Layer Cake Fun - Thursday 19th March

Bring along a Layer Cake and some background fabric and make a start on a quick quilt.

Both quilts were from one Layer Cake, hard to believe I know.

Choose either of the quilts, knowing you have the other half for another one!  Or enlarge the existing pattern and make a larger one.  A fun day sewing and you get homemade cake!!!  Tempted??  I know it's the idea of the cake that sells it really and you need to come for the cake as I have given it up for Lent and can not have any - it's very hard watching other people eating cake!

Interested?  Give us a call on 01722 554466.

FELTING

Felting –                                                                          Sat 14^th March

An Introduction to                                                        10:00am – 3:00pm

Felting Techniques    

A full day covering dry needle felting and wet felting.  You will make two finished projects.  If you have ever wondered what the differences are between felting terms, or what you can felt and what you can felt into – this is the class for you.  We have an experienced tutor Suzie Guteridge, textile and felting artist.

Price £28.00         

Jill Carter Workshop Monday 23rd February

Jill Carter is an experienced and knowledgeable tutor who has taught all over the UK.  Jill is also the published author of many embroidery books on techniques including Canvas Work and Hardanger.

Jill will be here at our Salisbury Branch on Monday 23rd February to teach a class in this lovely cushion:

Isn't it stunning?  You will use soft velvet fabric and sparkly sheers which will combine with free machine embroidery techniques to create the beautiful fabric for this cushion.  Build on your skills using vermicelli and granite stitch for texture in addition to creating decorative cords from thread and yarn.

Interested?  Ring us on 01722 554466 to book your place.

Stuart Hillard coming to Salisbury

BBC Great British Sewing Bee Contestant – Stuart Hillard will be visiting our Salisbury Branch in April.

To book for the opportunity of meeting and having a class with Stuart please contact Franklins Salisbury to book and reserve your place on this great sewing class.

Evening Talk Wednesday 8th April

Stuart will be with us at Franklins to give us an insight into his life as a quilter and also his time on the Great British Sewing Bee. Come along and join us for this entertaining evening with some show and tell. Places are limited so booking early is advisable. Price includes drink and nibbles. Join us at 7pm.
Price £10 per person

Bag Workshop Thursday 9th April 10:00am – 4:00pm

The following day Stuart will be teaching a bag making workshop at our Sewing Studio. Requirements list for the class will be available before hand and although the bag may not be completed fully on the day, a fun day will be had making a start on it and full instructions will be given to complete once you get home

Price £45.00

Limited Spaces - Please call 01722 554466 to book your seat

Happy 2015!

OK, would someone please like to tell me what happened to the end of 2014?  The year seemed to end with a flurry and look, we are already well into 2015.........February!  

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year.  We, as a team, had a busy festive period, so busy that we have only just managed to have our staff Christmas meal this week.  We have started the New Year off with a bang with our sale and we are now starting to settle down with our new run of classes.  The new brochure is finished (at long last!) and has been emailed out - hard copy expected in the shop this week.  We have some great classes and events coming up this year, so if you need a copy let us know.

Clubs have already started and Ann is busy entertaining our dressmakers upstairs as I write.  These photos are from the Wednesday night patchwork group.  This is Jean with her version of last years Block of the Month quilt: 

This is Katherine with hers.  This is Katherine's first quilt as well.  The photo doesn't do it justice and what you can't make out is that there are little camper vans in the centres of the blocks:

This Kathleen's Japanese quilt that she has been working on:

That's Sharon peaking out from behind her quilt - all those Flying Geese!!

And big drum roll...........here is Ruth with her first quilt.  Ruth has worked long and hard on her beautiful quilt and we all gave her a great big cheer when it was finished.