Look at these gorgeous fabrics that came in today! They are by Hoffman, and the first grouping is called "Nature's Song".

This is "Isabella":

Jodi Barrows Lecture/Trunk Show

We had a great time with Jodi Barrows this weekend! The lecture she gave was great, and the quilts were spectacular. I feel inspired. We will be carrying her rulers and books and possibly some kits as well. This October, we are planning on having Sue Wilson come back to teach a Square in a Square class. She's a certified teacher for the system, and the class will walk you through each of the Square in a Square "options". There are 39 ways to use the rulers, so the class will teach you how to do each one, and it will provide you with a notebook that you can glue a sample of each option in. That way, you will always have a reference!

Here are a few pictures from today:

Baskets from Ghana

I don't know if you've noticed these baskets we have all around the shop. We recently got in a large shipment of all sizes, shapes, and colors. They're beautiful baskets and quite useful for all sorts of different things. They're handmade by women in Ghana as part of a fair trade group that helps to employ people, train them with useful skills and business knowledge, and help them work out of poverty.

New Fabrics!

We've gotten several new fabrics in over the last few days!

First is this fun, summery fabric:

The next is a new outdoors/cabin panel. There are also two new companion prints with it (but no pictures of those).

This is a fun grouping by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex:

 This is a fun line called "Water Lilies":

This is what the cattails fabric looks like opened up:

There's also a new line of gorgeous rose fabrics:

This is a very pretty, sparkly, winter line:

 

...and there's a cute snowman panel, based on a pattern that was popular a few years ago:

These are new shot cottons by Kaffe Fasset. Shot cottons are really neat. You need to see them in person. They feel like a lighter, slightly looser weave, but have a very neat look. The warp and the weft of the fabric are two different colors, so you get some very fun color play in the material.

...and these flowers are just neat:

Samples for Sale

Have you noticed that, in the front of our new room, we have several quilts, wallhangings, and tablerunners for sale? Some of these are former store samples and some are consignment items. All of them are very nice. Even one of my puppies is for sale right now!

There are also some men's ties on consignment.