No rain Houston but we do have Flurries!

We got in another Christmas fabric line, this time from Moda

 Kate Spain's - Flurry

Here are the prints: 

And we also got a stack of charm packs:

 and some Jellyrolls!

Also this week we got ANOTHER box of batiks.  As of today we are still able to bring you batiks at under $10 per yard, and we have 14 shelves of batik fabrics alone- we are told this is one of the best selections and best prices in the area so please check them out!

And thinking of our Quilts of Valor quilters we found these Red White and Blue prints:

We had exactly 75 Mug Rugs turned in to be swapped. You are welcome to come in to pick them up on starting Tuesday June 7th and we'll announce the winner of the $50 gift certificate on Tuesday's blog entry too!  Thank you to everyone who contributed one! It was very fun to see everyone's ideas and designs. 

We had one ambitious customer turn in 13 to be swapped!!

Mark your calendars for our July 2nd Open House when all the teachers will be available with their projects for sign ups, we'll have refreshments for everyone AND we are having a 25% off storewide sale that day too!

All Aboard! and America the Beautiful

These fabrics from Exclusively Quilters came in this week:

All Aboard! features a panel with four pictures:

And these coordinates for All Aboard:

On the Exclusively Quilters website there are free downloadable patterns for these four quilts using these fabrics.

We have all the coordinates for these quilts! 
Perfect for Father's Day!








We also got in a few fabrics from the America the Beautiful Collections including this panel with 5 pictures of our national bird the Bald Eagle:

 We thought these would be perfect for our 

Quilts of Valor quilters.

Fun Facts about our National Bird:
As of 2007 Bald Eagles are not on the Endangered Species list anymore- they are however still a protected species.
There are 9,789 breeding pairs of Bald Eagles. Once paired they only breed together so long as they both live though, they will separate during the non-mating season and find eachother again during the breeding season. They lay 1-3 eggs in nests built in tall large trees near rivers or a coast.
Bald Eagles have 7,000 feathers, weigh 10-14 lbs, live up to 30 years, can lift up to 4 lbs and have a wingspan of 72-90".  They can fly up to 10,000 feet in the air and can reach speeds of 30-35 mph during level flight (even higher during dives). Eagles are strong swimmers which help them catch their favorite food- fish.
The call of a bald eagle is not the beautiful sound you hear in the movies. That call is actually made most commonly by a Red Tailed Hawk.
The Bald Eagle became our National Bird by only one vote: the turkey was the very close runner up!