Monthly Archives: August 2011

Fat Quarter Tuesday Giveaway – Sandi Henderson Secret Garden + Laminated Cotton

Sandi Henderson took first place in the double booth category at the Spring 2011 Quilt Market. The strike offs for Secret Garden barely arrived days before the show. You’ll spot prior collections mixed into the samples, a beautiful display of her aesthetic and color eye growing, evolving and emerging while staying true. In looking at…

One Yard Wonders Sew Along – Week 35 Projects + Fabrics

Welcome to Week 35 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along! Week 35 – Project 76 Toddler Art Smock – designed by Rachael Theis page 214 Carrie selected Kokka Trefle Mushrooms Blue. Materials Needed: pattern on sheet #4 2 packages of 1/4″ double – fold bias tape (4 1/2 yards) Week 35 – Project 77…

One Yard Wonders Sew Along – Week 34 Finished Projects

Welcome to Week 34 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along! Week 34 – Project 74 Mini Craft & Tool Belt – designed by Mellissa Abreu page 208 Melissa selected Michael Miller Fabrics Bicycles Gray – Laminated and Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Azure. Materials Needed: 1/4 yard of lightweight fusible interfacing Melissa’s Tips and Thoughts…

Fat Quarterly Basic Grey Designer’s Challenge

Thank you to Fat Quarterly for inviting me to participate in their Basic Grey Designer’s Challenge. I’m guest posting about my project there today. Bring on the holidays! xo Kathy pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale

Fat Quarter Tuesday Giveaway – Hometown by Sweetwater

We’ve been quietly flipping out here at Pink Chalk over the arrival of Hometown by Sweetwater. The colors, the simple elegance of the prints, the hometown NAMES! We talked a lot about it before it got here and now we can’t stop discussing what we’re each going to make with it. Get back to work…

One Yard Wonders Sew Along – Week 34 Projects + Fabrics

Welcome to Week 34 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along! Week 34 – Project 74 Mini Craft & Tool Belt – designed by Mellissa Abreu page 208 Melissa selected Michael Miller Fabrics Bicycles Gray – Laminated and Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Azure. Materials Needed: 1/4 yard of lightweight fusible interfacing Week 34 – Project…

Bumble Beans Inc. BASICS Quilt Drive – Help Make It 700!

Like most good quilt stories this one started simply enough. In 2005, my good friend Jone Hallmark sent me fabrics she had designed for Free Spirit. I made her a quilt. There were extra blocks and extra fabric so I made another quilt. Last year I received an e-mail from Victoria Findlay Wolfe. She told…

One Yard Wonders Sew Along – Week 33 Finished Projects

Welcome to Week 33 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along! Week 33 – Project 72 Ballet-Neck Toddler Dress – designed by Rachael Theis page 201 Janis selected Keiki Oops A Daisy Silly Nilly Red and Keiki Oops A Daisy Gingham Yellow. Materials Needed: Pattern on sheet #2 1 package of 1/2″ single-fold Bias tape…

Fat Quarter Tuesday Giveaway – Miscellany by Julia Rothman + Botanika by Paula Prass

Miscellany by Julia Rothman for Cloud9 Fabrics

Miscellany by Julia Rothman is the latest addition to Cloud9 Fabrics price sensitive organic fabric collections. The quality and feel of the cotton is silky smooth and the colors vibrant. The design elements in Julia’s artwork show amazing versatility on cloth. Made up as a simple hand tied quilt, the scale of the prints work…

One Yard Wonders Sew Along – Week 33 Projects + Fabrics

Welcome to Week 33 of the One Yard Wonders Sew Along! Week 33 – Project 72 Ballet-Neck Toddler Dress – designed by Rachael Theis page 201 Janis selected Keiki Oops A Daisy Silly Nilly Red and Keiki Oops A Daisy Gingham Yellow. Materials Needed: Pattern on sheet #2 1 package of 1/2″ single-fold Bias tape…