The Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt

In the 1930's, The Farmer's Wife offered inspiration and positivity in the "Letters from Our Farm Women" column. Each month, the magazine published letters from readers that offered support and encouragement to each other in an economically challenging time. 

New Books!

Pick up these great new books for lots of inspired summer reading!

Discover a fresh take on the traditional Irish Chain - known for its wonderful diagonal movement, easy piecing, and beautiful collaboration of color. Mellisa Corry presents exciting patterns that open a whole new world of Irish Chain designs. Though they share a common theme, these quilts are as individual as the fabrics they embrace. 

Click here to purchase: Irish Chain Quilts 

Have you ever bought the perfect stack of fat quarters, only to see that same bundle decorating your shelf two years later? Give stashed fabrics new life with 13 quilt patterns to make the most of your precut collection! Kate Carlson Colleran and Elizabeth Veit Balderrama, both of Seams Like a Dream Quilt Designs, show you the basics of how to quilt from your stash, with a special focus on color, print, and scale.

Click here to purchase: Smash Your Precut Stash

Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt

Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage makes us so happy!

Farm Girl Vintage includes complete instructions for 45 sampler blocks in two sizes (6in and 12in), three farm blocks and a bumper crop of projects! The fourteen projects include ten quilts, two table runners, a table topper and a potholder.

There are over 130 pages of full color instructions, and beautiful photos.
This book is a gift that keeps on giving!

 Click to purchase: Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt

Kaffe Fassett’s Brilliant Little Patchworks

Kaffe Fassett’s Brilliant Little Patchworks  features 20 easy patchwork projects to make with Kaffe Fassett's popular, colorful fabrics. Each project is shown step-by-step, and each includes Kaffe's signature style of mixing bold patterns successfully. Sewing instruction, patchwork patterns, and guidance on color and cutting out are all included.

Go here to buy: Kaffe Fassett’s Brilliant Little Patchworks 

New Books!

There's something for everyone on our shelves. You're sure to find something that you love from our new books on appliqué, paper piecing, antique quilts, modern designs, quilting with curves, and embroidery projects. Team the patterns with the fabric of your choice and notions and you're good to go!

Baltimore Garden Quilt

Barbara M. Burnham's Baltimore Garden Quilt is sure to be treasured by antique quilt enthusiasts. The original quilt is initialed 'M.E.C.' and dated 1848. The 25 patterns reflect garden themes in the classic red/yellow/green color scheme. Enjoy recreating this quilt with Barbara's innovative method and easily print out the full-size block and swag border patterns, including 20 additional unique flowers, from the CD provided with the book. Baltimore Garden Quilt is published by American Quilter's Society.
Click here to purchase:  Baltimore Garden Quilt

60 Pieced Quilt Borders - Mix and Match

Live on the edge with 60 Pieced Quilt Borders by Judy Laquidara. Make any of the 15 quilt centers, then mix and match the 60 pieced borders to make a quilt of any size and design. Learn how to use coping strips to make size adjustments and learn to visually balance multiple borders on any quilt. The possibilities with this book are truly endless! This book is published by American Quilter's Society.
Click here to purchase:  60 Pieced Quilt Borders

Dynamic Quilts with Easy Curves

If you're into curved piecing, or would like to get started, Karla Alexander's Dynamic Quilts with Easy Curves from That Patchwork Place is the book for you. Choose one of her simpler designs if you're a beginner or dive into the more challenging patterns if you're an experienced quilter. The results - contemporary, bold, and truly dynamic quilts! The book is published by Martingale & Company. 

Click here to purchase: Dynamic Quilts with Easy Curves

English Paper Piecing

Vicki Bellino's English Paper Piecing from That Patchwork Place presents a world of possibilities. Vicki gives us twelve inspiring quilt patterns, from a small quilt suitable for framing to larger wall hangings and bed quilts. You could also use the shapes - hexagons, diamonds, pentagons, and Dresden wedges - to make whole quilts, block elements, or appliques! The book is published by Martingale & Company. 

Click here to purchase: English Paper Piecing

Fresh from the Clothesline

Fresh from the Clothesline by Darlene Zimmerman is published by Krause Publications. The book features 22 large and small projects with vintage appeal, but some of the projects are also made up in other fabrics to show the possibilities. The patterns have easy-to-follow instructions with lots of good illustrations. 

Click here to purchase: Fresh from the Clothesline

Just Spooling Around

Pull out your browns and taupes and have fun with these delightful projects from Terri Degenkolb's latest book (2012) Just Spooling Around from Whimsicals. Terri packs in quilts and projects in this tastefully designed paperback.

Click here to purchase: Just Spooling Around 

Modern Minimal: 20 Bold & Graphic Quilts

Modern Minimal: 20 Bold & Graphic Quilts by Alissa Haight Carlton features 20 super sleek and ultra modern graphic quilts that use lots of white space to show off the simplicity of the quilting. The book is published by Stash Books.

Click here to purchase: Modern Minimal: 20 Bold & Graphic Quilts

T-Shirt Quilts Made Easy

Say goodbye to saggy T-shirt quilts - Martha Deleonardis' T-Shirt Quilts Made Easy is here! Learn how to stabilize T-shirts for a neat, finished look; adjust any T-shirt design to fit your quilt pattern; and sew straight lines, curves, and circles perfectly. Martha uses a 'Comparative Quilt Design Chart' to show how to artfully arrange blocks of various sizes into a visually pleasing whole. Her techniques and projects will build confidence and inspire you to preserve your memories. This book is published by American Quilter's Society.

Click here to purchase: T-Shirt Quilts Made Easy

New Books ... And an Update on Pricing

As everyone is aware the dollar has been very volatile lately.

We are still going to offer at least 90% of our fabric for sale at 9.99/yard or less. We are committed to finding you top quality quilt shop fabric at discount prices. With the economy in flux there are lots of bargains to be had and I promise that I am hunting them out for all of you. This week we received 50 bolts from Marcus Brothers and they are all priced at 8.99/metre (8.09/yard). We also got a whole grouping of Northcott Flannels and they are also priced at $8.99/metre (8.09/yard).

New Flannel from Northcott ...
10 to choose from and only $8.99/metre!

Unfortunately we can no longer offer books at the US dollar price in Canada...what we are doing is guaranteeing that they will be priced at no more than the US dollar price converted into Canadian funds... what that means is that you will pay the same or less for your books from us then you would if you bought them from a US quilt shop! Here are a couple of the newest titles in stock!

Kaffe Fassett's Country Garden Quilts

Kaffe Fassett presents 20 magnificent quilts bursting with floral themes and his trademark color combinations - all luxuriously photographed against the stunning backdrop of lush English country gardens. Completely illustrated with instructions on how to make each quilt.

Stack-N-Whackipedia

Bethany Reynolds returns with 10 years of Stack-n-Whack under her rotary cutter, ready to share innovative designs and updated methods for her fabulous technique. Try one of a dozen projects for full-size quilts using a wide variety of shapes from simple squares & triangles to diamonds & wedges.

New This Week II

It's back in stock! The Gypsy Gripper is one of the most popular gizmos on the market. It looks like an old-time telephone receiver but it is really a tool to help you with your rotary cutting!

The Gypsy Gripper has a comfortable grip handle, and two large roundsuction cups with handy lock & release levers. Just press the suctioncups to any plastic ruler with a smooth solid surface, and then flip thelevers to lock The Gypsy Gripper in place. Now you can move the ruler quickly, and easily hold it on the exact position with gentle downwardpressure. Your ruler hand will be up and away from the fabric, and outof harm's way if you slip with the cutter. When you need to switch to another ruler, just flip the locking levers to release The Gypsy Gripper.


I am such a fan of the designers at Brandwine. The Critter Caboodle book has so many adorable animal patterns in it ...you will have trouble deciding where to start! To flip through this book is to fall in love with all the critters Linda has created!

Next up is Time for a Chain II from Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith. These girls can always be counted on to write creative and useful patterns! Time for A Chain Includes 2 Block sizes for single, double, and triple Irish Chain. 6 charts with 3-4 quilt sizes each. 3 gallery quilts for inspiration. 9 color combos. Easy-to-follow cutting and stitching diagrams plus border and binding instructions. What more could you ask?



What could be more Canadian than a Hockey Themed pattern for your favourite kid's room We think this one is adorable!



Finally the new book from Atkinson Designs has arrived : Time Out Quilts. It has 7 quilts in multiple sizes.

This book promises to show you how to make traditional quilts in less time. If you can take the calories out of cheesecake by using low fat ingredients, why not take some of the time out of traditional quilts with a few shortcuts?

Phew ... that's quite a collection...see you in the shop or online this week!