Cats, Cats and More Cats!

These cat inspired coasters from Graphic Impressions are sure to make the cat lover in your life smile. And, at this price, they are great gifts! Each design comes 6 to a package or buy an assortment of 72 (6 of 12 different designs).

Cat Luck Coaster
Nine Lives Coaster
Silly Human Coaster
Privileges Suspended Coaster
Rid of Kids Coaster
Joined The Club Coaster
In the Wayeth Coaster
Couple of Cats Coaster
Better Life Cat Coaster
Well Trained Coaster
Better With Cats Coaster
Cat Home Coaster

These are due to arrive next month, in plenty of time for holiday shopping. At this price, they would be great stocking stuffers!

New from Kathy Schmitz

These embroidery designs showcase 12 different embroidery stitches so any or all of them would make a great class. They are all made to fit in a standard 8″ x 10″ frame so the final display is a snap.

Spring Sampler
Summer Sampler
Autumn Sampler
Winter Sampler

These patterns are all available separately or you can buy all of them in a pack. Kathy uses a 12 weight Valdani pearl cotton or DMC floss so kitting is easy. Don’t forget to have some light tables on hand as well since they will need them to trace their designs.

Season Samplers

They are due to arrive next month and would make great affordable gifts for the holidays so place your orders now!

New from Creative Abundance

These kits all come with pre-printed linen so you can start stitching as soon as you find your floss! They all are designed to work with readily available frames, notebooks, and embroidery hoops for that finishing touch. I have enlarged the images so you can see the detail. What a great way to learn how to embroider. Leann’s House is also available in cream.

If you live in a tourist area, these are great hand projects for the beach or road trips! Display next to your floss for instant kitting! These are available next month so place your orders now!

Seasonal Craziness from One Sister

Janet Nesbitt has created 6 large and 6 smaller projects in her latest book. Although the cover is Christmas, she has included all of your favorite holidays. Halloween may be my favorite!

Seasonal Craziness

Don’t you love the wonky houses and haunted trees?

Seasonal Craziness

And these little witches can visit anytime.

Seasonal Craziness

These baubles make a darling Christmas quilt but would look very 70’s hip in other colors. Remember when purple and orange were all the rage?

Seasonal Craziness

And what could be more patriotic than a summer quilt of stars?

Seasonal Craziness

Or a bunny hop in the Spring?

Seasonal Craziness

This book is due to arrive next month, so place your orders now.

New from Poorhouse Designs

I love the way that Kristine Poor designs with the shop owner in mind. In her words:
This quilt features eight different “wintry” blocks! Simple and traditional, it can be a holiday quilt or a winter quilt. The instructions can be split and used as a block of the month program, or a weekly class. Great for basics! Finished size: 49-1/2″ x 59-1/2″; bonus layout included at 54-1/2″ x 64-1/2″.


Four patterns in one. Start a seasonal project club! The Hello Seasons pattern contains 4 different banners. Easy to kit and fun to teach. Add a seasonal banner hanger for a fun kit. Pattern instructions can be broken up into the 4 seasons for kitting and inserts for kits.

The Color Crush Block of the Month is a 6 month program that is separated by month. Cover quilt features Flourish from QT Fabrics. All blocks are simple and traditional; each is supported by short video to reinforce skills. Extend your club with bonus table square and runner to take advantage of blocks from quilt, as well as 3 mini-bonus projects. Finished size: 56 x 64 inches.

Color Crush Block of the Month
Color Crush Block of the Month

All of the patterns are due to arrive next month so place your orders now.

New from Suzn Quilts


This original pieced quilt pattern by Suzn Quilts is Featherweight friendly for your Featherweight club or your customers that like to sew with a Featherweight on retreats! Trees are not just for Christmas anymore! Cutting is quick & easy when using her template sets shown below. Finished quilt size is 56.5 x 74.5 inches. What a great stashbuster!

These template sets are recommended:

Little Tree Template Set
Mini Tree Template Set
Tiny Tree Template Set

Woodland Runner is an original pieced table runner uses the same template sets.

Woodland Runner

Everything is due to arrive next month so place your orders now!

Tula Pink Ribbons

The Tula Pink Designer Ribbon Pack contains 6 yards total, 1 yard per design.

Tula Pink Tiny Beasts Glimmer Designer Ribbon Pack

In Tula’s words: Tiny Beasts is all about a playful reimagining of animals you might find in your backyard  and what they get up to after dark! Glimmer colorway, deep pinks and purples One Man’s trash : the whimsical and adorable raccoon and bloom- Who is your Dandy: a flowery hedgehog- Out foxed: the running fox- Oh Nuts: striped acorns and Painted Ladies: bright and cheerful ladybugs + a reversible tiny dot or stripe. The ribbons will embellish many sewing and crafting projects from bag making to dog collars and add unique accents to any textile project. They are 100% polyester, washable on a gentle cycle.

Tula Pink Tiny Beasts Glimmer Designer Ribbon Pack

The orange and green colorway:

Tula Pink Tiny Beasts Glow Designer Ribbon Pack
Tula Pink Tiny Beasts Glow Designer Ribbon Pack

These ribbons are due to arrive this month so place your orders now!

New from Deb Heatherly

This book contains 11 projects that are perfect to use throughout the year. Each project is shown in Christmas fabric as well as an alternate colorway to give you plenty of ideas.

Quilted Occasions

The patterns include a fun wall hanging, an octagonal tree skirt that can also be a table topper, 2 quilts that are quick, easy, and strip friendly, 1 quilt perfect for fussy cuts, a large Christmas tree whose ornaments could use photo transfers of grandchildren, or fussy cuts of a favorite football team, and so much more. This book is definitely not just for Christmas.

Just look at some of the treasures inside:

Many of these patterns showcase the Creative Grids® tools designed by Deb Heatherly including the Kitty Cornered Tool (CGRDH5); the Cat’s Cradle Tool (CGRDH1); The Ultimate Flying Geese (CGRDH4); and the Strippy Star (CGRDH2).


Her Happy Together pattern from Deb’s Cats N Quilts is a great scrap buster but is also FQ friendly. This pattern uses the Creative Grids® Cat’s Cradle XL item (CGRDH1XL). Pattern includes 3 sizes: Topper 40″ x 40″, Full 72″ x 82″, and queen 92″ x 92″.

Happy Together
Creative Grids Cats Cradle Ruler XL

Flower Power uses 2-1/2″ strips and the Creative Grids® Round Up Tool (CGRATK1) to make this fun quilt that finishes 66″ x 83″. The 2-1/2″ strips make the petals and the pieced border. Add fabric for the background, setting triangles, and border and let the fun begin! Technique used: Fusible appliqué.

Flower Power
Creative Grids Round Up Tool and Quilting Ruler

The book and patterns are due to arrive soon so place your orders now!

All-Star Quilts of Valor

The 27 quilt designers showcased in this newest book by Shiffer Publishing know the ways that quilts can honor and even heal. They created these new patterns specifically for Quilts of Valor to honor the organization’s commitment “to cover our veterans and service members with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.”

Featuring clear, easy instructions and patterns, here is everything needed for quilters of any level, community groups, and family members to make a beautiful patriotic quilt for the special service members in their own lives, or to donate to honor a worthy Quilts of Valor recipient. The 25 quilt patterns are varied and inspiring, and you can mix and match patriotic colors and fabrics to make your own personal version of each, including “V Is for Victory” by Georgia Bonesteel, “Shine On” by Victoria Findlay Wolfe, “From Sea to Shining Sea” by Marianne Fons, “Stars and Stripes” by Mark Lipinski, “Thumbnail” by Paula Nadlestern, and so many more.

This book is due to arrive in October so place your orders now.