New Lori Smith patterns

We now have 64 different quilt patterns by Lori Smith in store (and on our website!!).

Here are some new arrivals.

Pinwheels For Caroline - pattern includes instructions for this quilt in 3 different sizes. This quilt is a lesson in the use of light and dark fabrics. Morning Glory. Wow. I love the colourwash effect of the green sawtooth points in the outerb order. It adds a twinkle along with a feeling of scale and dimension.

Mary Ellen's Garden - I love, love, love the centre of this quilt. Maybe I will just make the applique block and surround it with the sawtooth border.

Grandma Lynn's Signature Quilt - wouldn't this make a great wedding gift? The blocks would originally have been signed with fountain pen or names would be embroidered in the centre of each block.

Ella Mae's Sampler quilt. What a great setting for sampler blocks. If you like the look of samplers, but want a co-ordinated look OR you become bored making the same block over and over, a sampler is for you!!

More Pink and Chocolate

Presenting... you guessed it!! More Pink and Chocolate! I suppose the blog title gave it away... What a pleasing combination!!

This range features reproduction fabrics circa 1860-1885.

I obtained this information from the Windham fabric website:

The origin of chocolate brown used as a predominant color in printed fabric appeared with regularity in the nineteenth century. The color was worn by widows who had passed out of the stage of mourning, when they were expected to wear only black. The patterns used in these "mourning browns" were simple calicos, and not like the more stylized designs featured in this collection.

Yes! Warm pink and chocolates with the feel of 1800s fabrics, but in prints that we love for making quilts today.

Also available in fat quarter and fat eighth packs.

Tidings

Introducing... the newest book by Nancy Halvorsen for Art To Heart - "Tidings".

Pre-order your copy now. Expected delivery mid-July 2010.
All the projects are made using her latest fabric range "Tidings" (see our online fabric catalogue).

The book contains lots of projects to make and give away or decorate with this Christmas.

Click here to see other Art To Heart books in stock.

Oh, I nearly forgot! Click here to download a free pattern for use with the Tidings panels.

Feedsack fabrics

These feedsack reproduction prints circa 1935 were too cute for us to pass up!! They will not last long at the special price of $19 per metre!!

We chose 8 prints combining fabrics from Windham's "Feedsack VI" and Blue Hills' "Feedsack". We have put together fat eighth and fat quarter packs.

We love reproduction fabrics!!

Another little selection arrive in store... Civil War VII circa 1865.

We chose purple, blue-grey and taupe tonees.

Fat quarter and fat eighth packs available.

More 19th centry fabrics...

We just had 6 boxes of fabric delivered... how exciting!!! Andrea and I "pumped fabric" as we totally rearranged hundreds of bolts of fabrics. That has to be good for the upper arms and shoulders!

This little selection is from the range "19th Century Reds", but I chose the prints with black in them. 1800s quilts contained quite a bit of black, and I think each of these has a bit of zing... especially with a little bit of red. We have bundled them together into fat eighth and fat quarter packs for your convenience.

These fabrics are at the special price of $19 per metre.

Andrea's class sample

Hmm.. how can you tell this is Andrea's class? Fussy-cut diamonds.. of course it's hers!!

This is one hanging ornament - the pictures show both sides.

The ornament measures approx. 15 inches across from point to point. I would like to see groups of 3 or 5 ornaments hanging from the ceiling.

The cost of the class includes perspex templates for 2 different diamond sizes - I know you will find lots of ideas to use the templates after the class!!

Stay tuned for our new class list - a link will be on the sidebar to the right.