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MONDAY TO SATURDAY 9:30 – 5:30 ALL 45 inch wide batiks are 20% off. Shop early for the best selection. It is exciting times at Lilac Lane. Carl can’t keep up with the new fabrics, patterns, ideas and kits. Yes we are in high gear around here. Many new fabric lines have been delivered but we are standing by the front door looking for the Blank Textile fabrics to arrive to create Tree Frog Peek A Boo. What a wonderful fun quilt. We have just added Solvy for your trapunto requirements, Moda Jelly Rolls and Layer Cakes. Yes we brought in April Cornell’s Nature’s Chorus in Jelly Rolls (2 ½” strips) and layer cakes (10 inch squares). We also brought in Moda Jelly Rolls in Gypsy Rose. Then we shopped around to find resources to use these products. We have added Remembrance Poppy kit which is official Remembrance Day Quilt. The fabrics are amazing in this kit. Recently we also stocked Stitch and Tear Stabilizer and Fusible fleece. We carry a complete line of Botanical Art Quilt Patterns and are fortunate enough to have Janet Rice-Bredin’s trunk show on display. How lucky are we! Janet has hinted about her upcoming patterns. She is so clever and her patterns are so well written that we are urgently awaiting their arrival. She has hinted that the next project will use Northcott Fabrics. WORKSHOPS OUR WORKSHOP POLICY IS THAT ALL WORKSHOPS ARE PREPAID AND IF THERE ARE LESS THAN FOUR CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS THE WORKSHOP WILL BE CANCELLED. IF WE CANCEL THE WORKSHOP YOUR MONEY WILL BE RETURNED HOWEVER IF YOU DO NOT SHOW UP THERE WILL BE NO REFUND. WE APOLOGIZE TO THE MAJORITY OF OUR QUILTERS WHO ACTED RESPONSIBLY. WE ARE VERY SAD TO HAVE TO INSTITUTE THIS POLICY. Basic Sewing kit for most workshops: sewing machine in good working order, sewing machine manual, thread, thread scissors, seam ripper just in case, tape measure, bobbins filled and ready to go, pattern, fabric, notebook, pen, and your appetite. Please do not arrive more than 30 minutes ahead of your scheduled workshop time. It may interfere with other activities in the workshop area. Also it gives us time to make the coffee and tea and set up for your workshop. We appreciate your enthusiasm and will very much appreciate you thinking of us setting up for you. Monday Morning Madness: Pack up your works in progress and come in from 9:30 – 12:30 any Monday you can make it. You will be surprised at how much you can accomplish when you are out of your sewing room. Workshop fee $5.00 Build your own class: Do you have a group of friends that would like a special class just for you? Talk to us and we will do our best to provide you with a personalized class that suits your timetable. This could be a weekday, evening or weekend class. Bring a couple of dates and the project and let us see what we can do to accommodate you and your friends. We can also set up a lock in where you and your friends come in and have a pot luck dinner and sew all night. (or as long as you can stand it) Learn to Machine piece and quilt and finish it right to the
binding! We have a program that will take the beginner from the very basics
such as picking out your fabric to learning how to rotary cut. Then we move
on to machine piecing until we have created either a crib size or lap size
quilt. Well it isn’t a quilt until it is quilted so let’s learn how to mark
and baste and quilt this project. Then we will finish off with a binding
lesson so you can enjoy your first quilt. This is broken into eight-three
hour sessions so you are not overwhelmed and have little to no homework. We
understand how hectic your life is. The workshop fee is $100.00. Your
materials and notions will be extra but if you purchase for a workshop you
will receive a 10% discount. You can sign up for Thurs morning session
starting Thurs. June 11th running until July 30th.
You must own a sewing machine and know how to thread and operate it.
If you have any concerns that your machine is not quite ready for the task,
save yourself a lot of heartache and take it into Pat’s Sewing Center on
Dufferin Street in Alliston. You don’t want to waste your time in class
worrying about your machine. Enrolment for this class is limited to 4
participants. Learn to Paper Piece: If you want to learn a
technique that will give your quilt very precise points paper piecing is the
way to go. This will be a very simple project which will show you the how
to paper piece but also direct you on how to print off the paper piecing
patterns on Fundation which is accurate and computer assisted. Sat. July 11th
from 10:00 – 2:00 Light lunch provided. Workshop fee $25.00 The X Bag: When the community is clambering for
all of us to bring a reusable bag this sure hits the mark. Join Eleanor for
a day of creativity. She knows the ins and outs of this pattern. While the
pattern has three views (or choices) Eleanor will be working with the second
view (choice) Pattern purchase is required and your imagination will set you
free. Her fabrics choices are clever and you may want to make more than just
one. She is very inspiring .Wed. Aug. 3rd 10:00 – 3:00 OR Sat
Aug. 22 10:00 – 3:00 Light lunch provided Workshop fee $25.00
Rolling Star Quilt: Carl demonstrated how to
use the Marti Michell templates during our Goose on the Loose Shop hop.
Many of you must have loved the results because we sold out of the patterns
that go along with the templates. Carl decided that he just had to do a
project with the templates and decided on the Rolling Star Quilt. It is a
striking quilt and not a large project. The tricks you learn will help with
reducing bulk and you will be pleased with how a few simple tricks turn out
a wonderful project. Template and Pattern purchase required and before the
workshop have your fabric cut to 2 ½ “ strips. This could be Jelly Rolls or
your stash cut to size. Workshop fee $25.00 Light Lunch provided. Sat. Aug
15th from 10:00 – 3:00 Quilters have been requesting a workshop for quilt as you go using lattice. So all of you interested quilter stay tuned. We have a scrappy (use from your stash fabrics) and learn how to quilt your blocks and attach to the next blocks and keep going until your stash is next to nothing~ at least reduced. CLUBS Newest BOEOW: If you are not used to our acronyms this means Block Of Every Other Week. We are far too enthusiastic to wait a year to make a quilt. This new project makes a quilt approx. 80 X 100 and has only one colour choice remaining. Space is very limited to this club because this is our first time doing one in the spring. We are growing and trying new things to see what works in your busy life. This project is another Marti Michell program using her Perfect Templates Set M which works wonderfully with Set L which we have used in the past. We think about your bottom line. This club will meet Sat May 2nd until Sat. Sept. 19th at 9:30 a.m. There will be a round table discussion about the block of the week and progress. This project is VERY different than others we have had. You will be making the sashings and border blocks along with the quilt blocks during our 12 sessions. This one is unusual because participants will be purchasing their finishing fabrics throughout the club so we have a handout so you will know the total cost of the quilt top before you start. Kathy took care of the last get together and it went well. Thanks Kathy. Sewing Sisters: So what if we aren’t sisters by blood sew together and have a family affair. This club will work on individual full size projects Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00p.m. This club will run from Friday April 3rd until Friday June 26th. Club fee is $20 and entitles you to all the sewing Fridays and a 30% on your backing fabric for your project. Each participant takes turns providing a light lunch, nothing special just enough to give us energy to sew and yak. Space is limited. We are already underway but the group is willing to allow one or two dedicated sisters into the group. Now this group has decided to do one pattern in flannel but they choose their own fabrics. How cute to see a number of quilts in the same pattern with different fabrics so stayed tuned. The group decided to do this mid June and we will post the pictures when the projects are completed. You would think sisters would be more supportive than competitive but this group is both and in a very big way. What a great group of girls and if I may say so what a great lunch selection. If they could come more often I would be in great need of a diet program~ The Sew Sister will hit the road and take a trip to quilt shops and if anyone is interested in their report they will have to request the response. Update,,, the sisters just can’t stop. It is an epidemic and they have decided to continue and open the invitation to all starting the first Friday in July. Some sisters have booked off work for this… we are not encouraging bad work ethics but what the heck the lunch and friendship is out of this world! Kathy’s Capers: A club for Thursdays to do sewing project which may or may not be quilt minded. Kathy is tackling this project and doing a great job. She has a number of project including a gift card holder, tea, cozy, book cover, slipper/shoe carrier, wine glass coaster, or any glass but Liz thinks of wine first. This is meant to be a lot of fun and practical as well. Even if you don’t quilt this is something to get you behind your sewing machine. This would be a workshop on a small project from 1:00 until 3:00 each Thurs. for eight weeks. The projects are on display and Kathy is getting very nervous so please be kind to her. Workshop fees will be $15. 00 for each or sign up for all of them at once and save 15%. Kathy has created 8 very interesting projects. Come in and see the samples and get the line up. Kathy’s Line is as follows: June 18th Kathy reads a
book. Make a fabric book cover to protect your book. Janet Rice-Bredin has visited again. If you remember she is the creator of Botanical Quilts and an Ontario quilt designer. She has kindly left more of her samples and patterns. Her Sugar Maple Dance quilt is available in a kit form as well as her Floral Celebration using Northcott’s Tulip Time fabrics, very spring like and welcoming. She cajoled Liz into carrying the Hibcus patterns and then the challenge went out to Janet to present the embellishment kit. I don’t want our readers to think we are challenging each other but the truth is we do and it is for the benefit of you our loyal customer. On our website, you can see these kits when you visit our online shopping link and go to kits link. Janet’s newest creation, Tree Frog Peek A Boo has now arrived and so has her sample of the wall quilt and the bed quilt. (but only for a limited time, we have to share) The workshop with Sherrie Hissey creator of Border Creek Station Pattern Company was wonderful according to all the participants. Everyone left with more knowledge which was wild because the workshop was geared for the experienced beginner and the quilters attending were so far from beginners Liz should have taken the class! Sherrie also gave us a sneak peek at her newest pattern which is absolutely lovely. The quilt is made using Moda’s Kansas Troubles fabric. The pattern is now in our shop for your shopping convenience. On our website you will notice that we are adding as we can the new products for you to view. There have been some very interesting books coming into the shop. With the addition of Jelly Rolls we have brought in a beautiful book with great projects on how to get those Jelly Rolls open and into a project. Just ask Lynda. Sat. she brought in her Jelly Rolls and Thursday she brought in her quilt to be quilted. We are not sure how long the beautiful 2 ½” strips sat in her studio but with book in hand, they soon became a quilt. Now Liz has her work cut out for her to get this back to Lynda quilted and ready for binding and gift giving. If you visit our website and click to our online shopping you can view some of the items in the store and are more than welcome to order online or come in to the shop and make your selections. You are welcome to create your own wish list with us and then direct your gift givers to us and we will assist as best we can. There are a couple of husbands who leave with a very relieved look on their face. Their wives are relieved when they find out the husbands did come in. We also have gift certificates available. Battings: Buy your batting by the meter and save! We have 100% bamboo, Hobbs Heirloom, Poly Down, Thermore, as well as Thermolan Plus. FUSIBLE batting has been discontinued by our supplier. We apologize to all our quilters who loved it. … Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 has had its first price increase, Elaine you are not responsible. The new price is $10.50/m and it is 96 inches wide. 96 inch wide 100% bamboo batting selling for $16.25/m. We know it quilts up clean. It does feel very nice and bamboo is a renewable resource. We can order in Tuscany Wool batting an organic batting for a lofty look. We carry a selection of pillow forms and stuffing and can order in any special size that you may require that we may not have in stock. Wool batting is available prepackaged in a queen size by request. Silk batting can be brought in prepackaged for your requirements as well. If you require a different size please let us know and we will get it for you. If you are looking to purchase an entire bolt please let us know and we will order it and phone you when it arrives. Please keep in mind when we have a fabric sale, batting by the cut is also included in that sale. Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 natural color batting is 96 inches wide and comes in a 30 YARD bolt. $225.00 Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 bleached (if there is a lot of white in your quilt this is great) is 108 inches wide and comes in a 30 YARD bold. $325.00 Hobbs Polyester batting is 108 inches wide, white and comes in a 30 YARD bolt. $225. Bamboo batting is now available in a 96 inch wide by the meter or part meter. Nice way to see if you like this batting. $16.00/m. 30 yard bolt $250.00 Bamboo batting 120 inches wide by the bolt by special order 30 yards bolt $375.00. Quilt Stencils: We have expanded our quilting stencils and were surprised at how excited people were with our choices. Thanks for the encouragement. We keep changing our stock just to make it interesting for you. Buttons: Lately lots of knitters have been coming in and are so excited that they can find buttons for their projects. We carry what we believe you are looking for so let us know any special requests and we will try to provide. Pillows and Stuffing: We usually have some on hand but at this time of the year we are stocking up for those gift giving projects. High quality pillows and stuffing are in stock and if we don’t have your size just let us know and we will try to get it for you. Cones of Thread: For the serious quilter or just those of us who don’t like to run out and want to save a bit of money. We carry a polytwist thread for piecing and machine quilting. This is not a serger thread. We also have cones of YLI and King Tut Variegated threads for machine quilting. Silk Thread: We carry a selection of YLI silk thread which is perfect for hand appliqué. $6.29/spool. Egg Cartons: The Good Shepard Food Bank is collecting egg cartons. You can take them to the food bank or bring them to the shop for collection. We do very little advertising so if you would like to keep informed as to our spur of the moment sales and new items, please send us an email requesting to be added to our list and we will keep you informed but not sell or give out your address or you can check our website regularly. Visit our website and go to the clearance items on the online shopping. These items can also be purchased in person. Liz has resolved to clear out the corners so keep a look out for what gets the red sticker price. Thank you for your continued support, great visits and friendship. Without you our loyal quilter our shop would not exist. Also for those who like to make the quilt tops and not so interested in quilting them, both Carl and Liz have Gammills to finish off that quilt and get if from a top to a finished quilt to enjoy. It seems like many quilters have spent the past few months finishing projects. Good for you! Doesn’t that feel good to get a project put together? Liz has made a resolution and June is the month to get things finished… well some of them. She is running out of Costco bags since they are filled with works in progress. Oh my. Back by popular demand and also because it is entertaining season… We are giving you our much requested recipe for roasted garlic spread… We like to use pita bites, or thicker crackers when serving this.. It is always well received and we hope yours will be held in honour as well. Roasted Garlic Spread
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