Hi, just a quick note to say that we have a lovely family wedding to go to this weekend - meaning that if you place an order with us tomorrow or over the weekend we’ll aim to get your parcels sent on Monday.
Hope you’re looking forward to your weekend plans - whatever they are!
Hello, we’ve put these ’rounds’ packs together in homage to the ‘jelly roll’ - a roll of a range of fabric designs that’s so loved by quilters. Technically, a jelly roll is a roll of 40 different strips of 2.5″ fabrics, and they were first marketed by Moda as a way of showcasing their designs. I’m baffled as to where the jelly comes in, though!
Our rounds are similar in that they’re also made of strips of 2.5″ wide fabrics and they also have the pleasing purpose of giving you a bit of each design from a whole collection - inexpensively. Each round has 26 fabrics - one strip from each design in the Love or Dolce collections, and are ideal for making log cabins, hexies, and simple strip quilts.
Picture courtesy of Anna Maria Horner
We’re very excited to say that we have some of the gorgeous elusive Anna Maria Horner’s Dobby Dots in stock. We have ‘Pastry Line’ - a textured voile to complement the colours of the rest of her Little Folks range - in five colours. What can we say, other than ‘yay!’.
We love this collection by Tanya Whelan. It’s a sophisticated collection. It’s one for the ladies. It’s glamourous (but not flouncy flouncy) and completely summery. And we’re giving six fat quarters of Dolce away with Lily’s Quilts. Pop yourself over there and take a look!
Alongside the quilt I made for Anna for her birthday, I wanted Erin to make something for her sister. Armed with my inspiration from this book, I caught Erin between eating, and…. probably eating if I’m honest - and quickly shoved some fabric and a biro under her nose with the instructions ‘draw a picture of you and Anna. Please’. She didn’t mind and drew a very sweet picture, which as you can see depicts Anna as some kind of balloon. I loved it!
I hadn’t forgotten that all attempts at embroidery so far had for me been rather sad and sorry and a bit wonky. But I figured my wonky stitching could work in this particular project - so I started stitching without the pressure I usually feel when about to embark on this kind of thing… So, I stitched over the lines to recreate her picture in embroidery form, and added some fabric to add some extra colour and interest. I like it (it is my daughter’s work, after all!), but I’m not keen on the flowers I added - they’re a bit much and I might just take them out.
I had meant to inset this into a cushion, but I found that Erin had drawn too close to the edge of the fabric (note to you - if you decide to give this a go - give a bigger bit of fabric than you’re going to use). So, here’s the picture in a hoop - which is where it’s going to stay. I still haven’t decided whether it’s going to live above our bed (where it is now), or go into the girls’ room where I think it really belongs.
We have our remaining designs from Erin McMorris’s Park Slope and Lizzy House’s Red Letter Day on sale - as well as the beautiful African-inspired (and very fashionable don’t-you-know) Mirage Stripe from Kaffe Fassett.
Hello! Two new Kaffe spots have arrived, and we also have Cloud 9’s Blueyonder back in stock.
Kerry is pretty nifty with the sewing machine - check out her blog - and has made this summer tunic, which I think is fair to say is an item of clothing that’s going to get a lot of wear in this beautiful weather…
… as is Judith’s equally beautifully-made shirt:
… both in the light and silky Diamond Mine Sky cotton voile.
Pretty bags from customer Jane - made as a present for her dear mum. Take a peep at the pattern details on our Make This pages.
