Thursday, October 7, 2010

Creative Sewing, Charlotte NC


Wednesday's class was held at Creative Sewing in Charlotte, the second shop that I've visited this week owned by the two Lee sisters, Lynn and Tammie. The third store, in Shelby NC, is not on my agenda this year, but it sounds like a place I might want to go -- Lynn told me that it is located in an older building in Shelby and is decorated in an elegant Victorian style, so I'm sure it's worth a trip!


One of my favorite quilts here was the appliqued Christmas tree skirt at left....











...and the appliqued ornaments and striped border and binding really caught my eye on the Christmas star quilt on the right....


After class, some of the people from class gathered around to help Ruth, at left, pick border fabrics for her quilt. She's a new quilter and we all helped her pick a beautiful gold for her inner border and a leaf print for the outer. You know how quilters are -- we all had an opinion to share!


A Harley-Davidson quilt was draped over the ironing board, waiting for somebody to bind it!










I snuck a closeup of one of the blocks...





We had a full class of 20 people for "Free Motion Boot Camp", too many to fit in the shop, so Lynn held the class in a vacant space a few units down from her store. It was a lot of work for Lynn and her employees to set up and tear down all of the tables and lay all the electrical -- it's a very hard working group and they did a great job!

Creative Sewing & Vacuum are both BERNINA and Brother dealers and also carry the Miele line of vacuum cleaners. They are located at 7868-D Rea Rd., Charlotte NC (ph: 704-542-8760). They have a website that represents all three locations owned by the Lees. To go to their website, click here.

After class, it was back to the rental car for a four hour drive to Murrells Inlet SC. I could enjoy the view for about half of the drive before nightfall and then still had plenty to look at. There was a small fair with brightly lit rides and a ferris wheel outlined against the evening sky; Wednesday night is probably Bible study night as I drove past several churches with open doors, softly glowing stained glass windows and white steeples bathed in light. Truly a beautiful night to be out and about.......

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