Banners for Every Season

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Penny Haren

Sew Cherished has added more banner designs to their line. The Summer garland will be arriving early next month

Each pattern is 4-1/2″ in diameter and the pattern includes 7 different designs. The perfect choice for portable handwork!

Stitch by Stitch is perfect for a sewing room.

Spring Fever

‘Tis The Season

Snowflake Squad. I blew this one up as far as I could so you can see the detail and personality in her patterns.

These patterns are all designed to work with the Circle Garland by Kraft Klub.

The garland include seven 5 inch round chalkboard circles and is 67 1/2″ long. Simply make quilt blocks or wool work of your choice and affix them with magnets. The circles have a chalkboard finish you can write on with chalk, too.

Where the Sun Shines is due in early next month. The rest are in stock now. What a great way to use up wool scraps! Wouldn’t they make great individual ornaments or gift tags as well?

Trick or Treat Bags

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Penny Haren

Wouldn’t this be a great parent/child class? I’m sure they would want to make a different version for every trick or treater in the family! With four choices, they will have a hard time choosing! If you have any glow in the dark fabric, that would certainly add that awe factor!

The designs are created with 2 1/2″ strips so they go together very quickly. Each bag finished at approximately 13 inches square. The patterns for these ghoulish delights will be available early next month!

Noah’s Journey Ends

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Penny Haren

Next month the completer pattern will be available for this darling block of the month. If you haven’t already, why not start a sit and stitch event at your store?

In case you missed any of the individual patterns, here they are in all of their whimsical glory!

Noah's Journey #3 Pigs Geese and Turtles

The finished quilt measures 66 x 78″ so it is the perfect size to top a double bed.

Embroidery Machine Quilting

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Penny Haren

I think this is simply brilliant! I got to see a prototype of this product and an explanation of how it worked. Kimberbell is doing videos that will be available to customers soon but in her own words….

Quilt your projects in-the-hoop with professional results! With Kimberbell Clear Blue Tiles™, it’s easy to stitch through a quilt sandwich of top fabric, batting, and back fabric. Choose allover quilting for a continuous flow, or customize each block with a different design! Because they have the same scale, you can use a variety of tiles on the same project. If you love traditional quilting and would love to do it on your embroidery machine, Kimberbell Clear Blue Tiles are the solution you’ve been waiting for. Our Clear Blue Tiles Essentials Set includes 26 finished block and border tiles, 2 water-soluble pens, 2 slap bands, the Clear Blue Tiles User Guide, and a USB with 372 embroidery files and our exclusive Seasonal Table Runner project. Start with the Essentials Set, then add our Expansion Set for larger hoops!

Add to your Clear Blue Tiles™ collection with our Expansion Set! Perfect for larger hoop sizes, the Expansion Set includes 20 Clear Blue Tiles and 2 water-soluble pens. Because they have the same scale, you’ll easily mix and match these larger Clear Blue Tiles with those in our Essentials Set!

You’ll need the Clear Blue Tiles Essentials Set KDTL105 to use this Expansion set.

These sets are due to arrive around Labor Day – just in time to teach your customers how to quilt their holiday gifts!

Quilts of Gee’s Bend

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Penny Haren

I have always loved the rich history of the Gee’s Bend quilters and now their art is easy to share with these gift items. In their words…

a pack of 20 notecards. Share the timeless work of the Gee’s Bend quilters with friends and family. Featuring twenty different quilts by a thirteen incredible artists, these notecards make every thank you, happy birthday, and just-because greeting card a joy to receive.

Admire the colorful artwork of the Gee’s Bend quilters as you play with these two 54-card decks. Build a winning hand on game night or deal a set for solitaire—there are as many ways to use these colorful playing cards as there are pieces in the beautiful quilts that adorn them!

Quilts of Gee's Bend Playing Cards: 2-Deck Set

The Quilts of Gee’s Bend 1000 Piece Puzzle features 40 colorful quilt patterns created by the women of Gee’s Bend-a small, remote, Black community in Wilcox County, Alabama. This world famous group has created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is also included.

These gift items are due to arrive in August and September. Order now because you probably already know who will want them!

New Elizabeth Hartman

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Penny Haren

Every time I think it can’t get any better, she does! What’s cuter than a panda? A panda wearing a sweater! Make these adorable patchwork friends using conventional piecing techniques. No templates or paper piecing! Fat quarter-friendly pattern includes instructions for making a pillow or two different sizes of throws.

Make these friendly patchwork sharks using conventional piecing techniques. No templates or paper piecing! Fat quarter-friendly pattern includes instructions for making a 20in x 20in quilted pillow cover, 59in x 62in Small Quilt, or 76in x 76in Large Quilt.

Little Llamas includes instructions for making a 64in x 68in Lap Quilt featuring adorable, 17-inch tall patchwork llamas. The llamas’ blankets and legwarmers are made using charm squares, and additional charm squares are used to make decorative borders at the top and bottom of the quilt.

Rainbow Rainforest is an 82in x 82in sampler quilt featuring animals of the Amazon Rainforest, including a capybara, pink river dolphin, sloth, toucan, armadillo, jaguar, squirrel monkey, tapir, and caiman. Fat-Eighth Friendly! The projects in this pattern are made with conventional patchwork techniques. No templates or paper piecing!

All of these patterns are due to arrive next month and would be adorable in her new fabric lines. Sunroom is being in released in October by Robert Kaufman.

Kitchen Window Wovens will be released in December. Don’t you love the name?

New Sew Kind of Wonderful

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Penny Haren

At 28 x 63 inches, Dreamy Dan could be the perfect beach blanket if quilted to terry cloth! What personality!

Flower Pop is a large throw with splashes of color that make this quilt shine.

Both of these quilts are made with the Wonder Curve ruler.

They also have a longarm version if you like to quilt your own:

Diamond Daze features their new Quick Straight Ruler:

Everything should be in stock later this month so place your orders now.

The Best Portable Light

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Penny Haren

I love these lights and can’t wait to get my hands on this one! The Foldi GO from Daylight Company is a premium, rechargeable task lamp that has consistently bright high-quality light. With fully adjustable height and reach, It is extremely compact and lightweight. Carrying case is included making it easy to transport to any location.

Wouldn’t you love to have this tucked away in your purse? Having light just where I want it – whenever I want it – will be such a treat! These are due to arrive later this month so place your order now!

Folded Corner Companions

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Penny Haren

Did you know that all patterns made with the Creative Grids® Folded Corner Clipper can be made with the new Folded Corner Clipper XL? Whichever size you have, why not give these Cut Loose Press™ patterns a try?

This Maple Leaf Table Runner combines the Creative Grids® Kitty Cornered Tool and the Folded Corner Clipper or Folded Corner Clipper XL. Each leaf is cut from a 10″ square and the stems from another. You can’t get any easier than that to kit!

Creative Grids Folded Corner Clipper Tool XL

Creative Grids Folded Corner Clipper Tool

Deb Heatherly used this tool to create two classics. X Marks the Spot is created with (34) 10-inch squares and what Gudrun Erla calls the four B’s – background, borders, binding, and backing. At 61″ x 70″, this quilt goes together quickly and is the perfect size for a throw.

The Starry Nights Table Topper measures 36″ square. The units are strip-pieced before cutting so the tip goes together very quickly.

Begonia from Cut Loose Press by It’s Sew Emma is an excellent choice to perfect your skills when using the Creative Grids® Folded Corner Clipper! Use it to square up half-square triangles BEFORE pressing. And then use it to create the pointed units in the begonia block. It really is that easy.

All of these patterns are Cut Loose Press™ patterns so they are available on-demand and printed with the shop name. Place your orders now.

Sweet Sentiments to Live By

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Penny Haren

Shabby Fabrics has introduced a series of scalloped table toppers that are sure to make you smile. Sweet sentiments, expressed in embroidery, are outlined with overlapping scallops. Each pattern includes iron-on diagram.

Embroidery reads: “We are thankful for the food before us, the home around us, the people beside us, and the love between us.” Pattern includes iron-on diagram.

“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright. Round yon virgin, mother and child, holy infant so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace.”

“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.”

Scalloped Table Topper - Home for Christmas

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” and is repeated.

Scalloped Table Topper - The Pledge of Allegiance

This template set enables you to cut scallops quickly, and keeps your seams accurate around the curves as you sew scallops for Scalloped Table Toppers. Includes two templates: CUT and TRACE.

Everything is due to arrive this month so place your orders now. Summer is the perfect time for handwork!

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