On Saturday (10-5-24) those in our beginning of the month pieced Saturday Sampler program will meet at 9:00am. During the session we will share shop news along with the next block kit in the series. As is often the case, we will review a portion of the pattern that needs a little revision and we will go over the finer points of constructing the block. Be sure to bring your block from last month - it’s so much fun to see how they are coming!

Hurricane Helene has caused widespread damage throughout the Southeast and has substantially impacted mountain towns in North Carolina. To support those impacted, we are hosting a giveaway in the shop this week. We will be collecting monetary donations in the shop, and each donation is an entry in the giveaway for the wonderful goodie basket pictured here. All the funds collected will go to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund. This organization disburses funds to nonprofits working to meet the immediate needs of storm victims such as food and water, cleaning supplies, and other emergency supplies. All of the donations to the NCDRF will go directly to disaster relief. Our thoughts go out to all of those who have been impacted by this tragedy. 

The drawing will close Saturday, October 12th.

Claudia Porter ~ Island Batik Trunk Show at QC!

Saturday ~ October 19th ~ 11:00am

We are excited to be welcoming Island Batik Brand Ambassador, and pattern designer, Claudia Porter to the shop! She will be sharing a look at her pattern collection (she’ll bring the actual quilts featured on the pattern covers!), and she will tell us about working with Island Batiks (one of our favorite companies) and about her next curated batik fabric collection! The session is sure to be inspiring!

Fee $15.00 (at the end of the session you will receive a coupon for a free yard of Island Batik fabric, and an entry in a drawing for a group of her patterns!)

Handbag Day at QC

Thursday ~ October 10th

This little celebration is for the bag makers in the crowd, and for those who wish they knew enough to be bag makers! During the morning we will share a look at several of our favorite handmade bags, and share construction tips during an ongoing demonstration (from 10:00am-12:00pm). The demo will focus on techniques for adding zippers to bags and making professional looking bag handles. There will be kits offered for several different bags, and there will even be chances to win some small prizes.

Introduction to the Bedazzled Project!

Saturday ~ October 5th ~ 10:30am

Several months ago we saw photos of a new sampler design. It was so very different from any others we have seen, we just had to jump right in! The Bedazzled quilt, designed by Pam and Nicky, is made up of nine pieced blocks, pieced sashing, and a pieced outer border. And boy, are the blocks fantastic! The angled seams make the quilt appear to feature curves, but every seam is straight! As we began to work through the piece, we realized there are some spots that could use explanation, or even modification. Thus, our introductory session came to be. During the meeting we will discuss fabric selection (because yes, it could be done in different fabrics!), reading the pattern, cutting for the individual blocks and setting pieces, and we will share tips for accurately stitching the shapes. We hope you will consider the project and consider joining us for the meeting!

Fee ~ free with Bedazzled book purchase at QC

Tilda’s newest fabric collection, Sanctuary, is here! Tilda asks where your sanctuary is, and then uses the warm toned prints of the group to offer suggestions. In the group you will find little flowers, trees and tiny animals worked in plum, blue, green, gold and rose. We suggest looking at Tilda’s website to see the prints in use and to gather patterns that use the lovely pieces. We will be hosting a trunk show featuring some of the projects early next month, but don’t wait until then to get yours as many are likely to be gone!

Fabric $15.95 per yard

Be sure to look for Moda’s Celebrating 50 Years collection when you are in the shop. The group is a collection of 44 iconic Moda fabric designs in a rainbow of color. The unique part about the collection - each bolt contains four different prints running down the length of the fabric. It’s great fun to see how many of the prints we remember and then great fun to put them into use. There is even a contest to go along with the pieces (a contest with wonderful prizes!) - details can be found in the shop and on Moda’s website. Fabric $12.99 per yard

Congratulations to winners of our September shop drawings ~ 

Maureen P. from Belle Vernon won the National Sewing Month goodie basket

Janet K. from Sewickley won the sewing themed fabric drawing 

Please note ~ current shop hours are 10:00am-4:00pm Monday thru Saturday.