We got a call two years ago this month from a young student who wanted to stick some letters on a T-shirt. He said he couldn’t bring the shirt, but he could bring a drawing. A large U of T engineering student arrived a short time later to explain his problem. He was in the [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A Strange Request
Posted in notions, tagged Steam-a-Seam, TFC on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sharpness counts
Posted in notions, tagged needle, sewing machine on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carol was quilting up a storm the other day when she noticed her needle seemed to be punching the fabric. I took a look at the point and compared it to that of a new needle. The act of passing through the cloth thousands of times had literally worn the point off the needle. A [...]
Cats and Quilts
Posted in general, tagged cats, quilt hoop on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ivan the Terrible has adopted Carol as his most important human – and he loves to pester her when she is quilting. In this photo, Carol was hand quilting a star quilt on a small oval floor frame when Ivan decided to hop up on the quilt – a favourite trick. However, this time he [...]
Quilt Patis
Posted in notions, tagged Quilt Patis on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You may have seen Carol working away at a quilt show or guild meeting with a small chocolate box filled with her quilt patis, Clover Dome needle holder, $1 folding scissors, favourite thimble, thread and fabrics. The patis are small hexagons stamped out from template plastic. They make it super easy to do hexagon or [...]
The Beast Speaks
Posted in general on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At our store years ago, I had my office in the basement where I handled invoices, orders, shipping, accounting and the umpteen different things that crop up in a small business. One of our customers nick-named me “the beast in the basement” after seeing me lope up the stairs to give my wife a hand. [...]
