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The Wireless Quilt
The Wireless Quilt is a quilt design by Johanna Masko, which is available at the workroom as a pattern or as a class. This geometric design offers a great opportunity to work with stripes and directional fabrics. The Wireless is based on a rectangular block composed of three pieces, and is easily customizable for different sizes.
Experimental Surfaces
We’re so excited to partner with Inter/Access for an upcoming workshop called, Experimental Surfaces : Machine Stitching, Water Soluble Stabilizer, and Unexpected Materials led by local artist Amanda McCavour.
Book Launch : Boundless Style
We have a lot of great books in the shop, but we’re really excited about the latest one. Kristiann Boos, of Victory Patterns (not to mention workroom teacher) fame, has just released Boundless Style, a mix and match pattern workbook.
Silent Auction for UNHCR
Each year around this time, we toast the workroom community with a little soiree (and usually some champagne and treats!). This year, at our eighth-anniversary party, we added a silent auction to the mix, with proceeds going to the United Nations Refugee Agency. We shouldn’t have been surprised, but our crafty friends really came through with some really wonderful items for the auction!
Debbie's Fibre Reactive Dyed Fabric
This is such a fun and messy workshop. As always, Julie Sinden shares a wealth of information with the class. Students get to mix their own dyes and apply them directly to the fabric, and then roll them around in puddles of colour. (Be sure to wear messy clothes for this one!) And, since this is a one-session class, they get to bring home their fabrics on the day of the class!
Row by Row 2015 Winner
In case we need another reminder that summer is wrapping up, we’ve had a winner for the Row by Row shop hop contest! A big congrats go to Linda Hing for being the first to finish a quilt with eight rows from different participating shops, including our Bottled Up pattern.
Take a Tour of our new Studio!
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new studio, let us take you on a virtual tour! The space is nice, and big! We’ve kept our classes the same size, because we know that smaller classes work for our students and our teachers. But, the space will allow us to have bigger classes and events on special occasions.
Row by Row Experience 2015
Did someone say quilt shop road trip? We are a week into the Ontario Row by Row Experience, and we are already seeing lots of new faces in the shop! If you participated last year, you know that the Row by Row shop hop is a great way to discover new quilt shops.
Three New Classes!
It’s new class season at the workroom! (Just kidding. Every season is new class season at the workroom.) And this time, we have three new ones on the roster! Be one of the first to tackle these cute projects!
New! Haptic Lab Quilt Kits
We were pretty excited to receive a shipment of Haptic Lab DIY quilt kits in the shop last week. We’ve been lusting after people’s Haptic projects for a long while, and now we can get cracking on our own map and constellation quilts! It would be so neat to customize these quilt projects with your favourite landmarks and places. The finished size of 36” x 42” would make a great baby or lap quilt, or even a wall hanging.
Debbie & Erin's Duffle Bags
One of the fun things about taking a class at the workroom is seeing all the ways people realize a project, from different fabrics to different finishes. Such was definitely the case with Debbie and Erin’s duffle bags, which they both finished in Guy’s class last month.
Erin's Castle Treasury Quilt
Erin’s Castle Treasury is a pastel dream. The quilting pattern, Circle Play, brings a whole new shape into this quilt. And, Erin certainly lived up to her reputation of putting Kona solid Ice Peach in every quilt with this one! Best of all, this Castle Treasury screams spring, making it the perfect project to be wrapping up as we wait for the flowers to grace us.