I hope everyone had a splendid care-free weekend! Today is Monday, July 19th.. do you know what that means!? It’s time to start off the week right and announce the winner of the Lumiere de McGuffey quilt kit presented by Carrie Nelson the great! First off, […]
Did you revel in the Schnibbling from Monday’s post? After all of your efforts showing-and-SchnibblesTimesTwo-telling we have randomly selected 4 winners of the contest! (And just remember… everyone’s a winner in my book!) I know you have all been waiting for this! If you had […]
“Your Favorite Schnibbles” quilts are due!! I’m excited to show off what you’ve made with some fabulous Layer Cake choices! If you are just now joining us, this is the conclusion to our little contest/giveaway. It is based off of Carrie Nelson’s book Schnibbles Times […]
Susan Dahlem, author of Not Quite June Cleaver, asked to interview little ol’ me on her blog. It’s kind of strange and nice to be on the other side of the table! Go visit her blog, if not to actually read about me, to leave […]
Did y’all (on this side of the pond) have a good 4th of July weekend? Last week we featured Sarah Bisel and her very first book for Martingale, Fast, Flirty and Fun! I hope you found it surprising, delightful, and most of all inspiring. Today […]
Fast, Flirty and Fun – Easy Quilts from Fabulous Fabrics! Sounds pretty darn good, huh? We live for “fast”, we love “fun”, and “flirty” is the cherry on top. That’s what we thought when the author of this book, Sarah Bisel, emailed us to show […]
Anne Maxfield and Valerie Pillow are a talented, vivacious duo designing fabric for Michael Miller. Both times we’ve met at Market, the first thing I always notice about them are their lovely, winning smiles. Then, you drink in their booth. It’s always just the right […]
By now, Christmas is everywhere in quilt shops. There are so many stand-out lines for this holiday, but this year Kathy Schmitz’s Christmas Magic is the one enchanting us. Grinning little (knee high!) snowmen, a magnanimous Santa Claus, and little bits of winter sprinkled all […]
Let’s try this exercise. Close your eyes. Raise your hand if you’ve heard the name “Happy Zombie.” Now raise your hand if you’ve spent an hour on her blog — then accidentally spent another four hours clicking “Previous Entries.” Now, I want you to raise […]
Alright alright, time to shut this party down. *Collective ‘awwwwww!’* But it’s okay, folks! There will be more excitement this week. LOTS more excitement this week! And judging from your comments, it sounds like you really enjoy seeing designs featured in small batches like this […]
Welcome to the final post of our Designer Mystery Launch Party. We appreciate you coming, and like all good times we’ve gotta wrap it up before the neighbors complain. But before you go we’ve got one last batch of prizes to give out, and the […]
Thanks for coming back to the party…have an hor d’oeuvres, grab some punch…you like the decorations? 😉 Today we’re celebrating four more designers with blocks in our Designer Mystery BOM! Leave a comment on today’s post and be entered to win some excellent patterns 🙂 […]
This week is gonna be good times at the Jolly Jabber! We’re celebrating the launch of our 2010 Designer Mystery Block of the Month, so party hats on! For the past three years, we’ve been birthing this sweet baby called Designer Mystery. Each year, it’s […]
Yes, it’s true! These scrumpt-idily-umptions boxed beauties are in! Remember our Market post on these babies? Each box contains 4 – 2.5″ x 5″ packs (half the size of regular Charm Packs) of lines being released in the fall. Each box is $25.00, or buy […]