Sneek Peek: Summer Class Schedule

We are just finishing up the Summer class schedule, it will e-mail later this week. If you have any suggestions or classes you would love to see please comment. We would love to hear your ideas. Here are a few of our most popular classes, so you can be ahead of the game and sign up early. Just call the shop or stop by, these tend to fill quickly.

Just Dandy: Come and make our darling Dandelion quilt and learn our machine applique method at the same time. This is a darling baby quilt for a little girl! The class includes your fabric kit & pattern!This is a 2 week class, Fridays June 1st & 8th from 3:00-5:00, $105.00

Invisible Machine Applique: Our most popular class by far!!! Learn all of our simple tricks to have beautiful applique that looks like hand but is done on the machine. Jeanette is a pro at this and she will be your teacher! This is a 2 week class and it includes a kit of applique notions. Wednesdays, June 20th & 27th from 5:30-7:30, $75.00

Hand Applique: This is our specialty! This is needle turn with training wheels. We use all of the best techniques that we have found to allow you to be successful and this beautiful hand work. You will be able to applique with the best of them! This is a 2 week class and includes a kit of Hand Applique notions. Thursdays, June 21st & 28th from 5:30-7:30. $ 75.00

Beginning Quilting: This is truly on of the best quilting classes out there! We assume you know nothing and teach you everything you need to know to finish a quilt top. Lots of tips and tricks, we cover it all! Plus we keep our classes very small so that you get a lot of individual attention! This is a 4 week class, Wednesdays July 11th, 18th 25th & August 1st from 5:30-7:30. $65.00

There are more classes and additional dates for these favorites in the full Summer Schedule. If you don’t receive our e-mails and would like to, please contact us with your info.

Just to brighten your day: Hollyhocks & More

The hollyhocks are starting to bloom! That means that summer and Shop Hop are almost here! This year the Wasatch Front Shop Hop will be June 13th through the 16th! We would love to see you, it is a ton of fun!

The Clematis is looking pretty stunning also! It feels like Summer around here!

The Little Monsters Kits are finally on the home stretch!!

You can order one here: Little Monsters Kits

Here is a link to the changes we made to the original pattern by Don’t Look Now:

Piper’s Little Monsters Pattern

Sneek Peek: Garden Girl Dress

The front is equally adorable, but the back is so fantastic I had to photo it! This is our latest pattern for little girls, the garden girl dress. The pattern is off at the printers as we speak and we are cutting kits, with the same fab lace and fabrics! Let us know if you want one. So Sweet!

More Monsters & Such…

I am probably overdoing it with the monsters pics, but I just can’t get enough of these guys! The quilt should be hanging in the shop in a  few days and kits should be available in about a week! Jeanette used our Machine Applique technique to make this quilt, it is a wonderful way to make applique quilts that look more like they were done by hand but with the speed of a machine. We have a new class starting this week, so give us a call for more info: 801-484-5890.

This week at the shop:

* Tuesday night knitting tonight from 5:30-7:30, come and knit with us, get help with anything or start a new project! Just show up, there is no registration for this class and it is weekly!

* Machine Applique’ starting this Wednesday from 5:30-7:30, this is a 2 week class, May 9th & 16th , Call or stop by to register.

* Beginning Quilting Series starts this Thursday from 5:30-7:30. This is a 4 week class, May 10th  through May 31st. No experience necessary! Make a quilt and learn all of the best skills to be a pro!

* All Minky 40% off all week long! Stock Up!!!!

* We are finishing up kits for Daisy Patchwork, shown below! There are only a  limited number available , so if you would like one order one here or call the shop. I am so into the gray with pastels!

Just to brighten your day: Pinterest Pretty

I found this picture on Pinterest today, and it made me so happy I thought I would share. It was from a blog full of pretty images called Alice is Wonderful. The colors are so inspiring!

Free Pattern: A Quilt For Claire

We are totally in love with Emily Taylor and her fabrics for Riley Blake Designs. They are just stunning, and to top it off she is local to Utah which we love! This darling quilt is a free pattern that Emily has designed that you can print off for yourself on her blog, just click here to find it. It is called “A Quilt for Claire” , and is a great beginning quilting project. If you are a pro, it is a great “whip it up in an afternoon” project.  We have put the quilt up in a kit that has been flying out the door. We love Emily’s Verona fabrics, but this pattern is a great showcase for any collection!

Lost & Found Just In Time

Without fail every time I clean my sewing room, I find something fabulous that was totally lost & forgotten. This time it was this Midnight in the garden quilt I made YEARS ago. It is made with a cotton background and wool applique, I wish I could remember the designer, but for the life of me I cannot(if you know, please comment). It is all finished except for the hand quilting. Now that I have just the perfect little man to give it to, it is just in time. I must get it finished! So tonight I am going to mark it with cross hatching and start stitching. I have not done much hand quilting lately, so it will be good to get back into it.

I finally finished cleaning my sewing room! I am sure it will be a mess again soon, but I LOVE working in it when it is all organized. Besides my scrap organization, I also cleaned out and organized all of my projects and patterns, fabric, everything is labeled and has a spot! Get ready to be impressed, well as impressed as you can be with a teeny room in the basement.

My cutting table has little shelves on both sides with all of my fabric  folded and organized by color now.

The shelves are stuffed but looking a lot neater.

This is a walk in closet that is usually the scariest place, but everything is all organized and tidy. Even my giant work table is all folded up! Usually it is open and so full with stuff it is hard to actually use.

Even my sewing table is mostly clear and ready for action! Woo Hoo! It is amazing what a little late night energy burst can amount to, now if only I could have one of those every night, who knows what I could accomplish.

P.S. Jeanette just sent me a text (yes she can text now!, it is amazing) of another sneak peak of the Monster Quilt!

Can you believe it!!!! I am so in love!!! Can you believe she has made 2 of them that are identical so that both of her grandsons can have one, so eventually one of these fabulous quilts will be at my house. We are working on the kits , so make sure to get your name on our wait  list because I am sure they will be a hot ticket! If you just want the pattern, you need the Little Monsters pattern plus an addendum pattern that we will be posting free on the blog in a few weeks.  LOVE!!!!!