In Memory of Karen
This blog is special to us and is an article that was in our recent newsletter. It is dedicated to the memory of Karen Lacey, one of our esteemed customers. When we opened in November 2019, we set up to be excellent at customer service. Good customer service is sadly missing in much of today’s […]
All About Aurifil 40/3 wt thread.
(Extract taken from Aurifil’s ‘All About Aurfil’ series. Today, we’d like to shed light on a thread offered by Aurifil that has been specifically engineered to handle the high speed of today’s longarm quilting machines, Aurifil Forty3 100% Cotton. Forty3 Cotton is perfect if you aim to highlight soft and natural stitching, benefiting from the […]
DID YOU KNOW WE ARE AWARD WINNERS? Prestige Awards 2022/23 & 2022/24
Northeast Prestige Awards 2022/23 Fabric Shop of the Year Scottish Prestige Award Winners 2023/24 Quilting Shop of the Year. In 2022 we were fortunate to win the North East Prestige Award for Fabric Store of the Year. This year we’ve gone and done it again, only this time the Scottish Prestige Award Winners for Quilting […]
The not-so-secret fabric thief!!
WARNING, WARNING… There is a fabric thief about!!! Alan is the one who usually gets excited when the new fabric arrives, well he might be rubbing off on Amanda because…… ……Alan better be quick when the next lot arrives!!!
In Memory of Karen
IN MEMORY OF KAREN. This blog is special to us and is an article that was in our recent newsletter. It is dedicated to the memory of Karen Lacey, one of our esteemed customers. When we opened in November 2019, we set up to be excellent at customer service. Good customer service is sadly missing […]
Christmas in July!!
As those of us who are in the magical world of sewing and quilting know July is the time of year when the Christmas fabrics start to arrive in shops. For quilt shops, Christmas fabrics are usually ordered around early January. Here at Alan Teather Quilting, we are no exception. We have not got some […]
Cushion Workshop
These three lovely ladies attended a cushion-making workshop recently at ATQ. Two of them had previously attended a lampshade workshop with us, and they both enjoyed it so much they wanted to make a cushion to match their lampshades. Their friend, who has a sewing machine but has never used it and hasn’t really sewed, […]
HALLOWEEN COMES EARLY!
These quilts were collected recently by our lovely returning customer who we have done quilts for previously. She has a love of Halloween as you will see by these quilts. These are just 3 Halloween quilts we have done for her.
Irene’s Seat Runner
Irene’s Seat Runner This fabulously long runner was given to us by Irene who had made it as a window seat runner for her sister. She was going to apply the finishing touches by adding the binding herself. The pattern chosen by Irene that we used to quilt the runner is called Celebrate. Although not seen […]
Bronia’s Bedrunner
Bronia’s Bed Runner Bronia came to us for a beginners lesson with Alan where she was given a history of quilting, learned the basics of quilting, and then made a Lavender pouch to take away. The aim of the lesson was to make a bed runner for her daughter’s new house. Bronia made the bed […]