{"id":4565,"date":"2016-12-23T22:27:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2016-12-23T22:27:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T05:27:11","slug":"meet-road-2017-vendor-and-teacher-janna-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/23\/meet-road-2017-vendor-and-teacher-janna-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Road 2017 Vendor and Teacher: Janna Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tBloc Loc Rulers<\/a>. Janna\u2019s mom came with duct tape stuck to a ruler because she was tired of the rocking and slipping. Janna\u2019s husband, Paul, being Mr. Fixit, took the ruler out to the garage and filed a groove in it. At this point the Thomas\u2019 knew that they had to start their business. It took a couple of years to get their seed money to start things up and their company began selling rulers in 2009.\"\"<\/a>\nJanna and Paul live and run their business in Loveland, Colorado. Janna says that people might think that when she\u2019s not running the business with Paul, there would be other things that she would like to be doing. But she insists that she \u201cabsolutely love(s) quilting and \u201c and isn\u2019t interested in doing anything else. Janna keeps thinking \u201cthat when I\u2019m an old woman I\u2019ll try to take in some knitting and gardening, but honestly, I know there\u2019s no room for that..quilting is too much of an obsession.\u201d\nWhat does Janna like most about her business? \u201cI love seeing the happiness quilters have when they use our rulers because their projects turn out better than the way they\u2019d hoped. The most wonderful thing is, they will come up to us at shows and show me photos and talk about how Bloc Loc has made their quilting an absolute joy.\"\"<\/a>\nThe Bloc Loc Rulers vendor booth will be featuring a new ruler<\/strong>, the Pineapple Ruler. It gives the quilter two strip width options, any size center for the square in a square, any pineapple block size and rulers can be combined for special effects. The Pineapple Ruler is very easy to operate and making the block is very easy. Another new addition in their booth is Bloc Loc\u2019s Traction Tape<\/strong>, a completely non-slip material that quilters can peel and apply to rulers they already own. The most wonderful aspect to Traction Tape is its ability to stay adhered to a ruler for a very long time and can turn up to 8 layers of fabric without a turning mat.\nIn addition to working the Bloc Loc Rulers booth, Janna will be teaching three classes that incorporate many of the company\u2019s rulers. Janna will be teaching on Monday, 1010C Millefioiri<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>\nTuesday, 2014C\u00a0 Blooming Cogwheels\"\"<\/a><\/strong>\nand on Wednesday,\u00a0 3019C A Tarted Up Pineapple<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Janna says that she loves \u201chelping students learn in any way possible. Seeing them get excited about doing things they never thought they could do is extremely rewarding.\u201d Janna feels it is important that her students \u00a0realize they can do anything in quilting; there\u2019s always a way to achieve what they want to do and it doesn\u2019t have to be difficult.\nJanna and Paul can\u2019t wait to come to Road to California 2017.\u00a0 They consider Road to be \u201ctheworld\u2019s biggest and best quilting bee, filled with friendship, learning and magnificent shopping.\u2019 Whether in the classroom or the demoing in their booth, Janna is always ready to teach how to pull off the best techniques at the right time, and how to set her customers up for success in every quilting situation\nTo learn more about Bloc Loc Rulers, please visit their web site.<\/a>\n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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