Get ready for Summer

I don't think Spring is going to arrive this year, but surely we will have a Summer. Here is a quick little table runner or pillow.

Change

I was watching History channels 101 Gadgets That Changed The World. The sewing machine was in the top 20. I would like to see them add a radio to the machine so I could sew and sing. Here is Janome's newest 8900

Cooking for fun

I have decided I really want to learn how to cook. I have collected cooking toys for a long time and now want to learn how to use them.
Getting into quilting was the same way for me. From collector of fabrics and quilting toys to becoming a quilter.
I don't think I will make a career from cooking though. I can't ever imagine that.
My favorite new toy for cooking is the Garlic Zoom.
Go out to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVkAmENO9IM
And watch a little demo on this cute little gadget.

Holiday Greetings


from all of us at
“the cottage rose"

- Just in time for the Holidays -
From now until December 24th, 2012
Purchase $50.00 in Gift Certificates

and receive a

FREE $10.00 Gift Certificate for Yourself



What a great way treat your friends, family and yourself

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Please join the fun in Uptown Marion

Friday December 7th – 4pm until 8pm

“Christmas in the Park & Peppermint Walk”

Visit Santa, Mrs. Claus and their Special Reindeer

Peace Tree Lighting – Live Holliday Music

Hot Cocoa & Popcorn – Crafts in the Library

Horse Drawn Carriage Rides

Peppermint Walk Shopping


The Cottage Rose Quilt Shop & Pattern Originals

1048 7th Ave. – Marion, Iowa 52302

319-377-1482

www.cottagerosequiltshop.com


Don’t forget to set your retreat times at

Rosie’s Bungalow Quilt Retreat Center



CYBER MONDAY

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ENJOY

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11 Years, Thanks to YOU

Reversing Applique Shapes

I have always struggled with how to reverse applique shapes when I am using fusible web.  Then it dawned on me.  I am always using freezer paper when I am working with wool appliques.  Why not utilize this method for reversing.  I Fuse web to the wrong side of my fabric or wool I am working with.  Then trace the shapes on to the paper side of freezer paper and iron to the right side of the fabric.  You can now cut out the shapes and have them going in the right direction.  It may take a little more fabric but you can work with how much fusible you need.  I have also found I can iron both parts at the same time.  This has saved me from copying the shape, cutting it out, retracing it in reverse and then fusing it and cutting it.  Why did it take me so long to think of this?  Here is a small project I tried it on.  I wanted the leaves and stems to curve in a certain direction so they needed to be reversed.  This is one of  "the cottage rose" - Original Patterns called "Flower Box"