Happy New Year!

It's a bit late and we haven't been posting much lately...but we are back and looking forward to an excellent 2011!  Stay tuned for new posts soon.

My Sewing Booty

Wouldn't you like to have a classified ads website designed exclusively for quilting and sewing enthusiasts?  We all have things in our sewing rooms that we want to get rid of, right?  We all need the money from the sale of those items to buy new stuff, right?   Beginning November 1 you can list the things you want to sell on MySewingBooty.com with ease and negotiate with interested buyers to sell it.  No more confusing auctions!  YOU list the price you want.  YOU are in control of the sale of the items.  

Snow Riders

Last spring we had a vendor in showing fabric samples and I found one that I thought was fun. I didn't know that Diane had purchased the fabric so what a surprise when I saw it in the shop. So, I had to make a sample with it. Finding a pattern for a 7inch focus square is not always easy but I had a new pattern from the NCW Harvest of Quilts show this month and with some tweaking, this is what I came up with. Wouldn't it be great for a grandchild who loves motorcyles?

Glittering Stars

I finally have a picture ( thanks to Jan ) of my Glittering Stars quilt! This was a 9 month class taught here at the Attic Window. I was so surprised and of course delighted to win a 1st place ribbon at the NCW quilt show!! Joyce Ross from Ephrata did a magnificent job machine quilting! I highly recommend taking classes, so much to learn and so many great tips not only from the instructors but others in the class. Besides they are fun!!

From Marti and Me Club

The Shop Hop is over and the Quilt Show has come to a close. It's time to get back to classes and events at the shop. Tomorrow is our From Marti and Me Club at 10:30 AM. All are welcome. This month is learning the house block. All done with templates. I made them into placemats for the holidays. Come and join me and I will show you how easy it is to make these!

NCW Shop Hop

Only 4 more days till the Shop Hop starts. We have been busy at the Attic Window. With Diane, Kathryn and Wilma on vacation this last week, everyone has been pulling together to finalize the goody bags, check in new material, patterns and notions.

Did you know that this year's shop hop quilt, "Along the Garden Path" has been designed by Diane, Martha and Kathryn? The quilt is a beautiful garden of techniques. What a great way to learn a couple of new techniques and have a garden quilt to cheer you up during the cold winter.

Kits are available for our version of the quilt or we will help you choose fabrics to create your own Garden Path.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Attic Window. Check out our new Block of the Months and classes. We have a new line of embroidery patterns from a local artist and a class scheduled to help you learn to color your embroidery blocks.

See you on Thursday!

Beginning Quilting

Today we started a new block of the month, Simple Sampler Beginner's BOM with Diane as your host. The ladies had fun and picked out some beautiful fabrics. Next month, they come back with their finished block to receive their next set of instructions and the focus fabric to make the block. In the next 12 months, they will make enough blocks to create a lap size or larger quilt.

But if you do not want to wait a year to make your first quilt, or just want a little more help getting started, we have the solution. We are offering a Beginner's Club starting on October 12, (Tuesdays) from 1-3 pm. This is a hands on class that takes you from selecting your fabrics to finishing a small quilt, which you could make larger if you want to. Carol will be hosting this class and a sign up sheet will be at the Attic Window this week.