July Ducktacular!

Cool Tools!

We have two really cool new tools in stock. The first is the Quilt Ruler Connector . This ingeneous quilt ruler connector uses suction cups and clips to hold rulers together. Have you ever tried to hold two rulers together to create the shape you need? With this handy gadget you won't struggle anymore! Now you can connect any acrylic rulers together, regardless of the brand, side-by-side, end-to-end or in corner square.
Click here to purchase online: Quilt Ruler Connector


Next we have an amazing ruler with built in grips so it won't slip, a guideline marker so you won't make mis-cuts and angle markers to help you with your 60 and 45 degree angle cuts!

This 6" x 12" ruler has a built in guideline marker that helps you really see where you are cutting. No more mis-cuts or messy masking tape!

Click here to purchase it online: Guidelines 6" x 12" Ruler

More Fabric!

The fabric has just been rolling in to the store lately...here are two new groups a gorgeous summer floral grouping called Floral Calligraphy (and its only 8.99/metre) and a great man's grouping called
Shaping Up!

Shaping Up is a modern update on the space age designs of the late 1950s. The masculine colorways and cool designs combine fabulously in this contemporary line from Northcott. It is featured in the current issue of Quick Quilts with this pattern called out of the box:

http://www.quickquilts.com/articles/Out_of_the_Box

Click here to purchase Shaping Up online.

Click here to purchase Floral Calligraphy online.

UFO Update - Week 2

Well I have been steadily working away at my Celebration quilt that I told you about last week but alas and alak basket #3 isn't finished yet! I think the heat has been slowing me down.

I have conscripted Jeannie into our Sew Sisters Summer UFO challenge and she brought in her gorgeous Kaffe Fassett Quilt. It is called Snowflake in my Kaleidoscope and is absolutely breathtaking.

Jeannie started this project a couple of years ago ... it was her very first design on EQ6. It is all paperpieced using Kaffe Fasset fabrics. She hit a bit of a snag at the point shown because she couldn't find just "the perfect fabric" to complement what was done already. After auditioning more fabrics than she cares to admit to Jeannie thinks she has finally found the perfect one for the next round! We really have to encourage Jeannie because once it is finished she is going to offer it as a class...hopefully this fall. Go Jeannie, Go Jeannie, Go Jeannie, Go!!!!!!!

Silhouettes and Amazing Quilting Books

Lots and lots of new goodies have been coming in lately...here's a collection of black and whites and some amazing quilting books! Silhouettes is a Japanese inspired line of black and white prints from Northcott. They are priced at 12.99/metre.

Click here to purchase them online: Silhouettes

From Patty Thompson we have two amazing quilting books!

In Feather Adventures Patty Thompason shows how to make free motion feathers . This colourful book teaches the basics of quilted feathers and explores countless ways to manipulate feathers to create stunning one-of-a-kind "designer feathers". Click here to purchase it online: Feather Adventures

Hyperquilting is a step by step manual to guide the quilter who has never tried hyperquilting before. This two-step technique in which a motif is quilted in one thread and then hyperquilted or over-quilted with a secondary design in a high contrast decorative thread. Click here to purchase it online: Hyperquilting .