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April 2022 – Bluebonnets Time

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It’s Texas Bluebonnet Season!

If you’ve ever lived in Texas, or if you’ve been shopping online at Creations for a while, you will know that spring is Bluebonnet and wildflower season in Texas. They are so popular with our customers and visitors to the shop that we try to keep bluebonnet fabrics in stock year round, but as with all Texas wildflowers, they seem to show up in abundance in the shop at this time of year. So, here are some of our favorite new bluebonnet fabrics as well as some of our classic ever-popular bluebonnet fabrics for you (and the FabShopHop April bunny) to enjoy hopping through. You’ll find all of our beautiful bluebonnet and wildflower fabrics on our Texas and Western Fabrics page.

Welcome FabShopHop Hoppers!

You are at the right place to find the April FabShopHop bunny. You’ll find her below hopping through fields of bluebonnets.

Keep up-to-date with all the Creations’ news by clicking the green “Join E-Happenings Now!” button to sign up for our email newsletter.

Both our Creations store in Kerrville, Texas and our online store offer a wide variety of products for quilters and sewing enthusiasts. Be sure to visit our Online Catalog page for quick links to our extensive online inventory of fabrics, patterns, books, kits, tools, and supplies for quilting, clothing and purse sewing, hand stitchery, machine embroidery, wool stitchery and even greeting cards! Spring is a great time to come to Kerrville and visit in person – check out our Store Tour page which highlights our latest store displays where we feature model garments and quilts made from our latest fabrics and patterns.

Bluebonnet Fabrics from Riley Blake

Our newest collection of bluebonnet fabrics come from Riley Blake. If you like daintier prints, then you’ll love this collection.

Moda Bluebonnet Fabrics

Moda, a Texas company, has been a reliable supplier of beautiful bluebonnet and wildflower fabrics for years.

Oh, here she is… the April FabShopHop bunny is having so much fun in the wildflowers!

If you are too busy hopping to stick around, be sure to bookmark our site and return soon to explore our wonderful variety of fabrics, supplies and books for sewing, quilting, hand or machine embroidery, and wool applique.

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Moda Mixed Wildflower Fabrics

And Moda knows that bluebonnets are often in fields with many other wildflowers, so they have a great selection of mixed wildflower designs.

Even More Bluebonnet Fabrics

Michael Miller and Robert Kaufman often release bluebonnet and wildflower fabrics and here are a few that have been classic favorites in our store. Kathleen McElwaine also produces some of her own Texas themed original watercolor paintings and they are always a hit with our customers.

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March 2022 Digital Linen Prints

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Spring is on its way and we think these gorgeous digital linen fabrics from Telio will be perfect for some colorful, stylish new Spring clothes! This month we share some of our favorite linens from our Linen Fabrics page .

Keep up-to-date with all the Creations’ news by clicking the green “Join E-Happenings Now!” button to sign up for our email newsletter.

Both our Creations store in Kerrville, Texas and our online store offer a wide variety of products for quilters and sewing enthusiasts. Be sure to visit our Online Catalog page for quick links to our extensive online inventory of fabrics, patterns, books, kits, tools, and supplies for quilting, clothing and purse sewing, hand stitchery, machine embroidery, wool stitchery and even greeting cards! Summer is a great time to come to Kerrville and visit in person – check out our Store Tour page which highlights our latest store displays where we feature model garments and quilts made from our latest fabrics and patterns.

Digitally printed 100% Linen from Telio

We’ve carried these wonderful 100% Linen fabrics from Telio for a while and continue to be blown away by the beautiful details and crisp colors they can achieve with digital printing on linen. We’ve had great success with pre-washing these fabrics with warm water and drying with a bounce sheet in a warm dryer, so don’t let the idea of linen scare you away. Don’t forget, you can click on any of these fabric images to go to a detail page with a slightly larger image and more details. Just be sure to click your back button to come back here.

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Creations’ 44 Year History

Looking for the February 2022 FabShopHop bunny?

You’ll find the February bunny below – she’s learning a bit about Creations history!

Thank You for 44 Fabulous Years!

We opened Creations on February 13, 1978, so this month we celebrate Creations’ 44th Anniversary. We have been blessed over the years with wonderful customers and we appreciate every one of you! We also celebrate the incredible staff we’ve been blessed with over these 44 years! They love to hear about your sewing projects and help you find exactly what you need. (Visit the Meet our Staff page to meet our current staff.)

Over the years, in addition to meeting many wonderful people in our store, we’ve been delighted to meet new customers at quilt shows and quilting events. For many (MANY) years we transported the Creations’ team and products to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, as well as shows in Austin, San Antonio, New Braunfels and Kerrvile. We also were the on-site store for Quilting Adventures retreats in New Braunfels, Texas. We loved meeting the many quilters who visited our booth and attended these retreats and we especially love it when they come to Kerrville to visit us.

Creations is proud to have been featured twice in Quilt Sampler, a semi-annual magazine that highlights favorite quilting stores. We are now excited to announce that we are going to be featured in Quiltfolk magazine in the near future.

Here is just a little of the Creations’ history you’ll find on our About Us page. For many of our loyal customers, this will be a walk down memory lane.

Creations original storefront on Water Street
Original Creations’ Storefront

Kathy Thompson opened the original Creations store in February 1978 in downtown Kerrville on Water Street, specializing in fabrics and supplies for clothing sewing with an emphasis on all natural fibers. That was pretty revolutionary in the double-knit era.

In the early 80’s we added quilting cottons and, of course, the patterns, books and notions to support quilters. In the mid-80’s Kathy was joined in the business by her sister Julie Milam.

From these early beginnings, we were also well known for our love of cats and our famous “Tootie the Fax Cat” ruled the office at this Water Street location.

From Our House to Yours
From Our House to Yours

In the early 90’s we opened a second store, From Our House to Yours, located in the historic Rawson home, on Main St. built circa 1895.

That store specialized in home decorating – home dec fabrics, new and old quilts – antiques and accessories for the home and garden and was well known for the frozen cappuccino we offered customers.

Our well known cat, Catty Wampus, was the resident kitty greeter at this location – you never knew where you might find her sleeping.

In the mid-90’s we were early adopters of using email as a great way to keep our customers informed and that’s when we introduced our Creations E-Happenings Newsletter (look for the sign-up button in the side bar or every page). Shortly afterwards, we embraced the web for showcasing some of our most popular products and that has grown to an online store featuring thousands of fabrics, patterns, books, supplies and sewing notions.

Creations Front of Store on Main Street
Creations Storefront on Main

In January of 2000, we combined our two stores into one at the Main Street location. We did major renovations and remodeling of that historic home to create the beautiful expansive store we now call home.

We continue to love and embrace clothing sewing and quilt making and fill our store with beautiful sample garments and quilts. We continue to carry some home decor fabrics (they are actually great for clothing sewing too). Over the years we’ve added many gift items (jewelry, purses, scarves, hats and more) as well as supplies for popular creative hobbies like wool stitchery, purse and bag making, hand stitchery, machine embroidery.

We’d love to have you visit our store in person, but you can always use visit our Store Tour page to see a photo tour of Creations.

Our beloved cats, Domino, Patches and Leftie joined us over the years at this location, with Domino being a store greeter and Patches and Leftie overseeing office operations. None of our kitties are still with us, but you can meet all of them on our Meet our Staff page.

Oh, here she is – You’ve found the Februrary 2022 FabShopHop bunny!…

If you are too busy FabShopHop-ping right now to peruse our website and our thousands of online product offerings, be sure to bookmark us and return soon. Thanks for visiting!

FabShop Hop You Found It!
The Main House at Creations

In 2009, we opened our beautiful retreat center, just across the parking lot from Creations. The Main House features a well-lit spacious sewing studio, lodging rooms and and a well-equipped lounge for preparing and serving meals. While we occasionally offer Creations sponsored workshops/retreats, The Main House has become very popular for group rentals for up to 24 guests. It can be rented for a minimum of 3 nights from Wednesday through Sunday. Visit The Main House website for full details.

Both our Creations store in Kerrville, Texas and our online store offer a wide variety of products for quilters and sewing enthusiasts. Be sure to visit our Online Catalog page for quick links to our extensive online inventory of fabrics, patterns, books, kits, tools, and supplies for quilting, clothing and purse sewing, hand stitchery, machine embroidery, wool stitchery and even greeting cards! Summer is a great time to come to Kerrville and visit in person – check out our Store Tour page which highlights our latest store displays where we feature model garments and quilts made from our latest fabrics and patterns.

Keep up-to-date with all the Creations’ news by clicking the green “Join E-Happenings Now!” button to sign up for our email newsletter.

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January 2022 Hand Stitchery

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Happy New Year!

Welcome FabShopHop Hoppers!

January is the perfect time to settle in with a hand-stitchery project. We’ve got some adorable embroidery kits and patterns to share with you this month. Read on to see our new DIY Embroidery Kits from Cozyblue and a selection of our favorite iron-on stitchery designs from Stitcher’s Revolution. Of course, these are just a small selection of our hand embroidery products, visit our Hand Stitchery page to see our embroidery kits, iron-on stitchery patterns, embroidery/hand stitchery patterns and books. You are sure to find something to suit your style, from contemporary and whimsical to more traditional designs and even some Sashiko patterns.

Keep up-to-date with all the Creations’ news by clicking the green “Join E-Happenings Now!” button to sign up for our email newsletter.

Both our Creations store in Kerrville, Texas and our online store offer a wide variety of products for quilters and sewing enthusiasts. Be sure to visit our Online Catalog page for quick links to our extensive online inventory of fabrics, patterns, books, kits, tools, and supplies for quilting, clothing and purse sewing, hand stitchery, machine embroidery, wool stitchery and even greeting cards! Summer is a great time to come to Kerrville and visit in person – check out our Store Tour page which highlights our latest store displays where we feature model garments and quilts made from our latest fabrics and patterns.

DIY Embroidery Kits from Cozyblue

We just love these embroidery kits from Cozyblue. In addition to the great designs, each kit contains the 6″ x 6″ embroidery hoop, a needle, fabric pre-printed with the design, embroidery floss and a getting started guide with basic embroidery instructions.

We think these photos prove that the finished projects would look great displayed on the wall in their hoops! The designs and instructions are simple enough that these would make a great gift for someone just learning to embroider.

Iron-on Embroidery Patterns from Stitcher’s Revolution

These Iron-on embroidery patterns from Stitcher’s Revolution make it easy for you to decorate your own fabrics, towels, pillowcases or clothes with a variety of whimsical embroidered designs. Most of the designs are 7″ and iron-on transfer instructions are included in the pattern.

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November 2021 Sue Spargo Stitchery

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Welcome FabShopHop Hoppers!

Looking for the November 2021 FabShopHop bunny?

You’ll find the November bunny below checking out some Sue Spargo stitchery products!

Sue Spargo is an incredible stitchery designer and teacher that we have brought to The Main House for retreats for many years. We love all of her threads, needles, books and tools that help you create beautiful stitchery. We have pages and pages of Sue Spargo products on the Sue Spargo Wool – Thread – Books – Needles section of our website (and in store of course), but on this page we are highlighting just a few of them.

Keep up-to-date with all the Creations’ news by clicking the green “Join E-Happenings Now!” button to sign up for our email newsletter.

Both our Creations store in Kerrville, Texas and our online store offer a wide variety of products for quilters and sewing enthusiasts. Be sure to visit our Online Catalog page for quick links to our extensive online inventory of fabrics, patterns, books, kits, tools, and supplies for quilting, clothing and purse sewing, hand stitchery, machine embroidery, wool stitchery and even greeting cards! Summer is a great time to come to Kerrville and visit in person – check out our Store Tour page which highlights our latest store displays where we feature model garments and quilts made from our latest fabrics and patterns.

Creative Stitching Second Edition by Sue Spargo

The Creative Stitching book showcases Sue’s favorite stitches. The wonderful stitches are shown with very clear pictures and directions, so it will be easy to follow.

This book is a must have if you are a Sue Spargo fan.

It evens shows the needles that you will use with each of the different threads.

Sue Spargo Threads

Sue Spargo is known for using a wide selection of beautiful threads in her wool and stitchery projects. The listing below shows just a few of the threads from each of the types of Sue Spargo threads (and other threads she recommends).

Sue Spargo Ellana Wool Thread

We carry over 50 colors of Sue’s popular Ellana Wool Thread on our Sue Spargo Wool Thread page. This thread is a 50/50 Merino Wool/Acrylic Blend with 70 yards per spool. We even carry the Ellana Thread Color Card shown below that uses the actual threads to show the colors available.

Sue Spargo Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 3, Size 5 and Size 8

We carry over 100 Eleganza Perle Cotton Threads by Sue Spargo in each of three sizes (3, 5, 8). The thread colors include both solid and variegated colors. The 2 color cards shown below help illustrate the wide range of colors available in Sue’s two lines of Eleganza thread colors. We show a few of the colors available in each size below.

Sue Spargo Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 8

Visit our Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 8 threads page to find the full range of solid and variegated colors we offer.

Sue Spargo Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 5

Visit our Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 5 page to see all the solid and variegated colors we offer. Remember the color charts shown above apply to Size 5 also.

Sue Spargo Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 3

Visit our Eleganza Perle Cotton Size 3 page to see all the solid and variegated colors we offer. Remember the color charts shown above apply to Size 3 also.

Sue Spargo Dazzle and Razzle Perle Rayon Threads

If you are looking for some shine in your stitchery projects, be sure to check out Sue Spargo’s Dazzle and Razzle Perle Rayon Size 8 threads produced by Wonderfil. Dazzle and Razzle threads are both great for either hand work or machine bobbin work. The Dazzle threads have a sparkle to them while the Razzle threads come in solids and variegated colors and have that great rayon shine.

Other Sue Spargo Recommended Threads

We also carry some thread lines that Sue Spargo recommends and you’ll find these on our House of Embroidery and Painter’s Threads page. The House of Embroidery Variegated Perle Cotton threads are Size 8. The Painter’s Thread is a Cotton Ribbon Floss hand-painted in Germany that can be laid flat and stitched over, or it can be turned into a ruched texture by pulling one of the thread.

Sue Spargo Needles

Sue Spargo has a variety of Chenille, Milliner and Darners needles that she recommends for stitchery projects. You’ll find them below for quick access, but these are also always on our Sue Spargo’s Needles & Notions page.

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