Free Patterns from Cool Designers

Castle Peeps arrived in the shop last week. This is a new fabric collection by Lizzy House. So many fabulous details to make you smile. Lizzy has designed the Villagers Rejoice quilt pattern to showcase the collection. It’s available as a PDF for free download here.

Ashley Williamson of Film in the Fridge (photo courtesy of [...]

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Book Reviews and a Giveaway: Small Stash Sewing + Sewing Bits & Pieces

Small Stash Sewing: 24 Projects Using Designer Fat Quarters is a new book by Melissa Averinos. Many of you are familiar with Melissa’s work through Sugar Snap, her first fabric collection for Free Spirit that came out last year, and her blog Yummy Goods.
Small Stash Sewing is a gem of a book. The projects [...]

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Busy Bees

Finish up one quilting bee and start another. I like new beginnings.
I signed on to another virtual quilting bee several months ago not recording the begin dates or other specifics of participating. Fortuitously enough, as soon as I sent out the blocks from my original bee I received the first set of fabrics from the [...]

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Memorial Day Free Shipping Weekend

happy holiday weekend sewing! xo Kathy
pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale

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Virtual Quilting Bee – Mission Accomplished

I finished up my final three blocks for the Virtual Quilting Bee.  I’m quite embarrassed at how long it took me to finally complete my end of the bargain (and a little shocked when I realized just how long it had been!) Our ever gracious hostess Mama Urchin sent a reminder e-mail several weeks ago, [...]

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