Thread Painting & A Little Bling Bling!

Jeannie Jenkins taught Thread Painting at the store on Saturday and it was a huge success. The new Quilting Arts Magazine came in and has a feature on...you guessed it... Thread Painting! It is a fabulous publication and well worth a look-see the next time you are in!

Also if you want something inexpensive to pick up your spirits a bit ... we just got in some adorable little tape measures and sewing kits and they are all done up with rhinestones. There are skulls, kitties, butterflies and guitars...too cute! Priced at only 1.99 why not grab a few for your sewing friends too?

Bling not your thing? We also got these cute little collector tins full of pins...there are four different ones to choose from and they are only $4.99.

Finally I found a great how-to video to help you with your puff quilts - enjoy! If you have trouble viewing it in the blog here is the direct link: http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=276EC4F8ACD511DD90B5000423CF385C

Puff Quilting ... Everything Old is New Again!

Work in Progress!

Well Clover has done it again...coming up with a new gizmo to make an old fashioned quilting technique fun, easy and up to date. This time they have come up with a great system to make biscuit or puff quilts!

Biscuit quilts are made of puffy little individual pillows sewn together and have been popular for generations!

The Clover Puff Quilting Set contains templates and 4 clips that anchor neat little box pleats in place on the sides of your biscuits. What I love in the set is the handy syringe...it works both as a turning tool and as a stuffing tool and it is well worth the price of the set!

I have been working by hand so one set of clips has been fine for me but if you plan on using your machine you might want a set of extra clips.

I have been working on this sweet little changing pad using 1930s reproduction fabrics! My only complaint is that the template given makes eensy little biscuits even though it is the "large" size. I know the clips and stuffing tool will work equally well with larger biscuits so I am going to work out my own template that will make a finished square somewhere around 3 - 4 inches!