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February Newsletter
Calico Dreams
Newsletter
Welcome to the New Year. We are very excited to be back up and running. Our new hours are:
Wed to Fri 9.30 til 3pm ish and by appointment.
We recommend that if you are coming from a distance to ring and check that we are open. Sometimes we may need to leave early for family commitments. We will endeavour to post on Facebook if we will be closed for any reasons. We are also looking into the possibility of being open on at Saturday in the future. If any craft groups are wanting to visit but we are not open please don’t hesitate to ring and we will arrange something with you.
Our phone numbers are Julie: 0276342525 or
Kelly 0272746778.
We are putting the last coats of paint on our new class room in the coming week and are very pleased with our new area. We hope over the Summer Holidays that you have all had a chance to relax with some stitching. We are still currently putting together our class list for the year but will be able to have this out shortly to you.
We do have our first class ready to go. We have the very talented Julie Rose teaching “Flight of a Summer Bloom” Quilt.
This class is run over two days
Sunday 5th March and Sunday 2nd April
10.30 – 4.30pm at $160 for the two days.
Tea and Coffee provided.
$80.00 non-refundable deposit due by 24th February.
Be in quick as there are only a few spaces left.
One of the next classes is a beginners quilt class which will also be run by Julie Rose. It will be run over several lessons so if you or any of your friends are wanting to try your hand at quilting with an amazing teacher please give us a call with any inquiries. We look forward to hearing from you. Picture of quilt to follow in next newsletter and we will post it on Facebook shortly.
We have recently received back from Alison Bufton our Block of the Month quilt “Teacups and Butterflies”. She has done a beautiful job of machine quilting this stunning quilt done in Tilda Fabrics. There are some spaces still left so call in to the shop and see what would have to be one of my favourite quilts that i have created.
We are hoping to send out a regular newsletter from now on to keep you updated with our latest classes and purchases. We look forward to seeing you all in the near future
Happy Stitching
Julie and Kelly
To market, to market……
Hi all,
Just a quick post to let you all know that Calico Country Studio will be at the Shop me Pretty market at the Ashburton Trust Centre this Saturday the 31st from 3-30pm to 8-30pm. We will have many kits, fabrics and patterns available to purchase, so bring along your purse and do some serious shopping! There is quite a number of beautiful stalls, so come along and join the crowd, its sure to be a fun filled night.
Check out shop me pretty on facebook for further information.
See you there.
Kelly & Julie.
We have moved….
Yes, we spent the weekend moving from Railway Tce West over to the Red Shed on Railway Tce East. For those of you who know Rakaia we are opposite the Salmon Tales cafe and carpark. We love our new home, so if you are out and about do come in and see us!
Check out our facebook page for more updates and photos.
Kelly & Julie.
Tail Feathers….
Our new BOM ‘Tail feathers’ by Cinderberry designs, is now ready to go. Above is a photo of this stunning quilt, unfortunately we have a very limited cut so if your at all interested please give us a call or drop us an email. The cost is $40 per month, for 10 months, & we are happy to post this out each month also.
Open Night
Just a quick reminder that we have our open evening, on Monday 17th of June, between 7 and 9 pm. We are offering 15% off fabrics and patterns. All Welcome!
Just a note we still do not have eftpos, so transactions are by cash or cheque only.
See you there.
Autumn Newsletter 2013
Autumn Newsletter 2013
Hi,
Sorry ladies it has been awhile since we have written a newsletter, we have been busy stocktaking and unpacking boxes of new products to put on the shelves. So if you haven’t been into the shop for a while do come in and have a look at all the new fabrics that have been coming in. They are all beautiful and waiting to be put into a lovely quilt.
Julie and I have been busy these last few weeks putting together our next BOM, Cinderberry’s ‘Tail feathers’, a lovely quilt featuring stitchery’s of birds, with a small amount of appliqué. We have chosen a fabric range called sentiments by 3 sisters. We hope to have it sewn up soon. Below is a sneak peak at the centre block, it’s just lovely! Places will be limited so if you are interested give us a call.
We have also been finalising our winter class list as well. We plan to do a needle case by ‘the Birdhouse’ (see photo below), which can be made into any fabric choice you like, we have used brown and blue to go with the colours of the stitchery. This class is scheduled to run on June 20th and 27th, again if you are interested give us a call as places will be limited. We also have two projects by House on the Hill planned, the ‘Tea garden’ wall hanging and ‘Days in Provence’ a small patchwork and stitchery quilt; these will be run in July and August. Plus we have our regular stitch n’ sew classes running every Friday morning 10-12 (in term time), the cost is $5 per class and bookings are required as we have limited classroom space. All of these classes with photos will be up on our blog site soon.
As I mentioned before we have had a lot of new fabrics come in over the last month and some exciting new projects that we are working on in the studio. So it’s going to be a busy winter. So with this in mind we have decided to hold an open evening on Monday 17th June between 7-9pm. Everyone is welcome and we are offering 15% off all our fabrics and patterns on that night, so come in and stock up for winter.
Well that’s about all we have time for now, I’m sure I’ve missed out plenty, so do come in and see us soon. We are sure to have a suitable project or two to keep you busy over the winter.
Happy sewing and stitching
Kelly & Julie.
New BOM
Our new bom (block of the month) is coming along nicely, the colours look great and we hope to have this quilt completed soon. It is an older Cinderberry pattern featuring birds (robins) so we have picked a lovely Christmas fabric to compliment the theme. So if your interested please give us a call and we will put your name down on our list. This bom will have a limited number of cuts due to the availability of the fabric, so be in quick.
Community Craft Class
Just a reminder to anyone interested, we are holding our regular craft group this Thursday (April 11), at the St Andrews Presbyterian Church Hall, SH 1, Rakaia, from 9-30am-2pm, the cost is $5 and tea and coffee are provided. Anyone is welcome just bring along a project to do, and join fellow crafters, its always a fun day, with a lot of laughter and conversation. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Newsletter Summer 2013
Hello Fellow Stitchers
I hope you have all had a great holidays. We have been closed over the holiday season to give us time to enjoy the school holidays with our young families. I can’t believe how fast the holidays have flown by. Unfortunately there was very little time for stitching or creating so we are looking forward to getting back in to the swing of things.
There are currently two spaces left for our block of the month Journey of a Quilter by Leanne’s House. This is at the very reasonable price of $35 a month for ten months. This can be viewed on our blog or our facebook page.http://www.facebook.com/CalicoDreamsNZ.
We also have the above kit at $93.50, Meadowlark by Gail Pan. Using Lynette Anderson fabrics. This kit is available now. It is a small wall quilt done in beautiful muted blues, browns and creams.
If you are into pretty then take a look at Pretty Dresses wall hanging kit $97.50. This is created in pretty greens pinks and white and would look stunning in any little girls or not so little girls bedroom. This sample was stitched by Jane and it now hangs in her daughters room.
We have also had new fabrics arrive which will be out on the shelves soon so if you have a little bit of spare time call in for a chat or a look around. We would love to see you all and will be back soon to let you know what else has arrived in store. Above is a sample of a quilt backing fabric (fernbacker), its 270cm wide and comes in this lovely colour which will blend nicely with most other fabrics. Also showing is two new fabrics that have arrived in the last week, incense & peppermint, beautiful florals at $28/m.
We hope you have had the chance to sit and create and would love to see or hear what you have been up to. We are back to our normal hours from Wednesday 30th January. Our hours are Wednesday to Friday 9am to 3pm or by appointment.
The Rakaia Community Craft Group are also planning on holding their monthly craft group on the second Thursday of the month at the church hall opposite the Rakaia Mobil Garage from 10am till 2pm. All are welcome to come and go as suits your day. Any enquiries ring Julie on 3020783 or 0276342525.
Well take care everyone. We hope you find the time to sit and relax with a little bit of stitching. Hope to see you all soon.
Kind regards
Kelly and Julie
Our doors are opening again…..
Just a quick note to say we are opening the doors again on Wednesday January the 30th, we have both had a great break over the summer and are ready to begin the year again. We have had some lovely ranges of fabric arrive in over the summer months and they will go out onto the shelves next week. So if you need an outing after the kids go back to school come in and see us, we look forward to seeing all our old friends again and hopefully meet some new ones too.
Below is a photo of our pretty dresses kit, we have two left. They are so pretty and easy to do. This one was made by Jane, she has chosen to hang it in her daughter’s room on a bamboo hanger. It does look stunning all in pink and soft green.
We’ll see you next week.
Happy stitching
Kelly & Julie
PS: check our our facebook page, this will updated on a weekly basis with new products and classes etc…http://www.facebook.com/CalicodreamsNZ
Summer shop hours
Just a quick note to let you all know we will be open only two full days next week, Wednesday 12th and Friday 14th of December, Thursday the 13th we will be closed. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Christmas is coming, with less than three weeks to go, so just a reminder that we do have a small range of lovely handmade crafts and Christmas cards for sale, so do come in and see us if you need a last-minute gift or two.
Our Christmas hours have been decided, our last day at the shop will be Wednesday the 19th December. Of course we will be available by appointment if there is anything that anyone should need over the summer break. We will be closed through most of January, hoping to re-open later in the month (watch this space for details nearer the time). Our BOM will still be on schedule to go out on the 20th of January, and we will make contact with those of you that have your name down for this.
So to all our loyal customers and friends we hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Happy Holidays,
Kelly & Julie.
Community Craft Group
Hi all, just a quick post to let you all know on Thursday 6th of December we are starting a community craft group, this will be run over at our local church hall (St Andrews on SH1, in Rakaia) from 10am-2pm, anyone is welcome to come along. There is a small charge of $4 to cover the cost of the hire of the hall lounge, tea and coffee will be provided. Just bring along a project and enjoy the company of others. We hope to make this a regular monthly event so come along and support our group. If you are stuck for a project we will bring along some Christmas decoration kits as an option (pictured below), we have one lady who would like to learn to make these fabric baubles (no sewing required), so your welcome to join in. The cost for the kit is $25, and they are available in red/green or blue/silver.
So do come and join the fun, we hope to see you there.
For more information call Julie 033020783, or come into the studio.
Happy stitching,
Kelly & Julie.
Just a quick note to let you all know we are now on facebook, check out some lovely photos and inspiring ideas at http://www.facebook.com/CalicodreamsNZ.
Hope to see you there,
Kelly & Julie
Show week specials
Hi
Just a quick note to let you know we are having a sale for Ashburton show week, there will be 20% off all our quilt fabrics, patterns and kits, starting this Wednesday the 24th of October and finishing Friday 2nd November. Our hours are Wed-Fri 9am-3pm. So if you are looking for a project or some extra fabric for a quilt, come in and see us.
We hope to see you there, happy sewing,
Julie & Kelly
August Newsletter
Well Hello Ladies,
Sorry, but it has been a while since our last newsletter. We have been very busy unpacking parcels of new fabrics. It’s so exciting to see the fabrics finally arriving and filling up the shelves. We have been waiting for some of them since February and don’t always remember exactly what we did order. It has also great over the last few days to finally see some sunshine. It certainly lifts the spirits and increases the motivation.
Above is a lovely sepia range it features lots of little children at play. It comes as a panel with co-ordinating fabrics.
Recent arrivals are some new Marg Lowe patterns featuring a few of her Christmas designs. Some of these are quick and simple, just great for the busy lady. Also arriving soon are some Gail Pan designs. Recent fabric arrivals include Lynette Anderson’s, Hollyhock Cottage range. These are in blue and brown tones and just gorgeous.
Anni Down’s Christmas time range has also just arrived, including her Christmas panel. We also stock a range of her patterns and notepads.
We are also quite excited about putting together our first Block of the Month. We have chosen Leanne’s House, Journey of a Quilter. We are mainly using Rosies Love Letters fabric, which are pretty florals in pinks, greens and cream tones. Here is a sneak preview of one of the blocks. There will be a limited number of cuts. We are in the early stages of this. If you are interested in this BOM please call in or contact us and we can put your name down on the list. We will contact you closer to the time so you can confirm if you would like to be part of this. We have kept the number of cuts small this time as it is our first attempt at a BOM.
Many of our Christmas fabrics have finally arrived and we are slowly building up our range of basics so if you haven’t been in for a while come on in for a look and a chat. We would love to see you. Enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.
Happy Stitching
Kelly and Julie
School Holiday Hours
Our studio will be closed in the second week of the holidays, Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th October. Sorry for any inconvenience. We will be back on deck refreshed from Wednesday the 17th of October.
Until then, happy stitching,
Kelly & Julie.
New Patterns
Topiary Trio, Pattern #14.
The first of our new patterns is called Topiary Trio, it is very traditional, featuring a rose, lavender and daisy topiary bush. These can be framed as we have done over canvas boards or framed in a lovely shabby chic or wooden frame, we also think they would suit a cushion cover.
Floral Bouquet, Pattern #15
The second of our patterns is called floral bouquet and is a beautiful stitchery created using a variety of stitches from french knots to bullion. We have chosen to frame this one. This would also look lovely stitched on a different background fabric using darker DMC colours.
Both of these patterns are available now, so pop into see us if your interested. We also have a number of craft shops who also stock our patterns so check out the list on our retailers page.
We have just had a big change around in store so come in and have a look, you may just be inspired.
Happy crafting,
Kelly & Julie.
School Holiday Hours
Calico Country Studio will be OPEN the first week of the holidays July 4,5,6th 9-3pm, and CLOSED July 11,12,13th. Normal shop hours will resume the following week.
We will see you all then bright and refreshed after our short break, full of energy and ideas for term three.
Happy sewing
Kelly & Julie.
June 2012 Newsletter
Welcome to the second newsletter of the year. We hope you are all surviving the cold weather and keeping cosy and warm indoors. It has been lovely to see some new faces the past few weeks, all stocking up on winter projects to stitch by the fire at night.
We’ve had some more pretty fabrics trickle through, some lovely spots and stripes (as seen in the photos below). Pictured sitting on the red and blue ticking is Milo our shop mouse, he was made last week using a pattern that we found in a magazine. Let’s just say he has taught us the meaning of patience, laughter and mistakes. We have learnt a lot from making Milo, he was a lot of fun and we have a few more sitting on the table at work to complete.
We have just compiled our class list for term three, we will have limited spaces in these classes so if you are interested be in quick! All details will be posted on our blog site next week, www.calicodreamsnz.wordpress.com.
Class List term 3
*Country Cushion Thurs July 26th
*Needle n’ pins pincushion Wed Aug 8th
*Cupcake pincushion (from a pattern by Cindy Taylor Oates) Thurs 23rd Aug
*Floral Bouquet (stitched heart) Wed 5th September
*Christmas tags & cards, date to be confirmed.
If anyone has any idea of what they would like to learn as a class please give us a call or drop us an email at calicodreams.jk@gmail.com, we will do our best to help you or find someone who can.
We also do one on one teaching, so if you or someone you know is interested in learning how to cross stitch/stitch we can arrange a time that suits to do this. Pictured is one of our lovely cross stitches we have for sale at the studio, this is of the Christchurch cathedral, it comes as a kit and can be stitched on aida cloth or linen, a lovely memory to hang on the wall once complete.
Anyway we must dash and get some more stitching done before the day ends.
Happy sewing
Kelly & Julie.
May 2012 Newsletter
Welcome everyone to our first newsletter. We hope you are all
keeping dry and warm, the weather has certainly been
unpredictable lately. Winter is definitely here.
What’s new at the studio…
We have a new shipment of lovely fabrics to
show you, Rosie’s love letters is a very pretty
floral range, shown here in pinks but it also
comes in rich reds. We think this fabric is
beautiful and can’t wait to do something with it.
We also have a small range of blue fabrics. Just
arrived is Ooh la la by Moda, we love this range as
the blues are very soft and easy to work with. Julie
has used a soft blue fabric to make this pretty tote
bag (pictured). We are running a class on this on
June 14th, so if you are interested give us a call.
We also have a lovely range of
scrapbooking embellishments, gorgeous
ribbon packs in the French General look
plus charms and more. So if you are looking
for a handmade gift or some pretty fabrics,
do come in and see us. Our Winter Hours
are Wed-Fri 9am-3pm, or by appointment.
Hope to see you soon.
Julie & Kelly.
Pretty dresses…
These pretty dresses are now in stock at the studio, they are made by Maria who lives locally, aren’t they gorgeous. We also have a small amount of baby knitting as well, so if you are looking for a gift for a little girl or boy do come in and have a look we just may have what you are looking for.
Happy stitching
Kelly & Julie.
Cardmaking Class
We still have places available in the cardmaking on a budget class, scheduled for the morning of Tuesday 8th May. If you and a friend are interested in the art of card making, give us a call or pop into the Studio to register. This should be a fun morning of creating with our tutor Gaynor. Photographed is some of Gaynor’s beautiful cards, she has available to purchase at the Studio.
Also a reminder of our regular stitch n’ sew craft group on Friday mornings. This is a fun morning for anyone who wants company while they stitch and sew. Come along and join us for a cuppa and stitch one of those projects you have been wanting to finish (or start) for ages.
For more information on this class or any of the others advertised give us a call.
Until next time,
Happy Stitching
Julie & Kelly.
A Reminder…
A Reminder of our up coming classes in May, we have three lined up, the first on the Thursday the 3rd, a country cushion, using linen and fabric scraps. Then Cardmaking on a budget on the 8th of May, and lastly our pretty summer roses pincushion on the 23rd of May. These are all simple items able to be completed in the time allowed. We have limited numbers for our classes so be in quick!
Check out our class list on the classes page of this blog site, and give us a call if you are interested.
Happy Stitching
Kelly & Julie.
April 25th
The Studio will be closed on ANZAC Day.
Lest we forget.
Plenty happening at the studio……
Photographed is our first weekend wonder kit I wrote about on my last post. I have managed to find a heart stitchery pincushion to show you. Both of these are now available in kit form, $10 per kit. We will be doing a class in term three for these, so keep an eye on our class list for details.
Also photographed is one of our next pattern designs. We have been quietly working on this in our studio, the colours are lovely and we are quite excited about this one. We hope to have this out soon.
We would also like to remind you of our classes coming up in May, we have three, a country cushion made with linen and fabric scraps on the 3rd , card making on a budget on the 8th, and our summer roses pincushion on the 23rd of May. We have limited places so give us a call if you would like to give any of these a go. They are designed to be simple, so they can be finished in the time allowed, its always nice to go home with a completed project (or almost!). Check out our list on the Classes page for more details.
Until next time, happy stitching.
Kelly & Julie.
Busy at the studio…..
We have been busy at the Studio this week working on our class list for next term. We have a few lovely classes lined up, so please keep an eye out for details as they appear, numbers will be limited so it will pay to register early if you wish to attend.
We have also been working on our “weekend wonder” kits, small projects that can be worked on in a just a few hours, hence the name weekend wonders. Sometimes we just don’t have the time to complete big projects but also want a sense of acheivement in our week, these are perfect as they are able to be completed in an hour or two. We hope to have a few to pick from, our first being a pincushion with a lovely small stitchery in its centre. The cost for these small kits is $10 and they contain everything to make up the cushion but the fibre fill. Lovely as a gift or for your own sewing room.
Photographed today is one of our handmade lavender hearts, a perfect little gift for that someone special, Mum, Grandma, Auntie, sister, daughter or friend. These are only $8.50 and smell divine. We have other lovely colours to pick from, as well as small bags of lavender if you wish to make your own.
So if your interested in attending a class or are looking for a small handmade gift, call in and see us, we would love to meet you.
Until then, happy stitching,
Kelly & Julie.
Look what we’ve been up too….
We have been busy at the studio creating some new designs. Here’s a sneak peak of one of our new patterns, it is due to be released soon, so watch this space for details.
Until then happy stitching!
Julie & Kelly.
Happy New Year!
Just a quick note to wish you all a Happy New Year, lets hope its a good one full of happy moments, laughter and plenty of stitching!.
We are taking a break over January to catch up with family & friends and to take a well-earned holiday so the Studio will be closed over this time, we will re-open on Friday February 3rd. If you are passing through Rakaia and would like to pop in, do give us a call, one of us will pop up and open for you and your friends. In the mean time enjoy the summer and keep working on those craft projects.
Happy Stitching
Kelly & Julie.
Christmas is almost here…..
Christmas is almost upon us! and as you can see from the photo we have our tree up and decorated. We have chosen to cover it with handmade decorations this year (plus a few bought). It looks great in our window and we have had some lovely comments about it.
We have been busy at the studio lately with our new craft group up and running on Friday mornings, we have met some lovely local ladies that are passionate about their craft. We have also had our christmas bauble class this week, it was a fun morning with lots of laughs, all of the ladies completed their baubles, they were also very keen to go home and make more. This class will run again next year, most likely in winter, we will keep you informed as to when.
As you can see we have a lovely range of handmade giftware in, if you are looking for a baby gift we have a local lady who knits for us, she has a beautiful range of booties available at good prices. We also have a large range of lavender bags and sachets, always an easy gift to post, featured are our lavender hanky sachets, they smell divine and look lovely too. So if you are looking for a last minute gift do come and see us, we would love to meet you.
Until next time happy stitching.
Julie & Kelly.
Christmas is coming…..
As you can see we are starting to get our Christmas decorations up at the studio. We have had fun making these quick and easy little felt Christmas stockings. They look very effective hanging from the mantle piece or on your Christmas tree. A great place to hide little Christmas treats too.
Lately we have had many people popping into the studio, now the warmer weather has appeared. It is always fun chatting to fellow stitchers and finding out what they are creating at the moment. So do come and see us, we are not far from the main road and we are always happy to meet new people.
This Friday morning we are starting our first craft group with people bringing their own projects to work on. The criteria is that they wear a smile and also bring fun and laughter with them leaving their troubles at the door.( Just kidding!!). We are looking forward to seeing what everyone is working on, it should be a good morning.
Until next time happy stitching
Kelly and Julie
Welcome
Calico Country Studio
At long last we have a studio to work from and a blog to communicate with!!!
When we first started to design a blog we didn’t realise we would be opening a small studio so soon. This has been a lot of fun and a few sleepless nights along the way, but we are finally open. (more photos on our Studio page.)
Seasons Greetings, Pattern #9
Deck the halls, Pattern #10
In between organising our new studio we have been busy designing our new Christmas range of patterns, which we are happy to say are now available in the shops. We look forward to designing more patterns from our new location and hopefully holding a few classes in the near future, so watch this space!
Calico Dreams patterns and samples
Do come in and see us if you are passing we would love to meet you. Until then happy stitching.
Kelly and Julie
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