Still June right?

Well with school graduations, finals and end of year projects and performances....the month has disappeared quickly!  We will be glad to get on with a 'summer' routine soon.  And of course, summer for us means we can sew all day and night right?  If you missed our announcement about the Sew-in scheduled for July 26th....we've still got a few spaces left in case you have any projects you want to get underway?  A 'retreat' day may be just the ticket!  Give us a call or stop in and we'll get you registered.

We finally have a show and tell pin cushion for the month of June...it was a bit of trial and error, as I followed a tutorial online, and thought perhaps it was sew simple, I really didn't need to follow any directions, pictures or hints...let's just say it took a bit longer to execute!  This project is english paper pieced and it can also be done by machine if you can master pivoting corners, etc.  Here is the tutorial link and our photo, featuring gorgeous william morris fabrics.  Pretty cool?!
http://abyquilt.blogspot.com.au/2007/04/pincushion-tutorial.html

We really love some of our anniversary edition doll quilts from the past...and wanted to do something a bit different this year.  I've attached some of the pictures below from our prior projects.  We still have a couple of kits available for one or two of these.  This year if you hadn't noticed, we're stretching our anniversary activities out to fit our ability to get things done.  Sounds reasonable right?

Vintage T - year 2

Sense of Direction - year 4

Four-Square - year 4 too!

Chocolate T - year 5

In honor of our 6th anniversary......over the next several weeks we'll provide a set of instructions to complete a medallion doll quilt.  Each 'frame' represents a year of blood, sweat and tears....mixed up with great customers, new friends and a few fabric scraps!  We hope you'll join in and make a little doll quilt along with us...and don't forget to send us comments and pictures of your progress...or drag it in for show and tell in person - we love to see your projects!

No worries if you can't join us now, we're working on a pattern and will have it available at a later date.    
That being said - if you want to join in the sew along - gather your favorite fabrics and finish up your works in progress so you'll be ready to start when we publish the first step on Tuesday the 18th... OR we have fabric kits available if you want to sew a quilt featuring our favorite color palette of chocolate and aqua.

And just a little hint...if you want to do it exactly like ours...you'll want to gather up some one inch thimble paper piece templates OR the Miss Rosie's Lil' Crumbler template.  We'll suggest some other options too if you're just not in a thimble mood.  We have both of these options in stock at the moment.

And to get you in the spirit for medallion quilts - here are a couple of great sources of inspiration!
http://pinterest.com/ctpublishing/liberty-love/

We love Gwen's book that came out last spring published by AQS.



Happy Stitching!