tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930746928225104172024-03-13T13:02:03.118+00:00PlainStitchDeb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-76217533450509008902016-06-12T09:39:00.002+01:002016-06-12T09:39:20.415+01:00Our New Website is Live!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are delighted to announce that our new website is <a href="https://www.plainstitch.co.uk/" target="_blank">live !!</a><br />
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Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-32696359509539891172016-02-26T15:17:00.004+00:002016-02-26T15:17:59.206+00:00It's our birthday! You are all invited!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm super excited to announce that our late Spring and Summer Classes 2016 are now open for booking - check out our <a href="http://www.plainstitch.co.uk/p/introduction-to-free-motion-embroidery.html" target="_blank">classes page</a> and don't hang about - some classes filled up on the first day of booking! We are so grateful to have such enthusiastic supportive customers!</div>
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With the term in full swing and the busy January weeks of first classes now all up and running I can draw a breath! I love the bustle and excitement of a new term, new students and old all equally excited by a new project - so much fun choosing a new fabric palette. It's such a privilege to get to join in with the intensely personal process of choosing fabric for something as special as a quilt. Our jobs are such fun, we get to hear about all the new babies and grandchildren as soon as that scan picture is public as that's when quilters start sewing! We hear all the sad stories too about people in your lives who need your care and help and often that is expressed as much through the time and attention you give them as through the handmade items that our customers turn to to express their love and thoughts.<br />
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It is a special gift to be able to take a little piece of your feelings and to stitch it into something precious for a loved one. Sometimes when we are swept up in the excitement of new fabric and fun of a new project we forget to stand back and reflect upon how special the time that we lavish on these creations is when you look at it in the cold light of day. Because we are all sewers and quilters it's 'normal' (!) to us to spend 6 months hand sewing a gift for a new baby. The sewing is as much about our quiet anticipation of that new life as it is about the stitches. But I'm always so warmed when we get a 'newbie' in who ohhs and ahhs with the real reverence that these special gifts should elicit when they look at how much work has gone into a new project.<br />
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In the darkest, coldest and most unforgiving months of Jan and Feb, as the first daffodils valiantly try and cheer us up, it's a very special hobby to have...a way to ward off the January blues that others feel - we bask in the 'sunshine'; glow of the promise of new fabrics and new projects and are warmed under our quilts or sewing at the machine or in front of the fire as we plot our sewing year.<br />
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My Simple Sampler class is my all time most favourite class to teach. I have taught this probably 20 times or more now to rooms full of expectant new quilters and people sometimes ask if i 'mind' teaching it again and again. The funny thing is that I adore it! I get to feel each time like a parent on Christmas morning with the BEST present all wrapped up under the tree. I know that the gift of creative expression with fabric, of making a quilt, of sewing by hand is a special gift that I get to give my new students each term and with their excitement and wonder as their quilt grows I share their excitement!<br />
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Every 2 years we have a Simple Sampler reunion and 2016 is a reunion year! The reunion is usually in he autumn term but already i've heard so many times this month...i'm getting it done for the reunion!<br />
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If you'd like to join the exclusive 'club' that is PlainStitch Simple Sampler Graduates do join us for our next classes starting in April, morning or evening classes through until early July...it's the best present you'll give yourself, we promise!<br />
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Wow – what a year 2015 was! Those of you who know me know
that I am useless at looking back – I usually can’t even remember what happened
last week – I love looking forward - I love new ideas new fabric and all the
promise of a new year. But on the eve of the end of 2015 I love to reflect on
everything that’s gone before. I’ve added lots of pictures of our PlainStitch year
– most of them I can’t believe they were only in this year – time moves superfast
and super hand sewingly slow in The Workroom! <o:p></o:p></div>
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This year we started the year making Sausage Dog Pin
Cushions, we threw a Comic Relief Crafternoon, we expanded into the BackRoom
and knocked down walls in the Workroom, we made Log Cabin Quilts, amazing
Simple Samplers, intricate EPP quilts, our Bee in Your Bonnet Class finished
their fab quilts, we enjoyed our Spring Retreat Day, we threw a first birthday
party and ate the most amazing Modern Applique inspired cake! Our Sewing Bee
went from strength to strength – this year we undertook the huge project of a
community wall hanging and our members went over and above, sewing with 6 year
olds to 96 year olds and we had such fun doing it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Claire’s Free Motion embroiderers freestyled so much fab work
from tea cosies to Christmas cards, Vic got us all hooked on hand embroidery
and we all started stashing those wooden spools like squirrels! Victoria’s Miss
Stitch kids made the most gorgeous stuff and the Teens raised the sewing bar,
taking on many of our adult makes and showing us how it’s done, nonchalant! We
made Sewing Machine Covers and all wanted a zippy pouch for our embroidery
threads!<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the spring we all flew our Union Jacks for Baby Charlotte
up and down the High Street, our Modern Applique class were quilting high
achievers turning out works of art, and we opened the studio for Bucks Open
Studios and met so many lovely new people, we took PlainStitch out and about to
Fairs and exhibitions from The Quilters Guild to local sewing groups and got
such a fantastic response, we love meeting new quilters and sewers!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had such a laugh at our Farm Girl Vintage Day in the
summer where we rocked our Stetsons and sewed patchwork strawberries in the sunshine,
we all went a bit mad for the PlainStitch Bunting Quilt Kit with its icecream
colours for high summer. We started to learn to Crochet with the lovely patient
Jo. Then this autumn we welcomed Julia to the Team PlainStitch, and turned our
attentions to seasonal sewing and embarked on the first class of Arendelle,
designed the most fabulous Wholecloth Quilts, we made Christmas cushions, Bauble
Quilts, Stockings and wreaths and we all went even more mad for Christmas
Pillowcase Kits! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We stocked the shop to the gunnels with the most tempting
and delicious fabric all year, we kept watching favourite bolts sell out over a
weekend, we love a text print don’t we?!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got nominated for a National Sewing Award and our Sewing
Bee was a BBC Get Creative! Community Champion, we just can’t wait to see what
2016 has to bring! From Clamshells or Trip Around the World, Alphabet Embroidered
Sampler, Learn to Knit with Janet and so much more that we have up our patchwork
sleeves for next year, we know it’s going to be even bigger and better for 2016! <o:p></o:p></div>
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...gosh this month is rocketing by and I have been so neglectful of this blog space so I do apologise to my regular readers. I find that as technology changes we seem to change with it and I find that I post on our instagram feed (@plainstitchdeb or search our hashtag #theplainstitchworkroom to see the deluge of lovely content on there) as its so much quicker and easier to upload from my mobile phone.<br />
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Our shop Facebook page also gets an almost daily update so if you are missing out on the pictures and updates from the workroom do pop over to one of these platforms ( we are also on Twitter but I love the instant picture element of Instagram much more). I know that many people still don't love Facebook so much, but Instagram is such a fun place so do consider visiting us there - you can follow us without having to commit any personal information of your own, like with Facebook, so many people prefer that option and we update everyday, often more frequently!<br />
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Here are a zillion pictures of what's been happening at The Workroom this month! Get a cup of tea, really - its like a sewing lifetime in one month at the moment we have so much exciting stuff happening! I literally sit down on a Friday night and I think that things that happened two days previously were last week as so much in crammed into the week!<br />
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We have new classes starting all over the place and the energy at the shop at the moment is electric. People leaving with piles of lovely fabrics in just the perfect selection for new projects. We have welcomed a whole new term of Simple Samplers and they are off labouring over that first 9 patch - I bet you all remember your first 9 patch, no? We'll be cheering them on as they make their first steps into being a quilter!<br />
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We have also taught two full classes of Get To Know Your Sewing Machine newbies all skipping off with shiny well oiled machines ready to start to sew - I just love that feeling of seeing new people all enthused by what they can go and create - it's the best thing about the start of term.<br />
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We've lots of big new classes starting too. On Friday we literally squeezed into The Workroom to take Victoria's Autumn Embroidery Sampler - wow they are going to be good - so much lovely new thread too! It's too hard to resist!<br />
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There was no room for me sadly ( sob) but I plan to sew-along! That's my fabric/threads pick above!Yumm!<br />
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Claire's Wholecloth quilt class was just amazing - wow, wow, wow..watch this space for the sewing that will be produced in that class - you'll kick yourself if you missed this class it's going to be such a creative furnace I know.<br />
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We also had a beginners Crochet class and welcomed our lovely new tutor Jo Navin who gently coaxed her new class as wool turned into crochet and we were away!<br />
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Watch out for Jo's next classes - there is the follow on from her Novice Crochet class called Granny Squares 10 Ways which starts in Oct and will take Nearly New Crocheters and offer up new granny square patterns, new techniques and lots of help and guidance on joining techniques and edging..I can't wait for that one! There is a repeat brand new Novice Crochet Class starting in Nov too if you missed the first class in Sept. I really recommend you take it as I've seen the fabulous projects that she has planned for us next year so we need to all get hooking now so that we can join in! Shawls and scarves? Crochet bags and rabbits? I'm so in!<br />
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We are completely buried under new fabric at the moment too! What a way to go! It's cut throat in the shop mind you at this time of year - if you see some fabric you like I recommend you buy it and quick - we have seen brand new bolts disappear in a morning! There is so much inspiration and with some exciting new classes still to begin this year such as The Arendelle Quilt and Christmas Baubles Quilt, Machine Sewn Lap Quilts in 3 evenings and lots of others the shop has been jam packed with such lovely selections of fabric being bought that Claire and Julia and I need a lie down some days after we close up its so frenetic!<br />
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We still have odd spaces left here and there for classes starting in Oct if you haven't already planned your Autumn sewing yet so sit tight and i'll do you a little run through of where we have spaces.Lots of popular classes sold out in the summer so we have been working through our timetable trying to add extra runs of some classes so there may be a space when you might have thought it was full so, anyway, here we go;<br />
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Jeanne's Dressmaking Masterclass has 1 space starting on the 29th Sept 10am - 1pm and then 5 other classes through until Dec. This class is for aspiring dressmakers who have made some garments but want to hone their skills to make professional quality garments. Taking in fit adjustments, tailoring techniques for seam finishing, fabric shaping, buttons and zips, necklines and sleeve adjustments and so much more it really is a masterclass - the pupils who took this class last term gave it rave reviews so if you'd like to make better fitting, better made clothes then take this class!<br />
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We've added a Fabric Lampshades class due to popular demand this term - we have a space if anyone would like to join us on Wed 30th Sept 10am - 12.30pm. This is such a fun class and you will want to remake every lampshade in your house after you've learnt how! Also a great Ta Dah Christmas present!<br />
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Claire's Cathedral Windows class is back on the 30th Sept and has a space. I am addicted to this technique and have been making a Christmas Cushion with the new fabrics that we have in the shop at the moment! I love it - it's perfect for Christmas so if you fancy a relaxed 3 session hand sewing class it's on Wed 10am - 12pm.<br />
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Vintage Baubles Christmas Quilt starts on Fri 2nd Oct. This quilt is just a super quick joy to make - cut all 2.5 inch strips and then sew sew sew and its a quilt! It's fun, fast and fabric hungry so if you've been hording Christmas fabrics with no plan of what to make you should take this class. It's just 3 sessions and we'll get loads of sewing done in the 3 hour sessions so you'll be Christmas ready by the end of Oct! This class would really suit any Simple Sampler graduates who want to get more confident machine piecing as it's a great construction method and you'll learn a lot.<br />
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Christmas Cross Stitch with Vic now starts on Fri 2nd Oct and is 4 classes running up to Christmas to make this lovely modern Christmas Tree cross stitch. Its such a relaxing class that you could gift yourself this as pre Christmas therapy to get through the run up with sanity intact! 10.30am - 12.30pm.<br />
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If you're completely new to quilting, or want to get your machine piecing skills honed a bit after taking Simple Sampler then take Claire's Introduction To Machine Piecing Class - its just 3 evenings to make a lap or baby sized quilt and Claire is so kind and patient that you'll leave as a fully fledged quilter with a finished item. If there's a new baby on the way and you're time limited then this is the class for you, or if you fancy just taking a 'tester' class to see if quilting is for you then this is the class to consider.<br />
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Now this next class comes with a health warning as students who took it last term have been reporting dangerously high levels of obsessional sewing on this project - Pouch Class! You won't be able to just make one! This class return by popular demand on 9th Oct 10am - 1pm. You're welcome! You'll love it! ( I'm also teaching Vinyl Pouches on the 13th Oct).<br />
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Vic's Embroidered Needlebooks class runs again on Fri 23rd Oct and her latest class sample has reduced grown women to tears of joy with its elegant cuteness! We may all have to take the class again to make a new one! This is a one session class making a simple needlebook but learning some embroidery basics. I can't really do justice to just how enjoyable this class is and how pleased you'll be with your needlebook afterwards - taking this class is a gift to yourself - really it is. If you've had a busy week and you need a treat - just go book it now and you'll thank yourself !<br />
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Phew - lastly our Retreat Day runs again on Sat 24thOct and there are just a handful of spaces left so if you'd like to join us for a full day of relaxing sewing at Buckland Hall with a fully catered lunch, elevenses and snacks it's just the tonic as the nights draw in and the crazy Christmas season is on the<br />
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Speaking of which ...we have oodles of lovely Christmas and Halloween fabric in the workroom which is literally flying out of the workroom on broomsticks and by sleigh so don't hang about if you have seasonal sewing plans!</div>
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Our Heather Ross Tiger Lily Bunting Quilt kit was so popular we've had lots of requests for the same kit with a 'pick your own FQ option' for those making for boys etc and so we now have a limited number of those kits available - just pop in and choose your 15 FQ's and you are good to go with a quilt plan, instructions, ruler and fabric in one bag. Efficient quilting - we love it!</div>
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Miss Stitch is back with so many lovely new projects last week they made personalised Back To School Bag Tags, October will be Halloween Trick or Treat Bags, then Needlecases in Nov and the most adorable mitten garland in Dec - there are limited spaces, am and pm so book early to avoid disappointment. We also have Patchwork Pillows class running for our Senior Miss Stitchers at half term.</div>
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Lastly, and very proudly I dropped off our Wendover Remembers Quilt project to the long arm quilters this week and can't wait to get it back! We have almost finished this amazing and emotional project and I couldn't be prouder of it! So many kind people gave time, fabric and skills and its a true community quilt made by the whole community from 5 year olds to great granny's. It's exactly what a quilt should be.</div>
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For anyone who attend our Wendover Sewing Bee, just a heads up that our venue will change from November this year. We are moving just around the corner to Chiltern Road in Wendover to the British Legion Club where comfy sofas await our hand stitchers...such luxury! We will still be at St Anne's in October and then from Nov at the British Legion. We will continue to meet on the first Tuesday of each month 9.30am - 12pm £4.00 on the door and all comers welcome!</div>
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Well its the eve of the return to school after the summer holidays so I thought it was high time i wrote a blog post! It's not secret that i just love being home for the summer holidays with my kids. I'm a home bod at heart and the lovely lazy summer days of kids and pets, baking and dog walking, sewing and chatting is my favourite time of all.</div>
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My lovely customers are so patient and kind and don't complain that we reduce the shop opening hours down to just one morning a week ( although this summer that weekly morning was sooo mad that we may have to extend the opening hours a little next year for health and safety reasons! ha ha). I have 3 kiddies and all of my tutors and staff are mums too and I really think 'be the change'. It's hard to raise a family and work, even in this day and age and I think we have a responsibility to our daughters to make a world where you can balance both priorities as well as is ever possible! Lets be honest - it's not easy!</div>
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This summer was full of the brim of lovely family time and lovely fabric!! The much anticipated Heather Ross Tiger Lily arrived and was even more lovely than we have expected! We set to work cutting and compiling our PlainStitch Bunting Quilt Kit in this line which sold out on teh firstday of the shop being open. We've made a couple of extra ones now so when we re open on Thursday if you're quick you might catch one. This quilt is fun and fast to make and the kid includes full instructions and a special ruler to make your 'bunting' pennants lovely and crisp with nice pointy angles!</div>
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Obviously I couldn't resist running up a mini example to hang in the shop! Its delicious fabric!</div>
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My original 'Bunting' quilt is now in use on my daughters bed. The 'vintage' weight wadding has just been perfect this summer.</div>
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The kits were a lot of fun to put together...obviously my girls had a and in the bright pink ribbons!</div>
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We've had soooo much new fabric arriving this summer ahead of the busy autumn class schedule. We've had such a big move around at the shop to squeeze it all in! If you are planning to pop in to the shop with an autumn project in mind my advice is allow plenty of time for your visit! </div>
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I've been working on lots of projects at home. These little hexagons of fussy cut HeatherRoss and lots of scraps are destined to be my 'shop'project for sewing at the shop when i get a moment this autumn! I've been wanting to make something with the teeniest pre cut freezer paper hexes we sell for ages.</div>
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I've also be working on some very exciting projects for new classes after Christmas ....shhh</div>
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My machine has been running hot on the rainy days we've had recently!</div>
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The workroom is spic and span and awaiting the rush back for our busy busy workshop schedule!</div>
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M little Miss Stictchers have been busy busy this summer. I love how creative they get in the summer when they have time to potter. Its truely a sadness that today's obsession with endless draconian homework for kids means that that precious time after school when as a kid i just pottered is taken up with hours of homework every day. It's at the expense of their imaginations and i wholely expect that future generations will look back on this time with horror as we schedule young minds into straitjackets of academic success rather than celebrating the rather more ethereal and impossible to teach art of having a creative mind.</div>
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This lovely cushion started life as a Boden top, sadly too small. The quote comes from Harry Potter, and the embroidery done by Miss is a lovely herringbone style stitch that she made up herself. Its quilted on a wadding background, lined and zippered. If that's not a skill to applaud at 12 years old i don't know what is! </div>
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My summers reading and viewing has been weirdly attuned, in that serendipitous way that often occurs. On holiday I read the memoir of Alex Monroe the jeweler. It is a great read and a testament to letting kids run a little wild and dream. I loved it, highly recommended, but it will make you want jewelry! Beware!</div>
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I've been watching Life in Squares which is a BBC drama about the Bloomsbury set, concentrating on the stories of Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell. I really enjoyed it, and the character of Ness as a pioneering feminist woman who loved her home and children and used her creative voice to make art, but also to make a wonderful home for the life she led outside of the norms of the day. Loved it.</div>
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A little less Bohemianly I've been making lampshades! This is another of the Heather Ross prints that i am a little bit obsessed with! I have cushions in the works too..need to restock zips after a flurry of back to school pencil case making.</div>
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In today's slightly autumnal sunshine, memories of high summer sun and perfect Greek blue and white views seems a long way away. Pictures like these will sustain the summer feel for as long as possible while little brown leaves start to fall from the beach trees in our lawn, boo hoo.</div>
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Last but not least I've literally sewn my fingers to the bone putting together the Wendover Remembers Quilt last week. Luckily my mum helped out and my trusty big girl, so between us we planned, sewed and logged names of all of the lovely poppies as we put this jaw dropping quilt together. This is a commission from our village Parish Council that our Sewing Bee have been making as a charitable project. The centre blocks are designed and sewn by our members and the poppies sewn by local school children and the residents of our village older peoples residential home. It's been a humbling project to be involved in and I hope that the finished quilt top is everything that the originators hoped! It is going too to be long arm quilted in Sept ahead of its first outing in November on the 11th at the armistice parade on the Manor Waste. There will be lots of opportunities to see the quilt over the next few tears and i'll do a post on that after November. If you had a hand in making any of this there will also be a hand out which tells all of the village stories that inspired the centre blocks and listing everyone's name with a key so that you can find your ( or your child's) poppy</div>
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Phew..and that was just the tip of the summer iceberg..we got guinea pigs, we raised baby chickens, we made so many cakes, we laughed, watched films, played scrabble, turned out cupboards, spent long afternoons in the barn and in front of the fire as the rain pounded down.Not all of summer is idyllic but I wouldn't swap these precious weeks with my tribe for the world.</div>
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The weather is turning, there's an autumn nip in the air and i'm excited to be back at the shop this Thursday. I have soo many autumn/winter sewing plans this year, do you? Do come and see us and lets swap plans!</div>
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The shop is open this Thursday 9.30am - 1pm for Therapy Thursday</div>
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The Sewing Bee is at St Anne's Aylesbury Road, Wendover 9.30am - 12pm on Tuesday 8th and the shop opens again on Wed 9th for usual hours T,W,T,F 9.30am - 1pm Sat 10am- 1pm</div>
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We've just got so much lovely fabric due in this month that we literally can't wait! It's a bumper summer for big name designers with long awaited ranges hitting the PlainStitch shelves so we thought we'd give you a little preview of just the tip of the iceberg of what's coming soon...........</div>
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First up on our ordered list....Lori Holt's much anticipated Modern Minis Collection for Riley Blake. This one is def one to stash! Especially if you're making Farm Girl Vintage this autumn. Lots of hard working little prints with some wonderful whimsical touches - those Kilner jars are coming home with me!</div>
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Next up is Tasha Noelle's Vintage Market....we've been looking forward to this fabric arriving for months now and it's being shipped to us as we speak at last! Fussy cutters and lovers of text print will love this line, as well as anyone with a little girl to sew for - it's perfection.</div>
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Speaking of which...perfection? It's no secret that I am a HUGE Heather Ross fan and I've managed to convert a huge majority at The Workroom too! We'll be cutting up our Bunting Quilt kits just as soon as this range comes in this summer!</div>
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Our Sewing Bee is involved in a very special project.</div>
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We've been asked by our Parish Council to make a quilted wall hanging to represent stories from our village from 100 years ago.</div>
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A group called Wendover Remembers have been working to document details about life in our village during the First Word War. The names on our war memorials have been researched, village school rolls and church records as well as pictures and documents from the local RAF base.</div>
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The first stage was that Claire from PlainStitch met with lots of lots of local groups, from the Art Group to all 3 local church denominations, to the curator of the RAF Museum and archive, and heard their stories.</div>
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We then worked very hard to take all of the rich ideas and images we had gathered and turn them into deigns that could be made in fabric.</div>
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We also planned a spectacular sea of fabric poppies made by the youngest and oldest members of our village.</div>
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We then took these ideas to our Sewing Bee and asked for volunteers..........</div>
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....all of the fabrics were donated by Bee members and generous interested members of the public</div>
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We traced and cut out almost 150 poppies, green backgrounds and brown centres.</div>
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9 kind people offered to sew the main blocks</div>
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Two very brave ladies took on the organisation of our sewing trips into local schools and a residential care home.</div>
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More than 20 people gave up their time in the hottest week of the year to come into school and sew with little kiddies </div>
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Today we gathered for our last Bee before the summer and we, for the first time, had all of the elements of our quilt together.....and it looks glorious!!!!!</div>
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From donated scraps of fabric to fabulous pieces of fabric art with just the addition of a little sewing magic. I couldn't be prouder of the wonderful women from our group.</div>
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We took the joy of sewing and creating out into our local community and we all had a ball! We sewed with little kiddies aged under 7, with bigger kids up to age 11 and with the most wonderful older ladies at our village residential home. It was an experience of the purest kind of joy. We had fun, they had fun, we shared a sewing experience and we all went home richer. It's what social sewing is about. The rather wonderful Jane from our village newspaper The Wendover News has documented the whole process with such wonderful photographs.</div>
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As the term winds down at PlainStitch ahead of our summer opening hours when our kiddies are on holiday it always feels bitter-sweet. I love seeing all of the projects from the term coming to fruition. It feels like everyday at The Workroom I get to squeal 'oh it's perfect, let me get the camera!' as another work of art is unfurled or unpacked for all to 'ohh and ahh' at.<br />
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At the same time we are busy busy busy taking bookings for our autumn schedule as minds turn to new projects for after the holidays, and behind the scenes we are counting class handouts, compiling pre reads and ordering in stock for our busy class schedule to come. We're already firming up ideas, choosing fabric and sewing hard behind the scenes for classes next year even. I have remind myself to slow down, take stock, look around and feel content with how far we've come in just over a year.<br />
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I'm constantly surprised and overwhelmed by the amazing experiences that this job throws up. The special place in peoples creative lives that it provides, the special friendships, the sisterly camaraderie and the support that the PlainStitch community provides to all in it's sphere.<br />
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A huge thank you to everyone who has taken a class, come along to one of our events, attended the Sewing Bee and bought some fabric. It's been a wonderful term and 'school' year...and we've even more exciting things to come...<br />
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But before we wave farewell to this term we have a few final hurrahs tocome. We meet for the last time this term for The Wendover Sewing Bee on Tuesday at 9.30am at StAnne's Hall in Wendover...and what a final meeting. After a month of super special sewing experiences from little people to gracious older ladies we now have all of the constituent parts of our quilted wall hanging ready to sew together...no pressure on me then! eek!<br />
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Then on Wednesday we meet for a fun filled day of Farm Girl Vintage sewing. On Wednesday we will be trunring the Workroom Yankee for a day, putting up the stars and stripes bunting and feasting on cookies and cream New York cheesecake while we sew. Bring your Farm Girl Vintage book and a fabric basket of scraps and lets sew chickens! What could be nicer?!<br />
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We make more fabric pouches on Wednesday, Cathedral windows on Thursday and Friday is jam packed at The Workroom with free motion embroidery and hand embroidery happening in both rooms - what's not to love about that week? Plus I'll squeeze in yet another sports day(!) a school play, a mums afternoon tea and a cricket match...life is good, happy sewing everyone xDeb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-30440164863508900372015-06-26T23:59:00.000+01:002015-06-26T23:59:14.902+01:00This Week at PlainStitch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the school term winds down, and summer starts to heat up, things in the Workroom are still at full throttle with so many lovely things being made.....</div>
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We had such fun at our new class to make these Lanyard Keyrings. Its a fun, fast class and you make 3 keyring chains to take away. I'm planning to run a second little class-ette alongside Therapy Thursday next week so if you want to join in, drop us an e mail and we'll book you a spot - they make such a great teacher present too! We are also selling these as kits to make more at home.</div>
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We've been making so many colourful pouches...choosing zips and fabric is just the best fun! We have another class on July 8th 7pm if you'd like to join in the summer pouch craze at PlainStitch.</div>
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Our Farmers Wife evening class are making amazing progress...they're over half way and their blocks look so lovely.</div>
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I've been sewing binding in the sunshine ....my Heather Ross Bunting Quilt is all finished and in The Workroom. We're making a kit for this quilt with a pattern sheet when the new Heather Ross Tiger Lily fabric comes out....we're expecting it in August.</div>
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My Simple Sampler classes are nearing their final classes and their quilt blocks are fantastic..some great colour choices.</div>
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Oh, by the way...we now have all this lovely colourful bias binding in stock at The Workroom.</div>
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My English Paper Piecing class are drafting their own patterns, their fabrics are chosen and their quilt tops are taking shape...so much amazing colour!</div>
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Claire's Patchwork Sewing Machine Class was fantastic! Its the first time that this class has run and it was a blast! Everyone made a fabulous machine cover - I'll do another post with the finished pics...I missed the end of the class, but i've been seeing them bought into the Workroom all week! Squealtastic! Mine is half made...cant wait to get it finished !</div>
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A wonderful group of The Wendover Sewing Bee ladies volunteered their time and good cheer to come into school and sew poppies for our Wendover Remembers Quilt with kids in year 3 to 6 at The Wendover C of E Junior School. Last week we also sewed with little Year 2 kids at The John Hampden School in Wendover and next week we will be sewing with some lovely residents at Cherry Tree's Residential Home in Wendover. This is for our community wall hanging commissioned by our village Parish Council. It's such a wonderful project and i'll be sharing lots more work in progress shots over the next few weeks as it all comes together.</div>
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Modern Appliqué class is one of my total favourites and this year has been such an amazing class. Look what they made!!! And this is just some of them, i'll get more pics of the others asap too ( lots of people on hols at the moment)..but as you can see this is a seriously high achieving lot! Breathtaking!</div>
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Phew....we'll do it all again next week! Don't miss out on our Farm Girl Vintage Hoe Down Day on Wed 8th July. If you haven't got a book yet, do let me know and i'll save you one - the last delivery sold out in an hour...it's just one of the most fab patchwork books in years and its a global phenomenon...just google Farm Girl Vintage to find out more. I have my blocks cut out and ready to sew and I am the proud owner of a glittery stars and stripes Stetson ready for the day! We'll sew from 9.30am- 3pm, it's £15 and bring a Farm Girl picnic lunch, yeeh ha!</div>
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We were so delighted when the lovely Emma of ElliePress bought us in our own bespoke vintage letter press cards that we wanted to share the loveliness! We have 9 cards ( had to snaffle one for the Workroom wall!) up for grabs and 9 little gift tags with the same lovely print on.<br />
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Emma runs ElliePress from her spare room at home in the next village to us here in the Chiltern Hills in Bucks. She has a vintage letterpress and a jaw dropping selection of vintage letter types stored in trays. It's literally a 'rub your hands in glee' kind of experience seeing it at work. Em designs and then painstakingly sets up her letter press to print bespoke stationery - everything from greetings cards to wedding or special occasion stationery, as well as personalised art for baby birthdays, special anniversaries and wedding gifts. You can order her lovely work from her <a href="https://folksy.com/shops/elliepress" target="_blank">folksy shop</a> or drop her an e mail ( emmavb@mac.com) with a bespoke request. We love home grown creativity and especially love it when we find such a rich creative hub on our doorsteps...encourage this new business on with a little cheer and a kind word on social media...it makes you feel all nice inside to bestow a kindly 'well done, and good for you' after all doesn't it? xx<br />
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This week has been so special at The PlainStitch Workroom. We opened our doors for the first time to the visiting public as a part of Bucks Open Studios. This is a county wide initiative where artists and makers open their studios and display their work for the interested public. We were a little bit nervous about this, did we have enough to show? Was our work interesting enough? What were our visitors expectations?<br />
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We needn't have worried, we had such a wonderful week. So, so many visitors......we talked and talked and talked! Each day a wonderful blur of snatched conversations and fascinating creative insights. The people who visit are so lovely, so interested in our creative process. We learnt as much about them as they did about us...so many interesting talented people to talk to...we had artists, embroiderers, beaders, lots and lots and lots of quilters, lots of people who would like to make a quilt and we just had the best time meeting them all!We are open today (Sat) til 3pm so quick..pop in if you have a chance..or if you missed BOS just call by the shop one morning Tues - Sat 10am - 1pm and we'd still be happy to welcome you in and show you our work.</div>
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In between the visitors I have been hand quilting this triangles quilt made up of my long hoarded Heather Ross prints. It's ready to be bound ( its amazing how quickly you can hand quilt a quilt when you piece together all the little bits of sewing in a day) and it'll be on show at The Workroom next week along with these gorgeous sample sheets for the much anticipated Heather Ross Tiger Lily range that we have ordered oodles of bolts of, for delivery in August. We'll be making up a kit for this quilt with a pattern sheet too along with the FQ needed to complete it. Can't wait to make it again in the new fabrics!</div>
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Claire has also been trying to get some hand quilting done on these amazing WIP's. I'm sure you'll all agree that Claire is super modest about her considerable creative talents...just looking at these two WIP's laid out at the workroom this week had me in raptures! Isn't she amazing with colour!?</div>
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I've had my lovely mum staying this week to hold the fort on the home front while we opened extended hours for BOS. Mums been working on a fab HST project using our Dashwood Suffolk Gardens range ( last bits in the sale this week - quick or you'll miss it - mum loved it so much she's stocked back up this week on some big quilt back pieces of fabric!)</div>
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We had loads of fun choosing this perfect aqua as the sashing for this quilt - it looks so classic-with-a-modern-twist - i just love it ( wish i'd made it myself!)</div>
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Mum has also been leaving me far behind on her Farm Girl Vintage blocks...she and my biggest girl are cheering each other on with this project. It's such a feel-good sew and we have a new delivery of books coming in next week hopefully - lots are reserved already so if you want one - do let me know quick - the last two deliveries sold out in days!</div>
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We're also newly stocking Sewable Vinyl....great for making see through pouches, lining make up bags and lots more. We sell it in 1/2m increments and you can sew it using a normal foot ( or a teflon one if you have it). I've been experimenting making pouches for my Aufifloss and it feeds really nicely through the machine with only a minimal 'stickiness' - much smoother than sewing with many oilcloths - so have a go!</div>
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We've been ordering so much lovely new fabric for the Autumn Term. This Cotton+Steel print is a favourite and I already have a project in progress for it!</div>
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Our much loved Cotton+Steel previous season bolts are looking super skinny so we're selling off our last bits at £10/m and we've made these Cotton+Steel bundles our PlainStitch Pick this week £12 for 5 FQ and you can pick and mix your own Cotton+Steel bundle.</div>
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In amongst the BOS visitors we had a couple of ongoing classes this week - Friday was Vic's You Are My Sunshine Embroidery class which I have been sewing along with. It's such a fun class, such a lovely group - we're having a ball - and sewing beautiful pieces at the same time!</div>
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This week we had some very exciting things to enjoy too. Vic had bought in this truly amazing dolls house accessory that she had bought as a special gift for Sue our lovely shop and Miss Stitch helper as a thank you for being, well, Sue! Obviously we all want one! </div>
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Then we were joined by Em from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elliepressuk" target="_blank">ElliePress</a>, a neighbour and friend of PlainStitch who has a vintage letterpress in her spare room ( we meet all the best and most interesting peeps, really we do - it's wonderful!). She had made us these truly special cards and gift tags to match. I really did shed a tear at their pure perfection! You can almost make out on the pic the amazingly 3D tactile nature of a hand pressed card - the little indentations from the vintage letter dies, the font, brown paper card....it's all to die for! I was overwhelmed! I am cooking up a little competition to win a card...watch this space..they'll be in brisk demand! I plan to frame mine!</div>
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I snapped these pics of my work area while I sewed in the Embroidery Class today. They kind of sum up all that makes sewing in the Workroom such a fab experience for me. </div>
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1. The most wonderful vibrant inspiring colour palette ( I LOVE just playing with my AufiFloss!)</div>
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2. The best quality materials. I really believe that you should sew with the nicest materials you can - it makes the whole experience so much lovelier. Bohin Scissors, so sharp, weighty in the hand, a pleasure to use, Aurifloss, super practical with the most luminous colour selections, Bohin needles, super sharp, smooth and accurate.</div>
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It was a perfect day...friends, flowers, gifts, sewing, lots of visitors, busy busy in the Workroom all day.. having said all that I did end the day in A&E with my son getting stitches in his shin - but that's full blogging disclosure for you - it's not all flowers and embroidery!! I do get to 'keep him company' on the sofa today though so it's not all bad!</div>
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We have pulled all of our skinny bolts of fabric ( ie not much left on the bolt) and bundled up these last bits and marked them all down by up to 30%. Come and have a rummage if you want to stash some bigger favourite bits for quilt backs ( 2.5m pieces are my favourite stash item! Always just right for a quilt back+ a few pieced bits and bobs to make up a full double quilt backing). We also have some voiles, rayons and dressmaking weight fabrics for the dressmakers looking for 2.5m - 3m pieces just right for lots of dress or tunic patterns, PJ trousers etc.</div>
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There is usually only one piece of each fabric and when they are gone they are gone, so don't hang about - we're open Sat 13th, then Tues 16th - Sat 20th next week.</div>
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Don't forget that for the sale week we have chosen Cotton+Steel FQ's for our #PlainStitchPick bundle, pop in and pick your own!</div>
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With lots of lucky peeps heading off on hols over the next few weeks we have a <a href="http://www.plainstitch.co.uk/p/plainstitch-classes-spring-2015.html" target="_blank">few spaces on classes</a> if anyone left behind fancies it?!</div>
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Vic is teaching her Knitting Needle or Crochet Hook Rolls next Fri 10am - 1pm. You can also make this roll for make up brushes, artists brushes, as a travel roll for kids pens or pencils ...so versatile. Drop me an e mail if you'd like to join this class.</div>
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I'm teaching a quick and easy class to make 3 keyring lanyard fobs on Tuesday 16th 10am - 12pm. This would make a fab Dads Day pressie - label up that garage key, sit on lawn mower or car keys and help your Dad or Grandad out!</div>
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You can combine this class with free motion personalisation if you are au fait with that technique, or hand sew, embellish, piece or applique.......there is surely no greater gift than the ability to find your keys easily..It's not just me is it?!?!</div>
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Lastly Claire is teaching her super popular Cathedral windows class this Thursday 18th 10am - 12pm - its the perfect summer hand sewing class and I'm sooo tempted to sneak in at the back and take it again - I loved it sooo much last time! There are 2 spaces on this class so round up a pal and come and chat and sew and make a cushion that makes people gasp in wonder and try and figure out how on earth its made! Plus its a scrap buster! Such fun!</div>
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Sometimes looking back over a week can feel like we've lived several creative jampacked weeks in one! I am constantly surprised and amazed and pretty humbled by how wonderful our customers and visitors are. If you could bottle all the warm friendships, the confidences, the shared life experiences, the creative wobbles and reassurances, the laughs and tears, the fabric and thread and rhythmic, relaxed stitches that all goes into binding together this wonderful patchwork quilt that is the PlainStitch Community, well you'd get pretty close to describing a recipe for life. It's so much more than sewing, people. So much more. *hugs*.Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-47640415044462076162015-06-03T15:14:00.002+01:002015-06-03T15:14:46.639+01:00Half Term Sewing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I LOVE half term. I love being at home with my kids, having lovely long days full of creative possibilities. Dog walks, sewing projects, good books, cooking and eating, pottering with our chickens, chatting and hanging out. What's not to love?</div>
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The shop was busy with teens sewing skirts and learning to use their sewing machines, as well as with knitters and crocheters...so many new skills.</div>
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We have had some lovely new deliveries. A whole new range of embroidery threads Aurifloss. They're kind of an addictive treat...more feel good and a longer enjoyment than a take away coffee - go on treat yourself. Even just arranging them in pleasing rainbows is a seriously feel-good endeavour!</div>
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I've been working onmy embroidery for Victorias class. Vis has been working on teh autumn embroidery class samples so go sign up quick if you fancy joining the embroidery craze sweeping PlainStitch this summer!</div>
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I used this fantastic new Skopelos Art Gallery Katerina Roccella fabric to make a roomy pouch for my embroidery hoop and threads. Love some good project storage! Our Pouch Class students will be learning how tomake these Zippy Mouth Totes next week..can't wait.</div>
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I also finished off my embroidered cushion. This was an two class mash up of embroidery skills and Cushion Class info to make a great pillow that I am soo pleased with! I need to stop taking my own shops classes but I just can;t resist all the fantastic stuff that's on offer at the moment! </div>
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I've been working hard on our Christmas class samples. Christmas Cushions Class samples made, Patchwork baubles pieced and off to the long arm quilter..I'll show off this fab class soon as it's back - I know you'll love it - it's a super fast Christmas quilt class...v exciting to unveil!</div>
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But mostly i'vebeen sitting in a deck chair, hanging out with my little peeps and my dog and quilting and quilting...bliss x</div>
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There's so much happening this week at The Workroom. Claire's Cathedral Windows class kicks off again tomorrow evening ( Thursday) and will also run in the daytime later in the month - check the class listings for details. This is such a perfect summer project. You'll love it, I did! There is a place on each class so join up quick if you fancy it.</div>
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My EPP Workshop starts again on Friday. You know I love EPP, I have a new project on the go to join in with my students! I just can't resist! Again there is 1 space if you'd like some lovely summer hand sewing.</div>
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Victoria is also running her popular beginners Bunting class. This is such a great class. You learn how to make bias binding and its such a fun class for confidence building if you are new to machine sewing. Drop us a note if you';d like to have some lovely handmade summer bunting hanging up this sunny weekend!</div>
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We just took delivery of a whole new range of Japanese Sevenberry fabrics. They all have a lovely scandi feel so if you're taking Arendelle Class this summer and autumn, you might want to check these out. The new Blush coloured Quilters Linen is also a great new basic colour, it's really rich and sets off other colours so beautifully.</div>
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Today we took delivery of this great Art Gallery print called Fantasia by Sara Lawson...unicorns and mushrooms and such a lovely delicate floral print and all with that lovely art gallery feel - can't wait to use these!</div>
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Lastly we kicked off the week with our Sewing Bee which is always a creative blast! This week we showed work in progress for our Wendover Remembers quilt. Here's a sneak peak....It's looking so fantastic - a huge thank you to all of our volunteers x</div>
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Working in a fabric shop all day surrounded by so many gorgeous new fabrics all the time, Claire and I just can;t resist the (daily!) urge to make little bundles of fabric choices....<br />
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We've decided to give ourselves permission to play with fabric, and give you the chance to benefit from our picks!<br />
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Each week Claire or I will choose a PlainStitch Pick. A mixture of 5 FQ that we just LOVE together....think of it as a project starter.....a little perfect project bundle for a rainy day...a great work in waiting.<br />
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Each bundle will be £15, a saving on the usual FQ cost and will be available all week, or until a new fabric urge strikes us and we have to make a new pick!<br />
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We'll post the PlainStitch Pick here on the blog, on our facebook page, on instagram and on twitter....just drop us a note or pop in if you'd like us to save you a bundle.<br />
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Art Gallery Fantasia Unicorn Fable<br />
Art Gallery Fnatasia Agaricus Forest Water<br />
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Cloud Nine Elizabeth Olwen Wildwood<br />
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<br />Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-76439263827817140582015-05-22T18:47:00.000+01:002015-05-22T18:47:46.180+01:00When Life Gives You Lemons Sew Hexagons...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes life gives you lemons and it's hard to make lemonade, you know? I'm a sunny optimist under usual conditions but this week a confluence of a cold and life's buffeting had me down and out.<br />
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When I'm happy - I sew. When I'm sad - I sew. This week I sewed and sewed and sewed. Now I feel much better. Thank you sewing x<br />
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I now have SOOOOO many WIP's on the go and I just don't know where to start! I thought i'd share some as i haven't written about my sewing for ages, but now there is *soooo* much of it I feel justified in filling a blog post with pics of my work instead of other peoples! I see so much amazing work come through the Workroom that I always want to pack the blog with pics of what everyone else did!<br />
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Inspired by my little foray 'behind the desk' as a student at Victoria's Embroidered Needlebooks class I decided to try my hand at a floral embroidered wreath. Vic suggested this one and I was away. I have *soooo* loved doing this! It's been very relaxing and I'm ridiculously proud of it. I decided to make it the centre of a Dresden Plate and now i'll hand quilt it, probably in one of these amazing perle colours and turn it into a cushion I think.<br />
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I couldn't resist hanging about in the doorway of the sell out 'You Are My Sunshine' Class last week and it was only a matter of time until I talked myself into having a crack at that pattern too..I've marked up the fabric and chosen my colours...woo hoo.<br />
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Last weekend in the pre coldy flu adrenaline rush I decided I couldn't wait another day for the hotly anticipated Heather Ross Tiger Lily fabric to arrive ( not due til August all, it's a long wait yet!), so i drafted up my own version of a pattern using equilateral triangles similar to the quilt that has been appearing in all their publicity by Carrie Along Quilts ( which we also have on order for August too!).<br />
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I dug out all my last bits and scraps of Heather Ross fabric that is almost at an end now after 3 children and 12 years. I added in all sorts of other favourite fabrics and started cutting and sewing. Sometimes this kind of 'quilt-in-a-day-sewing' is just what you need!<br />
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Today I was at the wholesalers who import the Heather Ross fabric and they very kindly gave me some little bits of Tiger Lily which I will have at the shop after half term. While I was there I picked out these lovely fabrics to go with my quilt - whoops - I mean to sell in the shop! The bunting is by Maude Asbury and the yellow frogs and the skinniest bolt of old Heather Ross that I found hidden under a pile of fabric bolts in the corner of their warehouse...I can literally sense that fabric nearby - It's my super power!<br />
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I also picked up a lovely bolt of the newest Flurry - except its a new reversy percy range ( not what its actually called, obviously) - very useful for appliqué backgrounds etc and a lovely teal colour - in the shop next week.<br />
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Another new fabric this week was this gorgeous range Cultivate by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics. This colour combo of teal,brown and mustard has been calling to me and I planned a quite complicated EPP project for the class that starts in a couple of weeks. In the end i decided to keep it simple and stick with lovely big hexi's. When life gives you lemons, make hexagon patchwork... I might get a T Shirt!<br />
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We also had another lovely range Skopelos by Katerina Roccella and this fantastic chemistry equations fabric for anyone who has a sciencey person in their midst!<br />
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Next week is half term so we open reduced hours...<br />
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Friday 29th 10am - 1pm<br />
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<br />Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-48614888117023698752015-05-17T00:22:00.000+01:002015-05-17T00:22:40.277+01:00Summer ClassesThis time of year when the sun is shining ( hopefully) and we are all out and about outside we try and pack our schedule full of fun, fast one day classes with 'make in a day projects'...or 'sew in a deckchair' projects.<br />
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There's lots of lovely sewing to be had over the next 3 months ahead of the August break. Check out our classes with spaces if you fancy some sunny summer sewing x ( details on the classes page <a href="http://www.plainstitch.co.uk/p/plainstitch-classes-spring-2015.html" target="_blank">here)</a><br />
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Teens Bunting<br />
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A great 'first' sewing machine project for 10 - 15 year olds. Spend a morning making a length of bespoke bunting for your bedroom and build your confidence using the sewing machine at the same time. This class is suitable for kids moving up from Miss Stitch with some sewing machine experience, but they do not need to be confidently sewing aided - this class is heavily tutored to get them happy using the machine and sewing.<br />
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We also have an Adults Summer Garden Party Bunting Class where we will tackle the same project...a great 'confidence booster'; on the sewing machine or just enjoy some summer frivolous sewing fun<br />
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Cathedral Windows ( am and pm)<br />
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This is a perfect summer sewing project. It looks really complicated but is lovely and straightforward to put together under Claire's patient tuition. Its a hand sewing project and it's a scrap buster too, a fun technique to make pin cushions, cushion covers etc.<br />
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English Paper Piecing Workshop<br />
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This is my summer sewing of choice. It's portable, it's hand sewing, it can be as big or small a project. Make a quilt, make a cushion, learn how to draft your own patterns or try out one of ours...from wagon wheels to rose stars or stick with a classic hexagon.....for new to EPPers up to experienced EPPers wanting to try a new pattern or sew with a group.<br />
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A super quick, super useful class - learm how to make a fabric key chain or lanyard. Finally get your keys organised, colour code, personalise, give away as a gift....this is such a great skill to have and it's a fun quick project...come and play x<br />
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Come and make a crochet or knitting needle wrap with Victoria. This is such a great project as you can mix it up and make anything from a roll for colouring pencils on the go for a little person, to make up brushes for a bigger person...as well as finally finding a place to store all your knitting or crochet equipment in one handy to get to place. As usual with Vics classes the delight will be in the detail. Add hexi embellishment or embroidery touches...<br />
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Make a Baby Quilt In a Day<br />
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If you are working or looking after little people during the week, sign up for our baby quilt in a day. You'll make a baby sized quilt, but much more than that, you'll learn the basics of machine sewn, rotary cut patchwork. You'll make a baby quilt in the day but you'll go away with e skills to make a bigger quilt...or lots more baby quits!<br />
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Free Motion Embroidery<br />
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Our popular free motion embroidery class returns for an extra slot. So many people have enjoyed exploring a totally creative sewing skill on Claire's sell out class this year. Don't miss out on the fun, come and learn how to throw the rule book of sewing out and embrace a fantastic technique.<br />
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This class is aimed at Novice Crochet graduates...come along and spend a day consolidating your crochet skills with Penny. In this personalised class we will move your skill set on to get you crocheting confidently, or help you troubleshoot any issues.<br />
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New projects: We are kicking off a new 'You Are My Sunshine' Embroidery class...can't wait for that..!<br />
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We are deep into the preparations for our Bucks Open Studios event from the 6th to the 13th June. We will be opening the studio to visitors and showing off our quilts. Pop in and say hi and tell your friends and family to come by.<br />
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This month our Modern Appliqué quilts are well under way with some gorgeous blocks being sewn...we're starting to think about sashing so we should soon have finished quilts to hold up...LOVE Modern Appliqué..this class runs as an evening class this Autumn.<br />
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<br />Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-50565449913297747022015-05-09T22:19:00.002+01:002015-05-09T22:19:12.431+01:00My Quilts <br />
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Today we took bags and bags of lovely quilts to The Quilters Guild Region 7 Spring Area day in Wendover. We heard fabulous speakers, made more than 300 cups of tea and served so much cake...then I did something I've never done before.<br />
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Gee'd on by my wonderful PlainStitchers and encouraged by the rather wonderful Pauline Latham I stood on a stage and showed lots of lots of my quilts and other peoples wonderful quilts and talked about PlainStitch and why I love to Quilt. It was both terrifying and exhilarating and we had such a phenomenal response by people in the audience.<br />
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It seems I need to get over my self consciousness quickly as my quilts will be 'on display' again next month when we open our Workroom for Bucks Open Studios. I'm pretty evangelical in my belief that everyone should make at least one quilt, and we are hoping to attract lots of art and craft lovers as well as fabric and quilt lovers to our workroom in the first week of June.<br />
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I'll be displaying lots of my most favourite quilts,including lots from home that don't usually hang at the workroom. We are also inviting PlainStitchers into the workroom to work on their own projects and chat to visitors over this period..details, dates and times to come soon...<br />
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In the meantime if you'd like to see more of my work you can visit <a href="http://www.plainstitch.co.uk/p/debs-quilts.html" target="_blank">this page</a> on the blog where I collect together pictures of lots of my favourite quilts over the years.Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293074692822510417.post-40332618161099536982015-05-07T22:40:00.001+01:002015-05-07T22:40:14.417+01:00Sewing For The SoulI love working at PlainStitch. It's such a joy to share the journey of creative discovery with all my lovely peeps . I get to show people how to master the basics in Simple Sampler and Get To Know Your Sewing Machine. They come back to the second Sampler class with their first blocks made and the pride and sense of achievement is fantastic. It's a warm and fuzzy moment for all! I watch the groups bond over their shared experience, then years later I watch firm friends and remember that they started their sewing journey, and their friendship, sewing a PlainStitch Simple Sampler.<br />
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This Saturday we are attending The Quilters Guild regional meeting which happens to be in Wendover this year. Lots of our PlainStitchers are coming along with their quilts to show and tell. I couldn't be prouder. We teach our students how to make a quilt, but not just one quilt...we teach them how to make their ideas real in fabric and stitches. I'm excited about sharing their fab work with the Quilters Guild.<br />
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This week we've all been obsessed with embroidery...our new Aurifloss threads are much in demand, and inspiring so much fantastic work.</div>
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Sue's been sewing up a patchwork waistcoat....so fab!</div>
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This week we made pouches and zippered pencil cases</div>
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I made Xmas stockings...I know...I'm sorry... the urge just hit...I know it's May, really I do!</div>
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The Sewing Bee was an amazing morning of teamwork and productiveness....the poppy blocks are being made by kids at the Infant and Junior Schools in the village next month....they look fab, I can't wait. A huge thank you to everyone who donated fabric and helped to prep the pieces</div>
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Claire made an amazing embroidery based on her Nan's Button Tin Pattern and inspired by our popular Cotton+Steel arrows fabric.</div>
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This term we have 15 amazing new Simple Samplers taking shape.....it's very exciting</div>
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Cute New! MouseCamp Fabric in the shop now!</div>
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Our shophop loot was won by Theresa .....lucky girl !</div>
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Our cushion class are making good progress on their cushion fronts</div>
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As you know we're all a bit embroidery mad at The Workroom at the moment as Victoria's hand embroidery classes - Needle Books and You Are My Sunshine Embroidery Sampler - continues to inspire us all.</div>
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I'm a huge believer in using the best notions that you can, because if you're investing time and creative energy in making something by hand, you want it to be the best quality, to be a work of art and there's something so pleasing about the tactile feel of a fine sanded beechwood hoop or the sheen of the finest Egyptian cotton embroidery floss.</div>
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Our floss is AuriFloss, its 100% Egyptian Long Staple Cotton on a wooden bobbin instead of the more typical skein. We love this floss. The colour range is fantastic, you get twice the amount on the wooden bobbin so no running out midway through a design, the wooden bobbin is a crafters dream as a 'left over'- so many lovely things you could do with that! </div>
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Having the wooden bobbin makes 'thread management' so much easier - anyone who has managed to tangle their skein of thread so dreadfully that you almost can't pull a length out, will know what I mean!</div>
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After the floss, the next most important thing is the needle in my book. We have sourced my favourite Bohin needles from France. They are super strong, super sharp and somehow make your stitches just that little bit more elegant. We are stocking the size 24 Tapestry needles (orange) which are perfect for cross stitch,and the size 7 Embroidery needle (pink)</div>
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As you all know we have been working hard behind the scenes for months now to get our <a href="http://www.plainstitch.co.uk/p/class-starting-in-july-arendelle-scandi.html" target="_blank">Autumn Winter Schedule</a> packed full of as many fab classes as we can squeeze in. We've listened to your requests and are excited to add a whole range of additional hand work classes with Victoria and Penny from embroidery to cross stitch and knitting to crochet. We have designed two completely new big original quilting classes with Deb and Claire, the Arendelle Quilt and The WholeCloth Quilt as well as lots more dressmaking options from Jeanne and Val, with an all new Little Girls Dresses pattern The Oliver and S Carousel Dress, and two new exciting daytime and evening Bring Your Own Pattern classes where Val will be on hand to help you with your dressmaking. Of course all the favourites will be back with a new long awaited evening slot for Modern Applique, Simple sampler running am and pm, Fabric Baskets, Purses, Pouches, Baskets, Scarves, Sewing Machine Covers, Lampshades and <a href="http://www.plainstitch.co.uk/p/class-starting-in-july-arendelle-scandi.html" target="_blank">much much more....</a><br />
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The ShopHopPrize includes; a Moda Jelly Roll, 12 fat quarters including Dashwood, Heather Bailey and Art Gallery Fabrics. Three balls of DMC Cotton yarn, two balls of perle cotton, two YLI hand quilting threads, two machine Quilting King Tut threads, two rolls of lacy ribbon, two rolls of pompom/ricrac trim, a pair of stalk embroidery scissors, some gorgeous ceramic buttons, a pack of self threading needles, a hanky cover case, two gingham ribbons and a set of Tilda paper piecing templates........woo hoo...lets ShopHop!</div>
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Shop Hop is back! For those of you who participated last year..you know the score..but if you've yet to ShopHop with us this is the deal.........<br />
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On Fri 1st and Sat 2nd of May we will be teaming up with our lovely friends Sally from Sally's Sewing Box in Princes Risborough and Judy from Sew Patchwork. Visit all 3 shops over the two days pick up a sticker in each and be entered for our prize draw to win all of the items in the pictures above!<br />
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There will also be lots of fantastic special offers at all of the shops, our infamous Skinny Bolt Sale will be running for two days and we really hope that you can pop in and join in.<br />
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Round up your friends, make a date, book somewhere lovely for lunch and make a day of it...oh and good luck! I'm a little bit sad I can't enter myself! Love this springy coloured prize!<br />
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This week has been bathed in summery sunshine.</div>
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We've revelled in all the new space at The Workroom.</div>
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The sun has shone in, and creativity has blossomed everywhere!</div>
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We made gorgeous baskets</div>
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Saw fantastic quilts come to fruition....this one by Gillian from our Log Cabin Workshop..</div>
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Paula's wonderful Simple Sampler from last terms Simple Sampler Class..........</div>
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...............with it's amazing Modern Appliqué inspired back...</div>
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A nautically inspired half square triangle baby quilt...</div>
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We introduced another new class to their sewing machines at our complete beginners Get To Know Your Sewing Machine class, and our Bee in My Bonneters are pushing for the finish line with their quilts - it's all so exciting! </div>
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We sold out two orders of Farm Girl Vintage and cleared out the UK suppliers of their remaining stock. I expect there is a preponderance of patchwork chickens springing up this weekend across the Chilterns!</div>
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Today we kicked off our Patchwork Cushions class again....</div>
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These are going to be such wonderful cushions!</div>
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Tomorrow we pack our new room to the rafters with enthusiastic little sewing people as Miss Stitch hosts a sell out day of back to back classes of 7 - 12 year olds making springy wreaths. </div>
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Next week we do it all again with the start of a whole new term of Simple Samplers...can't wait. Enjoy the sunshine this weekend and I hope you squeeze some sewing in xx</div>
<br />Deb @ PlainStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11658672491022051452noreply@blogger.com