New Panels For Fabric Books

Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, I have panels in stock for making fast easy fabric books.  These are the kinds of toys and gifts that are hard to find any more, and that everyone remembers fondly.  I have three panels to choose from, and all you need is a yard of fusible fleece or interfacing and a couple hours to have one pretty awesome gift for a child you love.

I'll be sewing a few up for samples this weekend.  You can purchase your own by clicking here.

Coming Soon In Fabric

I got a call today that the new Batiks I ordered eons ago are finally ready to ship!  It has literally been over 6 months, and I've probably forgotten half of what I ordered.  All I remember is I was in a beachy sort of mood, it being the end of Winter and all, and I was drawn to some warm, sunny yellows and some relaxing, ocean blues.  Then, I threw in some light batiks to satisfy all those of you who were asking about lights.  All in all, it should make for a fun assortments to help boost my Batik selection!  They shipped today, so watch for them next week.

Arriving any day now is a line of Sunflower prints from Blank Quilting.  Here's a sneak peak, just in time for Fall!

And then there's the Mystery Quilt fabric. It's arriving in October, and it's going to be Fabulous!  Here is a sneak peak of the fabric we are using:

You get your choice of a more red or a more blue quilt!  Here is a piece from the red version:

 

This a beautiful fabric line designed by Barbara Brackman for Moda, and I can't wait to get started! Sorry, that's all I can tell you, you'll have to wait to find out what the final quilt looks like. It is a mystery, after all!

Runway Apron

Tonight, I lacked the correct size batting for the next quilt to hit my long arm. So, I decided to sit down and finish a UFO for the quilt shop. The result is this cute little number, "The Runway Apron", modeled by Bailey.

And yes, she does have shorts on under there. (She made me promise to point that out)

I really like it, but I'm thinking about adding some buttons down the center top.  What do you think?

Super Exciting News!

OK, let's get this out of the way first.  If you live in Deary, this might not be "Super Exciting News."  I realize that, and I do regret that this might be sad for some of you.  Truth be told, I'm a little sad about it myself, because I really like being in the old Deary Church, and I have family in Deary that I won't see nearly as often.

Ok, so maybe there are some people that won't be so sad.  Being the Crazy For Quilting resident handy-man isn't my dad's favorite job, even if he is super fantastic at it! I suppose he might be getting ready to throw a little party of his own...

Even so, I am really excited about the fact that I will have so much more time and opportunity to improve the store!  What am I talking about?

WE ARE MOVING!

Yep, the quilt shop is moving into my home town, Potlatch, ID.  I grew up here, and I live here (again), and I can't wait to be so close to home!  Not to mention that the new location holds many opportunities for Fantastic Quilting Fun, which I just might make my new tag line!  Plus, Kylee, my Crazy Quilter in Training, loves to help at the store and is excited that she will be able to spend time there during the week.  All around, it promises to be a great change for us all!

I'll be spending a lot of September moving and organizing.  Be sure to keep track of our moving progress by checking our store website, signing up for email news, and "liking" us on FaceBook! All of these can be done from our homepage

Now, back to packing for the St. Maries Quilt Show!

Let the Spooky Sewing Begin!

The rest of the fabrics for the Sew Spooky quilt arrived this week. Hooray! I was one of the lucky ones to get my fabric order in early, and now I can ship these awesome quilt kits right away.  This might be my favorite block of the month so far, but my birthday is in October, I love Fall colors, and one night of trick-or-treating sooooo beats weeks of Christmas shopping and stress, so I'm kind of partial to Halloween.  I'll be sewing up my sample this month, if you want to join me, order a kit before they're all gone!

Crazy 8 Shop Hop 2012

The Crazy 8 Shop Hop is fast approaching. As usual, I am nowhere near ready! But do I let that stop me from adding to instead of subtracting from my to-do list?

Of course not! Instead, I picked up paint today after work. (My non-quilting, daytime, unfortunately necessary to pay my bills, work.)

"Paint? For what?" you ask.

 For the quilt shop, of course!

I am giving the store's front porch a much-needed make-over before the Shop Hop. This means, sometime in the next 2.5 weeks, I have work to do!

But wait.....I already had work to do.....

Oh well, what's new, anyways?

I will post before and after pics when the painting party is over!

Want to learn more about the Shop Hop, like dates and times? Check out the store's Calendar Page and look at the first weekend in August for printable fliers and info.

Hope to see you there!

Newest Shop Sample-Vinyl Bags

It's been forever since I wrote on here regularly. Life gets in the way sometimes, and combined with my laptop's complete melt-down, blogging got put on the back-burner. Now that my laptop is working (if you don't count the keyboard's habit of adding random u's and six's to everything), it's time I get back to sharing my quilting with you all! Tonight, after a fun BBQ at the quilt shop, I decided to finish up my first set of this great new Atkinson pattern, Briget's Bagettes.

The pattern uses super easy zipper techniques to combine 2 fat quarters and some clear vinyl into 3 great organizing bags. Here is my first set.

My second set, which I was also able to cut from the same fabrics with just a few pieces needing to be pieced together from scraps, will be the opposite. The yellow will be where the purple is, the purple where the yellow is. These bags will be featured as part of a class at the store this Fall. Be sure to check the Shop Calendar for up to date classes and events!