What a whirlwind! The new year is upon us and it’s already mid January! Can you believe it!?!?!?!? We hope you had a relaxing and fun-filled holiday season! Time to get back into the swing of things.
We are excited that our designer, Desiree Designs, will be attending the Road to California Quilt show! January 21-24 in Ontario, CA. We are proud to be Ruby Sponsors of this quilt show and we know it will be an awesome event!
Desiree Designs will be showcasing her fantastic art and patterns in booth # 1924-1926, if you are in the area, swing by and say hello!!!
Lazy Little Ladybugs is Desiree’s most recent collection. Look at these adorable fabrics! What a great fabric line for your favorite little ladybug!
Click on the image below to see the rest of the collection at quiltingtreasure.com!
“The Ladybug wears no disguises.
She is just what she advertises.
A speckled spectacle of spring,
A fashion statement on the wing….
A miniature orange kite.
A tiny dot-to-dot delight.”
Thanks to our fantastic friends at Izzy & Ivy Designs for showing us all that you are never too young to be a chic fashionista!
Look at this gorgeous girl! Love Love Love the jacket and dress patterns from Izzy & Ivy created with our City Life collection of fabrics.
I’m a tad envious of the way she’s rocking this outfit… Oh, to be a young starlet again 😉 (like I ever was one…. but, I did think I was a “Solid Gold Dancer” – if you don’t know what that is, honey –here you go… You’re welcome.)
Ready for the board meeting, darling!My assistant can schedule our appointment…Strike a pose…I…can’t…even…
Find Izzy & Ivy’s Pippa Jacket and Evie Sun Dress patterns available in PDF format. Stop & explore their other awesome projects available!
City Life is now available in shops!
Check out our City Life & other awesome fabric lines on our NEW website!!!
One of my favorite things, besides fabric (of course) and print/pattern (of course) is color.
I LOVE 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!
Click on the Wheel to go to the website and choose your favorite! Come back and comment with the one you love the most!!!
This is my favorite color from Scrollscapes, Teal! It’s so pretty!!!
Showing the full width of the fabric and it’s repeat. Measures approximately 44″ x 24″ from selvedge to selvedge.
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!
5″ Sections from the repeat of the fabric… pretty fabulous!
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!
Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.
~ Mattie Stepanek
Until next time…Use QT to create something that is fabulous…something fantastic… something FABTASTIC!
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.
click on the link “In Bloom” below to browse all the fabrics of this collection
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.
– Ralph Marston
Until next time…Use QT to create something that is fabulous…something fantastic… something FABTASTIC!
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!
Thanks to our fantastic friends at Izzy & Ivy Designs for showing us all that you are never too young to be a chic fashionista!
On the QT 