Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Time Is Flying by Too Fast!

I can't believe that we are on the way out of Sept.  We are still making the twisters like mad...seems everyone wants them at once.  I'm trying to create some new patterns for another book and I'm thinking this book will have a lot to do with color.  I want to find some time that I can just "fiddle" around with some layer cakes and borders and some plain pieces also.  I'd like to do a cute bag with these -- wouldn't that be fun!  We have a cute new one that Mo did hanging on our wall with the middle has a length of pie fabric and the borders are done in coordinating fabrics and then twisted so it really picks up all the colors of the main fabric.  That for sure will be in the book and we will do a couple versions showing how we used various colors from focus fabrics.  Have any of you been doing some of your own patterns with this?  If you have please share them with all of us.  Happy Twisting!  Marsha

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Country Schoolhouse Quilt Shop Blog - welcome

Welcome to my new blog....this is my first attempt at these various means to keep people up to date with what is going on at the quilt shop and with my twister tools.  Please bear with me as I go through these growing pains with learning how to do this as computers are not my thing. 
We are coming into fall which means that the quilt shop is loaded with new fabrics and patterns.  We are offering a few classes in September to help you get started in on some small projects.  We also have a new machine from Baby Lock called "Symphony" which replaces the Espire.  It has more decorative stitches and also has a unit that allows you to stitch or quilt in circles!  I have not had the chance to try that yet, but will as soon as I come back from the North Shore where I will be for next week trying to work on samples for fall and come up with some creative ideas.  That is my favorite place to go to restart the creative juices flowing.  I will also be with a few good friends who help with that process too.  My goal with this blog is to involve you in the activities of a quilt shop, ask for ideas and suggestions from you, and to share with pictures and words some of the new things we find out there.  Happy Quilting and most of all....have Fun with it....Marsha