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Official Blog of Marmalade Fabrics

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.

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! 

Dear Stella is here!

Dear Stella is a unique fabric brand with modern style. The collection evokes an edgy freshness, combining the best of old traditions with modern influences. These beautiful fabrics will inspire both a traditional quilter and a contemporary “sewist” to reinvent their sewing style.
(from DearStellaDeisign.com) 

I'm so excited to introduce new fabric from Dear Stella!

First up is Piper!

I've had my eye on this collection for some time now. I love the color palette and there is a variety of both large and small-scale prints.

Unfortunately, not all the prints shown above are available at Marmalade Fabrics but I think you'll love the ones I do have.

I'll keep you posted as new prints from this collection arrive.

  
  

You'll find the tutorial to make the little frame purses on Dear Stella's blog. 

Courtesy Lynn Harris of The Little Red Hen

Confetti Dots have arrived as well!

  
          Confetti Dot Navy                     Confetti Dot Charcoal

  
        Confetti Dot Grey                       Confetti Dot Tomato

The color refers to the background so the grey is actually white dots on a light grey background. This print would be perfect in a low volume quilt. You really can't get any lower volume than that!

More prints in both Piper and Confetti Dot will arrive soon. Follow me on Twitter for the most up-to-date announcements.

Pattern Tester

If I've spoken to you about testing a pattern, please contact me.

My e-mail crashed on April 24th and I'm missing all my records prior to that date.

I store so much information in my mail account that I'm somewhat lost without that info . . . names, numbers, notes . . . So I've resorted to my blog for help.

I guess this is somewhat like a help wanted ad but specifically directed at one person whose name has escaped me.

I realize now that I depend on smart devices way too much. I've started an address book (the ol' fashion paper kind) just in case this happens again. I'll probably mis-place it but at least I'll have a back-up.

Eventually, I recover everything. In the meantime, it's back to work for me.