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| January 02, 2016 January 2016 Snippets We are so excited to announce our new Block of the Month Programs for 2016 We are offering three different quilt options this year. We hope you will join us for one, two or all three of these amazing quilting journeys. Remember they are by mail only! Our first Block of the Month is an 8 month program called "My Small World" by Jen Kingwell our favorite Australian designer.  This is a wall hanging that finishes at 52"x33". This adventure features several piecing techniques including traditional piecing, applique and even some embroidery. If you participated in our "Gypsy Wife" BOM, you will be glad to know that Judith will be in charge of this program. Each month you will receive additional instructions and helpful construction tips to assist you as you navigate through Jen's pattern booklet. The quilt will be sewn in sections using our wonderful, fun fabrics. Here is Judith's first section...  The deadline for registering for this BOM is the 15th of January. The program will begin the last week of January. Call the shop to register. 802-824-5700. The first month you will be charged $47.50 for the pattern booklet and the fabric to complete section #1. Subsequent months you will be auto charged $19.50. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have visited the shop lately you may have noticed our infatuation with the new English Paper Piecing phenomenon. EPP is not just hexagons and "Grandma's Flower Garden" anymore! Today's designers have added a new twist to the technique of using paper foundation shapes covered with fabric to make "pieced" hexagons. Our 2nd Block of the Month offering is called "Smitten" by Lucy Kingwell (Jen's daughter). Lucy has constructed (25) large 12" hexagon blocks from a variety of paper foundation pieces. Based on a 3 " hexagon, you will use diamonds, triangles, half hexies and whole hexies to make a variety of larger hexagon blocks.  This quilt finishes at 41"x61". Our version will feature fabrics by Denyse Schmidt and Jen Kingwell. Here is Shelley's finished version...  The first month you will receive the pattern, the paper foundation pieces, the acrylic template set, and fabric for the first two blocks.  Template Set H The first month you will be charged $52.00 for all of these items. Subsequent month's charges will be $25 for 11 months.  February Blocks #1 and 2  If you like hand work English Paper Piecing is fun, easy and relaxing. We love portable projects and things to keep our hands busy while watching TV or listening to music.  "Smitten" Deadline for registering is 20th of January. The program will begin the 2nd week of February. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For those of you who love Kaffe Fassett fabrics,we are joining with Liza Prior Lucy, Kim Mclean and Katja Marek to offer "Glorious Hexagons" Block of the Month. Based on the book "The New Hexagon" by Katja Marek, Liza and Kim created 2 different sampler quilts. We will be creating our own version using all Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics.  This is Kim Mclean's version. The quilt will finish at 96"x90". Each month you will get the paper foundation pieces and fabrics to make (28) 6" pieced hexie blocks. This is a 12 month program. You will need several other items to make this project flow smoothly.  Acrylic Templates to use for cutting out the fabric shapes for all the blocks in the book. Makes fussy cutting a breeze! The Book...  Glorious Hexagons Piece Pack #01 to make the first (28) blocks  And the Booklet from Glorious Color...  The first month you will be charged for all of the above items including fabric, $145.00. Each subsequent month you will get the paper foundation packs and fabric for 28 more blocks for $48.99 per month. (You will be receiving lots of fabric each month due to the fussy cutting.) The deadline for registering for this BOM program is January 15th. This program will begin the first week of February. Here is one of the first blocks in the program...  Block #51, "Joyce" in progress. You can see how the fussy cutting makes these hexies amazing. If you wish to use your own fabrics and go it alone for any of these quilts you can purchase all of these items on the website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you plan on an English Paper piecing project the following notions will make your life easier! The Bohin Glue Pen...We glue baste our fabric to the paper pieces...no thread basting!  A 28mm rotary cutter make fussy cutting small shapes a breeze...  A lazy susan style cutting surface... #11 Milliner's Needles  Super Bob #60 Wt polyester thread. This thread will not shred when going through the fabric and papers.  A variety of colors to match any fabrics. All of these items are available on the website. We hope you will join us for another year of quilty fun! Please call the shop 802-824-5700 with any questions regarding these BOM Programs. If you all ready have some of the materials or supplies your first monthly payment can be adjusted. If you are new to English Paper piecing please come to one of our monthly English Paper Piecing Clubs that meet the 2nd Saturday of every month. Our next meeting is next Saturday January 9th. Happy Sewing! Happy New Year! Shelley |
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