Check Out My NEW Blog
What
will be on My Blog? I plan on placing
photos of upcoming classes, new fabric lines in
the shop, and other new and exciting things
going on around the shop. At present, I
plan to add and change it daily. So check
it out and see what is up with Aunt Mary.
Aunt Mary’s Day Camp
This August we are offering DAY
CAMP FOR QUILTERS ages 16 and up. Come work in an air conditioned,
creative environment with other “campers”.
Each session is for two days 10 – 2pm. Each day camp is just $20 and you will receive
a 10% discount in the shop during camp. Sign up today!
Tuesday
and Wednesday, August 19th and 20th
Bring your unfinished quilt projects (NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE) and finish one.
YOU WILL FEEL SOOOO TERRIFIC! Enjoy the
thrill of finishing something you may have hidden away in a drawer and never
though would see the light of day again.
There will be a camp counselor here to help and give advise.
Tuesday and Wednesday August 26th and 27th
The holidays will be here before you know it, and the wonderful Christmas fabrics are just now filling the shelves.
So let’s get busy and make something or somethings for the upcoming season. Make tablerunners, placemats, fun bags, pillowcases, or any project you would like. We will be here for help.
Aunt Mary’s Garage Sale
Saturday, August 23 from 10 – 4. Last year this
was a huge hit. Lets get that sewing room cleaned
out! Call or come by to rent a space for $20. On
Saturday we will sell it all!!! This year will be
bigger than ever. Make sure to get your space early
as they will go fast!
A Two-Day Workshop With Mary Lou Wiedman
Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 ~
Fee: $130
She will be teaching “The House That Jack Built”.
This is a creativity class that Mary Lou is
exploring with piecing and appliqué. Learn how Mary
Lou pieces a large house, garage and other buildings
into her background. Then once the quilt is pieced,
she adds people and things in the windows, on the
roofs tops in the sky and on the ground. Animals,
flowers, cars, and fun characters make this quilts
prize winners at shows. Mary Lou can help you make
your neighborhood one that will please those lucky
enough to see them.
A Three-Day Workshop With Jane Sassman
Monday, November 10, Tuesday, November 11, and
Wednesday, 12 ~
Fee: $275
Workshop: SHAPE SHIFTING
We all have innate preferences for certain colors,
shapes and proportions, as well as natural
attractions to certain symbols, images and icons. In
this class we will study photographs and slides of a
variety of historic and ethnic decorative objects to
help uncover some of the motifs and symbols which
may have powerful personal resonance. For example,
you may be drawn to Buddhist mandalas or Mexican
milagros. You may be attracted to the design of an
Inuit mask or the pattern from an Art Nouveau vase
or the shape of an Egyptian chair. Each student will
select historic motifs and images which they will
manipulate and reinterpret into a unique statement
in fabric and thread. By lifting an image from one
time and place to another the student will begin to
exercise the power to recognize their personal touch
stones to imagination. The aim of the workshop is to
nurture your intuitive skills. Students should have
a desire to develop their own design language and
unique visual symbols, plus an interest in the
history of decorative design. Go to her Web site
www.janesassaman.com to see more about this
wonderful teacher and fabric designer.