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1 Quilt n Thyme Quarterly In This Issue.... Spring, 2015 A Quilter s Profile Featured Fabrics Tools & Equipment Classroom Displays Calendar of Classes

Enjoying New Ideas Q uilting is my personal creative outlet and I am happy to help others develop their own artistry in the creation of quilts. Joyce Gravell has been sewing for most of her life.

Though her mother did some sewing, for the most part she was self-taught. She made her own clothes, her husband s shirts and sports jackets, and many crafty items for their home.

2 Enjoying New Ideas Q uilting is my personal creative outlet and I am happy to help others develop their own artistry in the creation of quilts. Joyce Gravell has been sewing for most of her life. She enjoys creating and finishing projects from beginning to end. As a young girl, she learned to crochet first, then built on an interest in sewing. Though her mother did some sewing, for the most part she was self-taught. She made her own clothes, her husband s shirts and sports jackets, and many crafty items for their home. Her sons even enlisted her to make special dresses for their prom dates plus all of the finery that goes with that kind of an event! She always admired and was interested in quilts, but found that quilting takes a tremendous amount of time. So, during her working career, she could only devote the time to making simple quilts promising herself to tackle more elaborate projects when she retired. So, after retirement in 2003, she began taking classes and joined the Sun Country Quilt Guild. She now spend lots of time designing and sewing quilts, as well as learning more about the art of quilting. Octoberfest (Continued on Page 3... ) QUILT N THYME SEW & VAC 955 Highway 99W, Suite Corning, California Store Hours Monday 9am-9pm - Tuesday through Friday 9am-5pm - Saturday 9am-4pm - Closed Sunday 2

Further elaborating, A friend of mine, who was also a customer, died a year and a half ago. Her husband came into the shop and asked if I would teach him to quilt.

3 (... Continued from Page 2) Quilting is truly an art form. I find that I love the variety of color and the texture of fabric and blending them together. I also really enjoy working at the local quilt shop and helping customers who come into the shop, Joyce explains. Further elaborating, A friend of mine, who was also a customer, died a year and a half ago. Her husband came into the shop and asked if I would teach him to quilt. He has now completed several quilts and finds comfort in continuing his wife s hobby. She favors quilt designs that tend to be traditional, but also continues to learn from the great quilters we have today to expand her horizons. She enjoys trying new ideas and states, If only my hands were in better shape, I would be doing hand-quilting and fine appliqué. Chenille Poinsettas 2012 Sun And Moon 2014 (Continued on Page 4... ) 3

4 (..... Continued from Page 3) Christmas Horse 2014 Twisted Nine 2013 Christmas Store 2013 Christmas Stack-n- Whack 2014 Editor s Note The photographs of the quilts that illustrate this article are from a month-long exhition of Joyce Gravell s work at Quilt n Thyme Sew & Vac during the month of December, Blue Santa

5 Fabrics and such Alexander Henry Fabrics TOWERS OF THE SEA Alexander Henry Fabrics TRINA Blank Quilting LAZY LILACS Fabric Freedom HANNOVER SQUARE Timeless Treasures OASIS-C2314 Timeless Treasures TIFFANY-CM2400 Timeless Treasures TIFFANY-CM Wilmington Prints INDIGO NATURE (Continued on Page 6... )

6 (..... Continued from Page 5) Blank Quilting WESTERN ALBUM by Western Denim & Dirt 6

Tools & Equipment The Rhythm of Your Ideas Contemporary, as well as attractive and practical, the new

This user-friendly machine is an ultimate partner for beginners.

winding * Clip-on presser foot * Extra presser foot lift * Front loading oscillating hook system *

handle * Vinyl dust cover Stitches Features - 15 stitches including buttonhole, stretch stitches and

7 Tools & Equipment The Rhythm of Your Ideas Contemporary, as well as attractive and practical, the new Elna Sew Zebra offers the features needed to fulfill your basic sewing needs. This user-friendly machine is an ultimate partner for beginners. Technical Features * Large view stitch display * Instant reverse lever * Easy declutch for bobbin winding * Clip-on presser foot * Extra presser foot lift * Front loading oscillating hook system * Two vertical spool pins * Adjustable tension dial between 0 to 9 * Sewing light * Free arm * Carrying handle * Vinyl dust cover Stitches Features - 15 stitches including buttonhole, stretch stitches and triple stitches - Four-steps buttonhole - 4mm maximum stitch length - straight stitch and triple stitch with two needles position variable between left and center 7

8 Classroom Displays Nite Lites Piecework - Gene Olson Long-arm Quilting - Nancy Sims Untitled Quilter Unknown Untitled Quilter Unknown 8 Untitled Quilter Unknown (Continued on Page 9... )

9 (..... Continued from Page 8) Floating Squares Piecework - Shawna Rousch Long-arm Quilting - Krista Yokum A Walk in the City Piecework - Shawna Rousch Long-arm Quilting - Krista Yokum Untitled Shawna Rousch 9

back to school Weaver Fever Nancy Sims Monday, April 27th Share Your Expertise Are you interested in giving a class and sharing your knowledge?

Our on-site classroom is provided at no charge, with a capacity of ten students for hands-on training and more for lectures and demonstrations only.

10 back to school Weaver Fever Nancy Sims Monday, April 27th Share Your Expertise Are you interested in giving a class and sharing your knowledge? Quilt n Thyme Sew & Vac is always on the lookout for adding classes to its roster. Our on-site classroom is provided at no charge, with a capacity of ten students for hands-on training and more for lectures and demonstrations only. If you are interested, speak to Joyce Gravell on Tuesdays between 9 am - 1:30 pm, or Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9 am - 5 pm at our store. All registrations for classes are now online at Block of the Month Josh Steigman Quilt n Thyme Sew & Vac April, 2015 Class Schedule 4/1 Wednesday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/2 Thursday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/6 Monday 5-9pm Sew-in Open 4/7 Tuesday 10:30-1:30 Beginning Knitting Barbara Johnson Open 4/8 Wednesday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/9 Thursday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/13 Monday 5-9pm Sew-in Open 4/14 Tuesday 10:30-1:30 Beginning Knitting Barbara Johnson Open 4/14 Tuesday 9-4 Hand Stitchers Closed 4/15 Wednesday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/16 Thursday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/18 Saturday 9-4 Know Your Machine Sherry Bishop Open 4/20 Monday 5-9pm Sew-in Open 4/21 Tuesday 10:30-1:30 Beginning Knitting Barbara Johnson Open 1/20 Tuesday 1:30-4:00 Beginning Quilting Joyce Gravell Open 4/22 Wednesday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/23 Thursday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/27 Monday 5-9pm Sew-in Open 4/27 Monday 10-4 Weaver Fever Nancy Sims Open 4/28 Tuesday 10:30-1:30 Beginning Knitting Barbara Johnson Open 4/29 Wednesday 9-4 Sew-in Open 4/30 Thursday 9-4 Sew-in Open 10

11 Share Your Work Do you want to share your quilting work with other readers? We are hoping to make this a regular feature of the Quarterly, so search through your stacks for your favorite quilt and contact us at: mail@quiltnthyme.com with a photo of your quilt, wall hanging, table-runner, or other completed quilting project, name, city/state location, and any other pertinent information for placement consideration. If you are local to the store you can bring your finished project in for us to photograph. As a postscript to this issue, you may notice that a new section has been added to the quarterly, Classroom Display. It has come to this editor s attention that, unlike the collections that are displayed on the walls of the showroom, there is quite a quantity of fine quilts that magically appear hanging on the walls of the classroom, some for only a couple of days, others for weeks at a time. Many are brought in by attendees of the various Sew-Ins, others are representative of classes that are scheduled. Still others are individually hung by frequent customers for purely display purposes. Our readers may also notice that many are labeled as quilter unknown. This is because many quilts that are exhibited have no labels or paper tags pinned to them detailing the title, the name of the quilter, nor the date of creation. As this editor is not available in the shop at all times, nor is he psychic in getting information from the great beyond, he has to rely on tags, labels, or word of mouth to attribute proper credit to a particular work. For future issues we hope that information crediting the quilter is provided for each piece that is hung and featured. If not, we will respect the quilter s anonynimity. Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew, expecially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied Nathaniel Hawthorne Get the Word Out! Quilt n Thyme News, with a circulation of over 700 customers, spanning local, statewide, and out-ofstate locales, who have signed up to receive this Quarterly, provides you with an excellent resource for getting the word out about the services you offer. A free quarterly placement of your scanned business card is available upon request. If you want to be listed in this publication, please sign up with us at mail@quiltnthyme.com and drop your card off at our store for placement consideration by store management. Future offerings of quarter-page, half-page, and even full-page advertising placements are being considered to provide opportunities for additional exposure. An independent contractor is available to assist you in the development of such ads. Management reserves the right to reject any ad request or submission. Any requests for placing ads for competing quilt shops, sewing and fabric stores, department stores and outlets, etc. will not be accepted. 11

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