Winter, by Minick & Simpson, beautifully depicts the season with classic poinsettias, garlands, holly, and candy canes in soft winter whites, blues, greens, and red that you will want to curl up in. It has been flying off the Fat Quarter Shop’s shelves since it […]
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Heartspun Quilts, Portland and Beyond
Pam Buda from Heartspun Quilts shares with us her experience of starting her own pattern company and her first bout at Market. Read up, share your thoughts, and be sure to check out her patterns at Fat Quarter Shop! Just some thoughts about quilting, girlfriends, […]
A Winner and a BOM
We have two orders of business today — first, we announce the winner of the “Who Made Emma that Bear??” contest (yay!). The correct answer was….Miss Vicky McGee of LA Quilters. Pats on the back to those of you who stuck to your guns, even […]
New Patterns from Thimble Blossoms
Miss Camille never seems to stop for a moment! Today, she introduces us to 6 fresh patterns, all new and touched with her cute and quirky style —Wallflower, Sassafras, Domestic Diva, Home Grown, Simple Charm, and A Piece of Cake. They are shown here in […]
The Bear Contest
This is a contest we lovingly call the Bear Contest. Just for a bit of fun… This is a pretty pink stuffed bear Emma received for her birthday in April. Just post on our comment page with a guess of which dear friend bestowed this […]
New Patterns from Cozy Quilt Designs
Daniela Stout is our contributor today, talking about her excellent selection of new patterns and quilt-friendly gadgets. We have several of her new patterns at our store! I was so pleased when I got an email asking if I would be interested in sharing a […]
New Patterns from Bunny Hill Designs
Sugar Bunnies features my newest fabric line “Flowers For Emma” by Henry Glass Fabrics. I love star quilts and this one is easy and fun to make. The fabrics all worked together for that cottage chic look. When it was time to design the border, […]
Home Comforts by Brenda Riddle
Our friend Brenda Riddle returns to share about her new book and pattern…if you haven’t discovered it yet, don’t pass up this chance! It is sure to bring much comfort and warmth to your home. I am so happy for the chance to share a […]
Sample Spree Giveaway Winner
It is finally time to announce the winner of our Portland Sample Spree Giveaway! (If you think you may have posted more than once, don’t worry, we did our best to delete the duplicate comments.) And our winner (and their comment, since there were so […]
Introducing the Simply Sophisticated BOM
We’ve been busier than bees since Market, trying to get all our new goodies onto our Coming Soon page for you to preview (and drool over). As someone so aptly put it, there is no rest for the weary! If you read our Market posts, […]
Portland: Day 3
First off, we want to reassure you that we’ve gotten your e-mails about the error messages that show up when you try to comment on our blog posts. Although you get an error message, not to worry, your comments are still being published, and you […]
Portland: Day 2
Hi again! We have ended the first full day of Market, and whew…exhausted but exhilarated! Today was a whirlwind of appointments with different manufacturers. We found some amazing new designs and designers that we can’t wait to show you! And we saw plenty of familiar […]
Portland Sample Spree
Hey all! After a long, grueling, obstacle-riddled journey to the fair city of Portland (Oregon Trail after all?), we immediately went to work. No rest for the bleary-eyed! Here are a few peeks of booths we got to see….don’t worry, there are more to come! […]
Onto Oregon
Dear Jolly Jabber readers, We are on our way to Quilt Market! I’m tempted to compare our journey to Oregon Trail, but we will be going by plane, and we will not lose any members of the Fat Quarter Shop party to dysentery or snake […]