Fabric Review: Farmhouse Blooms from Marcus Brothers

designed by Designed by Gloria Parson of Olde Green Cupboard Designs.  

Farmhouse Blooms takes it's inspiration from "living on the farm" when Gloria was a kid in the 50's and 60's. Her mom grew the flowers she remembered that were growing in the yard. She added some fun colors to give it a fresh summer feel.

The computer generated pictures are not as pretty as the the actual prints.

Yardage is $9.67 yard available here: Farmhouse Blooms

Need some inspiration?

This quilt features these fabrics Farmhouse Blooms, designed by Heidi Pridemore and includes a  Free Pattern

The quilt has a fun picnic feel to it that would be neat to use as a table cloth at a "pot-luck"!

Finished size: 76 1/2" x 76 1/2"
You can see by the actual fabric picture that this quilt is a lot prettier then the computer generated one!

Kit includes Free Pattern and 10 1/2 yards fabric for top, borders and binding

Avialable here for $103 + shipping: Farmhouse Blooms

Sneak Peek 2013 Quilt Fabric: Antoinette

Antoinette by Michele D'Amore from Benartex

Beautiful classic design, done Michele D’Amore style! The graceful rhythms and swirls of Jacobean designs have made them a favorite style that has endured for centuries. When you add trendy colors of chocolate and pink, and new design elements like pencil stripes, mod dots and tattersall plaid, the look is wonderfully fresh. Some other interesting “twists” to this collection:  a 3-print double border (perfect for curtains, pillowcases and more) and a two-print stripe (both diagonal and pencil stripe on one handsome fabric!)  Antoinette is perfect for wherever a touch of updated tradition is wanted.

Queen Anne Quilt Kit will include a free quilt pattern: Queen Anne

Finished size: 53" x 71"
Skill Level: Confident Beginner
Graceful rings are linked together in a beautiful classic design.
It’s a great use of Michele’s elegant Jacobean florals!

Kits will be available here: Queen Anne

Fuchsia and Moda Summer House Quilt Fabrics

We do like pink and white!   Do you?

Moda Summer House

Mr Fluffy likes our fish fabrics!

Gone Fishing (not for Mr Fluffy) fabrics from Benartex

Benartex Perennials II

Wow! Purple and yellow flowers together from Benartex, Perennials ll make a stunning combination!

I wonder if they were inspired by a garden picture like this:

Sneak Peek at new Frond Fabrics!

The Edible Garden Collection!

Is a smattering of beautiful edible flowers. There are exciting projects available with this line as well as original recipes, because Frond Design is a lifestyle! 

 102-01 Spring Salad Spring Salad is a 24 x 44 inch disguised panel. You can use it as a panel or keep going if you need more!

102-04 Seed Box Seed Box is the perfect combination of texture for your next project. You'll find barn board, pottery glaze and French seed packet labels from long ago. Bon apetit!

102-02 Nasturtiums and Pansies Nasturtiums and Pansies offer a peppery taste to any salad or dish. Spice up your quilt or home dec project with these beautiful blooms!

102-03 Squash Blossoms and Daylilies This Squash Blossom and Daylily combination is the same size as the Nasturtium Pansy 12 x 12 inch blooms.

Quilt Kit: Butterfields

Make two fun quilts with one pattern!
 Fabrics use are Butterfields from Henry Glass and a Free Pattern from Margot Languedoc.

Two fun quilts to make!

Finished size: 70 1/2" x 78"
Skill level: Confident Beginner

Fabrics used in these quilts:

Quilt Kit One: Sparkle uses 6 yards of fabric for $64.00 + shipping

3 1/2 yard for background & inner border
1 5/8 yards for blocks & outer border

16 prints @ 1/8 yard each for blocks

Quilt Kit Two: Color Burst for $101.00 + shipping

2 1/2 yards cream for background & borders
1 yard for border & blocks

16 prints @ 3/8 yard each for blocks

Purchase combined BOTH quilt kits and save: $143.95 + shipping

5 3/4 yards for background & borders
2 5/8 yards for blocks & outer border
16 prints @ 1/2 yard each for blocks
Purchase your quilt kits here: Butterfields Quilt 

Fabrics used in these quilts are as pictured (no substitutions).

Just Arrived: Pure Velvet - purple garden flowers!

Pure Velvet from Fabric Freedom.

Pure Velvet is a new range of dramatic large florals created in Fabric Freedom's own unique style. They have chosen 5 different types of flower, including hydrangeas with their showy heads of flat flowers, their heavy balls of color are both deep and dark.

 Hyacinths, with their exquisite columns of waxen petals and the sweet, delicate violet, one of our early spring garden visitors.

 Later arrivals are lilac with its heavy bunches of tubular flowers, a favorite with the bees and butterflies, and the delicate, scented sweet pea.

Fabric Freedom have designed a range of 14 prints, which travel across the spectrum from dark rich violets through to soft delicate magenta.

 Quilt kit: Pure Velvet + Free Pattern

Finished size: 56 1/2" x 56 1/2"

Skill Level: Confident Beginner

Included in kit:

Free Quilt pattern

Flora fabrics used are as pictured in this quilt

(we swapped two Fabric Freedom tonals for two Moda tonals)
Fabric yardage :approx: 4 3/4 yards for top, borders and binding)

Not included: 4 yards backing

Purchase your kit here for $50.35 + shipping: Pure Velvet

Just Arrived: Twirl

Twirl from Moda by Me & My Sister!

This group is a collection of pretty fabrics twirling on the clothesline in the wind! Think light and airy: pretty petticoats and full skirts, sandals on a hot summer day.
Playful and ready for FUN!

Quilt Kit: Little Have Grown by designer Heike Pier

Heike Pier said:

 "I named my quilt Little Have Grown as the little squares grew into a large quilt with the help of some black solid fabric."

Finished size: 70" x 76"
Skill level: Confident Beginner

Included in kit for top, borders & binding:

1 Layer Cake of Moda Twirl

4 1/2 yards Moda Black

Purchase your kit here for $66.95 + shipping: Little Have Grown

  

Just Arrived: Caroline's Collection, Free Quilt Pattern

Caroline's Collection from Red Rooster by Jennifer Chiaverini Jennifer’s newest novel, The Wedding Quilt, inspired this soft and romantic fabric collection. Classic wedding flowers – roses and callalilies – are set against a creamy, white ground to create the exquisite focal print. The thematic stripe combines wide bands of same flowers separated by narrow trellis-style stripes. What wedding would be complete without a touch of lace!  There is a softly, flowing lace pattern in tonal shades of cream, muted sage and pink. The Double Wedding Ring quilt is the quintessential wedding design! This fabric collection uses that pattern to create a striking, small scale print that combines rose and green rings against a snowy background. A sweet, tiny rosebud is centered within each ring. What a lovely fabric to consider using not only for quilt borders and binding but also for wedding gift bags, cover of a wedding album or guest book, favor bags, tablecloth for shower or wedding luncheon, ring pillow or to make a basket for a flower girl to carry!  Caroline's Collection includes 9 patterns/19 skus Caroline's Quilt + Free Pattern Finished size: 64" square Skill level:  Confident Beginner Laura Blanchard designed a striking, 64" medallion-style quilt that perfectly complements this lovely fabric collection. Windblown Star blocks are used to create the straight-set center of the quilt. Large setting triangles enable the rest of the quilt to mimic a Trip Around the World design. Color placement of the small squares lends lots of visual motion and engages the eye. Kit includes 7 1/2 yards fabric for top, borders and binding. Purchase this kit for $85.50 + shipping:  Caroline's Quilt

More Peeking at new fabrics coming in January

Maywood Studios

 

Whisper of Roses

Red Rooster

 

Caroline's Collection

"As Seen In" The Quilter Magazine Autumn Haze

Seen in the August / September 2011

Autumn Maze
by JEAN ANN WRIGHT

Classic fall colors lend texture to this easy-to-piece bed quilt.

Skill level: Intermediate
Block size sewn into quilt: 18" x 18"
Number of blocks: 9 (5 Block A, 4 Block B)
Finished quilt size: 82" x 82"

Quilt kit includes 8 1/4 yards of Chestnut & Vine fabric from Marcus Brothers.

Purchase quilt kit here: Autumn Maze

Coming in 2012!

We are excited about all the new projects and fabrics coming this year! Our new fabrics will be happy, bright, soft and pretty, cotton and flannels!  Shabbies, batiks, florals, dinosaurs, fairies and more... Not only do we have fabrics coming from our favorite manufacturers like Moda and Marcus Brothers, but also have new ones coming from Red Rooster, Anna Griffin and Henry Glass! Here are a few of our new collections coming in January:

 
Henry Glass Butterfields


   Anna Griffin   Believe





We'll have lots of new quilt kits, starting with these:

Whisper of Roses

Caroline's Collection

March 2012 we'll have a new 
Block of the Month from  Marti Michelle U-Taupe-ia  

See you soon.  We are excited to start the new year off with these fabrics and projects.   We would love to help you get started with your next project!

5 YARD BUNDLES ARE BACK IN STOCK

5 YARD BUNDLES ARE BACK IN STOCK!

 Now and until the end of the year Bundles are $25 each or 2 for $40  (**use coupon codes: 2for40 or 4for80)



Each Bundle includes a FREE PATTERN which was especially designed for use with these coordinated bundles!

The patterns were written to create a quilt of optimum size and fabric usage.  Sizes range from lap to twin (52 - 70" x  72 - 86")

Be creative! You can make more/less blocks and change the size and shape of your quilt.


**SHIPPING COSTS

	USA	CANADA	WORLD
One	$5.10	$12.45	$14.95
2 or more	$11.10	$27.95 (max 4 )	$29.95 (max 3)  4 or more $46.95

Quilt & Pattern Review: CARDINAL in the PINES

We finished our quilt  Cardinal in the Pines  from Wing and a Prayer Designs and we love it!

 Finished size: 67" x 78"

Fabric: is from Timeless Treasures Cardinal Season. We loved working the these rich colors and the fabric has a very nice hand to it. 

Pattern: This was the 4th quilt we've made using their patterns and it was easy to read with lots of pictures. It includes easy instructions on how to fussy cut the center cardinal.

There was one big change we made and that was making two half squares at a time instead of using the grid included in the pattern.

Purchase your kits here for $99.95 + shipping Cardinal in the Pines (kit includes pattern and all fabrics for top, borders and binding)

It's off to the quilter now.  We are going to have it quilted edge to edge.