EQ Class....

Today was another teaching marathon for Velina! She has three sessions of EQ classes the first Saturday of each month. Here are some students from the first class this morning - I told them to look studious! It's so much fun to listen in to the "Wows" as they discover all of the fantastic things the EQ6 program will do. I just learned to scan fabric this week and put it into a library so I can create "virtual quilt blocks" using the images of the actual fabric so I can see what they'd look like - very cool. We'll be sharing more about that concept around here as the weeks go on.

Saturday was good at Fab-Etc. Besides the EQ classes, we worked on cutting the kits for our BOM due out on Monday, tidied some, but basically just had a good time with all of the customers and students!

What's on your agenda for Sunday? Super Bowl parties? John has a commitment tomorrow, so we'll be sticking pretty close to home. We'll probably watch the commercials on the Super Bowl live or taped (we're such fans, aren't we?) And I'll be working on the Tri-County Quilt Tour project a bit, along with some book work, house work and of course, laundry!! Hope you have a wonderful day, whatever you do at your house.

Oops...

I didn't get the new fabric alert up on the blog yesterday - sorry! This is the first picture of our "we got some new fabrics" series. Since the weather is trying to be Spring, I thought I'd show you one of the first Spring groupings we got in. This is a wonderful green/pink combo from Wilmington Prints. They did a beautiful job with these - I think there are about 14 different fabrics in the collection. I took this picture right before my ride came in the evening, so it's not a very good representation of the fabrics....I guess you'll just have to come and see them in person!

We had Tea Party Wednesday as Jan likes to call it and it was such great fun! Now that the Anniversary Sale is over, it was a very relaxing couple of hours sipping tea, eating Jan's wonderful scones and enjoying our customers and their projects. Once it was over, though, I had to face the reality that I need to finish my Tri-County Quilt Tour project. It's coming along pretty well, but it isn't done. I NEED to get it done so I can sleep better at night and not think of any more things to do to it!

Well, off to the shop this morning to see what fun fabrics and friends await. Have a wonderful Thursday!

Whew.....

Whew.....I fully intended to get pictures of the happy shoppers at our Anniversary Sale last week, but OMG we were really busy! And consequntly, I was really tired each night too. The sale was lots of fun. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated our 4th Anniversary as Fabric-Etc.

Well, I really should have been finishing a boat block for the Tri-County Quilt Tour "Smooth Sailing", but I needed the design wall space, so I took down this fun daisy project "Voila". I hated to just put all of the cut pieces in a box, so I started putting the blocks and rows together. Remember when I couldn't decide on which yellow to use? You know most of the time you should go with your first instincts....I ended up using the one I did first, and it seems to look just fine. I am hoping to quickly (do I really do anything quickly?!?!) put the blocks together so we can hang it somewhere and then get back to the next deadline on my agenda.

Okay, it is getting late, but I just wanted to check in and let you know that we are alive and well at Fab-Etc. We sold LOTS of fabric last week, but we didn't run out! Plus new is coming all of the time. Tomorrow, we'll let you know what the "new fabric alert" is for the beginning of the week okay? Night all!

Mondays are....

Mondays are fun at Fab-Etc. Except, I left kind of a mess from Saturday that Diane and I had to deal with today. We were busy and I just ran out of steam by the end of the day Saturday! So, she and I cleaned up and played a bit with the design of the Tri-County quilt. Then our wonderful UPS driver came and brought some fun buttons and notions for us to put out for your enjoyment! (I hate having empty slots in the thread rack and now for a moment at least, they are all full!)

This is the class Diane is going to have starting in a couple of weeks. It's the McKenna Ryan "Back on the Farm" quilt. You'll have to look at hers on the design wall when you come in. Diane is THE MASTER when it comes to putting the fabrics together to create these projects. If you are at all interested, sign up and take advantage of her wealth of artistic and sewing knowledge.

Okay, I'm sending all of you who are on the e-mail list our latest update tonight! So, I'm back to that right now. Hope your evening is wonderful!

Community service...

This is a picture of a wonderful group of gals (plus Verna, who's cutting off to the right)! They are members of Moonlight Quilt Guild. Nikki is the chairman of the Community Service committee this year. She asked a couple of weeks ago if they could use the class area to make fleece hats to be given to some of the homeless in our area. We were thrilled to have them come and sew tonight. As I left, the machines were going full speed and the hats were looking great!

Today was good at Fab-Etc. We got some notions and some very fun fabrics from Michael Miller....now to find an appropriate home for them! Hmmmmm....could require a bit of shuffling on my part. Jan finished an apron from a panel that Harriet started (we have such a great team here!) Then, she and I "played" a bit more with our Tri-County creation. Izzie put some new Kwik Sew patterns in the drawer and we received a few books that she found homes for. Oh, and the Shop Hop newsletters have arrived! And, I keep forgetting to mention that we have the tickets for Sew Expo. You save $2 over the "at the door" price by purchasing them in advance ($10-advance $12-at event).

Have a binding to sew on and a block to finish. Night all!

Applique the Tracey Way....

Isn't this the doggone cutest little sample!?! This is what the students get to make this Saturday in Tracey's class - I've named her class "Applique the Tracey Way". I am nowhere close to being as skilled as Tracey is, but so far, this is the only way I know how to applique....and you'll probably remember that I said the silk thread made me look even more like I knew what I was doing! At any rate, there are still a couple of spots open in this class and her Victoria Bag class that meets later in the day, in case you're interested.

Jan and I had a great day today! We got to cross things off of the "To Do" list, which is always a good feeling. We've also been working on our Tri-County quilt - Smooth Sailing - the event is a Quilt Tour and happens March 24-27. Remember, it's the one where each of us makes a quilt using the same 15 blocks, only each quilt is different - in our case, it was very different. The one from last year is the one in the class area that's the starry sky and village underneath where "all roads lead to a fabric store". This year's theme is nautical, so we've been planning a few things - hope I can make it look the way I see it in my head! Once the Fabettes put their minds and skills to it, they'll make it look even better than I could even imagine!

Okay, a few dishes still in the sink and a laundry basket full of dirty clothes and towels. Hope your evening is even more fun than that!

Love notes.....

The name of the little pattern for this is called "Nifty Notes" from This and That, but Jan and I are calling this project"Love Notes". She used the pattern to make some of these darling little 3" x 5" notepad holders for her littler nieces at Christmas time. They were a huge hit! So, we thought some made with Valentine fabrics would be great too. She also used that wonderful print with the "friends" sayings to make one....take a look at them on the bookcase next time you are in the shop. We think you'll like them!

Well, it's Saturday night already...where did the week go? I took part of the day off yesterday to do some bookwork and go have lunch with my Mom. Harriet and Linda held things together over at the shop for me. Of course, everything was humming along smoothly when I got there! We got a few more bolts of flannel yesterday....I really want to make a "guy-type" quilt using some of them, but there's this little matter of a Tri-County Quilt Tour project that NEEDS to get done! Today, my sales rep from Moda came and believe it or not, I ordered Christmas 2010 fabric....it was a challenge.

So, what are your plans this weekend? I'm going to finish up some year-end "stuff" and play a bit with my log cabin project. And of course, there's the laundry and that tidying up thing too! Hope you have a glorious Sunday!