New Kit of the Month Programme

So this is what I have been up to recently.
I did mean to start this programme in January.........and its now June!
The plan is to create a new kit each month ideally from new fabrics and each month to have that kit on offer and I am wondering about offering a free kit to giveaway each month via this blog too.

What do you think?

Now the fact that it has taken me six months to finally get round to doing this may mean that there isn't actually a new kit each month, but hey lets be positive and see what happens!

So to kick start the programme I have this new pattern I designed with the Grandeur 2 collection from Robert Kaufman.

The finished quilt measures 43" square and can be used as a table top or a wall hanging.

There are two colourways; the blue/honey colour that I have used and the pink/green colourway. In the second colourway the pink (cream) stars will show up more.Click here to see the fabrics from the collection.

The usual price for this kit will be £31.50, but during the month of June it will be available for £27.50. You can order your kit here

As is usual with my display quilts............I don't have time to quilt them. Its times like this I had the space and money for a longarm!

So how to arrange a giveaway for one kit? How about comment on this post telling me what is grand about the Grandeur 2 collection?

I guess if no one comments this will be a very short run programme or at least a short giveaway programme as I will still challenge myself to design a new kit each month..........!

So lets see how this goes!

Testing testing!

Just a quick post to try out something new . . . . Blogging from my mobile!
Yes I have downloaded the blogger app on my phone
It might come in useful when I'm out and about one day :-)

Blogging

Hmmm I'm not very good at this blogging business! I don't know where the time goes sometimes. I take a look at my blog and then suddenly realise how long it has been since I last blogged!

Things have been happening, I guess just nothing major to talk about!

I think maybe because I don't have a shop now, that not as much goes on.
I've made a couple more quilts to display current fabric collections but haven't been able to take a decent picture of them yet. This recent weather hasn't helped!!
The first is a rather stylish quilt that uses the last few prints left over from the Oriental Collection 7. It is a vertical style quilt which one customer at the recent Uttoxeter quilt show thought could be adapted for a screen. I'm really pleased with this one.

The second quilt I made uses fabrics from the Oriental Traditions collection with this panel in the centre:

I'm working on a new Patternista quilt for Quilts UK in Malvern next month, as the first one has been very popular. But I am running out of one of the fabric designs for this now, hence the need for a new one!

Next week sees the Open European Quilt Championships in Holland. Unfortunately I can't make it to the show myself. And of course a couple of weeks later its Quilts UK

I'm hoping to have some new Robert Kaufman fabrics in stock as they are overdue for delivery now. Really excited about those!

So hopefully I will have something to blog about very soon!

Wow!

I can't believe its been so long since I last posted an update on the blog!

Things have definitely been happening!
I guess I have been too busy to write a detailed blog post as opposed to a quick update via Facebook or Twitter.............

The remaining fabrics from Patternista by Benartex arrived last week which consisted mainly of the blue colourway which usually proves to be the most popular colourway in Paula Nadelstern's collections, so I'm glad they turned up at last!
The other fabrics have been selling well at the spring quilt shows. I can't remember if I have posted or indeed taken a picture of the quick quilt I made for this collection..............

Last weekend I made a quick Attic Windows quilt using some of the fabrics from the La Scala collection.

I also remade the Oriental Strip Panel quilt in the linen colourway of the Imperial Collection 7 as the main fabric in the other colourway is sold out now.
This colourway looks rather smart I think

There is a new 8th collection coming out soon and the fabrics in it are wonderful as usual. I ordered some a couple of weeks ago now. They are due in stock in the next couple of months.

The next quilt show is Chilford next weekend and then there is a short (ish) break until the show in Uttoxeter in April. Its been a busy few weeks!

Quilt Tops for Sale

I’ve just listed some retired quilt tops for sale on eBay. These are quilts I have made to display fabrics or kits that have now all gone so the poor quilt tops are now redundant and being a hand quilter I don’t usually have the time to quilt these samples before the fabrics sell out…………

        

They are all on auction style listings so grab yourself a bargain!

I have also listed a floral panel that was in the sale as I have quite a few left still and tried out listing it with a variation listing which is quite cool.

Must try that again sometime, although probably not for the 100+ different King Tut colours. Think I will just stick to the shade card images for those!

Its a busy few weeks coming up with the sale at Nantwich tomorrow, Ardingly Quilt Festival next weekend and then the traders day at Quiltfest in Llangollen two weeks after that.

And so it begins………..

Last Sunday saw the manic start to the first shows of the year that is the sale at Farnham Maltings. It often feels like a school reunion as the traders get together for the first time since the autumn and we all do our catching up before the doors open………….because once the doors open, its CUT CUT CUT until the afternoon! Its a win win situation for everyone; customers get great fabrics at great prices and the shops get to clear fabrics that have been maybe sitting on the shelves longer than they should have been.

I had a little helper for the first time this year.

He had everything he needed under there and is quite happy in his den! He’s actually getting big and strong enough to be a help now with the loading and unloading which is his favourite bit!

This Sunday sees the sale continuing at Nantwich Civic Hall. Check my facebook page for details of how to get there.

The following weekend sees the start of the Ardingly Spring Quilt Festival. Due to party commitments, I won’t be there until the Sunday but all my fabrics and threads will be there from Friday!

The 4th gen Bali Pops are back in stock again just in time for the shows and I have a thread order winging its way over in record time from Superior Threads so will have a full compliment of King Tut threads as well as their new Monopoly thread AND  the assortment packs of the titanium machine needles.

Last Few Days……….

There are just under two days left of the online sale. Lots of lovely fabrics still available for you to grab yourself a bargain.
I had made myself a makeshift cutting table in the conservatory and have kept the sale fabrics at the house as it was easier to do the cutting at home.
I have often had one helper with me sitting on the corner  of the table…….but today I had both of them!

Once the sale ends online on Saturday at noon, I’ll be busy packing the car and making my way down to Farnham for the One Day Fabric Sale at The Maltings. Check out the events page of the website or even better my facebook page for more details as this has a map of how to find the venue!

January is a busy month as the week after we have the second One Day Fabric Sale in Nantwich followed by the first quilt show proper of the year, the Ardingly Quilt Festival.

I should have some more fabrics arriving later this month but already on their way are MORE Bali Pops, so if your favourite colour sold out first time around they will be back in stock next week!