Hello First name / friend How are you? I hope you are well. I am sending out the April letter a little early because I have a few things I needed to tell you about before the start of April, so I hope you don’t mind! |
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Flower of the Month Bluebell Mini Quilt |
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April’s Flower of the Month mini quilt is the one that started it all, the bluebell block. Bluebell season is my absolute favourite time of the year, it feels truly magical to me. So this mini quilt is a celebration of bluebells. The pattern and video tutorials will be available on Monday 1st April but because of the Easter bank holiday and also because I will be going away for a few days with my family, I won’t be able to post items from my shop between 29th March and 7th April. Posting will resume on April 8th. So I thought I would let you know this now, so if you wanted to purchase the bluebell hexiform pack, buttons or the full kit I have available, you can do so before I go away. I thoroughly enjoyed stitching this block and have already started a second one. When the pattern is released on April 1st, there will be two ways to access it, along with the video lessons. You can find it in my pattern shop, or if you become a member of the Jewel Flower tier over on Patreon, you can get access to the pattern and tutorials along with the other benefits of being a member of Patreon. |
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I am super excited to let you know that I will be teaching at Festival of Quilts again this year. The festival runs from 1st-4th August 2024 and I will be teaching on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th. On the Saturday, I am teaching Getting Started with EPP and Hexiform at 3:30 - 5pm. I taught this class last year and it was a real success. Perfect for beginners, I take you through the basics of EPP, we explore different techniques and make our first hexagon flower. You will then be ready to attempt your first EPP project with hexiform at home. You will be provided with a full kit that will give you the tools and materials you will need to make the hexagon flower and you can then take away the glue pen, needle and thread to use at home. The second class is Curved EPP- Making a Dresden Flower and in this new class, we will explore techniques for using paper when working with curved shapes. You will get a kit to make a Dresden flower which you can then take away with you to use in a project of your choice. |
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When you click on the link to find the classes, you will need to type “Emma” into the search to find my classes. I am super excited about these classes and I really hope to see you there. I hope April will be a great month for you and that you manage to see some bluebells! Thank you so so much for being here and reading my letter, and thank you so much for your support with my business, it means so much to me. Take care and see you soon, happy stitching, Emma |
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