Our Most Popular Jacket

The Town & Country Jacket by Morning Glory Designs has been one of our most popular jackets this year. Casual yet sporty this jacket is at home in any setting. It's multi-size (XSM-5X).

We even have some kits ready to go for this jacket. Choose from a Navy combination or a Turquoise combination. Both a beautiful. Priced accordingly.

Pattern - $11.25

Until next time,

Kelly

Upcoming Demo

Remember to mark Tuesday July 8th 1:00 p.m. on your calendar. Gail will be demonstrating Placemats and Easy Tablerunners. Find out the easy way to make placemats and tablerunners from fabrics and panels. A great way to start Christmas sewing projects. As usual our Demos are absolutely free.

Until then,

Kelly

Aunt Bea's Parlour

Combine embroidery, colouring and piecing to create this lovely 47" x 56" quilt. Twenty nostalalgic embroidery designs placed on point and reproduction prints give this quilt a look and feel of our childhood days.

Retail - $14.50

Come and see Gail's sample... it's absolutely stunning!
Enjoy,
Kelly

The Joy of Ironing

Who ever said you could have fun ironing? With the right products in your corner even ironing can be fun. We've recently added Mary Ellens Best Press Starch Alternative to our shelves. What a wonderful product! Four scents and a scent free version are available. Retail - $7.98 (473 ml bottle)

All scents are available in gallon size jugs for the environmentally conscious. Retail - $47.70 (gallon jug)

Light Summer Reading

With Summer now upon us, it's time to get out of the sewing room and enjoy the beautiful rays of sunshine. Why not pick up some light summer reading quilter style.

Every Quilt Tells a Story is a collection of Helen Kelley's stories where she deals with the adventures of everyday life. With her trademark charm and wit, she draws in quilters and non-quilters alike as she discusses the joys of creativity, the challenges of repairing errant stitches, and the pleasures of friendship. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes sobering, but always thought-provoking.

Retail Cost - $22.95

Happy Reading,

Kelly

P.S. We have a few other books like Every Quilt Tells A Story that you might like to read as well.

Fat Quarters...You Can Never Have Enough

Fat Quarters are a Quilter's Best Friend. It's a great way of experimenting with colours before you make an investment in a project. When ever you get a chance always try to pick up those "zinger" colours such as golds, reds, turquoises and oranges. You'll be amazed what a little "zing" will do for a project. Also, with so many patterns using fat quarters as their primary cuts, you can start a stash especially for fat quarter projects.

Happy Choosing,

Kelly

Closed for Canada Day

The Hobby Horse Quilt Shoppe

will be closed on Tuesday July 1st for Canada Day. We will be open Monday June 30th for regular hours (9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.).

Happy Canada Day,

Gail

Come Sew With Us

Consider this your personal invitation to come and sew with us. Gail and staff get together on Monday nights to sew our personal projects. You are more than welcome to join us.

We start around 6:30 and go until 9:00. This is just a social time for us to get together to work on our own personal projects. Some staff are sewing clothes others are working on their UFO's.

We look forward to seeing you.

Until next time

Kelly

Christmas has arrived

We have received our first shipment of christmas fabrics of the year. In the shipment were two great advent calendars. These are going to go fast. We also received some fabrics called Country Christmas and Nouveau Christmas. Great panels for making small wallhangings. We have already started making samples. Be sure to come in have a look. Don't forget during the month of July we will be celebrating Christmas In July. We will be having lots of christmas gift and decorating ideas. See you then.

Until next time
Kelly

Over the River

Another great pattern that has recently come in from Crabapple Hill Studios is Over the River.
This hand embroidered designs depicts the saying "Over the River and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go." The details in the embroidery are amazing. The designer has done her's in black but you can do it in any color you wish. Very simple piecing makes this design a must do.

Until next time
Kelly

NEW!!!!!!

It is like Christmas at The Hobby Horse. New patterns are beginning to arrive from Quilt Market in Portland. I will show you some of our favorites over the next few weeks.
The first favorite for Gail and myself is from Crabapple Hill Studios. It is called Zelda's Fancy Hat. The hat is a full sized crazy quilted witch's hat. Some of the squares include a spider web with a spider, and bats. I think it would be great sitting in a entrance way ready to greet your trick or treater's on Halloween night.

Until next time
Kelly