Sunday Download

Oh my goodness.... we have gotten a TON of fabric lately.... then I was buried under Cotton & Steel and couldn't share anything with you. So be prepared for tons of pictures :) Also I actually sewed for an hour last Sunday so I can show you my Reversible Box Tote.

This is a free pattern at Very Shannon if you haven't seen it yet. Super easy to make and comes out adorable. I love the reverse side just as much.

We have Arcadia by Sarah Watson it is organic from Cloud9.... isn't it pretty!

We have received Rayon, Knit, Flannel, and Voile from Anna Maria's Pretty Potent collection... you can find them in their own categories and at the bottom of the Pretty Potent page

This Rayon is my favorite!!

We have Cinderberry Stitches new Butterfly Dance... I love Natalie's adorable Fairies there are tiny adorable bugs and bugs under magnifying glasses... so whimsical.

We got Michael Miller's new Dim Dots in a bunch of rainbow colors I just love these...

We had a barrage of Holiday collections come in:

These super fun Mid-Century Holiday prints... Santa and reindeer in swim trunks...

Sugar Rush by Josephine Kimberling looks like Candy Land

And this is my personal favorite it is called Christmas Time but it is the cutest Gnomes and their homes... honestly I can't get enough of it. It is by Alexander Henry.

Here look how cute these prints are:

I personally don't think that it needs to be Christmas either... it has snow but that doesn't make it Christmas... just saying :)

Last but not least we got Gleeful by Sew Caroline. Super bright fun fabric. We also got som knit form this collection... as a matter of fact... check out all of the gorgeous knits we have.

We have added a bunch of voile and lawn too... including the Cotton & Steel Lawn

So how is that for overload? We have tons of new colors of Kona Cotton in and some Michael Miller Cotton Couture. We actually had to put in a whole new wall of shelves to house it all...

Have a great Sunday!

Hello my name is Julie and ...

it has been a while since I sat down to blog just because I wanted to. Weeellll, that isn't completely true. I mean no one makes me do anything I don't want to do. So every time I blog it is because I want to on some level :) And we do have some new fabric in ... but... Do you all mind if I talk about something other than sewing for a minute? I didn't think you would ... at least if I don't make a habit out of it :)

At the beginning of the year I told you what my "Phrase for the year" was... 'cause I couldn't pick just one word. It is "Live What You Love". So the blog has been a little quiet while I worked on doing just that. I had three commitments for sewing up to that point that I still needed to finish. I am down to the last one and it is a small project for someone I love so it isn't a burden. I feel liberated... finally I am going to do a bit of selfish sewing for the first time since I opened the shop... 3 yrs can you believe it? I have also discovered (or rediscovered) a love of knitting. This is my latest obsession newly started:

It is a pattern called Spindleberry and if you are on Ravelry you can get it for free until the end of the month. I adore this pinky red, orangy, purple yarn hehe. It is super soft. The Color is called Sangria and it is made by Abstract Yarns ... it is called Mighty Sock LOL A mix of Superwash Merino and Tencel fibers. It is a little shiny and stretchy and, like I said, soft :)

Here is a picture of the first full size shawl I have made... it still needed another 10 rows or so when I took the picture (but it is finished now) and it is all piled up but I love how squishy it is:

Hmmm wonder what it says that the two yarns out of the (uh hmmm) ton of yarn I have bought this month that I chose to use first are both a shade of red :)

Now on to the usual programming... We do have some new gorgeous fabric in...

Ed Emberley's Picture Pie by Cloud9 I mean really... how could I resist those foxes and raccoons?

And Meadow by Leah Duncan for Art Gallery It is no secret that Leach Duncan is one of my favorite surface designers I love her style. It is hard to choose a favorite but I think it is probably the floral third one down on the left... I need a summer top out of that. Yay selfish sewing!

We have also decided to re-open Gypsy Wife for a second cutting so if you missed out on the first one you can get in on this one.

I hope you have the Loveliest of Weekends! I have a yarn show to go to... oh the obsession :)

Happy Monday!

Hi Everyone,

It's Monday woohoo! Another wonderful week to start something, or finish something, or dream about something new.  I started a new little project yesterday but it is a gift and if I show it she will know it is for her so I can't reveal until the first week in March.

I just realized this morning that I hadn't shared some of the new things that came into the shop. The first one is near and dear to my heart because it is our charity product for this first quarter of the year. I was offered an opportunity to buy some of this adorable fabric from Windham designed by Heather Ross called Crafty Chloe:

We only have a few yards and I am selling it only in bundles but if you buy a bundle all of the proceeds will go to one of the two charities that we support. Either the Share Your Lunch program at Second Harvest Food Bank or Harbor House at Heartline Ministries in Haiti.

Here is Sweet as Honey from Bonnie Christine and Art Gallery. I adore the bees and hives and of course the precious florals that Bonnie does.

And something I have been anticipating... I have to make myself a bag with these Dragonflies... Koi Organic Canvas from Rashida Coleman-Hale and Cloud9

Here is what surprised me... I expected it to feel like all of the other canvas... like Glimma Canvas or even the Japanese canvas but as usual I was shocked and pleased by Cloud9 this has a much softer hand and it is oh so nice to work with.

Goodnight Moon, Linen Mochi Dot, and Gypsy Wife News

Hi Everyone,

We just got these two new collections:

Linen Mochi Dot (these are linen/cotton blends) by Momo

And Goodnight Moon by Cloud9 Organic fabrics

I also ordered the books for Gypsy Wife. I ordered a few more than I had orders for. If you still want to get in on it we can take a few more reservations. Here is all the info again