Sneak preview- Remodeling the Shop

Where Mary's Design Wall used to be is now covered with shelves of FABRIC!

This is just a sneak peek of the changes being made in Thread and Bolts Quilt Shop.

Jerry has been BUSY getting more shelves built to remodel the Shop.

Fabric stacked above shelves temporarily, the old shelves are getting a face lift too.

This is the newest fabric this week.

Mrs Sew and Sew line by RJR.

A Red Rose by Fabric Freedom of London, England

Hopefully by this time - next week, you can get a peek at the Thread and Bolts Quilt shop!

SURPRISE from Trends!

Today Mary came out to get her quilts that came back from Trends. They sent two boxes, we sent only one. The first one we opened thinking it was Mary's 2 small quilts held the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY quilt we had made for Trends and...This basket full of Surprises!

See the nice wrapping? It came with a sweet letter too. Inside was a selection of Fat Quarter bundles and some fun Books. The pair of scissors on the lanyard is on top.

Mary didn't want to count it on her Stash Report so it's all Lynn's!

Trends Weekend--Fall 2011

Happy 50th Birthday to TRENDS...

On display at Trends this past week-end was the Birthday Card we made for the Event. Placed in a visible spot as you enter the Warehouse. Also displayed were two of Lynn's recent quilts, pictured below, the Pink and White one is now our first Pattern! We saw many people taking pictures of it and sold a few patterns. Lots of Networking goes on at Trends.

Saturday night was the Birthday celebration for Trends. We didn't win the Big Prize but...

Lynn was the LUCKY birthday Prize winner at our table. Contents of the box didn't get pictured.

One of the highlights of going to Trends is the reunion Lynn has with her sister. This year her Sister did the 5K for Breast Cancer on Sunday before coming to Trends.

More of the week-end events are detailed at Mary's BLOG.

New Product at THREAD and BOLTS!

This is just a sample of what came home with us from TRENDS. The Warm and Natural Batting has been re-stocked!

More bolts were recently added to the Red Rooster "ALOHA" fabric line by Jennifer Chiaverini.

Contact the Shop by e-mail: Lynn @ Threadandbolts.com for Longarm Quilting Quotes, online ordering and Pattern sales.

A Bouquet of Friendship

The Raffle Quilt inspired Bouquet of Friendship Quilt Pattern has been published by Lynn and Mary this week and is ready for purchase. We are dreaming of it in more colorways and backgrounds- even a totally scrappy one would be fun! Many Thanks to Becky at Wilson Designs, and Tara at Copier Specialists! Mary's Sample Quilt and patterns are available this week-end at the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Show at the STASH booth . Patterns are also at Quiltmania in Richland and Janean's Bernina in Pasco.

New Stuff at the Shop!

New Fabrics coming in a the Quilt shop...

This Panel just arrived at the shop last week! Look at the border and read the cute sayings all around. There are many more fabrics that go with this Panel at the shop. Come and See!
Lynn has some ideas in her head and will be working up a Demo quilt to have to Display at Trends next Spring. Trends for Fall is coming right up and our Quilts will be there. Pictures will be posted at the event. Lynn has 3 Quilts and Mary has 2 quilts to send out on Friday. The theme is HAPPY 50th Birthday to Trends. We are working on a "Secret Project" to also send with our Box of quilts. Stay Tuned to see that BIG Reveal!

Lynn continues to accept Customer Quilts. These two were sewn together and quilted in one day. She did a MINI Stipple on them and it took over 8 Hours and the customer was happy. Cute pinwheel pattern.

Quilting, Quilting

This is the back of a quilt with some pretty feathers quilted on it. This is the "Feather Ramble", I think.

Lots of Customer Quilts have passed through the Thread and Bolts Quilt Shop lately.

This quilting pattern is "Simply Whimsical"

The Cowboy Boot Quilt has the feather pattern that looks like 'tooled leather'.
You can see the pattern closer-up below.

This Mosaic Tiles quilt was a Mystery made by Lynn back a few years ago with A Pocketful of Mysteries Yahoo group. It is a Dorothy Young design. The dark blue fabric has 'snowflakes' on it so that is what got quilted all over. This is the first personal Quilt in a long while that Lynn has had on the Longarm.
The Yale Blue thread shows the "Snowflake" stitching really well on the quilt.
Here is the look at the back of the quilting. The thread just disappears and the snowflakes show.
Because the quilts leave as soon as they come off the Frame, the photos don't always get taken.

Contact Lynn for a great deal on Computerized Quilting.

2011 Blogger's Quilt Festival

You can tell by the smile on my face how much I love this quilt. It was a no-brainer to choose this beautiful quilt to share on this Blogger's Quilt Festival.
The pattern is from Jennifer Chiaverini's Sylvia's Bridal Sampler book. It consists of 140 blocks - all 6.5". My Quilt Buddy; Mary C, aka: Quiltingrandma and I worked on our separate quilts over 9 months time. I had just had rotator cuff surgery and was recovering. I had picked up Fat Quarters of Nancy Halvorsen's Christmas Fabrics a year or so before and saw them sitting in a bin and knew they were meant for this quilt. I didn't have a Christmas Quilt to put on our King-sized bed. The Background fabric was a problem - everywhere we looked it had sold out. I only had about a yard and a half. I had to get creative, adding another background fabric and using it sparingly. Sewing the blocks was something I could do without hurting my arm. Mary C did the cutting of large pieces. I could sub-cut and trim the Paper pieced blocks as I went along. We would cut blocks and put them in little plastic boxes to take with us on road trips to TRENDS in Portland, OR. We adapted a few of the blocks to make them 3-D blocks, just for fun. The applique blocks were the hardest for me do. E-4 the Indiana Rose block, I made at least 6 times. We even took it to Tri-cities for an Applique class to try and figure out a way to make it. We had our Quilt Tops almost complete when we went to meet Jennifer Chaiverini at her book signing in March of 2010. I was still searching for the final border fabric, which I found on that road trip. She signed our Quilts in the N-10 Diamond Friendship Block (lower right corner). I consider it her seal of approval. Each Block in the quilt was individually quilted with a feathers wreath. The sashings have Holly quilted in them and the borders a beautiful Feather. It took 11 days to quilt on my APQS Long- arm with Side Saddle. I named it "Cardinals at Elm Creek" because of the cardinals that are fussy-cut and placed in many of the blocks and because Jennifer's books are all about the Elm Creek Quilters. It has been shown in all the local quilt shows now. I'm happy to say that it WON People's Choice at the Trends in Portland last Fall. You can read more about it by clicking on the underlined link.
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