


OR

SATURDAY MORNING 9.30—11.30 Aug 18

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

WEDNESDAY 10:00—2:00 July 11, Aug 8, Sept 12, Nov 14

CROSS STITCH GROUP

Come along for a relaxing couple of hours and work on your own projects under the guidance of Marjorie Poole. Start a new project, get help with an existing project or get those ufo’s finished while enjoying the company of other like minded souls. Marjorie’s specialties are cross stitch and counted thread work.

Cost $10 per fortnight

THURSDAY EVENINGS 5:30—7:30

28 Jul 12, 26, and continuing every fortnight

GOLDWORK

Choose from any of Sandy’s designs—vibrant red silk poppies on a black back-ground, or a richly textured feathered Bird of Paradise in gold, silver and copper, tu-lips, or perhaps a frog, turtle or a gecko.

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

SATURDAY MORNINGS 9.30—12:30 Jul 7 & 21

GROUP — CHARITY QUILTS


Come along and help us make quilts for those in need. This year we have 3 worthy organisations to support. Quilts of Love for the Royal Women’s Hospital, quilts for Brain Injured Children and quilts for families graduating from the Fresh Hope Pro-gram. 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 cutter, mat, machine, sewing bits and pieces, etc.

No charge

FRIDAYS 9:30 — 2:30 Jul 6, Aug 3, Sep 7, Oct 5

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 Jun 27 Jul 4, 11, 18. 25 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.

HAND QUILTING

Let Christine teach you the basics of hand quilting—with a difference. Christine uses the Lap Quilting method—with no hoop. Learn from a prize winning teacher.

Cost $35

THURSDAY EVENING 5:30— 8:30 Jul 16

OR

WEDNESDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30 Jul 18

OR

SATURDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30 Sept 1

INTRODUCTION TO APPLIQUÉ


Hand Appliqué is beautiful when done well. For those who want to learn the basics of hand appliqué, sharp points, smooth curves and the little tricks. Begin with one block made into a smart cushion or make it the start of a larger quilt. Let Christine show you how you too can achieve these beautiful results.

Cost - $35

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 1:30—4:30 Jul 18

OR


HELAN PEARCE

Helan Pearce will be here for the week commencing Monday October 15 until Fri-day October 19. Helan's embroidery is just exquisite. Her many and varied projects cover such areas as beading, silk ribbon, stumpwork in wool and silk, crewel work, wool embroidery and more and are suitable for novices or those with more experi-ence.

Helan has designed a cheeky elf as a part of her Santa and Wise Men collection - Or why not try one of Helan’s embroidered woollen blankets or a crewel work cushion.

There are also a number of one day projects — come along on Monday and create one of Helan’s exquisite Persian Slippers. Also you will find a number of other smaller projects that can be completed in a day.

You also have the option of choosing a project from one of Helan’s books (Dimensional Embroidery and Beaded Dimensional Embroidery) or one of her beading projects from A-Z of Beading. You can choose to do whatever project you like on whatever day suits you.

Cost $80 per day 9:30am—4:00pm

MONDAY Oct 15 TUESDAY Oct 16

THURSDAY Oct 18 FRIDAY Oct 19

ROBYN ALEXANDER—HAND FELTED & EMBELLISHED BAG


This 2 day hand felting & embellishment workshop is sure to be fun and innovative. On the first day Robyn, the creator of Colourstreams hand-dyed threads, silk ribbons and fabrics, will take you through the process of the centuries old hand felting tech-nique. Robyn’s catch cry is “let the colour do the work” - on the next day you will embellish your felt with beautiful threads and ribbons with simplicity of stitch allow-ing the ever-changing colours to weave their magic. Choose from Gelati Tango in rich pink tones, Chocolate Meringue in black, brown, russet & olive colourings or Azure Blue in mid blues, purples, greens, & turquoise.

Cost $160

9.30—4.00 SATURDAY Aug 4 & SUNDAY Aug 5

Kit cost– Special class price $100 (normally $130) includes all the materials you need to make your bag except the bag lining fabric.

LEE CLELAND

Specialist machine quilter , Lee Cleland will be passing on her knowledge & skills in three different one-day workshops. Author of two books, Quilting Makes the Quilt & Feathers That Fly, Lee travels throughout Australia sharing her inspirational use of quilting to enable you to personalise the look of your own quilts. We have 3 classes from which to choose.

• Quilted Tablerunner/Wallhanger 1 Day Workshop

This workshop is aimed at expanding and consolidating your free-motion quilting skills. With either traditional feathers or the easier open feathers on plain fabric, this small piece is an excellent way to perfect your skills. A choice of background fillers (as an alternative to stipple) will be shown. Depending on the design you choose and your skill level, you should finish this in a day.

Basic walking foot and free motion machine quilting skills are required for this workshop.

Cost $80 per day

9:30am—4:00pm FRIDAY Aug 10

• Quilt- As–You-Go 1 Day Workshop


‘Quilt –As -You-Go’ is the easy way to make large quilts in smaller pieces and then join these pieces together into the finished quilt. Learn three (3) different methods of joining ‘quilt-as-you-go’ pieces together to make a larger quilt. Great for people with limited space to machine quilt or those who find handling large quilts difficult.

This is a joining technique workshop for those who already know how to machine quilt as basic quilting instruction is not given in this workshop.

Cost $80 per day

9:30am—4:00pm SATURDAY Aug 11

• A Little Bit of This & A Little Bit of That 1 Day Workshop

A play day to make your own quilting sampler for future reference. Try out a whole host of different quilting patterns with Lee to guide you: from feathers to floral; from curls to cables; from bows to backgrounds; & learn many different ways to get designs onto the fabrics.

This class is for the experienced beginner onwards. You must be able to free-motion machine quilt for this workshop as no basic instruction is given.

There is some preparation to be done before coming to class.

Cost $80 per day (plus patterns & notes supplied in class at a cost of $10.00 paid di-rectly to Lee)

9:30am—4:00pm SUNDAY Aug 12

PAPER PIECING—HEXAGONS

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

9.30—12.30 SATURDAY Jul 14

LISA WALTON


Lisa Walton has been creating her own style of quilts for 15 years, starting with tradi-tional quilt techniques developing and over the last few years has developed her own style using her own hand dyed fabrics. She has also ventured into the world of tex-ture and embellishment of her quilts and so a new obsession is forming—beading.

• Fabrications 2 Day Workshop

Create your own fantasy fabrics and then cut them and design your own masterpiece with a simple block design. On day one you will create your Fantasy Fabrics and on day 2 the fun begins as you create your quilt top from your Fantasy Fabrics

Cost $160

9:30am—4:00pm WEDNESDAY Aug 22 & THURSDAY Aug 23

• Creative Beading 2 Day Workshop

Day one will teach you the basics of bead embroidery and variations including attach-ing cabochons. On day two there is further exploration into the wonderful tech-niques of bead embellishment for your quilts—a burst of wonderful fireworks cre-ated from beads.

Cost $160

9:30am—4:00pm FRIDAY Aug 24 & SATURDAY Aug 25

PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE TUITION

Can’t make one of the workshops but you’d love to learn the technique? Would you like to learn a particular technique but it isn’t offered as a class? Or would you just like some personalised help with a project you are doing? Book into a one-on-one session with one of our teachers at a mutually agreeable time and receive instruction.

Cost $30 per hour (minimum 1 hour booking)

QUILT TOP IN A DAY

Join Christine Cohrs to put together the Willowberry Medallion Quilt top in just one day. Christine has designed the pattern and made this beautiful quilt from the Willowberry range of fabrics and under her guidance and expertise you will cut, piece & stitch together your quilt top. You will need to have basic rotary cutting & machine piecing skills, as a minimum. At the end of the day, you ca leave the class with your quilt top completed or well underway, depending on your level of skill and experience.

Cost $75

9:30am—4:00pm SATURDAY Oct 6

Willowberry Medallion Quilt Kit available—also available in other ranges

STASH BUSTER QUILT

Karen has designed a great little quilt to help you use up those bits & pieces from your stash. Join her & be surprised at just what you can make with those fabrics that you have stored away for a rainy day.

Cost $75

9.30—4.00

SATURDAY Sep 15 OR THURSDAY Sep 27

STUMPWORK—BERRY DELIGHTFUL

Summer berries are the theme of this piece that is suitable for the beginner stump-worker or the more experienced. In this class, Sandy Vass will show you how to make blackberries, raspberries, boysenberries, blueberries & cranberries that will look good enough to eat. Each berry is made using a different technique. Sandy has attached hers to a padded cloth to keep the muffins warm, but you could attach yours to padded box, framed piece or even napkin rings.

Cost $75

9:30am—12:30pm

FRIDAY Jul 13 & Jul 27

OR

SATURDAY Sept 8 & 22



In Memory of Denise and Ruth

Recently we lost two of our dear friends to cancer—Denise Lawson and Ruth Stonely. Many of you had the pleasure of knowing both Denise and Ruth as students in their classes, customers in Ruth’s store and our store, through the quilting and embroidery community and as dear friends and acquaintances.

You will have your special memories of each of these wonderful ladies. I would like to share some of our fondest memories and how they have enriched our lives.

I knew both Ruth and Denise for many years. I first met them when I became a cus-tomer at Patchwork Supplies in Highgate Hill, Brisbane. Ruth was a self taught quilter and was a highly regarded textile artist and was well known for her unique style of patchwork, quilting and embellishment. She travelled the world conducting classes and exhibiting her work. Ruth’s store was the first patchwork store to open in Brisbane and she quickly developed a reputation for crazy patchwork, original quilts and fashion design.

Denise worked at Patchwork Supplies along side Ruth and was well known and highly respected among the quilting community for her exceptional quilting skills and published works. I was fortunate enough to do classes with both of them, which were enjoyable, fun and inspirational. As a customer at the store, I enjoyed spending time at the shop, browsing, chatting and taking pleasure in the friendliness and warmth they both offered.

Life became busy for me, Ruth sold the store, Denise found employment in other patchwork stores and our association lapsed for a few years. However life has a way of coming full circle. I bought the Quilters’ Store and our association was renewed. Ruth and Denise both came to teach classes at the store and Denise also worked at the store. It was beyond my wildest dreams to be a 'peer' of Denise and Ruth and to become friends with them both. Ladies through and through, they were delightful, charming, talented, and funny. They were passionate about their art and passed on their talents to enthusiastic and appreciative students, many of whom became life-long friends.

It has been a delight and an inspiration to have known them both and an honour to have worked alongside them. They are very deeply missed by all of us at the Store and irreplaceable to me personally.


Denise’s family have lovingly recre-ated quilts made by Denise on traffic signal boxes at Indooroopilly and Graceville as a lasting legacy of her creativity.


Phone: 07 3870 0408 Fax: 07 3371 7458

E-mail: [email protected]

www.tqes.com.au

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

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

Saturday 9:00am to 4:30pm

Sunday CLOSED

Memories are but gentle reflections of the life you have lived and the love you have shared

SHOWS FOR 2007

QuiltFest Craft & Quilt Fair & Qld Quilt Show—Oct 24 to 28

115 HAIG RD AUCHENFLOWER QLD 4066

P O BOX 2021

MILTON QLD 4064

Hi!

What a fun packed term we have for you! June saw the arrival of Kaffe Fassett for his one day work-shop and an evening lecture. We were amazed at how quickly the class filled—a day and a half. Both events were a great success and very much enjoyed by all In August, Lisa Walton from Dyed in Heaven is coming. She is offering two workshops—one quilting and one beaded embel-lishments. Lee Cleland is also coming in August. Lee is a specialist ma-chine quilter so you won’t want to miss out on her work-shops. There are three one day workshops from which to choose, so I’m sure there will be something to suit all. We also have Robyn Alexander from Colourstreams along to teach her hand felted and em-

bellished bag. This a fun workshop, guaranteed to get the heart pumping. As part of this years resolu-tion to get you sorted and or-ganised we have some hints on how to get your threads sorted. And if you are looking for an excuse for lots of fun and shopping , join us on the Coast to Country Shop Hop bus tour. If you have a little spare time, why not enter the pin cushion challenge, in support of the Fresh Hope Association or make up a quilt block or small quilt to assist breast cancer re-search through Margie’s Quilts of Hope 2007 Quilt Challenge. As always, Happy reading!

W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

JUNE 2007 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2

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:

• Shop Hop in July

• Lisa Walton—Dyed in Heaven

• Lee Cleland—specialist ma-chine quilter

• Robyn Alexan-der—fabulous felting

• In Memory of our dear friends

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

N EW F A BR ICS 2

N EW K IT S 2

N EW B O O K S 4

O R GA NIZE Y O UR

T HR EA DS 5

P IN C USHIO N

C HA L L ENGE 6

Q UIL T C HAL L ENGE 7

C L A SSES 8

•Opulence by Paula Nadelstern

•Heaven on Earth—Quest for a Cure

•Fresh Cut

•So Sweet So Soft Flannel

•Lullaby Dreams Flannel

•Aunt Grace 15th Anniversary Collection

•Elsie’s Kitchen

•Sunshine

•Lotus by Amy Butler

•Emperor Collection by Kona Bay Fabrics

•Country Roads by Robyn Pandolph

•Building Blocks by American Jane

•Fleurish Flannel by Valori Wells

•Little Darlings Flannel

N E W F A BR IC S


LOTS OF NEW

FABRICS ARRIVING

IN STORE

—

WITH MORE TO

COME

•Enchanted Chenille combines the plush feel of chenille and the freshness of spring from the Hydrangea & Raspberry fab-ric range.

•All About Me Fabric Packs—for a boy, girl, or bub!

•Floral Splendor Lap Quilt—a lovely scalloped edge quilt in a variety of fabric styles to suit all tastes.

•Remember When Quilt Kit

•Sanctuary Quilt Kit includes the Sanctuary Jelly Roll—40 pre-cut strips of fabric to save you time and energy.

N E W K ITS & F A BR IC P AC KS

M ACH INE Q U ILTIN G S E RV IC E

Finished piecing your quilt top and ready to have it machine quilted?

On the first Saturday of each month, Jan Hendrie will be in our store from 10.00am to 12.00 noon to discuss your ma-chine quilting needs with you.

Or if you prefer you can make an appointment to meet Jan at the Store or ring Jan and dis-cuss your project over the phone and drop your quilt in at the Quilters’ Store for Jan to pick up and drop off when completed.


.W H AT ’ S N E W

Scallops, Waves & Weaves Ruler by June Tailor. These nifty rulers will allow you to cre-ate decorative quilt borders without the pain. The ruler in-cludes wavy & scallop designs for innovative edge treatments and 1” slits for marking positions on your fabric for weaving ribbon or fabrics.

Ribbon Embroidery Needle Set by Birch contains all of the needles you need to get you started with silk ribbon embroi-dery all in one handy little pack.

AppliBond Needles are ideal when hand sewing fused layers of fabric together such as appliqué. They are also helpful when doing the button-hole stitch on fusible appliqué. Each needle has 3 bayonette cutting edges and pierces the bonded fabric with ease.

Gorges Quilt Care Labels (that`s pronounced "gorgeous"!) —Any new, wash-able quilt needs a quilt care label. Quilts given as gifts are often given to people inexperienced in quilt care. The labels describe how to clean, store and display quilts.

Misty Fuse—by Esterita Austin is an adhesive-free fusible that is

sheer, bonds firmly when cooled and doesn’t add bulk to fused pieces. Because there is no added adhesive, it won’t gum up your scissors or quilt-ing needles. It is available in black or white and is suitable for all types of fabrics from velvets to cottons, tulles and organza.

Transdoodle transfer paper is non-waxy, non-staining, re-usable, chalky-colour transfer paper for clear guidelines that never set — not even with ironing — and simply rub out with the swipe of a cloth or in the wash. You get four huge 18”x 24” sheets, in white (2), 1 yellow, 1 blue— all to-gether in a handy storage tube.

Fresh Hope Patterns—The Fresh Hope Association has released a range of patterns designed by well know de-signers to aid in raising funds for the association. You’ll love the Beach Babe bag, Baby Kisses quilt, Land Ahoy quilt & Party Time table cloth.

Check out the new colours in Colourstream hand dyed silk threads, ribbons, velvet,

•Beaded Crazy Quilting • Flower Days •Winsome Baby •Bold Bags •Beginners Guide to Goldwork •The Art & Embroidery of Jane Hall

• Shadow Work Embroidery •The Art of Annemieke Mein •Cross Stitch Fairies •Brazilian Embroidery—Apples to Zinnias

•Brazilian Three Dimensional Embroidery

•A Perfect World in Ribbon & Stumpwork

•Beginners Guide to Silk Rib-bon Embroidery

• Stash Buster Quilts •Nancy Crow •Log Cabin Quilts with Atti-tude

• Scrap Lovers Quilts •Quilts from the Garden •Luminous Landscapes • Fat Quarter Cottage •Baltimore Elegance •Birds ‘n Roses •The 1776 Quilt •Mosaic Appliqué •Pepper Cory Quilting Pattern Collection

• Follow the Line Quilting Designs

•Quilting Possibilities—Freehand Filler Patterns

•The Quilter’s Edge

N E W B O O KS


C O NG RATU LATIO N S

Yet another addition to the ex-tended Quilters’ & Embroiderers’ Store family with the arrival of a second grandson, Riley, for Fiona.

And just incase you haven’t heard, Christine is eagerly await-ing the arrival of her first grand-child in June—we’ll let you know the results!

Marjorie has gone off overseas for eight weeks. I’m sure she will have many a tale to tell when she gets back …...

Marj’s

Mutterings


G E T TIN G Y OUR T H R EAD S S O RTE D

Tired of buying a thread and getting home and finding you already have one (or more!) of the same colour. Here’s a few tips to help you sort out your threads and keep track of what you already have. 1. Firstly get out all of your threads—don’t forget the ones that are stashed away with your UFO’s!!!

2. Sort them into similar piles—this can be by brand e.g. DMC, Needle Neces-sities; by fibre content e.g. cotton, silk; or by colour. (I personally prefer to sort by fibre content, brand and then size e.g. perle 3/5/8 etc as this makes substituting threads of the same fibre content and colour easier.)

3.Now think about how you would like to organize each of your piles. Do you like to sort by number or by col-our? Whichever method you choose, if you really want to be organized, this is the time to start recording your threads into your thread inventory.

4.Decide on how you will store your threads. Remember, your storage sys-tem needs to be easy to access and put away. Empty shoe boxes and biscuit tins will do the job. There are also lots of purpose made storage solu-tions available to help you get organ-ised. These include floss cards for winding your stranded cottons, Bag-Its for storing bulkier threads such as

wool, binder rings for storing thread cards such as Rainbow Gallery & Ma-deira threads, Floss Caddies, Stitch Bows, stackable containers and many more.

5. Label your storage containers for easy access and store them where they are

What is a thread inventory? A thread inventory is a method of recording & keeping track of all the threads you have in your stash and those that you add in the future. Did I say record all of the threads you have? I sure did, but don’t panic—someone has done most of the hard work for you and put together over 300 pages of checklists, listing most of the threads you will ever buy. So get yourself a notebook or folder and print off the pages you need. You’ll also find conversion charts, stitching tips, fibre & thread information and some free projects as well: http://needleartworks.com/FIBERSYSTEM/CCPPage.htm http://www.cascadehouse.com.au/catalogue.htm http://www.needlenecessities.com/catalog/catalog.html & click on the thread, then download the adobe acrobat file http://support.laurasbooks.com/list-needlepaints.html http://www.flowerthread.com/gtftorderform.html www.millhillbeads.com/index2.php & click on the bead inventory list Tick off all of the threads you have already collected and then check your inventory be-fore you go shopping or take it with you when you go shopping.

14yrs. Entries close on 1st September 2007 and winners will be an-nounced at Quiltfest 2007. Pin cushions will be available for purchase at Quiltfest 2007 with 100% of proceeds benefiting Fresh Hope Association. Call us or drop in for an entry form.

Using any spare material from your stash, make an original pin cushion to reflect your unique character and creative ability. Any technique can be used to create the pin cushion. Be as innovative or traditional as you desire. There is a section for adults and one for children under

P IN C U SH IO N C H ALLE NG E


M ARGIE ’ S Q U ILT S OF H O PE 2 0 07 Q UI LT C HALLENG E

Margie’s Quilts of Hope is a fund-raising initiative launched in 2004 to raise funds for breast cancer re-search. Join with quilters nation-wide to raise funds for research by entering & donating your quilt or quilt block in one of the 5 catego-ries.

The more quilts and blocks entered the more money will be raised to assist in finding a cure for breast cancer.

The theme for 2007 is “our Stars of Hope” and all fabrics used in the challenge must be NORTH-COTT fabrics. Lloyd Curzon Textiles and Northcott’s Silk Inc are proud to be the corporate partners of Margie’s Quilts of Hope.

You can get your starter pack from us now.

Entries close27 July 2007.

A BOU T F R E SH H O PE

Fresh Hope is an incorporated non-profit community volunteer based residential rehabilitation program. It is the only rehabilitation centre in Queensland to establish a program for mothers, who are in need of rehabili-tation due to drug/alcohol abuse & keep their children with them while in the program. The program involves 12 months ‘live in’ at the residential

family home on the Darling Downs. The program assists both mothers and children to recover from the effect of substance abuse while building practical living and life skills.

To find out more visit:

www.freshhope.org


“C O UN TRY TO C OA ST” S HO P H O P

Join The Quilters’ & Embroid-erers’ Store on the “Country to Coast” Shop Hop in July. All you have to do is pick up a passport from one of the par-ticipating stores and visit each of the 10 fabulous patchwork & needlecraft shops involved in the shop hop from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. Make a purchase at each store and be in the running for great prizes. 1st prize is sewing & quilting accessories and tools valued at over $2000. 2nd prize is $750 worth of lat-est range fabrics 3rd prize is $500 worth of Northcott’s ‘Quest for a Cure’ fabrics. Plus there are lots of consola-tion prizes as well. Each shop also has competi-tions & prizes of their own , so check for details at every store. And while you are at each store, don’t forget to collect your free pattern and make

your own “Fun with Floral” quilt. Choose your own fabrics to make this quilt or buy a full fabric kit from a Shop Hop store. Join us on The Quilters’ & Em-broiderers’ Store Bus Tour of the Shop Hop Trail on Friday 20 July & Monday 30 July. The bus will leave the Quilters’ Store at 8.00am and return around 5.00pm each day. The cost for the 2 days is $55, or if you can only come along one day it will cost you $30. Join Karen for lots of fun and frivolity as you head off on a two day adventure. Call us for details and book a seat for this fun filled trip around the great south east.

D ISC OU N T C LUB

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 month

MONDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30

July 9, Aug 13, Sept 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10

SUNDAY 10:30—1:30

Jun 24, Jul 15, Aug 19, Sep 16, Oct 21, Nov 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

TUESDAY 9.30—12.30 Jul 17

BASKETS OF POETRY

This large appliquéd & pieced medallion quilt has been designed and made by Lyn-ette Peters. In class you will create needleturned appliqué for the centre, corners and borders of the quilt complemented by pieced baskets (either machine or hand pieced). This style would lend itself nicely to 1930 or reproduction fabrics.

Cost $90 9.30—11.30

SATURDAYS Jul 28, Sept 1, Sept 29, Oct 20

BEADED GOLDWORK BROOCH

Let Sandy show you some of the basics of goldwork and beading. You will be making a beautiful brooch to wear, use as a bag ornament or give as a gift to that special someone. There is a choice of brooches for you to make—the choice is yours.

Cost $35

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1.30—4.30 Jul 21

OR


BEGINNERS QUILT



Our beginners classes this term will be run by Christine Cohrs. Let Christine take you through the basics of rotary cutting, patchwork, hand piecing, hand appliqué, borders, basting, quilting and binding—everything you need to make a quilt. You choose your own fabrics to suit your décor and style.

Cost $150 for 7 lessons

TUESDAY MORNING 9.30—12.30 Aug 7, 14,28 Sept 4, 11, 25 Oct 2

BEGINNERS SILK RIBBON EMBROIDERY

This class will teach you the basic silk ribbon embroidery stitches to set you on the path to creating beautiful silk ribbon embroideries. This pretty little needle roll fea-tures ribbon roses and basic embroidery stitches and is perfect for the beginner em-broiderer. Your needle roll will become one of your essential accessories once the embroidery bug bites !

Cost $25

THURSDAY EVENING 5.30—7.30 Jul 5

OR

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12.30—2.30 Aug 18

BULLION ROSES

Learn how to create beautiful bullion roses while making a simple potpourri heart, Once you have mastered the art of the bullion roses, you can adorn your hand tow-els, handkerchiefs, baby outfits or create lovely gifts. And there is so much more you can do with bullion knots once you know the basic technique.

Cost $25


OR

SATURDAY MORNING 9.30—11.30 Aug 18

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

WEDNESDAY 10:00—2:00 July 11, Aug 8, Sept 12, Nov 14

CROSS STITCH GROUP

Come along for a relaxing couple of hours and work on your own projects under the guidance of Marjorie Poole. Start a new project, get help with an existing project or get those ufo’s finished while enjoying the company of other like minded souls. Marjorie’s specialties are cross stitch and counted thread work.

Cost $10 per fortnight

THURSDAY EVENINGS 5:30—7:30

28 Jul 12, 26, and continuing every fortnight

GOLDWORK

Choose from any of Sandy’s designs—vibrant red silk poppies on a black back-ground, or a richly textured feathered Bird of Paradise in gold, silver and copper, tu-lips, or perhaps a frog, turtle or a gecko.

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

SATURDAY MORNINGS 9.30—12:30 Jul 7 & 21

GROUP — CHARITY QUILTS


Come along and help us make quilts for those in need. This year we have 3 worthy organisations to support. Quilts of Love for the Royal Women’s Hospital, quilts for Brain Injured Children and quilts for families graduating from the Fresh Hope Pro-gram. 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 cutter, mat, machine, sewing bits and pieces, etc.

No charge

FRIDAYS 9:30 — 2:30 Jul 6, Aug 3, Sep 7, Oct 5

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 Jun 27 Jul 4, 11, 18. 25 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.

HAND QUILTING

Let Christine teach you the basics of hand quilting—with a difference. Christine uses the Lap Quilting method—with no hoop. Learn from a prize winning teacher.

Cost $35


OR

WEDNESDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30 Jul 18

OR

SATURDAY MORNING 9:30—12:30 Sept 1

INTRODUCTION TO APPLIQUÉ