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!

Beautiful Gifts

Featuring the Sentry’s Pastime quilt pattern, these square shaped coasters by Built Quilt are engraved on bamboo wood. These coasters come in sets of 4 and are equipped with felt pads as backing so that they don’t scratch up your new coffee table. Square coasters measure 3.75″ on each side. This would make a great housewarming gift for your pattern-loving or quilter friend.

Sentry's Pastime Square Coaster 4pc Set

There are so many variations that you could buy a different one for everyone on your gift list!

Windblown Star Square Coaster 4pc Set
Ruby Roads Square Coaster 4pc Set
Quilt Christmas Trees Square Coaster 4pc Set
Quilt Hearts Square Coaster 4pc Set
Idle Moments Square Coaster 4pc Set

There are also several round versions.

Visit our website to see all of the possibilities:

Built Quilt

All of these gifts are due to arrive in September, just in time for the holiday season!

Quilts through a Child’s Eyes

I already have two on order for my grandchildren! Read the premise of the story:

Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt can’t whirl or twirl at all, and when he flies, he gets very hot. He doesn’t know why he’s a quilt. His parents are both sheets, and so are all of his friends. His great-grandmother was a lace curtain, but that doesn’t really help cheer him up. He feels sad and left out when his friends are zooming around and he can’t keep up. But one Halloween, everything changes. The little ghost who was a quilt has an experience that no other ghost could have, an experience that only happens because he’s a quilt . . . and he realizes that it’s OK to be different. 

The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt

The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt #TB6447-2 from Tundra Books is due to arrive the first of September, just in time for the season! Place your order now so you will have many hours of storytelling!

Baby Shark Doo…

I just spent the week-end with my grandchildren and can’t get this song out of my head! A new fabric line by David Textiles is due to arrive at the end of the month, just in time for summer!

Multi Baby Shark Fun In The Sun
Blue Baby Shark Playful Sharks
Pink Baby Shark Family Party
White Baby Shark Always Jawsome
Navy Baby Shark Family Toss
Blue Baby Shark Mommy & Baby

An added plus? They are available on 8 yard bolts! We have a family beach trip planned this year so I ordered a bolt of this and terry cloth so I can quilt them together for beach towels for the littles in my life! No batting required!

Jigsaw Puzzles as Art

My family loves jigsaw puzzles so I can’t wait to share these with them. The quality looks amazing. In their words: Bring the family together while enjoying famous art! This puzzle features 1,000 pieces made with high-quality blue board pieces with a fabulous drawstring cotton bag to store your pieces. The gorgeous box opens to reveal a gold foiled inspirational quote with a magnetic closure. Artist history and interesting information are featured on the back. Your puzzle can be displayed with either the bookend spine or front face. Monarque’s giftable puzzles are available in 12 beautiful images featuring world-renowned artists.

Irises
Irises
Irises
Irises
Irises

Everything about these puzzles is quality!

Water Lilies
Garden Bridge
Laurel Burch Fantasticats Puzzle
Mary Lake Dogs Puzzle
O'Keeffe Petunia Puzzle

To see the entire collection, visit our website: Monarque

Ricky Tims etc.

Ricky Tims is a true renaissance man. Most of you know him because of his vibrant hand dyed colors and quilts with a modern flair. But did you know he also co-wrote a children’s chapter book?

Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window
Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window

The story showcases Granny’s sampler quilt which is a companion book that includes all of the instructions to make it.

Granny's 1930's Sampler

What a great set that could inspire the next generation to quilt.

Ricky is also a gifted pianist and composer. Two of his recordings are now available through Checker.

Alone With My Thoughts Music CD
Christmas In A Small Town Music CD

Why not play this music in your shop? All of these items are available now so place your orders!

Whimsical Mug Rugs

Wouldn’t an Easter basket look darling sitting on these rugs? The hard part will be choosing which one to make first! The pattern includes all four designs.

Easter Party Mug Rugs

The laser cut shapes are available as a kit which includes the pattern and instructions.

Easter Party Mug Rugs Precut Pack

Or they are available individually as pre-cut packs.

Spring Kitten Mug Rug Kit
Party Pup Mug Rug Kit
Chocolate Bunny Mug Rug Kit
Peek-A-Boo Bunny Mug Rug Kit

Easter is late this year so even though these are due to arrive the middle of this month, you have plenty of time to make them for the holiday. Place your order now!

Crazy Love

Don’t you love the name?

Crazy Love

This Cut Loose Press™ pattern #CLPKAL014 features four letters that are all pieced individually after the angles are cut with the Creative Grids® Spiderweb Ruler #CGRKA6. The width of each letter doesn’t matter. Each letter can be trimmed after the sashing strips are added so that the height of each block is exactly the same before they are sewn together.

Karla Alexander is one of my favorite designers because she thinks WAY outside of the box. In this case, she created all of the cutting instructions to work with directional fabrics. And, the pieces are oversized so they are trimmed to size after piecing the angles. With big pieces and built-in fudge factors, even beginners will be successful. The angled pieces are all cut with her Creative Grids® Spiderweb Ruler.

Creative Grids Spider Web Quilt Ruler

What a great shower or wedding gift. The guests could sign the backing fabric.

At 18 x 53 inches, it would make a statement hanging above a bed! I’m thinking about framing each letter individually and hanging them as a headboard.

If you are a visual learner, a video tutorial will be available soon. Everything is in stock so place your orders now.

Squishy Buddies

These cute and cuddly stuffed animals are machine embroiderable (if that is even a word). The head and body are stuffed with pillows that are removable. Then the body can be hooped and embroidered with a personalized design. Each comes in two sizes, a 16″ and 22″ jumbo size.

Puppy:

Puppy Dog Squishy Buddy 16in

Moose:

Moose Squishy Buddy 16in

Cat:

Cat Squishy Buddy 16in

Unicorn:

Unicorn Squishy Buddy 16in

Hippo:

Hippo Squishy Buddy 16in

These cuties are due to arrive next month so place your orders now!

Great Little Giveaways

The folks at Magic Pins have put together a sample size of two of their most popular pins.

Magic Pin Sample Card

The Magic Pins Sample Card Contains 6 each of 2 styles of Magic Pins, the 2-1/4′ Extra long Quilting pins and the 1-3/4″ Quilting Pins. Packaged on a blister card these are PERFECT for Saturday Samplers, Shop Hop Give Aways etc…These will be availabe in March, but order as soon as possible so our buyers know how many to otder.

These will be available in March – just in time for your Spring and Summer events. Since everyone will be ordering large quantities, I suggest you place your orders now so our buyer knows what to expect!