Look What Postie Brought

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Just finished tonight’s class and thought we’d unpack what the postie brought this morning.

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How nice is this fabric – and fits perfectly with the pink theme for February. The fabric is by Timeless Treasures and is called ‘Flora’. There are several sizes of magnolias in this range from the very large scale luscious full-blown variety to small pink buds. A border fabric and coordinating textured ‘plains’ complete the range. This is perfect for quilting, home decor or apparel projects. Large graphic prints are on trend at the moment and they can be used for appliques or just as part of a pieced quilt as in the central photo. It is a quilt made from a free pattern here http://www.ttfabrics.com/projects/flora/ (well you all said you wanted free patterns so here’s one for starters – an interesting asymmetrical design. Let me know what you think.

Back in the Saddle

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As the rain dries up and sunny skies abound all is now spic and span in the garden, school is in for the resident teenager and Apatchy is in full swing. We had four classes last week and, as usual, I am very impressed with all my ladies’ creative offerings. I have added a gallery to this blog so you can see some of their work. Some of these pieces are actually from September classes, however, I forgot to load them into the last newsletter so here they are. Just click on the ‘Your Gallery’ tab at the top to see a slideshow.

The theme for February is all about lurve. Pink and red predominates and I thought I would also be a little festive. Consequently visitors to Apatchy will find a pink/red themed table of goodies. Here’s a sneak peek.

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Don’t forget to add to the comments and you will be in the draw to win the Perfectly Perched fat quarter pack. Thank you to those who have already made comments – they have been very helpful and I have taken note. You will see what you ask for in the near future!

The Aftermath

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Having been battered by driving rain for several days it took all day to clean up the areas downstairs where the storm water drains overflowed. Now we have to get rid of the pile of debris from the raging winds. As you can see we lost quite a lot of greenery. This may take longer to clear!

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Quilting Technophobe Makes it to the Digital Age

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Ok well it’s taken a year but it’s finally here. After thinking about having a blog for a year I have now seen all the online tutorials and waded through zillions of other people’s blogs to get to this stage. So I’m a little behind the pack but better late than never.

I am the voice behind the shop Apatchy Quilting but don’t stress this blog won’t be all sell sell. I would like it to include a gallery of my work, my clever customers’ work, humour, tutorials, patterns and links. As well as all that I would like it to be a conversation between the two us where we can exchange ideas – on lots of aspects of our craft.

An ambitious goal I hear you say but what about what I want? GoodPerfectlyPerchedcolor1 point….. Why don’t you tell me then? So the first 20 people to send me their (constructive) comments on what they would like to see in this blog will go in the prize draw to win three fat quarters from the ‘Perfectly Perched’ fabric range. So now I’m perfectly perched waiting for your response.

With my new iPhone 5 and iPad I could win ‘quilting techie of the year’! All I need now is a Facebook page, a Twitter account, a Pinterest account……