So Many Quilts All in One Day with Betsy Chutchian

We really cleaned out the classroom to provide a blank slate for everything that Betsy Chutchian was able to pack in her giant suitcases!  She stacked up quilts on a couple of different crib and doll beds to provide quite the bed-turning.  And of course, as a backdrop, we had several of her quilts that had been on display in her Moda booth at Quilt Market in Portland.

Although Betsy talks "Texan", she also uses her hands so we managed to ooh and ahh at the right moments as all the little quilts were revealed one by one.

It was a hard days work, but several of our participants managed to get some stitching done while visiting!  We had a lovely day with Betsy and her generous sharing of information, quilt history and little quilts.

New Fabric and Floral Display

We have found the secret to an ever-lasting Bouquet of peonies ~ crepe paper and floral fabric for the win!!  Have you seen our latest store display? 

We were inspired for a Garden Party - this floral fabric was our inspiration.  It has been a busy month so far with school activities, graduations, recitals, sports and maybe a bit of gardening on the side!  We hope you have found some time for stitching too.  We have plenty of new fabrics arriving to give you some fresh inspiration!   

Painted Gardens by Crystal Manning for Moda

Emma by Kathy Hall for Andover 

Kingfisher Camp By River by Nambooka

Playful Pups for Timeless Treasures

Delilah Wrap Up!

Delilah 

Pattern designed by Jen Kingwell

Two Thimbles Version

Kami's Friedlander Version

Barbara's dotty version #1 of 2

Judy's version using alot of Jen Kingwell fabrics!

Backgrounds and Print Bundles 

We are happy to be wrap up this template of the month program - our final version and a few from our participants are shown here!  For those who have admired our quilt in progress....it is all in one piece now on to some quilting!  The pattern booklet is now available for purchase from Jen Kingwell  and acrylic template sets will also be available soon, we would be happy to special order these items for you.  We also have fat quarter bundles if you love the fabrics and want to create a different project with a similar flavor.  We also have a new acrylic block template set from Jen Kingwell that would look awesome too!

Anniversary Sale and Stash Lab Pop-up!

It's that time of year again!  Our Anniversary Sale is happening the first weekend of June.  All our regular priced fabric from the bolt will be on sale.  Don't miss this great opportunity to add to your stash! 

Online purchases will be adjusted after checkout.


As a little bonus for her local fans - Tonya from Stash Lab Quilts will be here on Saturday June 1st from about 11-1 for a little 'pop-up' booth show and share!  Tonya and all her latest samples, patterns and hot off the press String Theory Lab Manual will be here!!!  If you can't make it on Saturday morning to see Tonya, stop by in the next few days and see all the samples and get a taste of what Tonya's booth looked like at Quilt Market!

Fabric Additions

Can't live on fabric alone - or can you if you have enough variety?  We're testing the theory and adding more to the shelves!

Cotton + Steel Panorama

Garden At Coyoacan Multi

El Tiempo De Maripos

Evelyn's Homestead by Betsy Chutchian

New Hope by Jo Morton

Happy Stitching!

Fabric Sampler Club

Did you know?!

Two Thimbles has a Fabric Sampler Club and anyone can join!!  If you like getting nice surprises and pretty packages in your mailbox and have a penchant for 1800's reproduction and Civil War era fabrics, you'll want to visit our website for further details and enrollment!  

For a monthly membership fee of  $14.95 (+ tax), you'll receive a specially curated selection of 8 fat eighths of new fabrics each month.  Not only are these fabrics hand-picked for you, they remain exclusive to club members for that month!  Other membership "perks" include 25% off of yardage for your monthly featured club fabrics and 10% off of regularly priced fabric yardage storewide and so much more...  Again, head over to our website for details and enrollment!

Stop by the shop to see our latest copies of Quiltmania books - they are inspiration for lots of new projects to explain just why your stash needs regular restocking!

The Fabric Sampler Club - is a wonderful gift for someone special too....Happy Mother's Day to all of the hard-working, care-taking, inspiring household managers out there!

3 yards and done!

Do you ever need a quick project to give as a gift, satisfy a donation request or perhaps just get you through the transition to the next big project or just because you want a sewing fix?!   These 3 yard quilt projects certainly fit all of those possibilities - here are a few photos of some of our samples.  

3-Yard Quilts

These patterns are fast, fast, FAST!!  Perfect for that last minute baby shower or birthday gift.  Just one yard each of three different fabrics is all you need for the quilt top and binding.  We've got 5 different patterns to choose from and we've even handpicked and bundled some coordinating fabrics...so really a no stress option all the way from start to finish!

  

Mix and match any combination of 
fabrics and patterns

one bundle = one lap quilt top

just add a bundle to make a bigger quilt!

White Tie Fabric Bundles = $25.95

Black Tie Fabric Bundles = $30.95

Patterns = $5.99