{"id":2180,"date":"2019-09-20T01:31:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=28350"},"modified":"2019-09-20T01:35:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:35:25","slug":"i-had-a-fun-evening-out-in-a-fabric-shop-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/i-had-a-fun-evening-out-in-a-fabric-shop-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"I had a fun evening out in a fabric shop this week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">YES, you heard that correct &#8211; I was buying fabric a 9pm!!! LOL \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Well, I discovered a lovely quilting shop, about an hour&#8217;s drive from me, called <a href=\"https:\/\/applepatch.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Apple Patch Quilting &amp; Craft<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. It&#8217;s in a place called Cooee. (Yes we do have some fun place names in Tasmania!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28431\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Patch-Quilting.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Patch Quilting\" width=\"538\" height=\"295\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This quilt shop is owned by a husband and wife &#8211; Vanessa and Craig &#8211; who are passionate about all things to do with fabric. They have a huge sewing space and run lots of workshops and classes&#8230; and that&#8217;s what I was up to in their store this week. Helen Godden , a quilt artist (and Handi Quilt Ambassador) was visiting and doing a trunk show.<\/p>\n<p><center><!--more--><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Free motion quilting is something I have been curious about for a while and Helen calls herself an &#8220;extreme free-motion quilter! AND boy&nbsp; &#8211; I wasn&#8217;t disappointed! Her quilts look like stained glass windows to me &#8211; this one is my favourite with lots of different Australian birds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28428 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Patch-Cooee-Hellen-Godden-Visit.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Patch Quilting - Helen Godden\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AND how cool is this portrait of Helen&#8217;s daughter!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28429\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Patch-Cooee-Hellen-Godden-daughter.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Godden Quilt - daughter\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also got to see Helen&#8217;s latest quilt, which is quite a sad reminder of how man hunted the Tasmania Tiger to extintion. WOW!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28430\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Helen-Godden-Quilt-thylacine.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Godden Quilt - thylacine\" width=\"500\" height=\"565\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was so inspired to give free-motion a go so I bought some DVD&#8217;s of Helen&#8217;s showing you how to get started with free-motion quilting&#8230; which should be fun!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28432\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Apple-Patch-Quilting-Cooee.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Patch Quilting - Cooee\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AND I also managed to find some interfacing for making some keepsake toys for my sew-along this week!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28433\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Vliesine.jpg\" alt=\"Vliesine interfacing!\" width=\"430\" height=\"338\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What a fun fabric shop! You have to stop in and see Vanessa and Craig if you&#8217;re in the area! \ud83d\ude42 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"clear\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17777\" title=\"Pauline McArthur.png\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pauline-McArthur.png.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Till next time,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Happy Sewing, <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Pauline<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YES, you heard that correct &#8211; I was buying fabric a 9pm!!! 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