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Marmalade Fabrics provides modern fabric to quilters & artists. Choose yards or fat quarters from a variety of diverse manufacturers including 180 shades of Kona Cotton Solids.

Spring Quarter with Oakshott

Today, Alex over at Teaginny Designs has graciously shared photos of her Spring Quarter quilt made with a Fat Eighths stack of Oakshott Impressions. 

But not just the photos of the fabric and quilt but Alex is sharing the pattern as well.

It includes instructions to make the quilt in two sizes: the 34 x 34 baby quilt/wall hanging, as well as a 50 x 65 throw sized version.  The step by step instructions include digital illustrations. You can download the free pattern here.

Check out Teaginny Designs for more info and even more photos of her beautiful quilt.

BTW, thank you so much for leaving such nice comments about the new Oakshott fabric! It sounds like I've found something everyone likes. I'm proud as a peacock to work with a family-owned business that produces such high quality fabric in an ethical way! 

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day! 

This is HUGE!

I know I've been quiet lately, but today is going to make up for it!

Guess who's now carrying Oakshott Cottons?

If you guessed Marmalade Fabrics then you're right! Marmalade Fabrics now stocks Oakshott cottons.

Oakshott is oh-so-lovely! These colorful shot cottons are ethically sourced from master weavers along the Malabar coast of South West India.

The weavers take two hours to prepare and weave each metre (39 inches) of fabric. These 100% mercerised VAT dyed shot cottons are soft to the touch and are packed with individual character and shimmer with silky lustre.

The sumptuous colors blend well together and give an extra dimension when used along with printed fabrics. Oakshott cottons are ideal for hand and machine piecing as well as hand and machine quilting.  

This is the Sunrise color stack. It's my favorite! You'll find Fat 8ths in the shop.

This stack is aptly named Water. The cool tones are calling to me, "cut me to pieces and quilt me up!" 

I'll also be stocking Ruby Trios, Lapari and Impressions Fat 8th Packs. Check out all the Oakshott cotton packs at Marmalad Fabrics.

One more related note . . .

Essex Hand Dyed Linens are back in stock. Choose from Black and Flax. Both have been very popular so order now to guarentee your choice of yardage.

First quilter in space

Check out this NBC News Article about a NASA astronaut who intends to turn orbital rags into stitches.

 

Make It Right Challenge

Have you heard about the Make It Right Challenge? It was originally announced 3 weeks ago but it's not too late. The deadline is June 6, so there's still plenty of time to enter.

Art Gallery Fabrics has joined together with sponsors Angela Walters, Aurifil, Craftsy and Quilters Dream Batting  to bring you the "Make It Right Challenge." This challenge is all about inspiring a creative process that makes you think outside the box.

The challenge is based around the Right Angles Panel in the Textures collection by Angela Walters. 

You can find the Right Angles Panel at Marmalade Fabrics!

This challenge is different from others. First off the public will pick the winner. So you know you have to put forth your best effort into the projects and its presentation.

Secondly you must use every inch of the Right Angles panel – leave no scrap behind! 

Create your best project and win CASH PRIZES as well as SWAG BASKETS filled with goodies from AGF and the sponsors!

You'll find all the details here.

I bet you've seen some some of these great samples around the web.

(from top left: Tiaginny Designs, top right: Mandalei Quilt & Crafts, bottom left & right: Quilting is my therapy)

So what's stopping you from entering? (excuses, excuses . . .)

NO MORE EXSCUSES! Get out there and enter the challenge!