Sunday, June 29, 2014

Stonehenge Precuts!




Have you seen our Stonehenge Precuts!  WOW - we love them!
They come in either strips or fat quarters.
There are quilt kits too that use these and some yardage!

Here are a few of what we have in stock:
Stripes come in 40 @ 2 1/2" x 44"


Fat Quarter Bundles have 12 @ 18" x 22


Quilt kit Woodland Trees comes in two sizes!



Thursday, June 26, 2014

Marvelous Maze Quilt + Free Pattern

Marvelous Maze is a free pattern from Timeless Treasures and takes on a different persona with a simple change of fabric and orientation of the 10" accented blocks! Included in the kits are all the fabrics for top and binding.


Finished Size: 60 1/2" x 80 1/2"
Approx fabrics: 7 yards
Retail Price: $85.00 each
Your Savings: $8.50
Price: $76.50
Finished Size: 60 1/2" x 70 1/2"
Approx fabrics: 5 1/3 yards
Retail Price: $62.30 each
Your Savings: $6.23
Price: $56.07

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

English Manor Quilt Kit "As Seen In" - BEAUTIFUL!

As Seen In: American Patchwork & Quilting
August 2014 - pg44 Designed by Marti Michell
Visually soften the points of Pineapple blocks by cutting up multicolor fabrics for half of the strips. Frame the classic beauty in a stately floral border.
Included in kit:
Approx: 7 1/2 yards fabrics for top, borders & binding
(Fabrics used in this quilt:  Tomorrows Promise from Maywood Studios
are as pictured (we made no substitutions).
Not included: American Patchwork & Quilting
(email me if you need a copy of this magazine)

Retail Price: $88.80 Each
Your Savings: $9.33
Price: $79.47

Available here: English Manor



Wednesday, June 11, 2014

House Warming Party Quilt Kit by Vicki Bellino of Bloom Creek


House Warming Party

This newest "Strip It" quilt features the Home for the Holidays fabric line by Faye Burgos for Marcus Fabrics.

With a focus on rich reds and greens mixed with neutrals, Faye highlights the collection with a beautiful, large red floral, which Vicki uses as wide sashing. This frames and accentuates the sampler-style blocks, making assembly much easier as there are no points to match.
For those quilters who are new to working with Strip-It fabric, this would be a great introduction, yet is suitable for quilters of all skill levels.


Finished size: 64" x 74"
Skill level: Advanced Beginner

Included in kit:
Pattern: House Warming Party
Approx: 9 1/2 yards fabrics for top, borders and binding
Fabrics used in these quilts are as pictured (Home for the Holidays).
We made no substitutions.



Retail Price: $134.00 each
Your Savings: $13.40
Price: $120.60
Available Here: House Warming Party

Not included: 4 yards for backing

Monday, June 9, 2014

Hemingway Tonga Batiks from Timeless Treasures

Hemingway Tonga Batiks feature fantastic hand dyed batiks from Indonesia in a color palette as masculine as their namesake. Premium 44" wide cotton Batik.



Need inspiration for a quilt project? How about these:




Saturday, June 7, 2014

Quilt Joy + Free Pattern from Metropolian Quilt Company

Holiday 2014!

This fun quilt uses the fabric collection Merry Stitches by Cori Dantini from Blend and includes a free pattern!

The panel is featured with Jolly old St. Nick, a frosty snowman and winter words.  Joined by joyful songbirds and little girls all bursting with yuletide spirit make this a fun holiday quilt!
Finished size: 57" x 75"
Skill level: Advanced Beginner

Included in kit:
Free Pattern: Quilt Joy
Approx: 7 1/2 yards fabric for top & binding
Available here: Quilt Joy




Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Cori Dantini - Merry Stitches


The Merry Stitches Collection is a winter sewing wonderland filled with whimsical depictions of your favorite Christmas carols and holiday traditions. 

Jolly old St. Nick and a frosty snowman are joined by joyful songbirds and little girls all bursting with yuletide spirit. 


Snowy skies add a cheery chill to this collection, and bountiful boughs of holly climb across a beautiful sewing canvas.

Available here: Merry Stitches

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Amy Bradley Designs - newest quilt patterns!

Amy has been quilting for over twenty years. She has a fine arts and graphic design background.

These are her new patterns and are available here: Amy Bradley

  Garden Quilt Pattern contains full size patterns, full size placement sheets, and instructions to make this 14 block quilt. The finished quilt size is 52 1/2" x 64 1/2".


 Dogs & Cats Quilt Pattern includes full-size patterns, placement sheets, and instructions to make both the dog and cat versions of the quilt. Finished size is 46 1/2" x 57 1/2".

Pirates for Boys & Girls Quilt Pattern includes full-size placement sheets, patterns, and instructions to make both the boy and girl versions of this 60" x 86" quilt.

All patterns use fusible applique.



Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Meet the designer: Gerri Robinson


Gerri is the creative force behind Planted Seed Designs™.  Her quilt designs can be found regularly in both McCall's Quilting and McCall's Quick Quilts Magazines along with other national quilting magazines.

Gerri's fabric designs are inspired by her love of classic home décor, interior design and color. If you've followed her for any length of time, you've come to realize that her quilt designs primarily incorporate stars and pinwheels. She loves the classic look and movement they give her designs.

When Gerri is not involved with all things Planted Seed Designs™, she's in the garden, designing and expanding her garden beds, or traveling to California visiting her oldest son, Andrew, and daughter-in-law, Andrea, and/or Phoenix visiting her middle son, Josh, and/or Indianapolis to watch her youngest son, Michael, play football for Butler University.

To stay up to date on the latest happenings with Gerri and Planted Seed Designs™, visit her website at www.plantedseeddesigns.com and follow along through her blog: PSD - Planting Seeds of Design Inspiration.

Gerri Robinson lives in Dublin, OH, with her husband, Eric.

View her fabrics collections and patterns here: Gerri Robinson

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Meet the Designer: Sandy Klop / American Jane

Sandy Klop had her first exposure to the world of colorful patterns while watching Klompen dancers perform. Every year in May her hometown of Holland, Michigan, celebrated tulip time with a vast array of Dutch costumes. She was first exposed to quilting in 1979 at her sister-in-laws when she returned from teaching in Iran. She went on to teach art in Saudi Arabia for the next four years. She loved the rich colors and patterns in the tiles and carpets of the Middle East. Back in California, Sandy began to make pattern samples for a local quilt store. From there she moved to machine quilting. She has worked at a local quilt shop and taught many quilt classes. In 2000 she published a series of quilt books with Jan Patek under the series title Folk Art Favorites before venturing out on her own as American Jane Patterns. In 2003 at Quilt Market Moda approached her to see if she would like to capture her look in fabric. She has been designing for Moda ever since. “Now I have a new fabric range from Moda every six months and I design quilt patterns to feature my new fabrics. I’m truly living my dream.” Her creative designs have appeared in several catalogs and many magazines. She speaks regularly on the topic, “The American Jane Story in Fabric”.

Her newest fabric collection coming in September 2014:
Ala Carte from Moda
This 30 piece collection comes in 5 colorways:




The border stripe is very stunning:






Thursday, May 15, 2014

We're Off!

This weekend is the Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh PA.  My team and I will be going to find the newest fabric collections and quilts kits for the 2nd half of 2014!



Hope when I get back it'll be green and sunny!






Friday, May 2, 2014

Scarlet Galaxy - Classic Quilt - "As Seen In"

Scarlet Galaxy was originally designed in reds and tans and we wanted to change it up a bit and make it in blacks and tans for a more manly quilt!
The fabrics we used are from Fresh Waters Designs - A Quilters Garden


The pattern "As Seen In" from McCall's America Loves Scrap Quilts Winter2013/2014
pg 8-10 and originally looked like this:

We  used a strip sets to make our blocks.

Finished Size: 60 1/2" x 76 1/2"
Skill level: Confident Beginner

Retail Price: $86.00 Each
Your Savings: $8.60
Price: $77.40
Available here: Scarlet Galaxy

Monday, April 21, 2014

Hope Takes Flight Quilt Kits + Free Pattern

Hope Takes Flight was designed by Melissa Richie she we quilters enjoy making modern quilts! Don't you agree!


This Confident Beginner Quilt is made with one charm pack, 1 yard black solid and 4 yard white solid all for $39.60 + shipping!

I like sewing flying geese blocks that you don't have to worry about the points!






Available here: Hope Takes Flight

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Blonde Joke - Easter Bunny



A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit
jump out across the middle of the road. 
He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the
rabbit jumps right in front of the car.

The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal
lover,  pulls over and gets out to see
what has become of the rabbit.
Much to his dismay, the rabbit is the Easter Bunny, and he is DEAD .

The driver feels so awful  that he begins to cry.
A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway
sees a man crying on the side of the road
and pulls over.

She steps out of the car and asks the man
what's wrong.

"I feel terrible"  he explains,
"I accidentally hit the Easter Bunny with my car and KILLED HIM."
 

The blonde says, "Don't worry."
 
She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can.
She walks over to the limp, dead Easter Bunny,
bends down, and sprays the contents onto him.

The  Easter Bunny  jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the road.

Ten feet away he stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down the road another 10 feet, turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and waves, and repeats this again and again and again and again, until he hops out of sight.
 
The man is astonished.
He runs over to the woman and demands,
  "What is in that can?
What did you spray on the Easter Bunny ?"
The woman turns the can around
so that the man can read the label.

It says..
(Are you ready for this?)
(You know you're gonna be sorry) 

(Last chance)


(OK, here it is)

It says, 

"Hair Spray
Restores life to dead hair,
and adds permanent wave."

Happy Easter!! 

Friday, April 18, 2014

Yum Yum: Maple Glazed Stuffed Pork Roast


What You Need

2 Tbsp.  butter
1 apple, chopped
1-1/2cups  hot water
1 pkg.  (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken
1 pork loin (2 lb.), butterflied
2 Tbsp.  maple-flavored or pancake syrup
2 Tbsp.  GREY POUPON Hearty Spicy Brown Mustard
1 tsp.  chopped fresh rosemary

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.
MELT butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add apples; cook and stir 3 min. or until crisp-tender. Add water and stuffing mix; cover. Let stand 5 min.; mix lightly.
SPOON stuffing mixture onto cut-side of meat to within 1/2 inch of edge. Roll up, jelly-roll fashion, starting at one short end. Place seam-side down, in roasting pan sprayed with cooking spray.
BAKE 1 hour. Mix syrup, mustard and rosemary; spread over meat. Bake 20 min. or until meat is done (145°F). Let stand 15 min. before slicing to serve.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Rose Lattice Quilt Kit now in Full Size!

Want to make a full size Rose Lattice quilt?
It uses Two Lap Quilt Kits - we took out the border stripe (2 yards) and included 3 yards instead.
Finished size: 76" x 82"
Fabrics used: Tomorrow's Promise by Marti Michelle

Available here: Rose Lattice Full Size

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Woodland Christmas new quilt kit for Holiday 2014

This beautiful 70" x 70" Woodland Christmas quilt was designed and pieced by Gina Gempesaw and machine quilted by Carole Whiting.

You'll want to be a very confident beginner or beyond to make this quilt. Please be sure to read all the cutting instructions carefully because several pieces are fussy cut, including the outer border, and because of the directionality of some prints. Two convenient, full-size templates are provided for one of the blocks. Label all the pieces and keep them together until you are ready to sew.

Fussy cut the center square and the 4 corner squares from the large poinsettia fabric. Gina featured the motif with a red and a white poinsettia from this print. Her cutting, sewing, and assembly instructions are clear and easy to follow. Fussy cut the outer border at 10½" to include the village vignette, the poinsettias, and the silver mercury glass ornaments, and then miter. She has allowed enough fabric for you to adjust how the poinsettias meet at the miters. An allover holly or poinsettia machine quilting pattern would finish this quilt beautifully, but if you still love to hand quilt, there's plenty of time left for you to do so!

Quilt kit available here: Woodland Christmas
Retail Price: $104.81 Each
Your Savings: $10.48
Price:
$94.33
Included in kit:
Free Pattern: Woodland Christmas
Approx: 9 3/4 yards fabric for top, borders & binding
(Fabrics used in these quilts are as pictured
(we made no substitutions).

BONUS: Table runner and placemat instructions included with pattern!







Saturday, April 5, 2014

Tonga Batik Boysenberry from Timesless Treasures

These luscious batik fabrics are in colors of teal, berry,  gold and velvet in yardage, kits and precuts.
Boyenberry Batiks - 20 prints


The precuts come with free patterns:


Need an idea for how to use these fabrics - how about these kits: