Fabric Fridays With Giveaways

Hi Everyone, It has been a week of introspection. Lots and lots of thinking going on over here. It seems I am not the only one. Two fellow shop owners, that I know, have decided to close shop completely and another one has decided to take a new amazing direction in her life. We wish them well on their adventures. You might see a few changes here too... I hope you think they are positive changes....

FLASH SALE!

Hi Everyone, How about a can't beat it flash sale for the day?!?!?! Until Midnight Eastern Time tonight you can take 20% off everything in the shop this includes everything in the Clearance section but excludes pre-orders, gift certificates, and Block of the Month. Please remember: 1. We often run out of items during sales because the website doesn't update inventory when one or more person has...

Kits and New BOMs

Check out this gorgeous quilt by my friend Tracey: This is the Leaded Glass pattern that is being published in American Quilter's Society this month. We have pre-orders for kits available right now. They will start shipping the middle of next week. If you are local keep your eyes open for an announcment about the class to make this quilt. Now that we are getting close to the end of our Gypsy Wife...

A Sale for Everyone and a Class for Locals

Hi Everyone, We are having a sale on all of our Christmas fabrics. 30% off! I know I am crazy. You better take advantage of my loco while you can :) If you are local to Silicon Valley (that is in California :) ) you can come to class and make this adorable Santa Claus. Pictures don't do him justice. Everyone that comes into the shop goes gaga over him. Class is November 8th. You can contact...

A Big Huge Congratulations To Our Maureen!

Hi Friends! I am so excited for our dear friend Maureen. Can you imagine how her heart must be racing with all of her beautiful designs making it to fabric? Look at this luscious pile of goodness: Photo by Maureen Cracknell This is Maureen's fabric collection with Art Gallery Fabrics called "Wild & Free". If you all don't know Maureen you really need to get to know her. She is an amazing...

Happy Monday... Glamming it up!

Hey Everyone, I hope you had an awesome weekend... I was a tad busy to say the least. I got to work on, and almost finish, this awesome quilt: Oh but let me start at the beginning.... Thursday at lunch time I picked up this awesome lady: Yes, that is Latifah Saafir, The Quilt Engineer. This is the Mole Hills Quilt which she is releasing as a pattern in the next week or so. Latifah came...

Two of my new favorite blogs...

Hi Everyone, So as I remembered my blogiversary late ... I started remembering when I first started reading blogs. How did I find new blogs to read? I couldn't remember how I ended up with over 200 blogs in my feed. I think it all started when I wanted to make a bag and I found U-Handblog. Who else follows Lisa? Then I started going through her list of must follow blogs and started following them....

Happy Monday!

Hi Everyone, I did a little crafting yesterday. I have been wanting to get to the book store and buy myself a cute journal for a couple weeks and just haven't had time to do it. Then I got to thinking yesterday... why not just make one. I had all the supplies I needed. A hard back book I bought at the Half Price Books store for a $1 (bought it because I liked the font so I cut words out of it to...

Locals: Come Take a class with Latifah Saafir

If you are local come take a class with Latifah Saafir one of the co-founder's of the Modern Quilt Guild. She will be here September 13th (Saturday) to teach the Huckleberry Quilt. Email me through the contact page on the website if you would like to join us it is a full day class and the cost is $65. ...

Happy Tuesday... I sewed

Hi Everyone, Today is the first day of the rest of our lives... let's make it great one! We are sad here at the Intrepid family that we lost one of our own to maternity (indefinite) leave... could be 5 yrs ... but we will miss her. Colleen is the one that kept us all in line, now the monkeys are going to play way too much. But, just like the monkeys, I digress... here is the little Divided Basket...