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Garden of Bliss Quilt Kit

I’m no girly girl, but Tanya Whelan’s timeless roses always speak to me. Something about the sweetness of her color palette always inspires the retro side of my mind. Her Petal collection was no different, and McCall’s Quilting was gracious enough to publish the result […]

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Gemma Quilt Kit

Hi everyone, it’s Kimberly here! I’m back to share about my newest magazine feature, Gemma, in the October/November issue of The Quilter! No surprise, I used fabrics I adore by Robyn Pandolph to re-create this reproduction quilt. The fabrics are from her Notting Hill collection, […]

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Checker Open House

The It’s Sew Emma team recently took a trip to Ohio for the Checker Open House for our very first show! Each year, the lovely people at Checker Distributors open up their warehouse to stores and invite certain pattern and notions companies to show off […]

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Heirloom Kansas City Star Block of the Month

Our new Heirloom Kansas City Star Block of the Month booklets have arrived. This stunning pattern features quilt blocks originally printed in the Kansas City Star Newspaper, set in subtle star. A few years ago, a local knitting store owner called me and asked me […]

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Quilty Fun Photo Shoot!

Hello everyone! It’s Kimberly, Jocelyn and Sarah here, writing to you from Salt Lake City! We made the trip out west to visit our dear friend Lori Holt and take some photos for her new book, Quilty Fun. We have spent the past few days […]

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Liberty Stars featured in Love of Quilting

My second quilt has been published in Love of Quilting’s July/August 2013 issue, and it’s called Liberty’s Stars. Just in time for July 4th, but with a shabby chic spin! Pink and aqua, my favorite color duo, get to shine in my spruced-up traditional design. […]

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Heirloom Kansas City Star Block of the Month

Have you signed up for our new Heirloom Kansas City Star Block of the Month? The Kansas City Star newspaper, based in Kansas City, Missouri, published over 1,000 quilt patterns from 1928 to 1961. This block of the month program showcases some of these wonderful […]

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Customer Round Up

Here is a peek at what the creative customers at Fat Quarter Shop have been up to. We love getting to see all of this quilty eye candy and hope you do too! Veronika’s Charleston Harbor Block of the Month is finally complete! Susan’s Tribute […]

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It’s Sew Emma Spring 2013 Release

Hi everyone! Spring Quilt Market 2013 in Portland is THIS WEEK! (Someone please pinch me, has it already been almost 7 months since Fall Market already??) But onto the news of what It’s Sew Emma will be bringing to the Market offerings… you saw it […]

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Cafe Paris Quilt Kit

Café Paris is our feature du jour in McCall’s Quick Quilts June/July 2013 issue! This is my lovely little quilt designed for 10” square precuts, and I chose Paris Flea Market to feature it in, since all the light creams, yellow, greens and blues blend […]

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