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I hope you have all your preparations finished!! There always seems to be some things to be done at the last moment. I wish you all a happy Christmas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January Class schedule Saturdays in January 5....10-3 Slow Stitch + Pojagi Korean quilts featuring pojagi stitching are traditionally a single panel of fabric rather than a quilt sandwich layered with batting and backing fabrics. This means that pojagi is a great method for decorative stitching, lending itself to pretty table runners, window sheers, wall quilts, place mats, bed runners and more. We will work on a small sample of this art. I'll supply all you need. $15.00. Please email me to sign up. thequiltingb1947@gmail.com Regular Saturday class on January 19 Sundays in January  13 and 27 @ 11:00 Mondays 7, 14 and 28 Wednesday 23 _____________________________ Class Pictures ...

Chilly nights, loads of leaves and turkey on its way. Yum. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Class schedule through December Saturday November 24 Sunday November 25 Monday December 3 Wednesday December 5 Sunday December 9 Monday December 10 Saturday December 15 Wednesday December 19 ##################################### Loren and I went on a few days' trip in the Motorhome. We went down the Washington side of the Columbia to Maryhill Museum. If you haven't been there for a long time you might consider going. It's beautiful and filled with many treasures and a great video on how it all came to be. In the Kirkman House is in Walla Walla. They have done a great job renovating this great house. Just a few sights along the way. We crossed back into Oregon and went to Wallowa Lake. It was really cold and snowed a little bit the second night. This is a Real deer!!  The last two nights we spent in th...

Even though we are having such warm beautiful weather, I can feel fall approaching. I am very happy about that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all I would like to reschedule the Slow Stitch class. It will be Saturday Nov. 10.  Please let me know if you will be attending. I will have kits for you. 10-3, $15.00. In addition to the French mending kit, I will also have a kit for you to do a Japanese dust cloth. It should be informative and fun. Slow Stitching around the world All the stitching we do around the table qualifies as "slow stitching". We visit, we connect, we eat and we form friendships. We are away from daily chores and distractions. To compliment this practice I'd like to offer a day a month to expand on the idea of Slow Stitching.  You can work on any hand work project and in addition, I will give you some stitch examples from a class I took. You can try these out as a stitch sampler. Some who begin...

In my opinion anyway...Fall is my favorite!!! First of all, two special classes. Halloween Tree Class Remember the Penny trees that we did some time ago? Now it's time for the Fall version. You can use small or large Styrofoam trees, Pennies or Yoyos. See picture for ideas. I'll send you a supply list when you sign up . Friday Oct.5.  10-3 $10.00 lunch included. ******************** Slow Stitching around the world All the stitching we do around the table qualifies as "slow stitching". We visit, we connect, we eat and we form friendships. We are away from daily chores and distractions. To compliment this practice I'd like to offer a day a month to expand on the idea of Slow Stitching.  You can work on any hand work project and in addition, I will give you some stitch examples from a class I took. You can try these out as a stitch sampler. Some who begin slow stitching like to start with a blank piece o...