Well  one could write pages and pages on our  recent Holiday it was one that has to be put down to an interesting experience. It started with  fuel issues in France linked with people on strike....... Then a day later the car gave up the ghost on us and we had to call recovery we then spend the next 5 days in a hotel with Max our dog. The rest of the trip was okay but on the way home we had to re route  due to the extensive floods in Paris and a lot of the villages in around plus the A10 was closed .

Ok so back to work and start planing for  Ladies Night as some of you may have noticed I did not join you so sorry if you missed me  !!!!! I was on my own night out to see Russel Watson in concert, but that did not go to plan either as the concert was cancelled due to Russel been taken ill. Anyway hope you all had a good night at the studio with all the new fabric and threads............,

What else have I been up to well I went to the Quilting Festival at Esher the other weekend and of course met up with lots of people for a chat plus like all of us came away with a few bags of goodies only one or two hahahaha. and the rest.ok maybe 4 or 5 ........ Hope you got to go and see the beautiful quilts that
were on display such amazing work.

Back to the studio we have lots more on the cards in the coming months so keep an eye on face book and your news letter if you would like to have went sent via email please contact us. 

Currently my web site is also having a serious bad hair day moment as pages keep crashing so please
if you need any info just send us an email info@aztecthreads.com

Coming soon textile art weekends, More Issacord Threads in FAB colours plus a larger range of Moon Threads great for general sewing and of course your overlockers as they have 1,000 metres on them
Plus we also have a Wednesday evening Taster Session at the Studio so be it Creative Sewing or Mixed Media appeals do come and join us.

Thats all from me for today 

Keep being very creative and see you soon

​Karen

ll wha twith the move to the Fab New space Studio 12 now has at Smallmead House Horley Surrey. Then we had the Grand Opening and it is a very big thank you to all of you who made it such a great day.

So what has been happening at Studio 12 in May 2016 a lot I can tell you.

We have a great selection of Creative Craft Taster Workshops delivered on Thursday morning by Irene
Some of the Fab workshops have been
              Flights of Fancy Fabulous Hanging Indian Birds - Vintage Rag Rug Embellish a Bag
              Japanese Rice Bag - Funky Fabric Cards - Crazy Crochet 
The next one not to be missed is on the     JUNE 23rd   Flights of Fancy Hanging Indian Birds
​
Sukh from Sew n Beads Tillgate Park Crawley has joined us and offers a wide range of different sewing classes from dress making to bag making.
Sukh is also organising a  Textile Weekend - Quilt Art
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June  at Tillgate Park Crawley
Come and get inspired with quilt art.Places are limited. £65 materials included

On Wednesday evenings Karen (thats me) has been offering Mixed Media and Creative Sewing Using 
Paints- Fabrics-Threads-Inks-Papers-Glue-Sewing Machines and lots of imagination. So why not come along and have some FUN no rules just create.........

We also hope that a number of you are now beavaring away with your sewing machine becuase it has recently been serviced or repaired by one of our mechanics.

"Millie" who some of you  have already met she is of course our APQS Long Arm Quilting Machine.
Is eagerly awaiting more QUILTS to finish. So for those of you who have completed the competance course dont forget to book your HIRE TIME.

Our next course is on Saturday 25th June 2016 and there are a few places left so give us a call if you wish to book 01293 324014

A job that I have promised myself to do for ages like all of us I am sure is to finish some of those many projects that have been left in complete for months maybe years !!!!!! So you will be very impressed with me  I  have at last framed a number of my Textile Art Pictures and hopefully they will be up on display in the Studio soon.

So much more to tell but lets stop there .........................

Back soon but untill then keep creating

Karen

​Yes we have moved but please don't PANIC as we have not moved far just to the front of the building
at Smallmead House Horley.

It is a much larger space so this means we will be able to offer so much more. From a great selection of Creative Craft Workshops to help Inspire you all to be more creative.

Our "Millie" is all so well excited about the move as she will have more space for the ladies to do
​ their Quilting.

We also have a seperate room for our sewing machine reapir training courses and more space for our sewing surgery. so if you need your sewing machine repaired or serviced please give us a call
01293 324014 or visit Studio 12

Our Grand Opening for the Open Space will be
Sunday 24th April 2016  11am until 4pm.

if you are one of the first 20 through the door bright and early you will be given a Fab Goody Bag.
You can come and talk to all of the team about Creative Craft Workshops, see Our "Millie" she will showing off as usual, then of course with more space there is even more room
for our ever growing stash of 
​THREADS _ FABRIC_ RIBBONS_BUTTONS_BEADS

We are also welcoming Sukh from Sewnbeads who will be providing a range of Dress Making and Sewing workshops including Patchwork and Quilting. If you would like to know more about these workshops come and talk to Sukh on Sunday.

​
Hope to see you Sunday if not hope to see you soon at 
our New Studio 12
Happy Crafting as Always

Karen

Thanks to all you ladies and some gentleman who visited our Easter Spring Event the other day at Studio 12  Aztec Threads Horley.

Hope you all had a good time and sorry if we missed having a chat with you as it was rather busy.Mind I think most of you went home with a bag or two of bits and pieces.

                        Fabric - Thread - Ribbon - Beads - Buttons even t.Shirt Yarn
                  I think even the Easter Bunny failed in his mission to hand out
                               his token Easter Eggs he says he is sorry!!!

Have fun with all your great new stash keep creatively crafting.....

On Thursday Irene is normally in the studio with one of her workshops so why not book one and learn a new craft or skill. The other week it was Stitch and flip  coming up this week is
 Flights of fancy Indian Hanging Birds book your space today  01293 324014
​

  What else have I been up to well took a train up to London for the day, did the length and breadth of Oxford Street and saw all the shops in record time and did not spend any MONEY  (We was on the BUS) hahahah
Had lunch, went to Camden market fascinating place if you have not been it is well worth a visit so vibrant and colourfull sad to say not many hand crafted products but still a very interesting mix of things.
Mind the food stalls are the one from Indian to Italian, Mexican and Spanish etc. The smells and sights are very drawing to the taste buds, you will want to try them all.

Leaving the hustle and bustle behind we then took a leisurely cruise on the canal to Little Venice past London Zoo on the way. Last but not least another stop for tea and pancakes and final destination
was a lovely walk across Hyde Park before jumping on a bus for the last leg to the station for the train home.

See you at the Studio soon Karen

Last week I spent some time in the Studio being creative doing a mix of projects some crazy patchwork
and textile art. Also joined Irene's workshop with a group of ladies making mood pictures. Some of the ladies had also joined us a few weeks ago for Irene's  Decopatch class as you can see from the pictures some fab creations were made.

A few weeks ago I took myself off for a couple of days down to the west country to visit friends and family.On route I visited Make it+knit and stitch in Farnborough, most of the exhibits were linked with paper craft, Although some textile-knitting and beading etc. I  of course did a little bit of shopping and found some great stamps as a gift for my Mum. The shopping fun did not stop there when I caught up with my Mum
that weekend we took a trip to the Range  and had our usual rummage round there craft department.

Then there was Mothers Day so I thought I would include a photo of part of my gift for that day. Fab colours
oh no another idea for yet another project...............

Happy Creative crafting till next time Karen

 The'HAVE YOU VISITED STUDIO 12?

Well if you have not had the chance to pop in yet read below and it will give you an idea of some of the many things we do.

What's been happening at Studio 12 ? We had a really nice evening when some of the ladies visited us from The Horley sewing circle. The main purpose for the visit was to see our "Millie" in action, thanks to Alan who talked about the setting up of the machine and just some of the many good points. Then Pauline gave us a demonstration on how to follow a pantograph pattern to stitch your quilt together. A number of the ladies then took the opportunity to have a go  with our "Millie" creating some free motion designs.

The evening continued with lots of talking about various crafts over cups of coffee, not forgetting a rummage in the stash at the Studio. I hope those of you who purchased Fat 1/4s -Thread - Ribbon etc
have started a new project with said items.

Once again thanks for visiting the Studio it was a lovely evening hope to see you all again soon.

Creative Craft Workshops.... we  have a number taking place in February and March more schedules to follow for future months soon. Just gone, was a small card making workshop with Shirley, creating new card creations.

January and February has been hectic  at the Studio we have also been busy with a number of different 
sewing machine repair training courses. Plus the technical team have been looking after your sewing machines that you have bought in for us to repair or service.

Last but by no means least Studio 12 has just hosted its 3rd Open Day. Once again we were pleased
to see you all, some of you had visited before, others it was your first time. Brand New for February 2016
is our Aztec Thread Club Current Special Price to join £7.00

                       Next OPEN DAY Saturday 19th March 2016 11am - 3pm

Irene has been creating some amazing pictures on the studio Janome Embellisher, the rest of us do not
get a chance to play!!!!! But can you keep a secret I had a go on it yesterday and started to make a textile
creation. (sh, don't tell Irene!!!!!)

Well I think thats enough news for today.
Chat again soon
Have fun as always being Creative
Karen

ep January sure did go in a FLASH, so quick I did not get to write my blog.......

So okay its time  for me to catch up

Well we are settled into the new Studio, although we are still moving bits around, and of course
adding more creative products on a weekly basis. Keeping us busy a number of sewing machine repairs 
and  training courses. Talking to people is one of my best occupations especially if talking crafts.

Then WOW one CRAZY FAB  OPEN DAY/SALE was held at the studio on Saturday 16th January 2016
A number of you were outside waiting to come in. The first 10 grabbed a FREE goodie Bag!!!

We hope that those of you who came had a nice time and for those who could not make it there
is always next time......

MORE OPEN DAYS
2016
SATURDAY
 20th FEBRUARY 
 19th MARCH 
  TIME   11am to 3pm
  Location Studio 12   Horley

Our "Millie" had visitors 26th and 27th of January 2016. Ladies came from across the UK.
One of the days was a maintenance workshop for the APQS Long Arm Quilting machine.
The following day was with Ani Catt from crazy Cat Quilting Devon, showing us some amazing skills
on our "Millie".  I was amazed at how diverse a long arm quilting machine can be, from Free motion
design possibilities to applique, plus embellishing and even quilt as you go the list goes on....

​Looks great fun cant wait to have some practise time

Well if you are local we hope see you soon if not lets keep in touch 
Keep Crafting
Karen

 
Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas .

Now all the gifts have been delivered and opened, one of the gifts I made is no longer a secret.

So it is now possible for me to tell you what I have been up to in our new studio/showroom.
Apart from trying to get everything ship shape, all the boxes have been unpacked. Just needed to re 
arrange everything a few times to get it just right........ As anyone who has moved will know it takes
a little while to get ones house in order.

Then there was the making of napkins- tablecloths and padded table mats I also made a number of bags
some Christmas cards  and last but not least I made my first cot quilt. So you will be pleased to
hear that I got a chance to have a go with "Millie" our long arm quilting machine. Using Free
motion stitching I finished the cot quilt. See the pictures not bad for my first go what do you say!!
​
Okay so what next we have a number of Creative Craft Workshops scheduled in January
and February 2016 see the dates on our web site .www.aztecthreads.com

We are having an
Open Day and Mini New Year SALE on
Saturday 16th January 2016 11am - 4pm
We hope you can join us to have a rummage through some  Sale Baskets  of threads,fabric and other craft items plus some special offers on some sewing machines etc. There will be demos and mini
workshops as usual including coffee and cake.

Happy New Year
and great Creative Crafting 2016
Karen

Well I thought November was just going to plod along nicely and then on the 1st December I could panic as normal that I am not organised for Christmas.
How wrong was I .......

​It all started when we found a great New location for our Studio/Showroom, it would be especially suitable as a fab new home for our "Millie" one APQS Long Arm Quilting Machine.

So just a very simple task just pack a few boxes  and move to our New location in less than three weeks. A walk in the park  hahaha I think not as it was more like 50 plus boxes to pack!!!!!!

Ok so we have moved and still unpacking an interesting assortment of threads,fabrics and other craft items
Soon it will be time to put our feet up and relax.

No dont be silly lets have a last minute OPEN DAY  instead .!!!!!!!!!

Yes thats right hot of the press latest NEWS   OPEN DAY SATURDAY 12th DECEMBER 2015 
10am - 4pm  Location Smallmead House Smallmead Horley Surrey. RH6 9AX
Hope you can come and join us to see all the different things we do, plus "Millie" will be showing off all her best features.

Sewing Machines -  Inspirational Threads - Craft Fabric -  Fat 1/4s Creative Craft Workshops

The first 10 people to arrive on the day will receive a FREE GOODY BAG.

,Yet again it seems that I have been slacking in my blog up dates I realy must improve ...........

Well I have been busy I would like to say I have been creative but sad to say no such luck I have been on the computer sending emails designing posters and leaflets for up coming events such as our Open Day 
don't forget 14th November 2015 11am to 3pm at Unit 12 7 Reigate Road SIDLOW Surrey RH2 8QH.

Then I have spent time puting the finishing touches to my own studio in Spain where this last week we had some fun being creative with Carol Mowl from www.beetlefelt.co.uk  A couple of ladies joined us from the UK plus a local lady for some Felting in th Sun.

Carol who is based in Manchester showed us some great techniques for felting, the result was some fabulous Pictures, Scarves, Bowls, Hats, felted soap and  a scrumptious piece of fabric made from nuno felting.

After many pleasant hours spent in the studio we also found time to relax on the terrace, go for a dip in the pool plus visit the local towns and villages. Tuesday night we went shopping and frequented the local
mercria Spanish for Habberdashery shop to buy buttons,ribbons and braid. Followed by coffee in the square for some people watching. The evening ended with dish after dish of  delicious local spanish Tapas

​Thanks to everyone it was a great week.

Karen Aztec

Just as a point of interest 
 Information from Wickepedia
Nuno felting is a fabric felting technique developed by Polly Stirling, a fiber artist from New South Wales, Australia, around 1992. The name is derived from the Japanese word "nuno" meaning cloth. The technique bonds loose fibre, usually wool, into a sheer fabric such as silk gauze, creating a lightweight felt.