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.
Kaffe Prints Revisited
We were happy to see that Free Spirit Fabrics decided to reprint some of our favorite Kaffe prints from years gone by. You might remember some of them if you have been using these great fabrics for years. Enjoy!
Whale Song by Northcott Fabrics
Northcott has become one of the leaders in the digital printing process. Their fabrics are just beautiful. The color mixes are just amazing. We loved the new collection, Whale Song, but somehow couldn’t bring ourselves to purchase the big whale panel. Just didn’t think it would be right for South Texas. We did however love…
Mia Charro’s Magic Friends
Mia grew up in the North of Spain with 6 siblings. She spent much of her time outside and is grateful for her “wild” and natural childhood. She had lots of cats and a dog growing up so the love of animals was always there. Her vivid imagination expressed itself thru her paintings and stories.…
Cool Breeze from Katie Pasquini
Katie has been a well known contemporary art quilter for over 30 years. Her energetic manner has made her a popular teacher and lecturer. When not in residence at her studio in California she travels presenting her contemporary quilting theories and technique. Kaite has taught internationally as well as across the United States. In 2005…
Root from Free Sprit Fabrics
This is the new collection we previewed before the holidays. We now have our quilt finished and ready to show it. This collection of prints madea wonderful collage. It’salmost like they created a new piece of fabric. This is an easy and fun quiltto make. There will be nomistakes in this quilt! Enjoy the individual…
Time to get your sewing machine serviced!
Many of the gals we know love their machines so much they have given them names. We spend quite a bit of time with our machines and it’s nice to be able to call a friend by name. After frantic holiday sewing, it’s time to give your machine a little tender love and care. Get…
Tropicalism by Odile Bailloeul
Only Free Spirit fabrics could bring us this great collection. The fabrics are so inspiring that we used them as the inspiration for our newest display of garment fabrics! Can’t make up your mind? Why not get a bundle while we still have all the fabrics available.
Folkloric prints from Alexander Henry
There is no other fabric company that we know of doing any fabrics similar to those produced by Alexander Henry. We love the Folkloric prints as well as the big bold prints they show. Enjoy some of our newest arrivals from AH Fabrics. Take a look at some of our favorite prints from AH Fabrics.
Cheer & Merriment
This is another cute Holiday line from Moda. The panel has so many possibilites. We chose to do a wall hanging, but you could easily use our pattern and turn the individual blocks into placemats. It’s always hard to see the artwork when showing the entire panel so we are including close-ups of 3 of…
Quick gifts for Quilting Buddies
It gets a bit hectic this time of year and we thought we should share some of our quick gift ideas for you and your quilting buddies. We all need a reminder of what’s coming up or a list to keep us on track. Moda has introduced these small magnetic note pads that are just…
Lava Linen from Telio
We are always looking for quality linen fabric that has great colors. Lava Linen is just that. This 100% linen is 54″ wide and prewashed so it is already soft. It’s a wonderful fabric to work with and we have alrealdy made several garments. We absolutely love the Remy Blouse pattern. It is a beginner…
Songbook – A New Page
This panel and coordinating fabrics are from the imagination of Stephanie Sliwinski of Fancy That Design House & Co. Songbook – A New Page is the second collection Stephanie has done for Moda. Her first collection sold out quickly and we are excited to have another group from her. Stephanie’s degrees in Art and Graphic…
Tropicalism by Odile Bailloeul from Free Spirit Fabrics.
It takes a compnay like Free Spirit to bring us such a bold and innovate collection as Tropicalism. The prints are fun, bright and all mix together. This is Odile’s second collection from Free Spirit and we are thrilled to have it in the shop. Odile Bailloeul — so how do you pronounce the name…
Stonehenge Surfaces – A Northcott Classic
Variations of Stonehenge fabrics have been available for over 10 years. Northcott Fabrics has made them a classic. They are fabulous for applique or make a great guy quilt….no flowers here. Hope you will enjoy working with these new fabrics. Can’t decide which ones to buy? We certainly know that dilema. Purchase a fat quarter…
November 2022 – Farmhouse Cross Quilt Kit
Introducing Our Farmhouse Cross Quilt Kit We loved this Farmhouse Cross Quilt pattern from QuiltFOX Design so much that we immediately knew we needed to create a Farmhouse Cross Quilt Kit using the same beautiful fabrics that they used. Learn more below. We also offer the pattern by itself and the gorgeous Hoffman Farmhouse Blooms…
Listen to Your Heart from Art Gallery Fabrics
Sharon Holland is a designer who likes to mix the contemporary designs and colors with vintage designs and colors. What you get is a wonderful mix that looks new to some and vintage to others. We love her approach to color and design. Hope you will too. She has done seven other lines for Art…
Chroma – new blender from Northcott
Even blender fabrics are becoming more amazing. This fabric has depth and subtle color changes that make it one of the most interesting “blenders” we have seen in quite a while.
Kawa by Debbie Maddy for Moda
Debbie Maddy is a nationally known pattern designer, teacher, and Shibori stitching/Indigo dyeing instructor. Debbie has studied in Japan and abroad to become an expert instructor as well as designer in the art of Shibori stitching and Indigo dyeing. Her original Shibioi stitching and dyeing designs have been produced by Moda. We have carried every…
Happy Blooms from Sue Penn
Sue designs for Free Spirit Fabrics and her big, colorful designs are her trademark. We have carried two or three of her previous collections. Each one has its own character, but you can tell Sue Penn is behind them. Hope you will enjoy these energizing fabrics.
Farmhouse Cross from QuiltFOX designs
What a great collaberation to bring us this beautiufl wall hanging. Farmhouse Cross from QuiltFOX patterns and the beautiful digital prints of Hoffman fabrics. It was hard to wait until our quilt was finished to talk about it, but I’m glad we did as this picture is worth………. Wish we could take credit for the…
Touchstones from Shell Rummel
The focus piece in this collection sold out so quickly we were amazed. We also amazed that we were able to reorder it. The most amazing was that it was shipped and we have it back in stock within two weeks. This beautiful digital print shows the range of shades that can be achieved with…
Ombre Sky Fabric
We love these ombre fabrics. The color changes selvedge to selvedge. Ombre fabrics can be a little intimidating, so we are presenting two super simple table runner kits that will get you started. Each kit contains the Villa Rosa pattern Fruit Salad as well as the fabric to complete the top including the backing and…
Aboriginal Prints are back in stock
Absolutely the best selling fabrics in our shop are the Aboriginal prints. They are so different than other fabrics. M & S Textiles works with Aboriginal artists to bring us the prints that represent this culture. We also love these fabrics because we have been able to reorder them many times over the years. Sometimes…
ABC XYZ by Stacy Iest Hsu from Moda
Stacy Iest Hsu has done some great kids collections for Moda. Her artwork is contemporary and stylized so it’s very appealing to young parents. This collection has a cute alphabet panel and some great coordinates. This panel will be great for a gender neutral baby quilt. With no pink or blue as the predominate color,…
Rainbows and Leopards
Josephine Kimberling is a new designer for us. The actual name of this group is Dreamscape, but Rainbows and Leopards seems to fit. This is the first collection by Josephine for us. Everyone who has seen it agrees it will be fun to work with. Who couldn’t appreciate rainbows and leopards in the same piece…
Touchstone by Shell Rummel for Free Spirit Fabrics
The Shell Rummel brand features tranquil fine art and design, graceful lines, natural textures and quietly elegant color palettes. Shell’s collections achieve a delicate softness and translucence. There is just a peaceful feeling when working with these beautiful fabrics.
October 2022 – Australian Aboriginal Fabrics
New Australian Aboriginal Fabrics and Quilt Kits! We are always excited when new Australian Aboriginal Fabrics or re-orders of our favorites arrive back in stock and they’ve finally arrived recently so we are going to highlight some of them here! We even have 3 new Australian Aboriginal Quilt Kits and a variety of Australian Aboriginal…
Digital Linen from Telio
We found these beautiful linens over 5 years ago from Telio, a fabric wholesaler out of Canada. We continue to reorder when we can and increase our selection as our customers love these linens. They can be machine washed and dryed. We often think of linen only for the summer, but these prints are so…
Let’s Sew Something
Time for a little break from quilts and runners. Let’s do a little simple sewing. It’s fun to have something new to wear that “I MADE MYSELF”. We don’t do complicated or fitted patterns, just comfort and great fabrics. The Farrow Dress is from Grainline Gear. It’s a simple pullover dress with front pockets. For…
Random Thoughts Quilt Kit
If you are not quite sure what to do with the graphic prints from Marcia Derse’s newest collection, Random Thoughts, we have just the thing. Give our newest quilt kit a try and you will have a great time combining all these colors surrounded by her neutrals. The quilt is approximately 60″ x 80″, so…
New Kaffe Fabrics Have Arrived!
We are always glad when we get new prints or prints that have been redone in new colorways from Kaffe and his collective of designers. Hope you will enoy seeing our newest Kaffe, Philip Jacobs and Brandon Mably prints. First: Kaffe Philip Jacobs: Brandon Mably:
Christmas Quilt & Table Runner
We have made very few Christmas quilts in the shop as they often seem too much work for a short season. When we discovered the Pinata quilt pattern, things changed. You can have this one finished and ready long before the Holidays get here. Our kit uses traditional Christmas prints with Moda’s primitive muslin as…
Ready for Fall?
Ready for Fall to us means a new Pieces of Eight flannel quilt. We do one or two each year when we can find some great flannels. Moda has come thru for us this year with their new Fall Melody collection. The fabric arrived just about two weeks ago and we already have our quilt…
Brielle Garden from QT Fabrics
These digitally printed fabrics are so soft and calming. It’s a great relief after so many fabrics seem to shout at us for attention. Bet you agree. (We added a Moda Grunge to the mix….it’s just the right shade of milky taupe to go with these prints.)
Snowy Weather Flannel from Free Spirit
We might not see much of the “snowy” part, but these are some cute contemporary flannels that kids will love. The deer, birds, and even antlers are very familiar to our area of Texas. Our Rag-a-Muffin quilt is a cinch to make. The instructions tell you exactly what to do and the Rag Snips will…
D is for Dream from Moda Fabrics
We just loved this contemporary line for babies. It’s nice to see those soft colors that include more than just variations of grey. These first prints are the quilting cotton that Moda is known for. This group needed to have a flannel option and Moda did it. Yeah! They do a great flannel so that’s…