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We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with lots of food, friends and family and fun! We are closed on Thursday but back to work on Friday and Saturday. We welcome your phone calls, questions and appointments for 2023 orders 678-324-8084. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
This is the fun centerpiece for 1 of 3 quilts we’re honored to finish for Mary. There is a lot of action and it looks like all of the creepy characters are having a blast at the Halloween party. I can only imagine what the potions are up on the shelf. One looks like it has eyeballs in it ! The quilting holds all of the layers together and Mary came across a design that she liked in the shape of a witches hat. Orange thread was used for quilting the witches hats. Mary’s an art teacher and makes a lot of quilts coming up with some very colorful and artistic combinations. She enjoys hand sewing and finds it relaxing. So she spends a lot of time to hand piece or hand sew all of the many pieces together that make up her quilts. Have fun if you celebrate. Here’s maybe part of my costume. They’re leftover binding strips that finish the outside edge of a quilt. Maybe I’ll repurpose them in to a crazy hairdo for the day!
Martha is a quilting expert and experienced in many different facets of quilting. She’s also a perfectionist and that means that she’s going the extra mile to make sure that her work is top notch. Here she is working on a compass that’s going in to a large quilt. She has used the technique paper piecing to create the compass. Paper piecing involves sewing fabric to paper in a way that makes it possible to get nice sharp points. That makes for the best appearance for this work, as in addition to squares and rectangles, it has a lot of points and triangles. This will be a big 2-sided quilt in memory of the father of our customer. What’s your vision?
We love our customers! Here’s Andy! Such a nice guy. He came by today to pick up his very, very big motorcycle quilt.
The 48 shirts here all tell stories of his travels riding his Harley across many, many miles coast to coast. One of the shirts was from a dealership that was right outside of a prison. The dealership could be seen when looking outside of the prison. Another special shirt is from a long ride 6888 miles from Florida to Alaska. The miles have helped to raise money for charity such as Special Olympics.
This Blocky style worked for him where the squares are all cut the same size. In some cases that meant the outer edges of the shirts were trimmed, but he was ok with that to keep the size within what he wanted. The quilting–flames in an orange variegated thread that Andy liked. Once finished we got on the scale with it and it weighed in at 9 lbs. Similar to a weighted blanket! Overall size is 116 x 88″. The back is a super soft black minky.
We were thrilled to be selected to work with Andy to create his special big masterpiece. You can never have too many shirts ! Have more? We got this! 678-324-8084
Here I am with a nice lady from church. I admired her mask so she let me take a picture. It brought back memories of when I was a kid and my Mom used to wear a fur coat to church. That was back when you got all dressed up for church. I remember wearing white gloves, a veil, a new dress that had green flowers on it, white socks, and black patent shoes. If we behaved Dad would take us out to the buffet at the Officers’ Club after church for breakfast. A real treat as a kid was coffee milk!
I didn’t dare ask but couldn’t help for wondering if she may want to make something else out of that fur coat one day! At least she can still wear it now. I have my Mom’s mink. Since they’re out of style there’s really no resale value nowadays, but it does has a lot of sentimental value. It also doesn’t fit me; it’s too small. So my thought is maybe some stuffed teddy bears for my grandsons one day. This was actually about 3 months ago. Now, masks at church are optional. Covid’s still with us and not all over yet, but we’re getting there!
Santa’s enjoying his summer. The beach has got to be a nice break from the North Pole! I guess he wanted to cool off, but being a public figure didn’t want to be seen in a Speedo so left his uniform on! Oh the cost of being an influencer!
I hope in July, you, too, are enjoying all that summer has to offer. Did you know though that there are only 168 days until Christmas. Starting early to gather items means you’ll have the very best gift and it will be ready when you need it. Christmas, Hanukkah, the end of the year is our busiest time of year, so if a unique gift is on your holiday list, we can help. Starting early is good. Call, click or come by during July. We would love to meet you and get started on your project early, before the rush. That way you’ll be sure to have it when you need it!
Since 2021 I have been a member of the Leaders Network, an invitation-only group of Facebook business owners. Five hundred of us just returned from a sponsored conference in Washington, DC. This included a meeting with Senator Raphael Warnock’s office!
The conference provided lots of education, libations, and the chance to meet and collaborate with several like-minded business owners.
Blockchains, crypto, Web 3, virtual reality, NFT’s. They’re here. The future is now! Thanks Meta for this nice write up.
This masterpiece was created for a senior graduating from Villa Rica High School. In the team purple and gold are his varsity letters and lots of memories of his time playing high school football. At first glance it appears that all of the shirts are going different directions when there really is some order as they are all going the same way every other row! The family is of Columbian heritage so the Postobon soccer shirt had to be in twice! The half triangles all around the outside of the quilt show off more purple and gold including 2 ties in the upper corners. The paw on the lower left was from a sock. Also mixed in are some earlier memories: a baby gown, baby cap and early, early artwork, bottom center, Calb (Caleb). To the right is part of a soft brown blankie where you can see the quilting in footballs. Lots of memories all in one place. To get there we start with design, checking with you all along the way. It’s your quilt and needs to end up exactly as you expect!
Here’s Katrina with a shirt with very irregular edges. At this point she has already prepared it to go into the quilt. Getting it ready includes sewing down the edges, close to the blue, all the way around with a close ziz zag stitch, or applique, on to the yellow fabric. This way the irregular edges stay flat and don’t lift over time. This is 1 of 4 pieces like this that will be added to the wall layout behind her. This way the customer can see how everything will look–irregular edges and all–before we start the sewing!
A couple came in with exactly this vision. Two hearts cut from their running shirts and placed in the center with all of their Peachtree shirts; a black background to really set off the shirts; a border color to go with their home decor and go up on a prominent wall in their home. So, we got to work, measured, designed and made it happen. What’s your vision?
You can’t take shortcuts during a 10K. You’ll get disqualified! Save your shirts for a real quilt. We do everything and will make something fabulous. No shortcuts! The quilting in gold is running shoes. Give us a call 678-324-8084. Quilting makes it a quilt!
