Saturday Live January 30th 2021

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A friend sent me this great way to remember how many days in the month and since we're nearly at the end of January I thought it would be good to share it.


Thirty days has September,

April, June and November.

Unless a leap year is its fate,

February has twenty-eight

but all the rest have three days more, excepting January, 

which has six thousand

one hundred and eighty four.

Well that about sums it up for me!

Our Saturday Live on Saturday 30th January we demo'd techniques that work for sitdown (domestic and longarm) machines as well as standup (moveable) machines. It was all about rulers, marking for rulers and some of the quilting frame accessories that we offer. 

What are they? How do they work? Do you need them?

We have a 20% discount on three of the rulers this week (Until Friday 5th February 2021 12 noon) so it's a great time to see how cool the designs are and try them out for yourself at a bargain price.

They are:

12" Jade Spinning Wave - £27.20 (normally £34)




Wiggle Wave Template - £20.80 (normally £26)



Jade Spinning Wheel - £27.20 (normally £34)



Plus if you get it all wrong and have to start again we have 20% off the Seam Fix! It's my favourite unpicker as it has a rubber end that really helps get rid of the thread fibres as well. 

Here's some of the samples I've stitched using some of the rulers. I'll be doing some stitching on Facebook Live. 

You can watch it after 11am Saturday 30th January on our You Tube Channel and on the Series on our Facebook Page.

See you online soon!



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