Can you believe it is November already!

Elaine's Pumpkin Muffins

 Thanks Elaine for the delicious muffins, we enjoyed them at our tea on Friday and thanks for sharing the recipe with all of us! 

 If you can't see this or print it out drop into the store and I'll be happy to print it for you!

Sew Have Fun, October Happenings

Demo Day at Sew Have Fun

We had such a great time at our Tea!  Lots of Demos and some great prizes!  Here is one of our projects, so simple and a great gift idea!  Thanks Betty!

 

Fashion Wine Tote

Supplies: 2 1- 9/16” grommets, a point turner, .25 m WOF (width of fabric) each an outer fabric, lining and batting to match. Use Insul-bright or Insul-shine for a tote that will keep your wine chilled.

1.   Cut outer fabric, lining and batting 8” by 38”         

2.   Sandwich as follows:

Batting to wrong side of outer fabric, right side of lining to right side of outer fabric and stitch 5/8” around, leaving a 4-5” opening 8-9” from top edge

3.   With batting on the bottom, set your seams

4.   Clip corners and turn right side out, using a point turner to nicely push out your corners (don’t be too pushy!)

5.   Press your fabric, bringing the lining and outer fabric even at the edge. Pin the opening closed even at the edge

6.   Whipstitch by hand or machine stitch the opening close to the edge.

7.   Using the width of the foot as a guide, machine stitch around the entire edge of the tote.

Note: Now would be the time to embroider, embellish or quilt your tote, if desired.

8.   Press flat

9.   Using a Frixion Pen mark 1” down from the upper edge topstitching, and mark the center of the tote.

10.              

Apply grommets according to manufacturer’s instructions, so the upper edge sits at the 1” mark.

11.               Fold in half, insides together

and stitch up the sides, using the

previous topstitching as a guide.

Leave an opening 4” from the

bottom and secure your stitching

at both top and bottom.

The Joy of Routine

Now that the kids are back to school it will be easier to get your projects back on track and we are helping with Free Sew Along on Sept 7 and 8 from 1-4pm.  No home or garden distractions and room to spread out as well as help to get you through the challenges that are preventing the completion of your project and the coffee is always on.

Learn about the features that make Baby lock so special.  Whether you have a Baby Lock or are dreaming of owning one someday, you are welcome to join us for Machine Owner’s Class on Sept 11 at 10 am.

Stonehenge fabrics are so beautiful and together they are working up into an amazing quilt!  Our Stonehenge Block of the Month continues, we are almost half way through!  If you would like to join this class we are happy to accommodate time to help you catch up, you won’t be disappointed!  We have a daytime and evening time slots.  This month’s classes are September 12 at 10 am and Sept 13 at 6:30.

Your budget is stretched to the max with the start of the school year and we are going to help you with one of the wardrobe staples for the whole family.  Learn how to make a T-shirt on the serger using a Jalie Pattern that includes sizes for the whole family.  We have a comfy cotton blend knit in a large selection of colours specially priced at only $4.99/m.  Thursday, Sept 13 at 10-1pm; $20 plus pattern and fabric.  Bet you’ll make more than one!

What fun to start the Fall season with Tea, goodies and of course prizes!  Betty G from NJefferson shares some new gadgets, tools and projects and it’s a great time to start your wish list!  Friday, Sept 14 3-5pm.

Fall Fairs are all over the province and the largest is the Ontario Plowing Match, held this year in Roseville, ON.           We are pleased to be a part of the plowing match as a vendor and hope you will get a chance to visit us there.  Store hours will be 10-4pm Sept 18 – 22.

The Everything Goes Bag has always been a popular class and we are pleased to be offering the class again.  Scheduled on Sept 25 and Oct 2 from 10-1 or Sept 29 and Oct 6 from 1-4pm  In this 2 part class you will make a superior bag that has all the storage and organization you need whether you use your bag for work, school, or play!

Wednesday Sept 26 Autumn Trails Runner  A simple layout and gorgeous fabrics combine to add a simple elegance to your Autumn table.  10am-1pm  Class and kit $25, Embroidered Squares, $10 extra.

We all have them...Scraps.  Those bits left over from projects that we gather and keep because they are too precious and beautiful to toss away.  It’s time to release them from those assorted drawers, closets and ziplock baggies; bring them into the light of day, combine them, make them up and enjoy them!  Sometimes it is the unexpected combination of odd bits that make the most beautiful quilts!  Join Stash Bashers  from 10am-noon and in the words of previous generations, “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!”

We’ve been playing with chenille for the past little while and if you’d like to try it we’ve developed a small project that won’t take much time and the results are beautiful! All you need is a couple of hours to make this lovely Chenille Cushion on Friday, Sept 28 from 10-noon.  Class and kit $25

There's so much more than all of this at the store, see you soon!

Book of the Week

More William Morris Applique.
"The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make."  This statement of William Morris points to the legacy of all of us, what we do in our lifetime and what we leave to those who came after us.  Quilts are a wonderful pallette of colour, design and warmth with love being stitched into each block.  Our past, what we've learned and been taught, is stitched up in the present and will be cherished for years to come.
"If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art amd the thing most to be longed for; I should answer, A Beautiful House"  William Morris
This magnificent book is informative and inspiring and includes all instructions and patterns to help create your own Beautiful Home!

Available at Sew Have Fun

Half full or empty? August is here already!

Bust size of 34B bounces (8 centimeters) with each step when running

This is not really new news:

New bra statistics from Consumer Reports!

A poll conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center found that 37 percent of women don’t bother to try bras on before making a purchase to make sure they fit. Wow....

Yet, 75 percent of women reported that they faced a specific challenge related to fit, and 53 percent of women have never been professionally fitted for a bra. When shopping for a new bra, 63 percent of women reported that comfort was the most important feature they looked for, followed by support (21 percent).

Bra Poll:

Bra Ownership-- Women own an average of 9 bras, but only wear 6 on a regular basis; the average woman purchased 4 bras in the past year.

Decent Exposure-- 80% of women say they would never go out in public without a bra.-- Over one-third (34%) of women take action to enhance their bra size, with the most common methods being padded (23%) and push-up (22%) bras.

Sign up now, space is limited!

Quilt Choices

Should we make this one next?

Or should we make this one?

Sew many projects to do...what is your vote?

Summer Fun at Sew Have Fun

June Calendar

May Calendar

Nothing like a good mystery!

Only one more class in our mystery quilt class!  I may be revealing early and I can tell you my quilt doesn't look like this as it is in pieces!  It is wonderful to see how this layout looks in the different colours and fabrics!  It hasn't been difficult at all and we'll have most of it done soon!

A Day at the Spa

She knew she’d done well. The satisfied sigh she heard as the last few stitches were completed told her she’d soon get a rest. Not that she needed it, but she did feel sluggish. That pretty pink calico added the perfect touch but my, oh my, had it left a lot of lint! And before that there were the Christmas pajamas for all the grandchildren, so many of them but of course all seven needed new pajamas for Christmas Eve. Halloween costumes had been on the slate before that, a Dorothy and a Scarecrow, a clown and patches on grandpa’s old overalls for a hobo. The neighbor’s daughter had got married and she had been pressed into service at the last minute for one of the bride’s maid dresses and the flower girl, too. In between all of these was the block of the month and a couple of small quilts for the charity club at the guild. As the power was switched off she wondered what would be next. A table runner or perhaps another quilt; maybe a blue one this time, blue was her favourite colour! She hoped it wouldn’t be one of those rag quilts, she didn’t think she could take one of those. Her feed dogs and hook were already so full of lint and she could tell it was creeping into her gears. It wouldn’t be long before her moving parts groaned like an arthritic old woman and she was really afraid she might let someone down if she wasn’t treated to a good cleaning and some new oil would be great, too.

April Calendar

Hand Applique Techniques

Hummingbirds by Stasha Ceglarz

Hand Applique work is a beautiful way to add dimension and a painterly effect to your project. Learn from an award winning Master quilter the techniques that caught the attention of judges at the prestigious Houston Quilt Show and our own Canadian Quilters Association.


The art of appliqué can be intimidating to even the most accomplished sewers. By using a few tricks of the trade, anyone can create a beautiful piece of appliquéd art.

Join us for this beginner series of Appliqué classes beginning Thursday March 1 at 1pm to 3:30. An evening class is offered if interest warrants. $25 Class and kit.

Love February!

Click on the Calendar to zoom in.  February is the month of Love and what's not to love about Sewing!

Gotta Go Bag

Tuesday Jan 31, 10-2  Gotta Go Bag  Round Robin  Use a sewing machine, an embroidery machine, and a serger to make this practical bag.  It goes together quickly and can look so different each time you make it!  Bet you’ll make more than just one! $20 plus pattern and kit.

Michelle's Fan Club

Michelle’s Fan Club  Friday, January 27  1-3 Join us as we work on the first of four projects that incorporate the Baby Go appliqué cutter, embroidery and several fine sewing techniques including ruffles, twin needle tucks, and much more.   

Urban Country Quilts

Wednesday Jan 25, Urban Country Quilts Canadian girls Jeanne Large and Shelly Wicks have been designing since their very popular “Tis the Season” and have brought a modern twist to some traditional quilts.  Join us as we work on one of these fabulous quilts and you’ll have it done in just a few lessons.  10-2  $20/class plus book.