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Our January event COLOUR + CLOTH is coming up soon! Starting Friday 21st Jan and running through the weekend, it will feature stalls, four different workshops and a quilt display.
MORE INFO ABOUT THE COLOUR + CLOTH EVENT ON OUR BLOG
Roaming textile vendors Wabi-Sabi Designs will have a pop-up stall at our Colour + Cloth event on the weekend of 21st to 23rd January. The stall will be set up in the Uniting Church Hall alongside Shuji and Alison's workshops and the display of quilts by Sheena Chapman. Shuji and Alison Yamazaki, the owners and operators of Wabi-Sabi designs have a great range of Japanese fabrics, both vintage and contemporary as well as indigo dying supplies, some vintage Japanese clothing, sewing kits, books and much more! Stall open 10am - 4pm 21st -23rd Jan 2022.
COLOUR + CLOTH WORKSHOPS
Hanabukuru Bag and Chiku Chiku Brooch
A one day workshop wiith Shuji & Alison Yamazaki from Wabi Sabi Designs on FRIDAY 21st Jan 2022 10am - 4pm. Make the Hanabukuru, Blossom Shaped Bag & the slow stitched Chiku Chiku Brooch. All materials are included in the cost for a lovely, relaxing day of hand stitching. You'll leave with two finished products!
This workshop is a rare chance to do a deep dive with Jennifer Corkish exploring ways to combine colour + cloth. Spend day one exploring stamping, stencilling and other 'wet' methods of mark making on cloth and then explore ways to embellish your pieces further with stitch. Endlessley creative Jennifer Corkish will provide all materials and inspiration towards creating your own framable, textile art piece. The workshop runs 10am to 4pm FRI 21st & SAT 22nd Jan 2022
Spend a weekend learning all about Indigo Dying. Traditional Japanaese Shibori and other methods will be covered and access to the dye vats is non-stop. All materials will be provided, just turn up and have an amazingly informative and productive time with pro tutors Shuji and Alison Yamazaki. The workshop runs 10 - 4 on SAT & SUN 22nd & 23rd Jan 2022.
Spend a day with the inimitable Sheena Chapman learning one of her simplest and most versatile Improv techniques; String Piecing. This technique is often used in vintage quilts and is a great way to use up scraps! A small kit to get you started will be included if you need a kick start with fabrics. Class runs 10 - 4 SUNDAY 23rd Jan 2022. Be quick! At the time of writing, there was only one place left.
POP-UP DISPLAY OF SHEENA CHAPMAN
AND STUDENT'S QUILTS
Sheena Chapman is an exciting and prolific quilter. She has traded in antique and vintage quilts and in more recent years has specialised in taking inspiration from these vintage quilts to make contemporary heirlooms. Her style is exuberant, colourful and sometimes chaotic but you can't help feeling uplifted and excited when viewing Sheena's quilts. Sheena teaches at Berry Quilt & Co. once a month and many of her students from the last few years have generously offered to lend us their quilts for display over the weekend.
Come and visit and have a look at their wonderful creations. The display is viewable for a gold coin donation and will be open 10am-4pm for the full three days of the event Jan 21st to 23rd 2022 both outside our store and inside the Uniting Church Main Hall across the road. MEET SHEENA! Sheena will be in the display and available to chat about her quits and her approach on Saturday 22nd Jan 11am - 3pm
QUILT EXHIBITIONS SOUTH COAST
Excitingly, we have two fabulous quilting exhibitions in our region available to see until the 13th February! Just head on down to theJervis Bay Maritime Museum in Huskisson. Click through here to find more details of the gallery's location and opening times. You can catch the Towards Abstraction: An Exhibition of Modern Quilts curated by Tara Glastonbury AND Elizabeth Dubbelde's One Red Thread: EmpowRED exhibition. They're both fabulous shows. One Red Thread showcasing smaller experimental stitch based works and Towards Abstraction shows off some exciting Modern Quilts in a fantastic gallery setting. Well worth the trip!
GENERAL CLASS INFORMATION 2022
Our regular program of classes returns in February. The next few newsletters will contain details of our 2022 program. Our regular teachers, Helen Draper, Jennifer Corkish, Sheena Chapman and Deborah Louie will return and we will have more opportunities for miscellaneous help sessions, beginner projects and By Annie bag making workshops.
Made sure you open up our next few newsletters if you're keen to come along to a class next year. We'd also love your suggestions if there's anything you're looking for in a class that we haven't offered. We're always happy to try new things. Just send a reply email.
MACHINE SERVICING RETURNS FEBRUARY
Hans & Roswitha from High Maintenance Machine servicing will return on Friday 25th Feb 2022 for same day machine servicing. The service costs $130 per machine. We take delivery of machines in the morning or day before and machines are returned same day. Hans can also do scissor sharpening at $10 a pair. We need 5 pairs to get Hans to bring the sharpening gear along.
These machine days usually book out quite quickly so if you want a service, phone to book in your machine in ASAP! The great thing about this system is that you don't have to leave your baby overnight if you don't want to AND you have the chance to meet with Hans and show him in person anything about your machine that needs a bit of trouble shooting.
ONLINE SHOPPING
Our stocks online available 24/7 are always growing!! We concentrate our online offerings on our unique kits and bundles. We also keep our, bag making supplies, sashiko supplies and printed panels, our favourite haby items, our favourite books, Wonderfil threads and Sue Spargo Felt available online. Click through the links below to check them out!
