QH News New Year 2016

Quilters Haven News Tel. 01728 746314 / 275 New Year 2016 www.quilters-haven.co.uk www.quiltershavenpublications.com

www.karinhellaby.com

Due to a problem at the company we use for direct mailing, our New Year Newsletters were sent out with corrupt name and address details. This second newsletter will contain some slightly different products than the first one, you may have received. So please do take the time to read them both. We confirm that we hold your correct name and address on our system and that there are no security issues with this data.

Quilters Haven is

FOR SALE

Would you like to live a dream?

I have enjoyed establishing and developing Quilters Haven over the last 23 years.

As I am approaching retirement age, it is time to hand over to someone who would like to own a thriving quilting business.The shop has always been profitable and has an excellent reputation throughout the world.

If you are interested, please speak in confidence to me (Karin).

Please let all your friends know that Quilters Haven is FOR SALE. This portable business could be moved to another location. * Quilters Haven Ltd is a well known and successful brand with a proven business model. * Written manuals on all shop and online procedures, which are regualarly updated. * Large database of active customers. * Large following on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. * Well established weekly electronic news, sent out to 1000’s of customers. * Experienced, friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff who are able to run the business as Karin is often away (on average 5 months of the year).

* Excellent reputation for service and mail order. * Fully computerised Point of Sale and stock management system. * Agent for Bernina sewing machines. * Full Magento online store. * Stock is recent with an up to date valuation. * Teaching programme with experienced tutors. * Excellent relationships with all the major suppliers in the quilting industry both in the UK and overseas. *Computerised customer loyalty scheme.

Vintage Journal is a romantic collection of birds and butterflies in soft pastel tones. The designs coordinate with a linen texture and you can see how well these fabrics work together in the beautiful quilt.

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Inspired by the beauty of the English countryside, Windermere is named after the largest lake in England. The colours reflect the hues that fill your eyes on your walk along the paths and shoreline. Fresh but with a slightly aged and softened look these fabrics and this quilt will be treasured for years

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A 6 month Block of the Month programme Garden Grove Quilt Size 64” x 81” Starts end of January 2016 From the popular pattern designer This and That comes this new Block of The Month programme which uses the new Moda Windermere fabric range featured below.

The designer writes excellent instructions and each month you will receive the fabric for two blocks which will give you practice in sewing the same block design.

Vintage Journal Quilt 46" x 56" The quilt kit includes the quilt pattern and Vintage Journal fabrics, to sew the quilt top and binding.

Fabric C, Linen texture, is used in the quilt background.

Quilt kit price £65.00 Piecing thread Masterpiece £6.00 Quilting thread King Tut £7.00

During this 6-month programme, you will receive the pattern and fabrics needed to complete the quilt top, including borders and binding.

Backing 5 metres 10% discount if ordered before the end of February Block of the Month Deposit £28.00 Months 1-5 £28.00 each month.

The final month is covered by the deposit. p&p £2.50 each month

Backing 3.25 metres 10% discount on backing if ordered with the quilt kit.

Full Quilt kit price £160.00 Pattern only £16.95

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Linen Texture Fabrics A-D Fabric Price: £11 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £2.75 Pack of 4 fat quarters Price £11.00 Vintage Journal Fabrics E-N Fabric Price: £12 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.00

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Arena Travel have a textile tour in India, March 2016.

This will include Delhi, Mumbai and many fascinating places between, including lunch at The Best Marigold Hotel. The tour is confirmed and there are only a few places still available.

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Karin will also be leading a scenic tour of southern Norway, visiting Oslo, Bergen and the fjords, in the first week of June 2016.

If you are interested in joining her please ring Arena Travel on 01473 660800

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Twas The Night Before Christmas

All in a Row book Discover the mix-and-match possibilities for fabulous quilts with row patterns by your favourite Moda designers, including Lissa Alexander of Moda Lissa, Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles Quilters, Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms, Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts, Pat Sloan, and many more.

Ideal for hand stitchery lovers!

A 7 month Block of the Month Programme Quilt Size 30” x 42” re-starts February 2016, last chance to join! Please register before the end of January.

A gorgeous 7 part block of the Month quilt which will be a family heirloom to hang up each Christmas. Ideal for stitchery lovers!

The techniques include redwork stitchery, machine piecing, foundation piecing and quilting.

We will supply the stitchery background fabric as well as the red and cream fabrics in French General Basics; the comprehensive patterns with iron on transfers; fusible lightweight pellon. We will also send out 6 skeins of the special variegated thread as recommended for the stitchery.

Deposit £18.50 Months 1-6 £18.50 each month.

The final month is covered by the deposit. p&p £2.50 each month The pattern pack (7 patterns) Price: £54.00 (for those who wish to use their own fabric choice) We are happy to send out the full kit Price: £122.00 plus £8.00 Parcelforce p&p Variegated red cotton thread As used by the designer in the stitcheries.

Thread price £3.00 per skien

French General Basics Fabrics Fabric Price: £14 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.50 Pack of 5 fat quarters B-F, G-K Price £17.50

24 row designs in three appealing categories: Classic Patchwork (tried-and-true favourites), Well Seasoned (fresh quilts for every season), and A Bit of Whimsy (playful, carefree designs) Perfect for a row-robin quilt-along with your friends, the rows can be put together in many different combinations Includes step-by-step instructions and illustrations, plus a quilt gallery that provides inspiration for various combinations and using stand-alone rows.

Book price £17.95

Tuffet Pattern 18" A touch of whimsy for your home. All the rage in US! Instructions include step-by-step directions for tuffet making with the Printed Fusible Interfacing.

Highlights include: Detailed construction diagram. (8 page instruction booklet.)

Colour photos to make you confident during each phase of the process.

Expert tips for success Detailed supply list .including upholstery pieces (which you will need to source) Exclusive printed fusible interfacing is a full-size panel image of cut lines and sewing lines printed on fusible interfacing. Included are two interfacing panels each containing four foundation patterns which are required to complete one tuffet.

Pattern price £17.95 Tuffet foam price: £12.95

Moda Fabric Shuffle starts mid January Free patterns for a beautiful block sampler sent via our enews!

Are you signed up for our weekly enews?

You can do this on the home page of our website www.quilters-haven.co.uk

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Through our weekly enews, we will be linking you to a new block (s) or technique each week . The blocks will be 6" finished and it is suggested that you can make them by starting with a Jelly roll and Layer Cake or two Layer Cakes or fabric from your stash. The patterns will be in greyscale.

We can only link you through the enews which means that you must access at it each week or you will miss out! We cannot help you if you miss a week.

Examples of blocks and one of the quilt setting are shown below.

A Background stitchery fabric

Free Stitchery Demos on Friday and Saturday 22 & 23 January

Snow Happens

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A Line-Up of 5 Smiling Snowmen pose as they wait for the snow to fly!

A fun bluework or redwork table runner to decorate your home .

The embroidered Snowmen centre measuers 8” x 21”.

The finished quilted table runner measures 16 3/4” x 29” Pattern price £7.50.

To embroider this pattern, we recommend Cosmo embroidery threads by the Japanese manufacturer, Lecien. Comes off the spool in 2 strands, ready to stitch! You choose the colour you wish to use.

Spool price £4.00 (88 metres cotton thread)

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Frosty and Friend kit Together under a sheltering tree, a jolly snowman and his loyal pooch share a moment of joy. Bright stars and a crescent moon add ambience to the still night.

Finished size is 13in x 15in.

Kit includes all woolfelt for applique, all fabrics (100% cotton) for background, borders, back, and binding, batting, embroidery floss, beads, buttons, precise patterns and complete, illustrated instructions.

Colours are beige, brown, red, white, gold, and green.

We also love our other Rachel of Greenfield kits which can be viewed on our website.

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A fantastic range of backrounds in different shades from white to grey and with interesting hand writing and diagrams that look like scribbles on paper.

Karin has used them for backgrounds in the quilt below featuring applique circles.

She hopes this will inspire you!

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The importance of our weekly enews

As colourful as the French Countryside, Mon Ami is a scenic journey of rich hues combined with beautiful tones of blues, reds, greens, yellows and greys.

Our favourite grunge fabrics are included as well as patterns featuring florals, city scapes, circles, bicycles and raindrops.

Paper This will be the last paper copy newsletter that we will be sending out. In future we prefer to have our stock coming into the shop evenly throughout the year rather than a big stock intake for a newsletter. Our weekly enews is the best way to let you know about our new items. We would really appreciate you taking time to view this each week. You can sign up for our enews by emailing us or signing up on the home page of our website www.quilters-haven.co.uk.

If you have signed up for the enews and don’t receive it, please check your spam folder.

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Paper Fabrics Fabric Price: £14 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.50

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Fabric packs, 4 fat quarters Price £14.00 available in cream, blue, red, yellow, dark grey and grey. 3 fat quarters in gree Price £11.50.

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We reward your loyalty!

Have you received your £20.00 gift card yet? Some of our customers have already received more than eight of these gift cards.

Every time you buy in the shop, via the internet or on the telephone you will receive points, which can be clearly seen on your receipt. (exclusions apply) This is automatic and you do not need to do anything.

Once you have reached a total of 500 points the computer issues you a £20 gift card, via the staff of course!

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Thank you for supporting Quilters Haven!

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Twist Fabrics Fabric Price: £11 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £2.75

Karin is teaching a morning class using a machine technique to place circles almost invisibly onto a background fabric.

The class is on Thursday 28 January from 10am - 1pm The quilt top alongside uses a packet of ‘Paper’ charm squares and contrasting colour charm squares from Moda.

Karin used Superior monofilament thread which is available in clear and smoke. Price £6.75 (2200 yards)

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Forest Fancy Quilt Fancy Forest is a delightful sampler quilt featuring some of Elizabeth Hartman’s most popular block designs, including Fancy Fox, Hazel Hedgehog, Bunny, Allie Owl (in new smaller size), Thistle, and newcomer Frances Firefly.

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The 67” x 91” Large Quilt is perfect for a single bed or to use as a large lap quilt.. Price: £195.00 excludes pattern The 35” x 47” Small Quilt makes a perfect baby quilt or wall hanging. Price: £69.00 excludes pattern All blocks are sewn with simple straight and diagonal seams. No templates or paper piecing!

The pattern includes a fabric chart with easy-to-follow letter and number codes to ensure that you can duplicate the fabric placement exactly or, if you’re using different fabric, distribute it evenly throughout the quilt.

When selecting fat quarters for the Fancy Forest quilt, choose colourful fabrics in sets of 5 monochromatic fat quarters each. The quilt will be most successful if the fabrics in each set include a value scale from lightest (Fabric 1) to darkest (Fabric 5).

A complete list of the fabrics used are included in the pattern.

The fabrics used are shown below and on page 9.

Pattern only Price £16.00

Small quilt available in your colour choice

Prairie is the warmth and golden colours of a late summer afternoon. It is those last few lazy days when the bright colours of the season meld into the rich days of fall.

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Prairie Fabrics Fabric Price: £14 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.50 Pack of 7 fat quarters Price £24.50 Charm Squares 5″ Price £11.50 Mini-charm Squares 2½" Price £4.95 Jelly Roll Price £34.95

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The importance of our weekly enews

This will be the last paper copy newsletter that we will be sending out in the foreseeable future.

In future, we prefer to have our stock coming into the shop evenly throughout the year rather than a big stock intake for a newsletter.

Our weekly enews is the best way to let you know about our new items.

We would really appreciate you taking time to view this each week.

You can sign up for our enews by emailing us or signing up on the home page of our website www.quilters-haven.co.uk.

If you have signed up for the enews and don’t receive it, please check your spam folder.

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Moda Candy book 1 Featuring 18 new projects using Moda Mini-charm Squares (2.5”) or cut from your own fabrics.

Book Price £4.95

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Dot Dot Dash for all your fabric emergencies!

Dot Dot Dash

This essential basic now includes a timely group of mid-bright colour with year-round appeal for quilters of any age or style.

These colours are featured in Nancy Rink’s new Amish BOM, entitled Best of Friends! Choose her pieced or appliquéd central medallion design (patterns are given for both) and complete your masterpiece in just 10 months!

Best of Friends Amish with a Twist An 10 month Block of the Month programme Quilt Size 98” x 107” Starts January 2016 During this 6-month programme, you will receive the pattern and Centenial Solid abrics needed to complete the quilt top, including borders and binding.

A Jelly Roll Charm squares Dot Dot Dash Fabrics Fabric Price: £14 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.50 Charm Squares 5″ price £11.50 Jelly Roll price £34.95

Free on a Saturday and need help with a quilt?

Then join Annie on one or more of the following Saturdays from 10am - 4pm. Price £20.00 6th February 20th February 2nd April 9th April.

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Quilting Retreat Weekend Three days of learning fun at QH. Accomodation at the local 4* Ufford Park Hotel, with spa facilities and super food Dinner bed and breakfast on shared occupancy for 3 nights £395 Single supplement £75.00 Thursday 13 October - Sunday 16 October 2016

Deposit £19.50 Months 1-9 £19.50 each month.

The final month is covered by the deposit. p&p £2.50 each month

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National Quilting Day in January - all welcome!

Friday 22 January Saturday 23 January Come and join us for a fun day at QH from 10-4 Karin will be demonstrating new notions from Clover and new techniques, including a free Heart Quilt pattern.

Pam will be giving you tips on perfect hand stitchery.

We will be talking to you about our exciting Blocks of The Month and new kits.

There will be a TOMBOLA and you have a 50% chance of winning a prize!

Please support your local quilt shop on National Quilting Day.

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Teaching at Quilters Haven Spring 2016

Bookings must be made in advance and accompanied by the full payment.

A refund can only be given if 4 weeks notice of cancellation is received (less £5 administration costs) *denotes new class. +denotes visiting tutor therefore no refund on cancellation.

We welcome BEGINNERS to all our workshops and courses unless otherwise stated Jelly Roll Fusion with Karin Hellaby Friday 15th January 10.00am – 3.00pm Fee £45.00 A quick, easy and fun way to make a quilt top using a Jelly Roll that can be embellished using applique (additional fabric will be required). The cost of this class covers one Jelly Roll of your choice plus half a metre of fabric for your binding. Tuition is FREE. Machine.

New classes can be viewed on our website a month before the newsletter reaches you. Photos of class samples can be viewed online. You can pay for classes through our secure website and receive requirements via email confirmation.

Children’s Class with Maxeen Pratt Tuesday 16th February 10am to 12.30pm Fee £16 Calling all children 6-11years! Why not bring along an adult to help you with another great sewing class. You will receive a fabric kit and have a super project to take home. Hand.

Bargello Design with Karin Hellaby Tuesday 19th January 10.00am – 4.00pm Fee £40.00 Use a Jelly Roll to become confident in Bargello patchwork design.

Karin will explain how to achieve the lovely curves from straight line sewing. Once confident in the technique your design ideas will flow.

Make into a wall hanging or throw. Machine. Intermediate.

*Big Stitch with Karin Hellaby Thursday 18th February 10.00 am to 12.00 pm Fee £ Karin has some excellent hand stitches which will help you finish a quilt quickly without the necessity of fine hand or machine quilting.

The stitches have an interesting history and are great to add to your repertoire of quilting techniques. Hand.

*Circles with Karin Hellaby Thursday 28th January 10.00am – 1.00pm Fee £23.00 Learn to make perfect circles using a new applique technique which helps to make your machine stitching invisible. Make a lovely wall hanging or something larger. Machine.

Mariners Compass with Karin Hellaby Tuesday 23rd February 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Fee £40.00 Compass designs look fantastic, especially when you have learnt to draft your own! This workshop teaches you how to draft your own Mariner’s Compass. Karin shows you easy piecing and circle insertion to give you a block for a sampler quilt, cushion etc.

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+Layered Landscapes with Alex Waylett Friday 29th January 10.00am – 4.00 pm Fee £40 Join Alex for a structured workshop creating a mounted textural landscape on silk, utilising the library of various stitch effects available to us when using the darning and presser feet. You can choose to either work a literal picture of a landscape or work in a more abstract manner to create your layers of colours. We will explore the wealth of different textural techniques including distressing, couching and manipulating both decorative yarns, cords and fabrics. Ideal for both beginners and the more experienced textile artist. Machine. £8 payable to tutor for materials on the day.

Quillow in a Day with Karin Hellaby Friday 26th February 9.30 am to 4.00 pm Fee £35.00 Update the sleeping bag of the 70’s with a quilt rolled into it’s own pillow! Karin is teaching this fun project that is sure to wow your friends and family. Finished size 40” x 70”. Machine. INTERMEDIATE

Play With Your Feet with Annie Whatling Saturday 30th January 10.00am – 4.00 pm Fee £35.00 Play footsie with your Bernina. Annie will provide a selection of sewing machine feet and attachments for you to try. This will help to increase your knowledge of your machine. A 10% discount will be given on feet purchases that day. Machine.

+ Hand Quilting with Pippa Moss Saturday 27th February 9.30am to 12.30pm Fee £21 Pippa is a hand quilting expert. She will explain the best needles, threads, thimbles and waddings to make this technique achievable for you. Hand. + Hand Applique with Pippa Moss Saturday 27th February 1.30am to 4.30pm Fee £21 Pippa is an expert on all levels of hand applique having won awards in shows for her wonderful quilts. In this class you can start a Baltimore or Hawiian style piece of Applique. Hand.

Book both of Pippa’s classes and receive a £2.00 discount.

*Kick Start with Elizabeth Hartman Patterns with Teresa Wardlaw Thursday 4th February 10.00am – 1.00 pm Fee £21 Animal patterns made entirely with rectangular shapes and simple diagonal seams. No paper piecing or templates! Very popular. Machine or hand Sewing Machine Secrets with Annie Whatling Thursday 11th February 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Fee £21.00 Learn how to clean and use your sewing machine (any make). You will be shown how to use the different feet and stitches on your machine. You must bring your manual.

Pineapple Plus with Karin Hellaby Friday 4th March 10.00am – 4.00pm Fee £35 Make a lovely “Pineapple Plus” quilt using simple squares and triangles and Karin’s unique “exploding pineapple” technique. Machine. Book required. Intermediate.

Machines can be hired, in advance for the workshops.

Cost: £10 per day.

*+Laminated Stitch with Alex Waylett Saturday 5th March 10.00am – 4.00pm Fee £40 An opportunity to explore and experiment with laminated stitch and discover how you could include this contemporary material in your own textile work. A structured day based upon a wall hanging created on a coastal theme although more floral motifs can be introduced if you wish. You will combine materials such as painted Bondaweb, sequin waste and metallic sheers, before hand and machine stitching each piece using water-soluble fabric. Machine. £7 payable to tutor for materials on the day.

Fancy a group outing to Quilters Haven in 2016?

We will organise a free demo session, refreshments and each member of the group is given a quilting gift.

We can arrange for you to visit us on Wednesdays when you will have the whole shop to yourselves or any day when the classroom is available.

For further details please contact us on 01728 746314

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When a book or pattern is required for a class it is discounted by 10%, when purchased on the day of the class

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+ Machine Quilting and Binding with Marion Barnes Tuesday 8th March 10am to 4pm; Fee £40 Come and learn all the basics you need to machine quilt and bind your quilts. You will be shown straight line quilting using a walking foot, but the emphasis will be on getting control of those free-hand machine curves. You will practice, practice, practice but go home more confident to tackle those quilt tops! Machine

*+Hydrangea Panel with Alex Waylett Saturday 23rd July 10.00am – 4.00pm Fee £40 Discover how to trap real flowers and leaves in your textile work with the innovative use of Bondaweb combined with stitch. Working on dupion silk you will be shown several machine embroidery stitches which compliment the flowers beautifully. Machine. £8 payable to tutor for materials on the day.

A Charming Beginning with Annie Whatling Saturday 12th March 9.30am to 4pm Fee £35 A fantastic one day class for those who have never made a quilt. You will use a packet of 5” charm squares, stitch together and then add borders for the quilt top. You will learn to layer with wadding and backing, before giving birth to the quilt. We will be surprised if this is not the first on many quilts! Machine.

*+Contemporary Floral Panel with Alex Waylett Friday 5th and Saturday 6th August 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Fee£80 Spend time learning how to design and make your own contemporary textile panel. Working with applique, stitch and paint you will work with Alex to transfer your design on to fabric before working on it to create a one of a kind panel to take home. Suitable for artists wishing to incorporate fabric and stitch into their artwork as well as beginners and those more experienced in machine embroidery. Machine. £9 payable to tutor for materials on the day.

+ Machine Quilting and Binding with Pippa Moss Saturday 19th March 10am to 4pm; Fee £40 Come and learn all the basics you need to machine quilt and bind your quilts. You will be shown straight line quilting using a walking foot, but the emphasis will be on getting control of those free-hand machine curves. You will practice, practice, practice but go home more confident to tackle those quilt tops! Machine + Pebbles with Alexander Waylett Friday 1st April 10.00am to 4.00pm Fee £40.00 Create a highly textural fabric by layering up decorative and rich materials including silk, satin and linen. This is a quilting and reverse applique technique that has many creative possibilities including it’s use in a cushion, panels, garments and of course, bags. Darning foot required.

Machine. £8 payable to tutor for materials on the day.

Annies UFO Days. Many of you have requested Saturdays for finishing off projects with help from Annie from 10-1 and the afternoon for you to carry on with your sewing. Dates are 6th February, 20th February, 2nd April, 9th April. Places are limited and will need to be booked in advance. £20.00 each day.

COURSES (£50 non-refundable deposit)

Beginners - Spring 2016 Thursdays with Annie Whatling; 9.30am to 12.30pm or 1.30pm to 4.30pm Starting 25th February - five sessions.

Learn all the basic skills such as rotary cutting, machine piecing, hand applique and finishing a quilt, add a sprinkling of humour and a large Children’s Class with Maxeen Pratt dash of companionship, to make a wall hanging and quilting friends for Tuesday 5th April 10am to 12.30pm Fee £16 life! This is a great learning course based on the Fast Flying Geese book Calling all children 6-11years! Why not bring along an adult to help you (required). Ideal also for those who feel they need a refresher course. with another great sewing class. You will receive a fabric kit and have a Machine. Total course fee: £80 (payment in two instalments). super project to take home. Hand.

Sew A Row bag/quilt with Annie Whatling *+Invisible Machine Applique with Pippa Moss Fridays 5th, 12th and 19th February 10.00am – 4.00 pm Saturday 16th April 10.00am – 4.00pm Fee £40 Total course fee £75 (payable in two instalments) Would you like a hand applique look without having to hand sew? Then Annie will be teaching several row techniques during this course. You this is the class for you! Pippa has won prizes for her hand and machine can choose to make these into a useful bag for your rotary cutting equipsewn applique quilts. ment or a quilt. Tutor from 10-1pm. Free sewng in the afternoon.Sew a Row Quilt book required. Machine. *Pojagi Patchwork with Jane Elliott Saturday 23rd April 10am – 4.00pm Fee £35 Curvy Sampler Quilt with Jane Elliott Join Jane for this new class and learn about colour and design whilst Mondays 10.00am – 4.00pm Tutor throughout. constructing a semi-transparent single layer patchwork with hidden Starting 18th January– seven sessions seams which looks great hanging in a window. Machine.

Jane will lead you through this course where each session you will learn to make two blocks which when combined make a stunning quilt. +Free Machine Embroidery – Stitched Samples with Alex Waylett Option of at least two layouts. Pattern and ruler required. Machine.

Thursday 21st April 10.00am – 4.00pm Fee £40 Total course fee £175 (payment in three instalments).

Ideal for those wishing to build up a library of different stitch effects and for those with a bit more experience, wishing to consolidate their knowl- Quilt in a Week with Annie Watling edge in the techniques for the machine embroiderer. You will produce Monday 11th to Friday 15th April 2016 samples worked with fluorescent threads - as we look at variegated stitch Come and work on your own project or finish those U.F.O.’s. A tutor patterns, types of threads and stitches, building up textures with bobbin will be available in the mornings, to give advice, and then you spend the work, watersoluble grids, - all in one day using a free- machine embroi- rest of the day sewing at your leisure. Total course fee £90 (payment in dery foot! Machine. £8 payable to tutor for materials on the day. two instalments). +Soldered Book Cover with Alex Waylett Thursday 2nd June 10.00am to 4.00pm Fee £40 An exciting workshop combining shimmering fabrics, reverse applique techniques and a soldering iron to create a beautiful highly textural new fabric which will be used to cover a notebook embellished with wrapped cords and tyvek beads. £8 payable to tutor for materials on the day.

Clubs Spend time with a group of like minded craft loving people working on your latest project, or tackling UFO’s. We provide a tutor for the first couple of hours to advise. Our clubs are times when sewers can get-together and work on their projects in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Daytime classes are pay as you go (£12.00) plus an enrolment fee.

Sit and Sew Days:Monday Club and Tuesday Club 9.30am - 4.30 pm. Places are available First Wednesday of the month 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. £12.00/day. on both clubs. Usually there are 8 sessions between January and April.

Use our light airy space with plenty of tables, drink lots of coffee and help yourself to a biscuit or two. No tutor.

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New Bohemia, available from Jan 2016, is a contemporary collection infused with traditional folk inspiration. Select from a palette of subtle shades of greys and blues. Coordinates perfectly with Linea.

Bertie’s Autumn Block of the Month Four month programme 28" x 34" re-starts in January Bertie is back for another season!

This lovely little bird now appears on a four block quilt which you can have ready for next Autumn.

Bertie’s Autumn is designed by Bonnie Sullivan and features fused applique, simple hand embroidery and easy piecing. The fabrics used in the quilt are all the same flannels pictured below.

Each month you will be sent a pattern and the fabrics you need to complete a portion of the quilt.

Also included are the button embellishments.

Price £22.00 plus £2.50 p&p each month (4 payments) The recommended backing fabric, orange with a black dot One metre Price £13.00 The quilt can be machine or hand appliqued. The designer recommends Soft Fuse for the applique and we love this product as it leaves a much softer finish than traditional fusibles.

Soft Fuse price £8.95 metre 37" wide.

Thread pack price £12.50 Presencia perle cotton assortment 5 colour pack.

One pack will embellish all 4 parts.

Button pack included

The woolies fabrics shown below are all used in the quilt.

Thread pack £12.50

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Bohemia Fabrics Fabric Price: £ 12 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.00 Pack of 6 fat quarters price: £18.00

Bohemia Quilt 60" x 60" The quilt kit includes the quilt pattern and Bohemia fabrics, to sew the quilt top and binding.

Quilt kit price £75.00

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Piecing thread Masterpiece £6.00 Quilting thread King Tut £7.00 Backing 3 metres: Price £36.00 (your choice) 10% discount on backing if ordered with the quilt kit.

Price £32.40

Backing fabric.

Please order.

Take Four Placemats Pattern

Some of the beautiful woolies fabrics used in the Bertie Autumn quilt.

STOP PRESS Arena Travel have just announced a quilting retreat in Portugal at the end of September 2016.

Bohemia

Take four fat quarters of fabric to make four 13in x 17in placemats Size is without borders.

Pattern price £7.50

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If you are interested in joining Karin please ring Arena Travel on 01473 660800

Would you like to try some Woolies fabrics?

We have the largest selection in the UK of this easy to sew brushed cotton fabric. Could this be because it is one of Karin’s favourites and she has made many quilts and backed eaven more quilts with Woolies.

To make your choice easier we have packed fat quarter bundles of four different woolies fabric in one colour group.

Each bundle of 4 fat quarter metres (approx. 21" x 19") is £14.00.

Choose from: blue, red, cream, grey, brown, tan, purple, green, yellow.

Or go online and see this wonderful selection of fabrics.

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Linea Fabrics Fabric Price: £ 11 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £2.75

A new tonal range of 12 fabulous colours from pastels to brights.

The fine lines give this fabric texture. Perfect for bindings, sashings, pieced blocks and applique. A great addition to any stash.

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Sea View is a new collection of nautical classics with a modern twist. The new panel design is perfect for pillows & bags or using as a 10″ quilt block. A bunting flag panel completes the collection.

Designs coordinate with the new spots in red, navy & grey.

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Sea View Quilt 56" x 56" The quilt kit includes the quilt pattern and Sea View fabrics, to sew the quilt top and binding.

Quilt kit price £45.00 Piecing thread Masterpiece £6.00 Quilting thread King Tut £7.00 Backing 3 metres: Price £36.00 (your choice) 10% discount on backing if ordered with the quilt kit. Price £32.40

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Sea View Fabrics Fabric Price: £ 12 / metre Fabric I is £9.00 / metre Minimum cut long ¼ metre Price £3.00 Beach Hut Panel price £9.00 Bunting panel £9.00

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Ordering from Quilters Haven

Postage and Packing within the UK Orders will be sent out at ONLY £2.50 p&p Overseas orders and waddings charged at cost

We answer the phone when you ring either 01728 746314 or 746275 9am - 5pm (Mon-Sat) closed Wednesdays except the first Wednesday each month email: quilters.haven@btinternet.com Shop on-line at www.quilters-haven.co.uk Quilters Haven, 68 High Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk IP13 OQU UK

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