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 We will be having a quiet Thanksgiving here in the Michalak household.  Lots of food and probably some binge watching tv...and hand quilting and knitting for me.  We have both been working really hard and will take the day off and rest.  Well...if cooking is resting.  ;)

We had the Machine Maintenance Day

on Friday and Saturday and it was a huge success.  Thank you to Chris from Blakeman's for working so hard on the machines (we had 25, including a longarm!) and to Kara at Quilt Essentials for helping to advertise it.  I am starting to take names again for the next maintenance day so if you are interested in having your machine added, give me a call or email me.  307-745-3200  bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com

Oh...is anyone missing a 1/4 inch foot?  It looks like a Janome or Elna type and it was lying on the work table after Chris was finished.  

And speaking of Quilt Essentials, this Saturday is Small Business Saturday and I will be demonstrating hand quilting and will also be taking part in a discussion about longarming.  Here is Kara's event flyer:

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After the Machine Maintenance Day, I cleaned up the Studio and dove into the customer quilts that have been coming in for Christmas.  I will be a busy, busy lady for the next several weeks!  Hopefully I can find time to finish presents for the family....

Catching up on customer quilt pictures...

And a bunch more to finish in the next few weeks!  LOL!

Anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to you all!  Thank you so much for your continued support and friendship.  I truly have the best customers (and friends!) in the world.  :)

Warmly,

Jude

Machine Maintenance Day...and new HQ machine!

I finished a Holiday flannel quilt top at the retreat at Quilt Essentials a few days ago..we had so much fun!  If you ever get a chance to attend one, jump at it.  Looking forward to the next one.

Holiday Frost all quilted and bound..warm and cozy!

Chris at Blakeman's from Cheyenne would be happy to have another Machine Maintenance Day here in the Studio!  If you are interested, please contact me at 307-745-3200 or email me at bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com.  I would need your name and phone number, what type/brand of machine needing service and if there are any specific problems you need addressed.  We need 15 machines.

And HandiQuilter has a new quilting system and I cannot wait to get one!  It is called the Amara.  Check it out here, there is a lovely video:

http://www.handiquilter.com/amara/

The online store is getting more and more things in it and I am having a 10% off sale (checkout code TakeOff10) until October 31st:

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Xmas wholecloth

And, last but not least, I will be putting a Superior Threads order in soon so if you would like me to add something to my order, just holler!
www.superiorthreads.com

I think that is it for now.  Isn't this weather glorious?!  I am going to go out now and take the Big Dog for a walk!
Jude

Preprinted Wholecloths are in the Studio!

Aside from big stitch quilting on double gauze fabric, my favorite thing to quilt is wholecloths.  Premarked wholecloths (I hate prep work).  I have added several to the online shop:

Bobbins 'n Threads Wholecloths & Kits <click here>

I have started this round Christmas wholecloth already!  Wonder if it will be finished by Christmas.  <ha!>

This is one that I did last year.  And fell in love with hand quilting wholecloths!

Here it is drying after soaking the marks out.

This pillow panel was used in my handquilting class last winter and I finally finished mine.

Here it is just before it is finished.  I used a combination of embroidery, hand quilting & big stitch quilting.

So..there is a range of wholecloths available, from simple to complex.  Take a look!  :)  And you don't have to hand quilt them...you can machine quilt them, embroider them, trapunto them...

And I just got an email from the supplier that two more designs have been added...guess I need to do some more shopping.  ;)

Till later!
Jude
www.bobbinsnthreads.com
bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com

Happy First Day of Autumn!

But I am sorry to see summer go.  It has been so nice this year.  We are still harvesting zucchini and tomatoes but I think after this weekend they will be pretty much finished.  It is supposed to be miserable.  That's okay.  Quilting weather is coming.  :)

The online shop is getting more things in!  I hope to have more baby print double gauze in soon as it is the most popular so far.  My current project is Sand and Ivory solids for a couch snuggle quilt, 2 yards of each, Quilters Dream Request cotton batting and I am big stitch quilting it in various beige colors of Finca perle cotton 8.  It always amazes me how quickly these quilts get finished just sitting and working in front of the tv at night.  No marking..just follow the little grid lines in the double gauze! The meandering you see is the basting that I do on the longarm for hand quilting projects.

There is a tutorial on my online shop if you are interested:
Big Stitch Tutorial

We had a Big Stitch Class at Quilt Essentials a few Saturdays ago and it was so much fun!  The students practised on Halloween and Xmas panels and they picked it up very quickly. So proud of them! If you would like me to teach any classes, contact Kara at QE and let her know.  We are always open to suggestions!

Speaking of hand quilting...I finished the project that we worked on last winter...a preprinted Tulip wholecloth pillow panel and I used heirloom hand quilting, big stitch quilting and hand embroidery on it.  Yes, finally finished, stuffed with a pillow form and tossed on the bed!

And speaking of preprinted wholecloths...I will be carrying some!  I cannot resist as they are my favorite thing to hand quilt and you can heirloom quilt them, big stitch quilt them, use colored threads, trapunto them, embroider them and machine quilt them!  I hope to place an order next week.  If there is anything specific you would like me to get for you, just holler and I will add it to the order.  There are pillow panels/mini wholecloths, crib quilts and large quilts.  You can see the selection at The Stencil Company.

A wholecloth crib quilt that I finished a few years ago...laying out to dry after soaking off the preprinted marks

QE has YLI quilting thread in stock and I carry some Superior Threads Treasure.  There are more and more hand quilting threads being offered out there, now, and I am going to test some. Right now I am most interested in trying Aurifil 28wt as some hand quilters I admire use it and I want to see how it quilts.

For Big Stitch, anything goes!  But my current favorite is Presencia Perle Cotton 8, which I carry.  And QE has some also.

Let's see...what else...

Handiquilter is having a promo right now for Demo Days, ending September 25th:

I have an Avante on a 12ft Studio Frame, with or without the Pro Stitcher computer, and a Sweet 16 sit down system with TruStitch regulator and very heavy cabinet for sale.  If you are interested please contact me at 307-745-3200 or email me at bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com

Customer quilts so far this month:

And still more on the rack to finish by the end of the month.  :)  I love my job"!

Warmly,
Jude
307-745-3200
bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com
www.bobbinsnthreads.com

Happy Labor Day Sale! 20% off storewide! And..what's new. :)

I cannot believe it is September 1st already.  This has been a glorious summer and I really hate to see it coming to an end.

And my heart goes out to all those affected by the Hurricane.  :(

But..it is Labor Day Weekend and since the online shop has lots of goodies in it now and since I have a relatively decent knowledge of what I am doing there (watch..I have probably jinxed myself), I decided to hold my first sale.

20% off storewide on both the Online Shop as well as my EBay Shop

Also, I am teaching Big Stitch Quilting at Quilt Essentials next Saturday, the 9th, from 1-4pm. Contact the store for your sign up and supplies needed.  It will be a fun afternoon and I am sure you will enjoy it.  There is so much you can do with big stitch quilting!

Let's see..what else is happening....

It had been such a long time since I regularly posted and during the past year we welcomed another beautiful little granddaughter to the family...Francesca (Frankie).  And she, of course, is also one of the most beautiful babies in the world.  That makes 2 boys and 2 girls.  Quinn is going to be 9 this fall (can you believe it?!), Oliver is 4 and is starting school next week (sob), Elodie will be 2 this fall (she is such a firecracker..so full of life!) and little Frankie is 6 months old (a little doll!).  All are healthy and bright and beautiful and I couldn't be prouder. 

Customer quilts have been coming and going very steadily and I am very thankful for that.  It is my most favorite thing to do!  Here are the quilts finished in August!

So!  Back to it today and I will close with wishing you all a wonderful and safe Labor Day Weekend!

Jude

www.bobbinsnthreads.com

307-745-3200

www.bobbinsnthreads@gmail.com