New Fabrics!

I've had a busy week finishing up customer quilts for Christmas---and my own!  I've also been busy trying to find places in the shop to show off the new fabric that's arriving. 

I love the new Americana collection called "The People's House" from Robert Kaufman.  It was inspired by the designer's first visit to the White House.  The colors are so vibrant and all the fabrics are highlighted with gold accents.  I love that the flag motif has "God Bless America" written below it in gold.  There is also a stripe with the words "Let Freedom Ring" and "America the Beautiful".  I can't wait to start something with it.

Also new are Fabrications Strips from Blank Quilting.  Like a jelly roll, there are forty 2 1/2" strips in each package.  These are currently available in red and blue.  What a great selection of fabrics there are in these!  The ever-popular black and white strip collection is also on order.

I spent Friday morning with one of my great fabric reps and am excited that he is now representing Windham Fabrics, along with RJR, Anthology, Anna Griffin, and In The Beginning fabrics.  I loved the new fabrics from Windham, which has retained some of the more traditional styles a lot of us are used to. Suffice to say, I ordered several great collections.  And, believe it or not, I even ordered some Halloween and Christmas fabrics for next year!  Those won't arrive until the heat of next summer, but there will be plenty more arriving in the meantime.

Lastly, I finished the basket of pansies I started a while back.  I thought you might like to see it if you haven't visited the shop lately.  Come by and see all the new things!  I know Christmas is keeping us all busy, but you might want to start thinking about a new project to get yourself through the cold, snowy months we know are coming. 

Happy quilting!

Fun Pinwheels

Have you  made a Twister quilt yet?  If not, you'll want to!  They're so easy and fun.  I do have a couple of suggestions if a Twister quilt is in your future.  A rotating rotary mat is SO helpful when cutting the twister squares. (If you don't have one, you might want to put it on your Christmas list.)  Also, a design wall is nearly a must unless you "sew as you go".  I was cutting away, then had to hurry and put my blocks away---BIG mistake.  Trying to put them back together correctly is a bit like working a jigsaw puzzle!  If you follow these two suggestions though, you'll find using the ruler and putting the blocks together very, very easy. 

I have the Let's Twist pattern book in stock and both the Twister and the Lil Twister rulers.  Come in for a demonstration---I might still be trying to get my blocks in line.  I love a challenge, though!