Congratulations to Lori M. who is the winner of the Kaufman Skinny Strips and Moda Charm Pack shown below! I’ve sent you an email directly. Thanks also to those of you who participated by reading my weekly email newsletter. 🙂
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For this week’s Fabric Friday, I thought I’d do something a little different – let’s have a giveaway!!
But first, I have some great news for my international friends: most of our precuts are now available for global shipping! Whoo hoo! I believe this is a pilot program, which if successful, will hopefully mean that all items will be available for international shipping in the future.
Click here to see which precuts this applies to. 🙂
One of you will win these precut bundles by signing up for my newsletter!
One lucky winner will receive the precut bundles shown above: a Skinny Strip (1 1/2″ x 40″ strips) of Valori Wells Blueprint Basics in Summer, plus a charm pack of Bella Snow.
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Fabric swatches from Blueprint Basics – Summer
If you are already signed up for my newsletter, you don’t have to do a thing – you are already entered. Imagine that – you don’t even need to leave me a comment! Though of course you still can if you want to. 🙂
The giveaway is open to everyone worldwide through Monday, January 19th at midnight PST. I’ll draw a winner’s name and announce it on the blog during the day on Tuesday.
It’s the first Fabric Friday of the year! Whoo hoo! That means it’s time to introduce you to some fun new precuts. Moda has recently introduced junior precuts – smaller bundles of precut strips and squares.
The Junior Layer Cakes include 20 squares, precut into a convenient 10″ x 10″ size. Right now they include the most popular bella solid colors, with all the squares being cut from the same fabric. These are so versatile for backgrounds, or to combine with other layer cake squares.
Click here to view all Junior Layer Cakes.
The Junior Jelly Rolls include 20 precut 2 1/2″ x 42″ strips that are all the same color, also bella solids. I think if these are successful, Moda will probably expand to include the print strips.
Click here to view all Junior Jelly Rolls.
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It’s no secret that I love Kona solids. When I look back at the quilts I’ve made this year, the majority of them have been made with solids! I think Robert Kaufman is smart by partnering up with some of your favorite bloggers to create curated designer palettes. Let me introduce you to a couple of them:
Elizabeth Hartman’s Designer Palette includes 25 luscious shades of lilac, pink, yellow, teal and grey. The fat quarter bundle is perfect for anyone’s gift list, and it comes in all of the other standard precuts as well.
With the release of Elizabeth Hartman’s new book, Patchwork City, there are 3 color groupings to go along with it: Patchwork City solids in Autumn, Winter and Summer. Aren’t they just luscious??
Next up, popular blogger Rita Hodge of Red Pepper Quilts has her own blogger bundle consisting of pretty pinks and purples with a touch of brights and neutrals. I’m already thinking about what I could make from this palette!
There will be more designers on tap for 2015 and I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
I’m excited to get a jump start on some quilts I’m hoping to finish next year. I wanted to play around with precuts and scraps and I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to sew with so many colorful pieces of fabric!
I’m currently making a quilt using Pat Sloan‘s latest fabric line The Sweet Life which will be in shops (including ours) around February of next year. These are some leftover triangle trimmings from the quilt blocks. I decided they are so fun and colorful that I think I’ll make a bonus project from all of the leftovers. Got any suggestions?
I also started cracking open some mini charm packs and regular charm packs that I have accumulated over the last couple of months (and this is after attending quilt market and giving most of it away already!!)
Not quite sure what I wanted to do with them, I first sorted them into piles of lights and darks because I knew I wanted high contrast. I was able to flip over quite a few of the medium prints and they turned into pretty low-volume pieces on the back. I just love versatile fabric, don’t you?
I just love the contrast between bright prints and more muted low-volume designs!
I’ve now got the perfect idea in mind – it’s based on a traditional quilt I made years and years ago that I’m going to tweak into a more modern design. I’ve been having a blast sewing together all of these little squares and playing with all these luscious colors and prints!
If you haven’t already guessed, I sort of have a thing for precuts. I also love saturated color and fabrics with a bit of printed texture. The latest grouping I’d like to share with you is the Pointillist Palette from Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman.
First up is the primary colorway. Doesn’t that just look scrumptious? It reminds me of colored sugar!!
The earth colorway is right up my alley. I love the warm undertones and the subtle color shifts!
And who can go wrong with the sorbet colorway – pretty pastels in soothing shades!
As of this writing, all three colorways are available in skinny strips (1 1/2″ wide), regular roll ups (2 1/2″ wide) and a new size: charm rolls (5 1/2″ wide), all by the width of the fabric.
So which colorway is your favorite? Click here to see all of the Pointillist Palette Precuts (and say that 3 times fast!)
Right now, I’m away at Sewtopia, a super fun modern quilting retreat in Salt Lake City this weekend. But thank goodness I can still share some fabulous fabric finds with you on this lovely Friday!
Let’s take a look at Stonehenge from Northcott, a beautiful collection of marbled basics, some with a bit of sparkle!
This metallic bundle features cheerful reds, greens and blues combined with warm neutrals in gold, cream and tan.
Singapore Sling includes my favorite warm colors of red, orange and yellow with a touch of pink.
Sand and Surf showcases the ever popular combo of green and teal with a hint of tan.
Aren’t they just delicious? These are just a few of the combinations available. Click here to see them all!
I’ve always had a thing for batiks. And even though there is currently some debate, or shall we say “thoughts” in modern circles about the use of batiks in modern quilts, I certainly love them! (They are some of Jasons’ favorites, too, and he keeps pushing me to use them more!)
This week we just received a treasure trove of new Tonga Treats from Timeless Treasures: precut batik fat quarters, charms, strips, squares, and six-packs! Take a look:
The Hawaii colorway features the popular combination of aqua and red, with a pop of peach, cream, teal and light blue for sparkle. I especially like the geometrics – they remind me of free-motion quilting designs!
Cabana reminds me of the beach with surf and sand colors of blue, green and warm tan!
Reef includes gorgeous tones of purple and blue. Hmm, do you see a theme here? I think whoever named these groups wanted to get away for a little vacation, don’t you think?
It is with great pleasure that I get to share the latest designer precuts with you! They are all from Westminster, which distributes both the Free Spirit collection and the Rowan Line.
Hadley by Denyse Schmidt for Free Spirit
Isn’t Hadley just awesome? It features modern geometrics and florals in a slightly darker palette, perfect for fall! Who says brown can’t be a great modern neutral?
Amy Butler Glow from Rowan
Amy Butler’s prints are what first turned me onto modern fabrics. Her penchant for combining color, print and texture are simply unparalleled in the fabric industry!
Kaffe Fassett’s Limited Edition
Kaffe Fassett’s fabrics have been a favorite of mine for years! The riotous color and bold designs make any quilt or fabric project sing!
Click here to shop all precuts and drool over your favorites. 🙂
Yay! It’s time for Fabric Friday – a day where I get to share with you what’s new in my precut store. I have to tell you how hard it is to decide which fabrics to feature. Sometimes I give sneak peeks on my instagram account as they arrive.
The tricky thing about that is that it may not get to my store for a week or more after I share! In fact, I already wrote another post for next Friday, hoping everything I want so show you will get there in time. 🙂
So for today, let’s take a look at A Field Guide by Janet Clare for Moda, all in stock and ready to ship (while supplies last):
Janet Clare and her children are collectors of pebbles, feathers, fossils and shells. So it was really only a matter of time before their nature collecting became the inspiration for a fabric collection. Much of her work is inspired by children and their purity of thought, their innocence and the joy they find in the simplicity of nature.
A Field Guide is available in these precuts:
A Field Guide Jelly Roll – 40 Strips, 2 1/2″ x 42″
A Field Guide Charm Pack – 42 Squares, 5″ x 5″
A Field Guide Layer Cake – 42 Squares, 10″ x 10″
A Field Guide – 28 Fat Quarters, 18″ x 21″
A Field Guide – 28 Fat Eighths, 9″ x 21″
Aren’t they pretty?
Christa Quilts 