Each week Kathy sends an email to our E-Happenings Newsletter subscribers. The products highlighted in those emails are also posted as “Recent Newsletter Highlights” blog posts. You can find a short summary of each of those blog posts from the last 3 months below. Just click on any image or the “Read More” link to see the full post for that week.
Fall = Halloween and Fun!
With Fall fast approaching, Halloween isn’t far behind. We have some quick projects and fun fabrics to get you ready. You have plenty of time to use our kit to make the Cloud Nine Halloween quilt. Choose the kit, or just the pattern if you have a collection of Halloween prints. Too much? Then just…
Wishing for Fall
As August comes to an end, we are all eager for Fall to be here. We have a few more weeks, but the spirit is with us. Check out our Fall runner, panel and some great prints. When Fall arrives, the time gets short to make runners and wall hangings for all the occassions. It’s…
September 2022 – Christmas Fabrics
Get a jump on the Holidays! We are loving all the Christmas prints that have arrived recently. There is such a nice variety of styles, colorways and iconic Christmas imagery that we are sure you will find something perfect for your holiday decor. We have too many to show on this page, so be sure…
Spirited meets Windswept – both Northcott greats
The two latest digital print groups from Northcott work beautifully together. We featured Spirited in one of our last newsletters and we sold out quickly of the coordinates that “officially” go with the Spirited panel. The new prints from their Windswept collection can easily work with the panel. We were able to order a few…
Moving at a snail’s pace! Not a bad idea
This adorable little group of prints reminds us to slow down just a bit. These little snails are headed in both directions. Seems sometimes we are too.
Christmas Squad by Mia Charro
You might not know this designer by name, but she is the one behind all the animals with flowers in their hair. Her latest is call Christmas Squad. Mia Charro designs for Free Spirit Fabrics. These precious animals are ready for the Holidays. Each is approximaley 3″ x 4″. So that we don’t cut into…
Jewel Frames Quilt Kit from Kaffe
We finished our quilt and it’s so much better seeing a finished quilt than just looking at the picture on the package. This is a super easy quilt to make so if you are a beginner it’s for you. If you are a Kaffe fan, you can finish this one quickly. The finished version of…
Sundance – New Western Fabrics from Windham
Western fabrics are always in demand in our area of the country. Nothing like a good cowboy print!!
Ghastlies from Alexander Henry
The Ghastlies were created by the talented and somewhat quirkly designers at Alexander Henry. This family has stretched the years with many adventures. The classic sewing Ghastlies print is one of our favorites. If this Ghastlie girl makes you smile, then check out the rest of our fabrics from this collection.
First Saturday Stuff
We will be open this Saturday, August 6th from 10 – 3 and we have lots of great stuff in the shop. We would love to see you come for a visit and check it out. That’s not possible for all our customers. We thought it would be fun to show one of our displays…
Random Thoughts from Marcia Derse
We are big fans of Marcia Derse and all her great fabric. She is a graphic artist that we first met at the Houston Quilt Market as she presented her first fabric line. We loved it and bought every piece. I think we have been doing that with each line she has introduced since. Marcia…
Carving Pumpkins from Stephanie Brandenburg
Northcott is the best of the best when it comes to digital printing. They just know how to produce beautiful designs without going overboard. Stephanie Brandenburg’s company Frond is known for her large dramatic designs and great color combinations. When you put that together with the best digitial printing, you get Carving Pumpins. It isn’t…
Shannon Martin Greeting Cards
We ship Shannon Martin cards from coast to coast. With these cards, it’s like visiting with your relatives. They are funny without being mean and share thoughts we can all relate to. Sometimes, though, you just need a card that is blank inside so you can write what you want. Here is our selection of…
Chickadee from Create Joy Project for Moda
This is Moda’s third line of fabric from Create Joy Project. Each has featured some amazing florals. The personality behind the company is Laura Muir. She is an artist from Utah. She began her painting journey with oils, but found they required too much perfection. She now enjoys her work with watercolors. Laura said: “Oil…
Spirited from Northcott Fabrics
Northcott has definitely got the hang of producing the most beautiful digital prints we have seen. Their quality is outstanding and the colorations are amazing. Our only complaint is that they sell out too soon. We tried to reorder these fabrics the day they arrived in the shop and they were already sold out. Definitley…
August 2022 – Halloween Spirit Abounds
Time for some Halloween sewing! Fun Halloween designs have been arriving with all the iconic symbols scattered throughout: black cats, bats, black birds, spiders and spider webs, skeletons, pumpkins along with the perfect coordinating small prints in rich orange and black. We now have these Halloween lines: Moda’s – Ghostly Greetings, Riley Blake’s – Bad…
Love those Aboriginal fabrics
We were surprised to have 6 new prints arrived this week. We are still waiting on backorders of our favorite pieces, but we are always thrilled to see new ones too. If you don’t have a large collection of fabrics and want to try a project with Aboriginal fabrics, you might light our Log Cabin…
Sky from Jennifer Sampou
Jennifer Sampou was one of the first independent designers to come to the fabric industry. She has been desigining for Robert Kaufman Fabrics on and off for the last 30+ years. The latest fabrics from her Sky collection are just amazing. They are digital ombre prints that run selvedge to selvedge. If you find these…
Dear Stella’s “Wood You Be Mine”
This is a small group from Dear Stella. This company is a division of Timeless Treasures so you know the quality of the fabrics. All their fabrics are contemporary in color and design. These prints would make the beginning of a great quilt for your outdoorsy friends.
Kate’s Garden by Betsy Chutchian
Betsy Chutchian is a designer for Moda specializing in reproduction prints. Besty has brought Moda some lovely collections, but none nicer then Kate’s Garden. If you love traditional prints, we think you will love these. We also have the 5″ squares and the 2 1/2″ strips for this collection. If you aren’t familiar with Besty…
Why re-invent the wheel?
If you love Kaffe Fassett fabrics and designs, you will love his new quilt kits. Jewel Frame comes in two colorways and is 78 1/2″ x 78 1/2″. We are making the Green version to hang in the shop. It was hard to choose which one to make. Looks very easy and lots of fun…
Ghostly Greetings by Moda
If you like fun little Halloween prints, Moda presents their newest panel and coordinates. This Halloween panel has it all. You can find just aboutevery iconic Hallween symbol on it. It even showcases some of the writing of Edgar Allen Poein the background. This panel is 24″ x 42″ and a great start for a…
Remy Blouse – our new favorite
If you love simple sewing projects, then the Remy Blouse is just what you want. One of our customers said she loved it so we gave it a try. It’s become one of our favorite patterns. We love everything one we have made. We have used Digital Linen, Silky Noil, and Bali Rayon. It has…
Traditional Christmas fabrics
When it comes to beautiful traditional Christmas prints, Maywood Studios is ranked right at the top. They produce beautiful fabrics that aren’t overdone with metallic, but have that warm traditional holiday appeal. Who can resist those metallic dots? Wilmington Fabrics brings us a beautiful panel, A Season to Believe. This panel is the classic size…
Christmas in the City
The design team at Art Gallery Fabrics has a new modern Holiday collection. Christmas in the City features some adorable contemporary prints and colors. I think pink and teal are going to become a strong addition to the traditional colors of red and green! Give it a try…you might just like something a little different…
Quilt backs make great quilt fronts
When 108″ fabrics were first introduced, the fabric choices were pretty limited. Now some of these fabrics are so beautiful they deserve to be a quilt front. Any of these 4 madras prints will make a great summer ( or any season) bedspread. With a width of 108″ you can make almost any size as…
Feathered Friends from Clothworks
Sue Zipkin designs for Clothworks and we love just about everything she does. Her newest line, Feathered Friends, will be fun to work with as the coordinats are great too. It’s hard to see these darling birds so we have included a few of the individual panels so you can see how special they are.…
Pillows for Uvalde
We have been emotionally overwhelmed by the absolute generosity of quilters in our state and beyond. After our trip to Uvalde a week ago to deliver 37 quilts, batting and fabric, we thought we might see a few more quilts coming in this week. Customers and friends began arriving and kept coming all week long.…
P & B Little Darlings
We were so happy to be able to reorder the missing pieces from the Little Darlings collection by P & B Fabrics. The panel sold out quickly as did most of the coordinates. Each of the animals is about 8″ x 9 1/2″. Bet we won’t be lucky enough to get these again when they…
Hoffman Christmas Classics
If you are a fan of traditional Christmas prints, then Hoffman of California is your company!! For years they have continually brought us beautiful classic prints. They have some great ones to offer this year, too. Take a look.
Two Quilt Kits – One Little Pattern
Have you tried the Villa Rosa Quilt patterns yet. This company specilaizes in simple patterns that often feature fat quarters. One of our favorite ones is Cloud Nine. Cloud Nine uses just 12 fat quarters, one yard of background and 5/8yd of binding. The quilt is approximately 54″ x 70″ and the pattern is just…
Let’s Make Music
We are not known as the store with all the novelty fabrics, but we like to offer fabrics for our customers wanting to make quilts with specific themes. We haven’t seen any fabric with musical themes in quite a while. We were glad to see these musical prints arrive from Timeless Treasures. If you like…
Our trip to Uvalde
We were touched when just a week ago, Diana Bonnet reached out for help to receive comfort quilts for those families directly affected by the Robb Elementary mass shooting. We immediately sent the word out to quilters who receive our newsletter and in a week’s time, this picture tells the story. This picture says so…
A Little Wine from QT Fabrics
The Hill Country of Texas is beginning to emerge as quite the wine region. For years, Fredericksburg was known for their peach crops, but in the past few years they are more known for their winneries. Since we are only 25 miles away, we feel like we are part of the area. Just this morning…
Candy Cane Lane from Moda Fabrics
This is just one of those cute little Christmas lines. Hope you will think so too.
A Ghastlie Christmas
This year the Ghastlies want to get in on the Christmas fun. This is one of those prints that you either need to see in person or at least up close. In case you can’t get to the shop, we have taken some close-ups of the main print. Enjoy a few close-up pictures from A…