Catch-All Bag Class

Margaret Grice teaches great classes on totes and bags in addition to some quilt and table topper patterns AND she is also going to teach the much anticipated TUFFET class! 

Sign ups are open for all of these classes. 

Tonight however she was teaching a bag class and these ladies were working hard!

 The young lady above is enrolled in her second class at the shop! She is also in the Beginner Nine Patch class with Patsy! I think she has the fabric bug!! And here she is below with her mom who is taking the class as well! Sharing the love of sewing and quilting together! What a great thing!

Even fellow teacher Kathy Ryan wanted in on the Catch All Bag class! See her below working on her beautiful bag.

 Here is Margaret working one on one with a student on her bag.

 Check our website for class offerings! www.quilterscrossingtx.com

Stupendous Stitching Workshop

This past Wednesday we had the pleasure of hosting the Tri-County Quilt Guild workshop taught by Carol Ann Waugh author of Stupendous Stitching.

Carol Ann's beautiful examples:

Twenty-one quilters were able to enjoy the offered workshop with a nationally known speaker and author. 

Students had a great time settling into our classroom for the day and doing some really beautiful work themselves!

Carol Ann would introduce each new technique to the group as shown and then as they were practicing she could work around the room and give one-on-one help as needed. 

Fabulous class, beautiful work produced!

Maybe some of these techniques will be seen in the 2016 Tri-County Quilt Show? If you are interested in her book, we have a few of them left at the shop for purchase!

New Shop up and Running!

Quilters Crossing is now located at:

1006 W. Main Street

Tomball, Texas 77375

Here are some before and after pics: 

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AFTER:

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AND more (happily ever) AFTERS:

We love our new home and hope you will too. 

We want to say a special thank you to the following people who we simply must thank for their hard work and help:
Wendee Coon (painting was never such fun!),
Margaret (sure I can take one more bolt) Persinger, 
Kathy (I've gotta pick-up and I am not afraid to use it) Ryan, 
Mary (supervisor extraordinaire!)Bradford, 
Marion (whatever ya need) Page, 
Ann Keilers and her energizer bunny grandaughter!, 
Jeanne (I am going to sneak in to help) Brown, 
Hedda Meyer and Susi Looney (for food and love!)
Nancy and JOHN* "UNZ" :-), 
Dolores and Jeff Wood (need a job done- Call a Marine!), 
Brian Coston (strength, humor and a damn good eye for color!), Zac Kinion (sure I can move a store after swimming a couple miles at practice no problem...), 
Belinda (how much can I fit in my truck) Burmeister, 
Louis (what do you want me to hang NOW????) Terlikoski 
and of course our wonderful family!
Without this guy.........

..................none of this would have been possible! 
Thank you Tom/Dad for making our vision a reality! 

Much love: 

Deb & the gals

Spring 2015 updates

If you have signed up for our email then you already know that we are moving to a new location on Memorial day weekend. If you haven't you can do this on the homepage of our website: quilterscrossingtx.com 

The BIG NEWS IS:

We will be moving!

 We will be down there on the right side of the building, where "The Racing Station" was previously located. We will share a building with Gloyers Pharmacy and Gift Shop! It is almost twice the size of our current location and while we love the Relics by the Railroad neighborhood we are looking forward to bringing our customers more in our new space! 

We realize a lot of the charm of our shop is the coziness, so we are working on giving the new shop some character so it doesn't loose the Quilters Crossing feel.

We are working on our sign which will replace the FOR LEASE sign shown above!

One of the most frequent questions we have been asked is what will happen to the cat "Mama Kitty" who lives on our porch. Rest assured we have found a home for her and she will not be at the new shop. We will try to keep you updated on how she adjusts to her new digs! 

Thank you all for making our business a success and making this move possible!

Frond Fabrics

Quilters Crossing is pleased to bring you Frond Fabrics designed by the very talented artist Stephanie Brandenburg!

They are color saturated, bright and bold!

The detail in the flowers is stunning! 

Mama Kitty's rules the roost

Almost everyone who has been to our shop in the last couple of years has seen Mama kitty.

 Customers have told us she looks like a Russian Blue. She is very well fed and she is a great hunter too.

  She has gotten quite domesticated since she first arrived, 

 despite the fact that she isn't allowed inside. We suspect it is the steady stream of customers who give her attention and bring her food!

 In honor of "Mama kitty" we made some selections to point out to you on the blog here:

 

 We have some new patterns featuring art from Charley Harper. He was famous for his National Wildlife Foundation posters in the 1970's. Recently a fabric line was designed with his art and these patterns came out.

 Venetta teaches a class on making hot pads out of clothesline! 

 "Who Knew!" is always a popular little owl!

 This pincushion kitty is taught by Tina as a class you can make the kitty in brown or black ( kits are available). The pincushion kitty is also holding down some fabric with cats on it!

 Make a kitty using your twister tool!

Patterns featuring birds! The Pocket of wishes pattern would be adorable for a bridal or wedding shower!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Open House

Mark your calendar! Our Open House is Saturday, January 31st! We will have refreshements, class sign ups and a store wide 25% off sale! You don't want to miss it!