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Check out my Custom Color Bundles: Fat Quarters from ALL of My Fabric Lines!

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I’ve been working hard over the last few weeks, creating 11 gorgeous color bundles spanning all of my fabric lines for Benartex. A few weeks ago I got a request from some followers in my Facebook Group to create these custom color bundles, and I’m pleased to say they are now finally ready!

So let’s take a look at these beauties:

Reds: 12 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 12 fat quarters in pretty reds and pinks with a touch of other colors for added sparkle. Each fat quarter measures approximately 18″ x 21″.

Oranges: 10 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 10 fat quarters in warm shades or orange.

Yellows: 10 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 10 fat quarters in yellow with a touch of orange, white and gray for added depth.

Limes: 10 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 10 fat quarters in shades of luscious lime and chartreuse.

Greens: 10 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 10 fat quarters in shades of luscious green from mint to kelly.

Teals: 8 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 8 fat quarters in rich teal and turquoise with a hint of lime.

Light Blues: 8 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 8 fat quarters in light blues and aquas.

Dark Blues: 8 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 8 fat quarters in cool blues from sky to royal and navy.

Pinks: 9 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 9 fat quarters of pinks including lilac and fuchsia.

Purples: 12 Fat Quarters

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 12 fat quarters in sparkling purples from lilac and grape to magenta and plum.

Neutrals: 20 Fat Quarters in Black, White and Gray

Christa's Custom Color Bundle

This custom color bundle includes 20 fat quarters in light, medium and dark neutrals. These blacks, whites, and grays include fabulous patterns and interesting textures that will draw your viewers’ eyes deeper into any project you create!

Aren’t these all just so delicious??? One of the main reasons I love being a fabric designer is so that I can create colors, patterns and textures for my own personal stash! I’m so happy that I’ve been able to fill out a rainbow of color with my fabrics and I can’t wait to show you what’s yet to come!

Click here to see all color bundles at a glance.

Which colorway is *YOUR* favorite??

Christa Quilts Clearance Sale: Fabric & Patterns & Kits, Oh My!

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The start of summer is a perfect time for a sale. I have reduced prices on many items in my online shop—take a look. There are some real treasures!

Kit Clearance

The sale includes kits for Surplus Strips in warm colors of red, orange and yellow from my Fandangle fabric line from Benartex.

Click here to get the Surplus Strips quilt kit on sale. 

Most of my kits include the pattern plus all of the fabric needed for the quilt top and binding.  All of the kits on clearance have been reduced by 25% off the original price with no coupon required!

Next up, Lattice Work features charm packs from my Abstract Garden fabric line with light and dark neutrals to make those bright colors pop! This kit includes fabric for the top and binding in the throw size at 74″ x 82″.

The beginner-friendly design is quick to piece and fun to make. The bright, colorful fabrics make it interesting enough for anyone to enjoy!

Cool things off with my Pieced Primrose quilt kit on sale.  As of this writing, I have one of these left in the wall size kit for 25% off the original price – no coupon required!

If you’d like a larger version, the throw-size Pieced Primrose in warm or cool colors is also on clearance. It’s 4 times as big as the wall size and with the clearance sale, you’ll save over $50 on this kit – what a deal!

Finally, I have one left of my popular Infrastructure quilt kit. It features my entire Geo Pop fabric line with a modern, geometric quilt pattern designed by my talented friend Heather Black of Quiltachusetts.

Infrastructure Geo Pop Fabric

Click here get the very last Infrastructure Quilt Kit.

I hosted a quilt along awhile back to make this quilt and you can still access all of that free content here on my blog. I even included YouTube videos of my basting, quilting and binding process which you can apply to any quilt you make!

Click here to access the Infrastructure Quilt Along – it’s free!

Not a care in the world when the fabrics are neatly packed into a convenient kit, ready for you to have all the fun!

Pattern Clearance

Positive Direction paper pattern is on clearance.

A number of paper patterns are on clearance including Positive Direction. The soft neutrals let the plus signs take center stage in this modern quilt design.

Pearl Pendants paper pattern is on clearance.

Maybe you’re up for a challenge!? Then Pearl Pendants fits the bill. Make the crib size at 50″ x 60″ or the throw at 60″ x 72″. The paper pattern is on clearance.

More paper patterns on sale at just $4.95:
Click here to view them all!

Modern Marks Fabric Clearance

I have fond memories of creating my very first fabric line, but now it’s time to clear out the old to make way for the new. I know you’ll love Modern Marks at just $8.95 a yard while it lasts. Much of it is sold out already, but you can still grab yardage of the remaining prints to stock your stash or add a pop of color to the back of your quilt.

    

Click here to view everything on clearance.
And remember, all US orders ship for a flat rate of $5 – no matter how much you buy.

Sale prices valid while supplies last. I can’t wait to see what you make! 

Virtual Quilt Market Spring 2020: You’re Invited!

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I’m excited to be a part of Virtual Quilt Market June 2–4, a brand new event from Quilts Inc. Traditional quilt market has been reimagined in light of current events and it’s going to be so interesting to see everyone’s creativity come shining through!

Virtual Quilt Market

I’ll debuting my 6th fabric line for Benartex called Good Vibes which is a nod to good vibes and happy times of my childhood as a kid growing up in the 80s!

There are 10 low volume prints and 10 saturated colors, all featuring my signature, colorful geometrics. Here’s a sneak peek for now –  I can’t wait to tell you more about them!

Good Vibes Saturated Prints

Here’s a short, seven-minute video I put together for Benartex to introduce the line. I’m still working on quilts and patterns, and everything will begin shipping to stores in July of 2020.

Sneak peek of Good Vibes fabrics and patterns on my YouTube channel – please subscribe!

I will be sharing more about this collection during my virtual Quilt Market Schoolhouse at 10:40 AM Central on Wednesday, June 3. This event is for registered, paid attendees. To view the Schoolhouse sessions during Virtual Quilt Market, register for General Access or All Access. Find complete details at VirtualQuiltMarket.com. There are also business webinars and of course, tons of new quilty products of all kinds.

If you can’t catch the live presentations, all registered attendees will have access to the content for one month after the event. There will be so much to see! I hope you’ll take advantage of this great chance to get the latest scoop on what’s happening in the quilting industry.

You can’t imagine how much fun it was to name the prints in Good Vibes. My memories of Gumballs, Slippin’ Slide, Bedazzled, Good Vibrations, Interconnected and Circuit Board are all immortalized in fabric. They bring a smile to my face!

Benartex has put together this handy guide for shops. Feel free to download and save the Good Vibes Lookbook and tell your favorite shop owners to contact their Benartex sales rep to order. The best part of designing any collection is seeing what others make with it – and I can’t wait!!

Click here to access the Good Vibes Lookbook

Free Fat Quarter with $50 Purchase!

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I was cleaning and organizing my sewing room and realized I have a TON of leftover fat quarters from quilts in progress, bolt ends, and fat quarter bundles from all four of my fabric lines: Modern Marks, Fandangle, Abstract Garden, and Geo Pop.

Christa Watson FQ's

Don’t they look like colorful candy?? This is just a small sampling of my freebies for you!!

Rather than trying to cram them in somewhere and let them collect dust, I’d rather give them to you!! So from now on, all orders of $50 or more from my little online store at shop.ChristaQuilts.com will get one of these beauties as a surprise in their package!

Modern Marks Fabric swatches

Click here to shop all remaining Modern Marks fabric.

Fandangle fabrics

Click here to shop all remaining Fandangle fabric.

Abstract Garden by Christa Watson for Benartex Contempo

Click here to shop all remaining Abstract Garden fabric.

Geo Pop by Christa Watson

Click here to preorder bundles of Geo Pop fabric.

I’m very much a minimalist, and although I’m keeping plenty of yardage of all my collections on hand for personal use, I have a hard time storing smaller pieces of fabric. So I’m excited to send them your way instead! 🙂

Click here to shop my fabrics, patterns, books, and thread at Shop.ChristaQuilts.com.

Moving Sale Week 4: Save 10% on Precuts, Bundles and Kits

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We are making great progress on our new house, but there’s still a ton left to do! Last week, we got several of the rooms painted and started moving things into closets. My daughter is thrilled with her new pink room and now we are just waiting for her furniture to arrive from Ikea. Since she will be the only child living with us once my son Ryan leaves for his mission in China, we wanted to make sure she’d be happy in the new place.

Painting before and after

Before and after pics of painting Jenna’s room – she loves it!

My sewing room will probably be the last room to get organized, so I’m continuing to have a different weekly sale to cut down on the amount of things we’ll need to move!

Click here and use code MOVE4 to save 10% on all precuts, bundles and kits.

Abstract Garden Charm Packs

All precuts are on sale, from all 3 of my fabric collections.
Use code MOVE4 at checkout.

It’s kind of crazy to think that from the time we thought about moving to the time we closed on the house was just 3 weeks, but that’s kinda how I roll. When I’m ready to do something, I usually throw all of my effort into it ASAP!! Fortunately, my schedule doesn’t get busy again until mid February, so for now, getting moved and settled is my full-time focus!!

Black Friday-Cyber Monday: Preorder Abstract Garden Fabric on Sale!

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I just got the best news ever! My Abstract Garden line is shipping a little early and should be here soon! To celebrate, for this weekend only, you can use the code BLACKFRIDAY to get 10% off your preorder of any of the yardage. As soon as it arrives on my doorstep I’ll cut it and get it out the door to you, while supplies last.

Abstract Garden Fabric

Click here and use code BLACKFRIDAY to get 10% off any fabric order by the yard.

Here’s the fine print:

  • I’m offering it in 2 yard increments only, but will be happy to cut continuous yardage for you.
  • I’m happy to ship international – any shipping overages will be credited back to your account.
  • Sale price applies to yardage only, but I’m happy to combine shipping for other items purchased in the same transaction.
  • Coupon also applies to remaining yardage of my other lines: Modern Marks and Fandangle.
  • I don’t have an exact shipping date but it will most likely be in early December.

Abstract Garden by Christa Watson for Benartex Contempo

Click here to preorder Abstract Garden – use code BLACKFRIDAY to save 10%

Quilt Shops that Carry Fandangle Fabric

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Great news to share! I’m starting to update my list of quilt shops that have ordered Fandangle so far (see below). If you are a shop out there that carries my fabrics, or know of a shop who stocks it who’s NOT on this list, please let me know in the comments and I’ll be glad to add them.

Fandangle fabric by Christa Watson for Benartex Contempo

Click here to read more about each design from Fandangle.

Shops that Carry My Fabric

This is by no means a complete list as many shops purchase through a distributor (rather than from the manufacturer) and many shops will receive their orders over the next several months, so I’ ll update this list as needed!

Shops listed with ** carry both of my fabric lines: Modern Marks and Fandangle.
Underlined shops carry the full line (but may sell out quickly so check for availability.)

Links to Shops Selling Online
Click each link below to purchase
Additional Shops located in the US
Contact them for availability in store
International Shops
Distributors

Quilt shops may contact these companies directly for ordering information

Fandangle Fabric and Matching Shoes

Fandangle by Christa Watson for Benartex Contempo Studio
Click here to purchase patterns featuring Fandangle Fabric

Creative Spaces Blog Hop Week 4 – Fabric!

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This week on the Creative Spaces Blog hop, 16 of us are discussing how we deal with our fabric stashes. Scroll to the end of this post for links to everyone  on the hop.

For me, the first step in cleaning and organizing my fabric stash was going through it and deciding what I wanted to keep and what I didn’t. I’ve been quilting for nearly 25 years and as you can imagine, that’s a lot of fabric accumulation! My tastes have changed over the years and a few years ago, I finally decided it was ok to let go of things that no longer interested me.

My quilt Stash

This was my stash before my great studio cleanup of 2013-2014.

During my last big studio cleanup and what I called the great destash of 2013, I got rid of over half of my fabric stash. The image above is my “before” picture of my stash that filled two large shelving units.

In the image below, I invited a friend of mine who was just starting her quilting journey to come over and pick out as much fabric as she wanted to jump start her own stash. She took home enough to get her started on several quilts – and it barely made a dent in my stash!

Raiding the Stash

This was during the great destash of 2013

So then I decided it was time to either sell or donate as much fabric as I could. I stuffed big boxes full of prints I no longer wanted by colorway and offered them up for a very low price both on instagram and on my website. There’s a hashtag on instagram that most folks use – #thegreatfabricdestash – when wanting to get rid of unwanted fabric.

Whatever I didn’t sell was donated to a friend of mine who runs a chapter of Project Linus in her area. In fact she’s the mother- in-law of my friend above, and she’s my go-to person whenever my scraps and unwanted fabric accumulate beyond a reasonable amount. I like knowing that my fabric is finding a good home and being made into quilts that help comfort kids in need.

Fabric Destash

Getting rid of fabric I don’t use. My discards are someone else’s treasures!

Selling and donating tons of fabric helped immensely and I was now left with about half of my original stash, and stuff I actually wanted to use. I organized it by color and everything was able to fit into one shelving unit, behind closed doors. The second shelving unit now houses my notions and supplies, books and extra batting scraps.

My Quilting Stash after the big cleanup

My stash organized by color, with works in progress in buckets and bins.
You can definitely see I prefer bright colors, with a healthy dose of neutrals.

Although my stash is now tame and manageable, I’m starting to feel the need to cull it again. Now that I’m designing my own fabric, I’m not as interested in working with fabrics that aren’t mine. At first I kind of felt weird about it, and thought maybe I was losing my creative mojo, then I started noticing that a lot of designers only work exclusively with their own stuff. Whew! That makes me feel better!

When I released my first line of fabric, Modern Marks last fall, I took over one shelf for my own personal collection of the line. Of course I had to consolidate some of my other stash to make room for the new arrivals. I bought some comic book boards to wrap the unwashed yardage on and you can see some of the washed pile of Modern Marks peeking out to the left in the image below.

Christa's Fabric from Benartex Contempo Modern Marks and Fandangle

Modern Marks and Fandangle play very nicely together!

Now that my second collection – Fandangle – is out there in the world, I’m taking up nearly two shelves of my fabric storage area.

What I will probably do is keep most of my regular stash until the volume of fabric I designed takes over. I was really tempted to just buy a full bolt of each to keep, but I know that would quickly take over the house once I’ve got a few more collections under my belt, LOL!!

I’m curious – how do you manage YOUR stash? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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Fandangle Fabric is Here – Get Your FQ or 1/2 Yard Bundle for a Limited Time

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While I was on vacation last week, I was thrilled to get the text from my friend letting me know my big delivery of Fandangle fabric had arrived – whoo whoo!! Needless to say, I’ll be spending the next couple of days cutting and folding fabric bundles!!

Boxes of Fandangle Fabric shipped from Benartex

Thank goodness my friend brought in the boxes from out side while I was gone!!

Because I want to encourage folks to buy my fabric at their local quilt shop (updated list of where to buy coming soon) – I’m only going to be offering bundles and kits for a limited time, so grab them while you can!!

Benartex Strip-pies

I love how the new Strip-pies (jelly rolls) are packaged flat and are arranged by warm and cool!
These will be going into the Dot ‘n Dash kits for our upcoming quilt along.

Fandangle 10 Piece Bundles

Fandangle (which is a fun word that means ornamentation or embellishment) includes an assortment of bright, geometric prints in warm and cool colorways. To make it easy on your budget, I’m offering 10 piece bundles in either fat quarters (18″ x 22″ each) or half-yard cuts (18″ x 36″). Of course you can get them both if you’d like some of the entire line.

Fandangle Fabric by Christa Watson in the Warm Colorway

Click here to get your 10 piece bundle of Fandangle in the warm colorway.

Fandangle Fabric by Christa Watson Cool Colorway

Click here to get your 10 piece bundle of Fandangle in the cool colorway.

Winners of the 3 Fandangle Quilt Patterns

I almost forgot!! It’s time to announce the winners of the 3-pack of quilt patterns that I released to go along with the line. I loved reading all of your comments on whether you preferd PDF or print patterns and am happy to say I offer my quilt patterns in both versions for your convenience!

Congratulations to Monica from the US, Jayne P. from the UK and Wayne M. Winners have been notified via email.

Fandangle Quilt Patterns

Click here to purchase any of my quilt patterns in printed format.
Click here to purchase any of my quilt patterns in DPF download format.

Stay tuned later this week as I’ll share some beauty shots of the quilts I made from Fandangle. While we were at the beach we took advantage of some gorgeous locations for some styled photography that I can’t wait to share with you.

Fandangle Fabric Bundle by Christa Watson

Thanks for your support of my fabrics. I love being able to design them for you!
When you create with them, please share your finishes in my facebook group, or on Instragram with the hashtag #fandanglefabric. I can’t wait to see what you make!

Fandangle Fabric Blog Hop over at Sew in Love (Benartex’ Blog)

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Exciting news! I just got word that Fandangle fabric stars shipping to stores this week, so those the pre-ordered fat quarter bundles and kits should from me should be getting them soon!! In other fun news, this week also kicks off the fun and inspiring Fandangle blog hop over on Benartex’ blog: Sew in Love with Fabric.

Fandangle Blog Hop

Today starts with an introduction of the fabric line over on the Benartex blog along with an interview I gave explaining some of my thoughts and inspiration behind the collection. Tuesday through Friday, nine talented designer friends will be sharing the projects they made from my fabric. Saturday will wrap up with a virtual trunk show of my patterns featuring Fandangle, again over on the Benartex blog.

There will be prizes and tons of beautiful projects!

Each of the stops will include a winner who will get a prize pack of 8 assorted Fandangle fat quarters (US shipping only due to high shipping costs.) So be sure to scroll to the end of this post for the complete schedule and bookmark each stop for your chance to win!

Fandangle Fabric Bundle by Christa Watson

Click here to purchase Fandangle fabric bundles.

And to make it even more exciting – I’m throwing in a bonus prize bundle, too. I’ll choose 3 winners who will each win a bundle of my three newest patterns: Sparkling Stars, Pearl Pendants, and Surplus Strips. Of course, these patterns will look great in any fabrics you choose!

To enter leave me a comment letting me know if you prefer PDF patterns, or print patterns – or both!!

US winner swill get their choice of PDF or print version. International winners will receive the PDF version. I’ll choose 3 random winners on Saturday at the end of the hop and announce their names here on the blog on Monday.

Fandangle Quilt Patterns

Click here to view all of my quilt patterns – print version
Click here to view all of my quit patterns – PDF version

Here’s the Full Blog Hop Schedule:

Monday

Benartex Blog: Sew in Love with Fabric Interview

Tuesday
Heather from Quilt-achusetts; IG: @quiltachusetts

Nancy from Masterpiece Quilting; IG: @masterpiecequilting

Wednesday
Thursday
Annie from By Annie; IG @patternsbyannie
Friday
Tina from Mod Geometry; IG: @sashikostyle
Paige from Quilted Blooms; IG: @quiltedblooms
Saturday
Sew in Love with Fabric Virtual Trunk Show
Fandangle Fabric by Christa Watson

I’ll be offering Fandangle fabric bundles for a limited time, so grab yours while they last!

I’m so excited to see what everyone makes from my fabric! Be sure and use the hashtag #fandanglefabric on socila media so I can see what you’re making, too!