Latest Fabrics

These first two pictures are some of the recent line by Margo Krager, now with Andover.  It is her first group with them, and we are exited for what is coming as well.  This is Dargate Treasury and the colors are a bit brighter and the variety in the pattern scale is really great.  Lots of fun to play with!

Dargate Treasury

Dargate Treasury

And we've got a lot of other great pieces flowing in - a wide range of colors and styles are available and we have tried to narrow it down to some of the best - some great new color combinations we haven't seen in a bit, gray and peachy coral, some geometrics in brights and some fabulous new batiks of course, added about 15 bolts to our collection...a few repeats and a few new to the australian group and we have a new bunch scheduled to arrive IN August - so we'll keep you posted about that.  

This latest group from Moda, by Laundry Basket - plays with the previous group of Snowbird, but this one is equally well named ...Cold Spell - you might want to just wrap up in a bit of that yardage for the next few days...

Stay cool in the sewing room!

Great New Fabrics!

We have some great new reds and blues if you're feeling patriotic with flag day tomorrow and 4th of July here in just a couple of weeks!  Summer is happening and that is a great time for hand stitching or for staying cool in the sewing room.  We've got a little bit of fun with a variety of new collections filling the shelves!

 

Paisley Persuasion by Molly B's Studio for Marcus Bros. 

Let Freedom Ring by Nancy Gere for Windham
Bottom Bolt: Denim Patches 108" Quilt Back 

Union Blues by Barbara Brackman for Moda

New Australian Prints!

Spring sewing fever?

Have you been doing some spring cleaning, finishing up projects and getting organized?  I think it must be in the air along with all the pollen and dust!  Happy Saint Patrick's day...Easter will be here before we know it so if you need a little something to spruce up your holiday decorating scheme - we have a couple of kits left for the colorful egg table runner.  It is a fusible applique project, so you still have time to get this done!

We have some new products in stock as well overflowing fabric shelves.  Our latest and greatest addition ....some of the aboriginal australian prints from M&S Textiles.  These are so colorful and varied in the prints that you can't go wrong.  They are fun to work with and combine well with solids and some of our other contemporary lines of fabric.  Stop by soon and check them out!  

M&S Textile Aboriginal Prints

If you are ready for some stitching - huck toweling is the 'new' alternative to counted cross-stitch.  You can keep it simple and just do some geometric designs, or use a vintage towel for inspiration.  These two samples were stitched up and combined with a bit of fabric trim.

Huck Towel Samples

And we have a few new notions as well - the beeswax is great for smoothing threads for handquilting or other hand stitching.  And the little colorful clips will keep your bobbin and threads matched or ensure you have the right combination when sewing at retreats.  The colorful strips shown in the photo are actually a stack of the "Quilter's Magic Wand" - the perfect tool for marking the diagonal sewing lines on squares.

Don't forget the Tri-County Quilt Tour coming up at the end of the month March 26th - March 28th...we are busy pulling together our Farm to Market plan, and I'm sure it's going to be great!!!