New Block of the Month Programs

Wev'e been working on a few new Block of the Month Programs for you.

Here is a sneek peek.

'snowday...sewday' 51.5" x 60.5" by Amy Bradley designs

This program will be available October 2011. We are kitting a green colorway using assorted Nancy Halverson fabrics. Ginger Rose 73" x 90" by Nancy Murty of Bee Creative Studio
starting January 2012, fabrics as shown

Last but not least, we have chosen fabrics from a terrific new Moda line called 'Terrain', designed by Kate Spain.

These fabrics will be featured, using a 'This n That' pattern called Vintage Memories 77" x 97", starting November 2011

Block of the Month Program often sell out quickly. Limited numbers of kits are cut so sign up early!

Home and Bikers

I had a little stay-cation last week. Some precious time at home. I thought I'd share a view pics of my garden.

Had a group of "bikers" stop by the store on Saturday while I was away. Check out what they had to say.

Speaking of biker and bikes, check out Linda's trip through the Kettle Valley.

As I have been away this past week, I suggest you sneek over to Carla's blog to check out the new fabrics that came in.

Dream Believe Be

Recently Linda had the great idea to host a Jelly Roll Race at the store. A great time was had by all and the proceeds from the sign ups went to MS. Below are some of the resulting quilts.

Of course with so many stunning quilts, the discussion naturally turned to what else you could do with this concept. Below is a Jelly Roll quilt that my Mom pieced with 40 white on cream 2 1/2" inch strips. Instead of joining the strips on the diagonal as with the original concept, she joined the strip with 2 1/2" brightly coloured solid squares, letting the colours fall where they may, like confetti.

I was so pleased with the blank pallet that this quilt allowed. I asked Linda to quilt it with a very whimsical overall effect, in very bright colours. Isn't it great? Can you find the message in this quilt?

Here is a close-up of the words!

Dream, Believe, Be

I saw these words once on a piece of jewellery and I love the message.

Here is a close-up of some of Linda's incredible, and as requested, whimsical quilting.

Linda you are amazing!

A little something from Quilt Sampler

Some of you may recall that Katja's Quilt Shoppe was featured in the Fall 2008 issue of Quilt Sampler Magazine.

This was a very exciting time for us and a huge honor. Each issue features 10 top shops across the USA and Canada. Not every issue contains a Canadian shop. At most one Canadian store is features amongst the 10 shops.

One of the pictures featured in our article was a mini Cathedral Window quilt that my Mom made for me as a Christmas gift several years ago. Later she also made a slightly smaller version for Linda (who brings my Mom her Starbucks fix every Friday). I was reminded of this today while reading Linda's blog at http://www.lindasquiltmania.blogspot.com/

Below is the picture from the Quilt Sampler article along with the original quilt beneath it. My quilt is 5 1/2" x 7 1/4".

My Mom loves to challenge herself by working in miniature. I have been the fortunate recipient of a mini Double Wedding Ring quilt, a mini Baltimore Album, a 1/4 scale Thimbleberries quilt made from leftovers from the original full sized quilt, as well as projects made from 1/4" hexagons. Look for more of her miniature creations in upcoming posts.

Friday at the shoppe!

Jeannie dropped off a wonderful present the other day in the form of an old door. Isn't it great? Here it is in the process of being scrubbed.



Look at the beautiful new Thimbleberries that arrived today.

It's Friday so Linda dropped by to bring my Mom tea (Starbuck's Tazo Chai Tea Latte). Here they are hard at work, or is that play?

Greg popped in to choose borders for his quilt top. Didn't he do a great job?

Miracles really do happen

This was the view from my deck last night!

It was actually a full double rainbowwith shodows of a third at times.

I took the top picture on a landscape setting and the bottom one on a sunset setting. My Mom and I went outside and admired this miracle for at least half an hour. I couldn't stop taking pictures it was so breathtaking.

Learning lessons

Lesson #1 - Always use spellcheck

Lesson #2 - Always re-read for content before hitting the publish button

Lesson #3 - Never say never