On the heels of last week’s patriotic themed blog and as a nod to the upcoming Memorial Day remembrance, we are proud to share with you the Quilts of Valor Challenge of 2016! We were thrilled when HQMS approached us to sponsor this wonderful opportunity. … Continue reading QT Quilts of Valor Challenge 2016!
Our company history dates back to 1807 when our cotton printing plant was established by Rhode Island governor, William Sprague. We are proud of our heritage and our place in the American Textile Industry! Antiquities was born from our passion for embracing our rich traditions … Continue reading Introducing Antiquities
One of the best parts of working in this industry is the people you meet and the stories you hear. We all have a story; we’re excited to share some insight into some of our new friends. As part of our Fall Quilt Market, we … Continue reading Blog Shout Out! Plum Easy Patterns Part 1
One of my favorite things, besides fabric (of course) and print/pattern (of course) is color.
I remember opening up my new crayon box and sitting there studying the crayons as if they were color chips. I didn’t dare use my favorite colors, and, ummmm, every color was my favorite! 🙂 Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have multiple sets of crayons. There was one that was dedicated for “show only”. Kind of like your mom’s “good scissors” that were only for fabric. I still think twice before using my scissors – every time!!!
Things haven’t changed much, I still love staring at color and I found my niche working here! I’m so lucky!
So…when I saw this collection of “basics” or “blenders” by Dan Morris, I immediately fell in love. This is my visual Ode to Scrollscapes and I hope you enjoy it!
Below, I took samples from the fabric to show the variations within the selvedge to selvedge repeat! So many great options. It’s really a bunch of fabrics in one!
I’ll be back next week to talk a little more about colors, color stories and how to pick the perfect palette for your next project!
Next week, I’ll announce a new contest where you could be the winner of a fat quarter of each of these colors! Come on back, we want to spoil you with fabulous, colorful, Scrollscapes fabrics!
~ Mattie Stepanek
I am thankful for… so many things. I make it a point before I go to bed each night to think of something I was especially grateful for that day. Of course, there are days of sunshine and days of shadows, but there is ALWAYS something to appreciate.
The above designs are from our “In Bloom” collection by Dan Morris. I love the rich, vivid colors and the beautiful flowers. Color and pattern are some things that always bring me Joy, I hope you find joy in the little things today and always… Happy Thanksgiving!
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.
TRAVELING TUFFET ALERT!!!!!!!
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.
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.
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?
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!!!
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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!!!
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!
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!!!
On the QT 