First order of business…our adorable Emma has learned to crawl! Now for our featured designer of the day, Barbara Jones! QuiltSoup has created a wonderful new block-of-the-month that starts in April for those of you who are ready to bask in warm weather again! It’s […]
We met the Prints Charming duo (Cath Derksema and Kirsten Junor) at Market this past October, and we love their fresh, bold, and youthful feel. Today they’ve given us the scoop on their upcoming line, Two Young Street, and what’s to come for their studio, […]
Verna Mosquera has returned to blog for us now that her sweet line, Sweet Escape, has finally arrived! Catch up with what she has been doing in her studio, The Vintage Spool. What a treat when Kimberly asked me to guest blog and share about […]
One of our past guest writers, Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts, has graced us again with another beautiful collection, Urban Indigo, and today she talks about the inspiration behind it. When I’m planning out a year’s worth of fabric collections, I always try to […]
Moda has created a vibrant new floral group called Wildflowers, inspired by the deep and rich photography of Rick Vanderpool. Read about how his love of flowers, photography, and quilting came to be! Greetings, Quilters, Quilt fans and other readers; My name is Rick Vanderpool, […]
Robin Mynatt of Paris Bebe Fabrics is a fantastically creative gal we met at Market a few weeks back. Her fabrics take you back to a time of full skirts and pin curls – girly with class. Read about how she started designing and what […]
Today Sandy finishes off our two-part blog on her new Mix and Mingle line! Read her thoughts on the challenge of decorating a guy’s place. Our son Anthony moved into a new apartment in Ankeny, Iowa. Like most apartments it has all off-white walls. He […]
Sandy Gervais is back with Mix and Mingle! She’s used it to help her son Anthony decorate his new bachelor pad. Today, Anthony describes how he put in his own touch (even in the sewing!) and the end result. After spending years living in many […]
We are back from Market, and our next post will include some of our favorite things from Houston. Today, we have Heather Peterson, the creator of awesome new patterns and projects in our store, like Charmed and Dangerous. She tells us about her business, passion, […]
Thimbleberries has come out with a new collection of quilting lifestyle products, made especially for quilters! The collection has a hand lotion, linen spray, and fabric wash. Our friend Vicky McGee has courageously documented her experience with them. Thanks for sharing with us, Vicky! I […]
We’ve just received some wonderful patterns by our friend Vicki Bellino of Bloom Creek, including a beautiful block-of-the-month! Check out what she has to say about designing and her current projects! After hearing Kimberly added a blog to her web site, I was so motivated […]
Today we have Bonnie Olaveson of Cotton Way blogging for us! She is the sweet, nice, talented designer behind all of those fun Cotton Way patterns, including a series of table toppers that we love! Read on…and talk about a love of quilts and design […]
Today, we have a special piece from April Cornell, a memoir of sorts that draws from the beginning of her textile love to her new line, Decadent Victorian. I have a fabric addiction – I think it started when I was a teenager, when I […]
On Wednesday, Rick Cohan of RJR Fabrics walked us through the making of cloth from raw greige. We left off right at the point where fabric is ready to be dyed and printed, and today he finishes off with the design process. Thanks to Rick […]