or should I say, " Snowbird has returned to the nest?"
So happy to announce:
We have restocked our shelves with Snowbird Prints and Batiks. Previously sold out fabric selections are back in the shop!
Gingerman Trio
The Snowbird collection is filled with winter blues and creamy lights in both batiks and prints from MODA Fabrics
Designed by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. Thank you Edyta!
Sign up for our email newsletter to receive notice of new products arriving, what's on sale and prize giveaways.
ENJOY THE SEW this fall and enter to win our Quiltober Prize: Hello Fall fabric bundle and matching Aurifil threads!
THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED
CONGRATULATIONS to our Quiltober Giveaway winner Amanda B !
Thanks so much to everyone for participating...stay tuned for our next giveaway. It will start soon. The prize will feature one of our pretty Christmas fabric collections.......hmmmmm which one should it be?
Fabric Bundle has 13 Hello Fall Fat Quarters & Hello Fall fabric panel. Aurifil Threads include 3 LARGE Mako Cotton 50 wt spools with 1422 yards ONE (1) each in the following colors 2214, 2360, 2890. Approximate Retail value of prize is $80.00. Contest ends Nov. 4th, 2014.
What might you create with this cute Hello Fall Panel?
The Frozen Collection has arrived in the shop!
from the Springs Creative Group. Licensed by Disney.
Choose from a bright sisters panel, assorted cotton prints, flannels and Minkee. Click on the picture of Elsa and Ana or HERE to visit the fabrics in our shop
I recently enjoyed the quilty pleasure of a few days at my favorite quilt retreat in the company of good women and gentlemen quilters. One project I wanted to play with at retreat was to develop a throw size quilt (this one is about 40" x 60") with the Smudgy Cat fabrics from Benartex. Click HERE to visit this collection in the shop.
One panel, 8 or 9 fat quarters of the Smudgy Cat prints, and a few hours later --- this quilt is what I happened upon. I think this fabric is so darn cute, it may not have mattered what shape my design took :) the resulting quilt would be adorable anyhow!
The fabric worked itself so easily into this design that now I think it's even cuter.
I will write up some instructions and get kits put up on the webstore next week. If you want a kit even sooner please send me a note HERE and I will try to put on some speed getting the kits available for you.
The panel comes in a tan colorway too, which we could plug into this same design format.......or maybe we'll let this Smudgy Kitty inspire us easily into designing a second adorable panel quilt!
thanks for reading.....Enjoy the Sew!
This cute quilt will go together easily when you start with a layer cake of Milk Cow Kitchen fabrics by Mary Jane for MODA.
The kit includes a full color project sheet and all the MODA fabrics required to complete the quilt top and binding.
Backing fabric isn't included in the kit The pattern suggests 4 1/2 yards is needed for backing. We have a nice selection of Milk Cow Kitchen prints to choose from for your backing. Click HERE to visit the collection in the shop.
I love this little quilt! I can't wait to make one. I'm going to start soon. After looking at the cutting instructions ......it seems to me that there will be some nice sized pieces left from the layer cake. I'll play with those and see what kind of bonus quilt we could get from the leftovers. Check back on this blog or subscribe below to get updates on my progress.
Thanks for reading!
While we wait (ever so impatiently) for the Red Snow Happens fabrics to arrive in our shop we are happy to offer these cheerful Blue Fat Quarter Star Bundles. Pair this sweet bundle with the Snow Happens Panel and a yard or two of the Snow Happens Border Print to get started stitching up a blizzard of quilty fun.
Click on the pictures to visit these products in the shop.
The staff and I are off for a few days of rest, relaxation and lots of quilt related inspiration.
We'll spend the next 2 days at the Shipshewana Quilt Festival in North Central Indiana
We've attended every year since it's inception and always have a most enjoyable visit. I highly recommend you go check it out for yourself.
We won't be gone long, but wanted to let you know that any orders placed today and tomorrow June 27 and 28th, will ship out to you first thing on Monday June 30th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We promise that we will return rested and recharged and chock full of inspiration and ideas to make our online quilt shop even better!
-Talk to you soon, and in the meantime......Enjoy the Sew!
What? Well yes, not the frozen white kind we had a bit too much of here this past winter but rather this cute fabric collection, SNOW HAPPENS, from Bird Brain Designs.
Click on the pictures to visit this collection in the shop,
The blue collection arrived today and the reds are on their way! This will be fun to stitch up an icy cool project with during the hot weather to come during July and August. Check out the blue Snow Happens HERE
Have a pleasant trip to the online shop to visit these happy snowman fabrics and...ENJOY the Sew!!
Reds arriving soon.............
If you are in the area:
We have been cordially invited to be a part of the Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild's June gathering. We'll have a sweet selection of our dry goods for you to shop from. Please stop in if you are nearby that evening.
Click HERE to learn more about the Kankakee Quiltmaker's Guild
Here's a map to help you find the community center (Click and scroll to zoom in and out)
WE are dipping our toes further into the E-commerce universe by uploading our first YouTube video, hopefully the first of many.
Sometimes we will showcase new products but our goal with adding video is to share value with you. The value being quilt related tips, techniques, knowledge and JOY that quilting has brought to me and that I want to share with you.
I know I will learn a lot along the way while we film and share. This first video features a Holiday quilt and project book, Holly Jolly This and That by Sherri Falls.
The quality of our first video effort aside............this is a really nice book packed with projects each one as cute as the next. Take a look at the video below and stop back again soon while we build our video library at RockingChairquilts.com
The precuts for Pieces from my Heart Designer Sandy Gervais' new fabric collection, Hello Fall are starting to arrive in the shop . Click HERE to find Layer Cakes and Mini Charms.
Yardage, panels, patterns and kits are scheduled to arrive in May. Take a peek at the preview pages from this collection HERE.
MINI Charm Pack
Layer Cakes
Patterns should arrive in May!
Hi everyone! We've got some new patterns to go with our Ducks in a Row fabric collection:
This one is my favorite so far, Charming Checks. Its made with Ducks in a Row Charm Pack and yardage. It's a nice size- about 40 x 53. I think this will make a great kit quilt - Kits?....Yes! Click HERE to get yours! I will be making up a sample quilt too! I'd like to say I am making the sample for you all to see this quilt made up..... which is a true story, BUT I really wanna make this quilt because it's so darn cute!
