Civil War Fabrics

Pheasant Hill Precuts from Moda 

 Bolts of from Moda, Marcus and RJR. 

Very rich colors in these reproductions!

 

Build Your Stash

Sharing this little story today because, when I shared it recently with a customer, Laura, she said it really helped her to be a better fabric buyer and made her stash more useful!

A few years ago I joined the Tri County Quilt Guild. They offered lots of workshops that I was excited to take but, with money tight and not wanting to go hog wild buying a lot of fabric for projects when I had a large stash already I made this rule for myself:

Rule #1. Fabric needed for Guild classes must come out of my stash! See Exhibit A:

No this isn't my entire stash but you get the idea!

Okay - so it took exactly one class to realize I had a BIG problem. I had NO LIGHTS FABRICS and the very first class I signed up for required a light, a medium and a dark fabric (as many patterns do)!

 Looks like it was time to break Rule #1 (already!?!?! oh no!) 

OR 

make a Rule #2! 

Few of us have any difficulty finding gorgeous medium and dark fabrics to catch our eyes. See Exhibit B:

BUT........ the lights are just not as flashy, 

and we tend not to buy them.  Thus I created:

Rule #2. When buying fabric,  I MUST buy at least one yard of a light for stash building.

I confess at first this seemed like homework,  however, when I actually started searching for lights with every shopping trip I started to appreciate lights more and developed a healthy supply of them which serves me very well. I bought light batiks, solids, Polka dots and more. Many from the clearance rack!

 I started to find some I liked! 

I found that I can now follow Rule #1! 

 I ALSO found that when I am in the mood to sew, I very often have EVERYTHING I need and can dive right into a new project when the mood hits!

See Exhibit C: I made this one night entirely from my stash just  because I felt like sewing!

Paris Flea Market and More!

Some of you may recognize Moda's Paris Flea Market  Line it was the best selling line of all time for them and they have decided reprint! We have these available in the shop:

 every so soft, romantic and feminine:

 We also have Layer cakes:

 Charm packs and mini charms:

  Jelly rolls!

So far the line is living up to its best seller reputation- we have already sold 18 yards- that is nearly 2 bolts since Wednesday!

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And also in but from Timeless Treasures is Shimmer featuring lovely teal, turquoise and royal blue butterflies with metallic silver! 

A little sassy....

Many of you may have noticed that we are a little sassy in our store....We found the perfect fabric line to celebrate Sassiness! 

 Here are details from the panel pictured above:

 These are the coordinates also equally funny:

Focus on Fabrics

Alright ladies and gents we have a lot of new things!

From Moda: Honey, Honey 

2 laminates:

 Bolts of beautiful prints:

 and more pretty bolts:

 Charms squares and layer cakes too!

Also from Moda, Noteworthy:

Look how cute these mini- charms are!

 And we have Layer cakes, charms and jellyrolls too!

Focal fabric:

 

This line was designed by Sweetwater and was inspired by doodling.

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Plume from Timeless Treasures:

 Has a lovely peacock print in it!

 Already 2 projects have been made out of this beautiful line!

 

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 Lots of patriotic prints from P&B Textiles line, America

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 And for the holiday's coming up:

St. Patrick's line done by Northcott in their Stonehenge fabrics! Sweet!

 

 This table runner/placemat pattern has appliques that make it adaptable for all the major holidays:

- I chose Valentines day first as you can see!

 

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday January 12th is our Open House!

Teachers will be in the classroom with snacks and 

refreshments-a-plenty.  

 Customers can sign up for classes--bring your checkbook or cash so you can reserve your spot in a future class that is sure to catch your eye!

In the store: We will have a storewide 25% off sale.  

This includes notions, patterns, kits, thread, tools and fabric!! 

Strategy for blog readers: We are usually busier in the morning but things quiet down a bit after 1 so you might try to schedule your day to stop in after 1 pm. The teachers will still be there until 3 and we are open until 4 so you'll have plenty of time!

New Fabrics:

 This is the fabric line selected by the Modern Quilt guild as their challenge line. Designed by Violet Craft

 Soft Blues, Yellows and Grays all very Shabby Chic right now.

 Even some words on one of the bolts:

 We also received some more homespuns to add to our collections, very soft.....

 And some sewing themed fabric:

Spools and measuring tapes. 

Saturday, January 12 is our open house! Food, a spectacular showing of quilts and sewing projects by our teachers and a 25% off sale!