Monthly Archives: January 2024

Add a Decorative Touch

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Ship in style! Packing tape that features everyone’s favorite: the timeless and classic log cabin quilt pattern. The tape by Built Quilt Distribution measures 1.88 inches wide x 110 yards in length. Fits standard packing tape guns and can be used to tape up boxes for shipment and other boxing needs. The colorway even coordinates with standard box colors!

Need some gift items that would be perfect for retreats and secret sis presents as well? Check out these options:

These hardcover, spiral bound notebooks feature a dazzling Double X quilt pattern, available in pink or blue. Handy in size, it measures 4 x 6 inches with 80 lined pages. Each page is complete with undated date headers. Take it with you everywhere and start writing it all down!

This set includes five happy-go-lucky pencil pouches, each featuring a different color & quilt pattern. The pouches measure 8.27 in x 5.31 in, which makes them convenient for containing smaller items that you don’t want flying about. These really help when you’re on the go. 100% cotton with zipper closures. The following quilt block patterns are featured: Cut Glass, Four Clowns, Double Pyramid, Double X, and Joe’s Coat.


Soft, thread-bound notebooks set featuring five vibrant quilt patterns and color schemes. Handy in size, each notebook measures 4 x 6″ and contains 32 lined pages. Take them with you everywhere to jot down thoughts, notes, and ideas.

Spruce up your note taking and doodling with our Quilt Jazz memo pads. This one features a brilliant blue Joe’s Coat quilt-patterned border (also available in pink).

All of these items are due to arrive in February so place your orders now.

New Cross Stitch from Primrose Cottage

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Check out the latest sweet designs by Lindsey Weight of Primrose Cottage. Valentine’s Day Quaker cross stitch is stitched two threads over two strands, 80 x 80 stitched on 32 count fabric.

Warm Winter Wishes has a few of everyone’s favorite things.


Sip Stitch Repeat makes you want to sit in front of a fire and stitch!

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

The Perfect Beginner Quilt

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From Cut Loose Press® by Rachelle Craig, Havenwood is the perfect beginner class or project! Just about every inch of the fabric is used in this quilt. Grab forty-2 1/2-inch strips (or cut your own), a background fabric and you are ready to go. Kitting not required!

Turning every other block creates the modern off-set look that gives this quilt its style.

The cover quilt is made with Pearl Splendor by Benartex. Or, cut your own strips with the Creative Grids® Stripology XL Ruler.

The 2-1/2″ slits are marked with squares – can’t get any easier than that! What a great way to use up scraps.

Treasured Threadz™ by Amy Barickman

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Hi! My name is Amy Barickman and I am here to tell you about my new Treasured Threadz™ collection! I’ve been so lucky to create this with my hometown partner, Colonial Patterns. Colonial Patterns has been producing the popular Aunt Martha’s embroidery patterns for over 85 years! Watch this short video for an overview:

The new Treasured Threadz™ fabric panels are a culmination of my love for vintage textiles and passion for repurposing thrifted fabrics and preloved apparel. Using my vintage collection of art, textiles and quilts, I have designed FIVE Treasured Threadz™ fabric panels! I also developed some signature techniques for applying patchwork that are perfect for featuring in your store demos and classes!

Upcycling fabrics has always been a favorite focus of mine over my 30 years creating sewing and craft patterns. Think of these panels as “cheater” or “convenience” panels that offer your customers a shortcut to style! These authentic digital reproductions are perfect for embroidery, quilting, collage or applique. Embellish projects or use the panels for your favorite sewing pattern.

Every panel purchase includes a QR code that will give you access to exclusive digital content. There are three printable PDF patterns (a cross body bag, zipper pouch, and eyeglasses case) as well as an extensive Look Book with over 25 pages of project ideas. Treasured Threadz™ truly offers endless inspiration for creating unique fashion and sustainable sewing projects.

We also have a new companion Favorite Fusible Stabilizer. We have developed this low-loft fusible batting as the perfect partner to our fabric panels. Each package includes a 11″ x 17″ Pressing Sheet, and added value to your customers as they create with our signature techniques to embellish and applique.

With the purchase of the Favorite Fusible Stabilizer, you will find a QR code with detailed videos and PDF instructions for oth Decorative Patch Applique and our Repair Patch Techniques. Both methods are great for embellishing or mending favorites from your home and closet.

There are so many ways to use this stabilizer. Use it to give a layer of body, softness and stability to almost anything you create. You can easily layer this fusible batting with fabric and add decorative stitching for a dimensional, hand-quilted look. Treasured Threadz™ panels are perfect for applique as well as small projects like my popular Fold & Go Folio pattern.

You can use it to create a sturdy fabric for functional projects such as cross body bags or an eyeglass case (both patterns are included with each fabric panel). One of my favorite uses for this stabilizer is for hand embroidery. It’s a wonderful backing for your stitching project, no hoop required!

The broad appeal of Treasured Threadz™ makes it perfect for in-store demo days, design challenges, classes or retreat projects. Even better, a continuity or club program could be created using the patterns that are included with purchase of a panel.

.Thanks for letting me share Treasured Threadz? with you – I hope you are inspired to embrace the opportunity you have with this line and share it with your community. Visit the Checker website to see all of Amy’s patterns, panels and fusible batting: Amy Barickman

New from Cotton and Joy

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Sometimes a pattern is just too darn cute to resist! Since I live in the midwest, I know several people who will want this!

She’s quirky, she’s fun – meet Annabelle. This traditionally pieced quilt pattern features a playful and modern cow design. Get creative and let your imagination run wild with two fabric options (layer cakes or fat quarters) and three sizes (small, throw, and bed).

This pattern isn’t due to arrive until next month but is already trending so place your orders now!

Cross Stitch by Robin Pickens

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Robin Pickens has combined two loves, fabric design and cross-stitch to stunning affect. All of these designs are floated on her fabrics. The combination of textures adds that awe factor to every project.

Pine Crossing is a cross stitch pattern showing stylized trees across the landscape with a couple of red birds popping out against the wintry forest scene. Appropriate for winter holidays and seasons or in other colors for any time of year.


“Seasonal Courier: Cardinal’s Winter” is a features a festive cardinal sitting upon his favorite pinecone. The bird celebrates the winter season with snowflakes of various sizes and top and bottom borders bring in added decoration and color and shapes reminiscent of quilt blocks. Cardinal’s Christmas is the first in a series of four Seasonal Courier birds.


Sweater Weather combines the love of quilt blocks in a soft color palette in the borders with a bolder color pinecone for the winter season in the center. Leafy vines surround the center pinecone rectangle. This cross stitch pattern is the first in the “Sweater Weather” series, with more seasons to come!

Winterly Sampler is a sampler with multiple images including cardinals, trees, vines, pinecones, snowflakes and mistletoe. This festive sampler follows the same basic structure and size as the Fall Frolic Sampler but with a wintery feel!

All of these patterns are due to arrive in the next few weeks so place your order now.

New from Quilty Love

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day or those summer weddings, classic hearts is a simple quilt pattern. It is fat quarter and half yard friendly.


Tiled Stars II is a modern star quilt pattern that is fat eighth or fat quarter friendly. The tiles set off the star design to perfection and is muc easier to achieve than you may think!

Classic Stars is a classic quilt with a twist. Off-setting the stars and snowballing the blocks add that awe factor that will make everyone look twice!

Scrappy Gems is a quick and easy stash buster quilt pattern. This Irish Chain quilt pattern has strip piecing shortcuts and uses 2 1/2″ strips to maximum effect.

Log Cabin Stars puts a modern twist on an all-time favorite traditional block. PLacing a star in a half log cabin gives the entire quilt a modern look.

All of these patterns show yardage requirements for multiple sizes so the math is done for you. They are due to arrive any day so place your orders now.

Storage Solutions

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These high capacity quilt storage bags from Madam Sew offer a safe and convenient solution for storing quilts and various items like blankets, fabrics, duvets, pillows, and clothing.

They expand to 22″x15″x8″ which easily fits two double quilts. They feature a transparent front panel for easy identification, strong double-zippers, heavy-duty handles, and high-quality breathable material. They can be folded away when not in use, making them an ideal space-saving storage solution for closets and shelves.

They are available in blue and green as well as lavendar.

They will be arriving soon so place your orders now!

Roxanne’s Temporary Basting Spray

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Roxanne Temporary Adhesive Spray (7.2 oz) is the latest addition to the family of Roxanne glues from Colonial Needle. It is the perfect for quilting, sewing, appliqué, and other fabric crafts.

A fine mist of Roxanne Temporary Adhesive Spray on large or small pieces of fabric is repositionable, will not transfer to other surfaces, will not stain or otherwise damage fabric or clog needles. The tackiness of the adhesive will lessen and evaporate over time as fabric is manipulated. Wash with soap and water or dry clean to make the tackiness disappear right away.

Roxanne Temporary Adhesive Spray is acid free and solvent free, odorless and colorless. As with most aerosol sprays, however, use in a well-ventilated area.

This latest product is due to arrive later this month so place your orders now.