Judy Niemeyer Week

Judy Niemeyer Week I - July 20 - 24

We have had 9 different quilters making the above patterns.  They are all doing great and are amazed at how easy the technique is.  Even the most unconfident quilter found that in a couple of hours they were comfortable with the technique and creating beautiful quilt block.  More pictures to come next week.

New Month, New Season, New Fabric

July has arrived, as has summer, finally.  We had a few days off over Canada Day Long Weekend. Went camping at a local lake with our kids.  Played games, went golfing and relaxed.

Back at the store it seems that it never ends.  Yesterday we got in new fabric and new patterns.  First the Fabric.

Fruitcake by Basic Grey for Moda.  18 Funky christmas prints.

    

Caterwalling by Sue Marsh for RJR 

We also got in some patterns

Thistlepods by Judy Niemeyer Quilting

Grommet Hipster and Grommet Wallet by Indygo Junction

  

We spent all day yesterday with our fabric salesman and we hope we picked a great selection of fabric for the fall.

We order:  

Evening Mist by Sentimental Studios for Moda - 33 new fabrics to go with the older fabrics in this collection

STOF Basics - 20 fabrics

Hoffman Batiks to make Backdoor Bear by Toni Whitney

6 new flavours of Bali Pops and 9 Bali Fat quarter bundles.  14 fat quarters per bundles.

Border Creek Station's Mystery Quilt Club - Quilter's Journey - using Flannel by Deb Strain for Moda.

Fat Quarter bundles by Moda to make kits.

75 Bali Handpaints by Hoffman

One Bazillion BC by Sue Marsh for RJR Fabrics.

More new kits.

We got another couple of kits finished today.


Shooting Stars from Laundry Basket quilts

A simple way to make a complicated block.  Kit includes fabric, pattern and templates.  Made using mainly Hoffman Batiks with some other fabrics.  Picture of the sample will be posted ASAP  $179.98

All Cooped Up by McKenna Ryan

                                    

We have all nine individual block kits available as well as all of McKenna Ryan's Signature Batiks

Kits - $19.98 each.  Fabric $17.98/m.

Summer is here

The end of June.  A time for family camping and relaxation.  Ardelle will be at the lake near Camrose for most of next week, including Canada day.  Things slow down at the store while quilters relax, enjoy the summer weather, visit family and friend.
Here at Quilting From the Heart, we slow down for summer too.  In July and August we have fewer events at the store.  Only our Sampler Series - Patchwork Party II, Christmas in July on July 30, and our three weeks of classes featuring the patterns of Judy Niemeyer Quilting. Call the store for more information on both the Christmas in July day and the Judy Niemeyer classes.

Silk Beautiful, Shiny Silk

We just got in four different kits made of silk.  Each kit has the silk to make to top of a quilt, or embellish many quilts.  The kits are.


The Embroidered Silk Quilt

 Create a luxurious silk windowpane quilt using embroidery designs and quilt-as-you-go embroidery and sewing techniques. This windowpane quilt can be adapted to highlight any variety of embroidery design themes. From wedding to baby to floral and themes beyond, the possibilities are endless! Kit includes: over 4 yards of silk - 20 yards of grosgrain ribbon - 6 spools of Isacord thread - pattern to complete quilt.


Sapphire Sea Silk Collection

Featuring 15 colors of dupioni silks, measuring 18" x 22" per piece. Use to complete the quilt top for Blue Underground's exclusive pattern Berkeley Blue made especially for for this silk collection with silk specific instructions.


Pink Purpose Silk Collection



16 silk dupioni fat quarters used to create the quilt top for Blue Underground's pattern Pink Power.




Silk Hearts Collection


 Includes 16 fat quarters of silk in an exclusive collectible tin.

New Atkinson Design Items

We finally got our new pattens from Atkinson Designs. They are:

Zippy Strippy - Start collecting buttons, rick-rack, and other fun trims for these easy quilt-as-you-go bags. Great project for using leftover strips, and it works well with new fabric too!

Cash and Carry - Corral your cash, cards, and coins in an easy zipper pouch. Make one to keep and one to give away. Use Terry's easy zipper method and you'll agree that zippers are no big deal!

Pocket to Go - Use this handy organizer next to your sewing machine, on your desk, or in the bathroom to keep everything at your fingertips. Pop the long size into a purse or tote and you're ready to go!

We also brought in a collection of 14" zippers in 36 colours. Just cut them to the length you need.

More New Kits

We have spent the day cutting new kits for the store.  So far we have cut the following.

Forever Yours Table Runner by Judy Niemeyer Quilting

 We have made this kit using the Evening Mist collection from Sentimental Studios by Moda and using Kaufman and Hoffman Batiks.

Waterfalls by Judy Niemeyer Quilting

   We made the Aspen quilt using Tuscan Wildflowers from Peggy Toole for Kaufman.

Mod Quads by Blue Underground Studio

We used Hoffman, Kaufman and Princess Mirah Batiks.