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

Show & Tell: Coral shows her Cape Cod Quilt

Wow - this quilt turned out really pretty!

The fabrics used in this quilt are from Cape Cod by Paint Brush Studios.

Happy Birthday Oreo Cookie!

It's not just any birthday: Milk's favorite cookie is turning 100!

Click here to see their offical site: Oreo Cookie

Click here to go to Kraft Foods view all kinds of recipes using Oreo Cookies: Kraft Foods

The beagles celebrating!

New Fabric Manufacture: Fabric Freedom

 Fabric Freedom fabrics are all the way from England! Their newest collection: Pure Velvet will be coming soon!

They have lots of fun easy to intermediate free patterns too! See all their free patterns here: Fabric Freedom

Just Arrived: Clematis

Clematis from Clothworks by Cedar West.

Bold, Brightly-colored flower blossoms in purple, fuscha and orange surrounded by leafy vines on a black or a white background!

 (The flower repeat is 12")

The floral vines show so much dimension they appear to move.

The floral bud trellis and the garden swirl offer lots of watercolor tonality.

Quilt Kit: Clematis + Free Pattern

Finished size: 48" x 61"
Skill level: Easy!
Included in kit:
Free Quilt pattern
Fabrics used are as pictured in this quilt
(approx: 5 yards for top, borders and binding)
Not included: 4 yards backing

Purchase your kit here for $$53.50 + shipping: Clematis

Happy 108th Birthday Dr Seuss!

Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904.

 “A person’s a person, no matter how small,” Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say. “Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.”

Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents.  In the process, he helped millions of kids learn to read.
 

Read more about Dr Seuss at Robert Kaufman.

Visit Whoville website kid frindly! Seusseville

Quilt Kit Misty from Jan Douglas and Whisper of Roses Fabrics!

 Misty is designed by Jan Douglas using Whisper of Roses fabric from Maywood Studios in two colorways: Blue or Green (these are identical quilts except for the blue or green color placement).

Finished size: 93" x 103"   Skill level: Easy piecing!

 Close-up of outside border used in both quilts.

Capture a soft and sunny mood with this lovely king size quilt.
Quilt kit includes easy piecing directions by designer Jan Douglas.


Fabrics are as picture in quilt.

(approx: 13 1/4 yards for top, borders and binding).

Purchase your kit here for $149.00 + shipping: Misty

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

  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yum Yum!

1 pkg. (7 oz.) BAKER'S Milk Chocolate Dipping Chocolate

36 fresh strawberries

 MELT chocolate as directed on package.

DIP strawberries in chocolate; let excess chocolate drip off.

PLACE on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Refrigerate 30 min. or until chocolate is firm. 

Thank you Kraft Foods for this recipe! 

Quilt Kit U-Taupe-ia & Serenity Basics from Cara Collection

from EE Schenck. Serenity Basics are patterns styled by Daiwabo excusively for Cara Collection.  Deep, dark rich browns to grey prints are subtle designs for show-stopping projects. These great Japanese screen prints always represent a true Japanese aesthetic, their muted tones work so well together you can almost mix and match at will.

U-TAUPE-IA from Marti Michell

Finished quilt measures approx. 85" x 100"

Finished block size: 12"

Marti Michell has done it again with this luscious and interesting quilt design!  Yummy-delicious blocks are made using Perfect Patchwork Template Sets A and C for the piecing and the Serenity fabric collection.

Fabrics used in this quilt are pictured above.

Center square

Outside border

Kit includes:

Marti Michell U-Taupe-ia quilt pattern
Fabrics used are pictured in this quilt

(approx: 9 1/2 yards for top, borders and binding).

Purchase your kit here for $199 + shipping:  U-Taupe-ia

Wildflower Rhapsody Quilt

We've had a lot of questions from our customers about how we quilted our quilt.  Click on this photo to enlarge it to she some of the detail.

Our quilt was quilted by:
 Kraker’s Quilting & Design
Owner: Judith Kraker

689 Hess Lake Drive
Grant, MI 49327
Phone: (231) 282-7011
Phone: (231) 286-1480

Senior Joke

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, " How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?" 
"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub." 
"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

"No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"

ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON ... OR DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?

"As Seen In" Fon's & Porter: Flying Dutchman

Love of Quilting January / February 2012, pg. 48.

Flying Dutchman is made with fabrics using Paisley Denim
from Clothworks by Skipping Stone Studios.

Finished size: 82" x 95"
Block size: 12" square
Skill level: Intermediate

Kit includes all the fabrics pictured in this quilt 

(approx: 9 yards for top, borders and binding). 

Purchase your kit here for $90 + shipping: Flying Dutchman

Luice predicts!

Using her very scientific skills (seeing her shadow) she has predicted 6 more weeks of winter!

"As Seen In" Fon's & Porter: Caroline's Chain

Love of Quilting January / February 2012, pg. 60.

This soft and romantic quilt is made with fabrics inspired by Jennifer Chiaverin's newest novel, The Wedding Day. The Irish Chain blocks are easy to make using strip sets.

The quilt was designed by Cindi Hershey.

 Finished size: 91" x 111"
Blocks are 10" square.

Skill level: Easy

Kit includes all the fabrics pictured in this quilt 

(approx: 13 7/8 yards for top, borders and binding).

Purchase your kit here for $156 + shipping:  Caroline's Chain

Good morning!

Look at all the contrails from the airplanes this morning!
Click on the picture to blow it up more.

Good morning Winter!

Beagle Lucie really hates her picture taken but loved walking in the new snow!

As Seen In: Cambridge Fabric Collection featured in two different quilt magazines!

 Fabrics included in these quilts are from the Cambridge Collection from Fabric Quilts / Paintbrush Studios by Ro Gregg.

#1  As Seen In: The Quilter Magazine
February / March 2012 - pg10

 Modern Romance 

This quilt was designed by Jean Ann Wright.
Square in a Square & Garden Fancy blocks were used to create a romantic lap quilt.

Finished size: 68" x 80"

Skill level: Intermediate

Kit includes all the fabrics pictured in this quilt 

(approx: 9 yards for top, borders and binding). 

Purchase your kit here for $99.00 + shipping: Modern Romance

#2  As Seen In: Fons & Porter's Easy Quilts
Spring 2012 - pg 56

Cambridge Starlight

 Bring the garden inside with this quilt designed by Ro Gregg.  

The beautiful floral stripe is a perfect frame for the center patchwork.  

Finished size: 74" x 86"

Skill level: Confident beginner

Kit Includes all the fabrics pictured in this quilt 

(approx: 11 7/8 yards for top, borders and binding).

Purchase your kit here for $130.00 + shipping: Cambridge Starlight

Yum Yum - January 24th is National Peanut Butter Day. Let's make cookies!

 What You Need
2-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp.  Magic Baking Powder
1 tsp.  baking soda
1/2 tsp.  salt
1 cup  butter, softened
1 cup  Kraft Smooth or Crunchy Peanut Butter
1 cup each: packed brown sugar and granulated sugar
2  eggs
1 tsp.  vanilla

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter, peanut butter and sugars in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
DROP tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheets. Flatten each, in criss-cross pattern, with tines of fork.
BAKE 8 to 10 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets 5 min.; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.