We have the perfect collection for those of us who are in denial that winter is coming… Floral Fantasy! Think Spring and sophistication. Pretty colors, on-trend watercolor styling, it’s just the touch of hope we need to remember that the flowers will bloom again! In stores now so add it to your stash, or better yet, create something vibrant and fresh while sipping hot cocoa – a nice distraction.
Indygo Junction Pattern : IJ941 Ruffled Trio (Large Bag Shown)
Simply cut & hem! Creates a quick refresh for the table!
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
-Walter Hagen
Until next time…Use QT to create something that is fabulous…something fantastic… something FABTASTIC!
The Tuffet is on the move! Our mini-tuffet is off on her journey from Quilt Market in Houston! First stop was the Shipshewana Fabric Show in Shipshewana, IN. Our friend Brenda from Sew Creative Threads is holding our mini-tuffet. The Ombre Scroll Stained Glass Quilt is featured on the wall.
Next stop: Our Traveling Tuffet made her way to Trevathan’s Sweep & Sew Shoppe in Hillsdale, MI. What a fun shop window featuring QT’s Janet Wecker Frisch collection “Letter Stitch” .
Patti, is shown here in front of the great window display.
Patty in front of Trevathan’s Sweep & Sew ShoppeJanet Wecker Frisch’s Letter Stitch Collection
If you are in the area, swing by and say hello to these friends of QT!
In stores now, our new collections, Heads Up by Studio 8 and For Love of Country by Dan Morris for QT. Take a look, there are a lot of great creative possibilities! See the full collection and patterns by clicking on their names above.
With much respect and gratitude, we honor all Veterans past and present. Thank you for your service!
This picture is a bit blurry. I apologize. I was so excited to meet our friends Sharyn and Lori, I took this photo too quickly and well, you get the (fuzzy) picture 😉
This is Sharyn Cole (pictured on left), our friend and designer of the Tuffet. Lori College (holding the mini tuffet on the right) is Store Manager at Thimble Pleasures in Chapel Hill, NC and is friends with Sharyn.
Sharyn made these amazing tuffets for us out of our new Ombre Scroll fabrics we launched at Quilt Market in Houston. The mini one was made just for us and we fell in love immediately, how can you not?
A tuffet is an upholstered stool, like a small ottoman. They are so chic!
Sharyn’s passion is making tuffets. She started her own business called “Tuffet Source”. Her imaginative creations are lovely. I cannot get over the different variations of tuffets in her gallery. It is kind of amazing to see! I hope you stop by her site and check it out, I will put her link at the bottom of the blog. Her passion shines through in her work. It is always so wonderful to meet someone who enjoys their work so much and is so generous to share their creativity and passion with others. THANK YOU SHARYN!!!
In our office here, we have to say TUFFET with a loud and proud voice! When I first spoke with Sharyn on the phone, my co-worker noticed I was yelling TUFFET with such gusto and excitement. It’s kind of the only way to say it now… Anyway, we are super excited, can’t you tell?
Just beautiful…
Proudly displayed at Quilt Market in our new booth with the Ombre Scroll. Our “Festival of Stars” Block of the Month and “Stained Glass” quilts.
To learn more about Sharyn and Tuffet Source, click this link!
Finally, before I go, I wanted to let you know that we are going to be following our
“Traveling Tuffet”
on her adventure around the country. Our regional sales managers will take turns hosting our very own mini-tuffet and it will be exciting to see where the journey takes her. Stay tuned… find out where she is heading next!!!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Until next time…Use QT to create something that is fabulous…something fantastic… something FABTASTIC!
Our friend and designer, Desiree Habicht was at quilt market and has a great blog showing her whimsical designs! Her re-cap of quilt market is here: Check it out at The Clothesline Desiree’s Designs Blog So much fun and talent!!!
Our first collection, City Life. Take a walk, hail a taxi, feed the birds or just grab a hot dog! Hits stores in December!
Its finally here, our very first blog for our new brand, Ink & Arrow fabrics. We couldn’t be more excited to share with you the fabulous fun of our fabrics. Our website will be live in early December, but, until then, we’ll blog about our adventure at Quilt Market (our industry convention) and give you your own sneak peek of the collections and inspiration!
I’m Meredith, an employee-owner at Ink & Arrow. I work as a marketing brand manager and I am so proud to be a part of this new adventure! So sit back, relax, grab a cup of coffee or tea (or both) and we’ll get inspired together!
Do you love to scan pinterest and instagram images and drool at the projects you find there? Are you addicted to fabric? Are you scouring blogs on the regular? If you are the kind of person who is a maker and creator, we know you’ll love Ink & Arrow. We love all things creative and can’t imagine a time/place without color, print, pattern and fun! Our Ink & Arrow fabrics are designed with you in mind! #NoRulesJustFabric #becausefabricshouldbefun Each fabric design has a little motif hidden in the design for extra fun. An arrow, an I&A or Ink&Arrow is in there somewhere… How cute is that!?!?
Here’s an inspiration board we made for our Quilt Market booth. Quilt Market is a place where shop owners, pattern makers, publishers and fabric companies get together to network, show collections and fill their shelves/magazines with amazing stuff! We were there this past weekend – what a whirlwind!
Inspiration board from our I&A booth. Showing that inspiration can come from a zillion different places!Fashion & Decor to adore! City Life CollectionCity Life Fabric sewn up into a “Marilyn” Dress from Sew SerendipitySide of our booth showing snapshots of our 8 collections plus the pixie dots!
We’ll be back. There is so much more to share! Please comment and give us ideas of things you want to see on this blog!
Well, a few of us have returned from Quilt Market in Houston. The Marketing group arrived in Houston last Wednesday to set up and prep for our biggest trade show of the year! International Quilt Market in Houston is an industry convention for shop owners to buy fabrics, notions, and patterns for their shops. They come from all over the world and visit exhibitors like us to see our collections, network, and get inspired! It’s a great event with lots of color and creativity!!!
Above, see how color & creativity SHINE in our Block of the Month quilt “Festival of Stars” designed by Pine Tree Country Quilts and our “Stained Glass” quilt designed by Cyndi Hershey. Both feature our new Ombre Scroll fabric. These are just being shown at Market and will be available to shops in March 2016 – I know… “Patience is a virtue”. 🙂
While at market, most of the companies meet with peers and also with potentially new customers, magazine editors, book publishers and the like. Our team has been busy! We were especially excited for this market as we have a completely new booth! This market was the launch of our new booth styling – hard walls with plenty of room to hang and pin quilts/fabric as well as a space for creating visual vignettes!
One of the 4 Booth structures we now have at QT!
Speaking of vignettes, our licensed artist/designer, Janet Wecker Frisch had her own section that she beautifully decorated to show off her collection, Sewing Seeds II which will be available in stores in March 2016.
And… if the décor wasn’t impressive enough, she and Jo Packham, founder of “Where Women Create” got together for an Issue signing. The Winter 2016 issue features Janet’s studio and gives a glimpse into her creative world.
That was just a snippet of Market, we’ll blog again soon to share more with you!!!
A great accomplishment shouldn’t be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.
The Marketing group is heading to our big Fall Quilt Market trade show in Houston! We have two booths this market, one for our new brand, Ink & Arrow and one for Quilting Treasures, of course! We’re super excited to get there and see everything come together.
We’ll be posting to Instagram and Facebook during our trip, so please make sure to check them out! The links are on the right of this page —> over there —> so if you haven’t liked/followed us already, feel free to start now!!!
If you are a shop/pattern company and are attending the trade show, please be sure to stop by and submit your business card to enter our contest. Three lucky winners will win an exclusive interview featured on this blog! We’re calling it a “Shop Shout Out” and it will be a great way to promote your shop/business, share your story and your love of fabric!
So, off we go! I’ll be back next week with the scoop!
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
– Confucius
Until next time…Use QT to create something that is fabulous…something fantastic… something FABTASTIC!
We are moving & shaking! Crates are being packed, samples are arriving and our fabric is coming in every day! Next week is the big event… we can’t wait! Here’s a sneak peek!
Samples – Aprons, pet beds, dresses, pillows, Oh my! Fabric and more fabric with some fabric!
Brian & Andrea (employee-owners/Marketing Brand Managers) are ready!!!
While our quilt market prep continues, fabric lines from the summer are arriving in stores now! Here is our “Thimble Pleasures” collection by Dan Morris. We just love the retro/vintage feel of this sewing line. There are so many great thematic prints and coordinating blenders, what will you create?
To view the complete collection, click the link below!
We are so pleased to announce the winner of our contest ending September 30th!
Dixie Hamilton’s fabulous projects win the prize! Using our Janet Wecker Frisch “Draw Near” fabric collection, Dixie created a bag, needle wallet, dumpling dish and thread catcher. Great work Dixie!!!
Pattern for bag/needle wallet/dumpling dish – Sally Thompson. Thread catcher – Free Internet Pattern.
Here is the fat quarter bundle with strips we are sending to you!
QT Cuts: Quilting Treasures Color Blends
Thanks for all your entries, we will have another contest soon – check back!
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” –Wayne Gretzky
Until next time…Use QT to create something that is fabulous…something fantastic… something FABTASTIC!
On the QT 
