"Blue Barn"; Gradations Brights; "Town Square"; Southern Exposure batiks, Show and Tell; nifty new books!

If you've known me for more than five minutes, you know I love anything by Kansas Troubles.  Anything! 

Miss Lynne now has her very own Aurifil thread set. YIPPEE!!!  We love the colors she chose and are thrilled to finally have these in stock.  

Kansas Troubles Aurifil thread set 

KT thread set colors 

Vickie dropped by with lots of "Show and Tell" to share with us.  We love her projects.  

Great job,Vickie.  Sorry it took so long to get your pictures posted.  

Vickie made this for a little person in her family 

baby quilt Vickie made for a family member 

the back of the baby quilt Vickie made 

stunning quilt Vickie brought in for Show and Tell.  Wow!  

a close up of Vickie's quilt 

Four legged kids (and their well behaved humans) are always welcome in the shop.  

We were recently visited by two adorable fur kids who checked out the shop then were ready to go (after a drink of water and quick belly rub!).    

this little guy loved his rope chew toy 

Snooks (and his humans) drove all the way from Oklahoma to visit the shop 

Kay was born, raised and lived most of her life in Texas.  She's now one of us but when she saw our "Texas" panels, she bought several to make into quilts.  

Kay made the quilt pictured below for her son (who lives in Texas) as a 'recovery' gift for his upcoming hip surgery.  

Kay added nine patches to the panel to get the size she wanted then, quilted it herself.   

We think she did a great job.  Thanks, Kay for sharing your son's 'recovery' quilt with us.  We know he'll love it. 

'recovery' quilt Kay made for her son. 

While she was here, Kay also showed off the "Midi" bag she finished for an upcoming trip out west.  

the front of Kay's Midi bag 

the back of Kay's Midi bag 

Nadine brought in this adorable baby quilt a couple of weeks ago (I'm really running behind posting pictures).  

We love the prints Nadine used.  They're so cute and just scream 'baby'.  

How cute is this?  

the front of Nadine's baby quilt 

Nadine chose an orange backing for the baby quilt 

Cathy brought in this adorable nautical themed quilt today.  We instantly fell in love with it.  

The prints she used are adorable, the blocks are adorable, the backing is absolutely precious!  

We almost didn't let her leave with it but......after hugging her quilt (more than once) we asked her to bring it back when she gets the binding on.  

I'm sure she will!  

the front of Cathy's nautical themed quilt 

close up of Cathys' nautical quilt 

the adorable back of Cathy's quilt 

The big brown truck dropped by three times this week.  I squealed like a little girl when I opened the boxes and boxes and boxes of stuff.  

"Blue Barn" pre-cuts and fabric on the bolt was just the beginning of the super yummy stuff left by the B.B.T.  

"Blue Barn" is the featured fabric in Frivols #12 (by Laundry Basket Quilts for Moda) and are much prettier than my camera captured.  

"Blue Barn" layer cakes, jelly rolls and charm packs 

three prints of "Blue Barn" by Laundry Basket Quilts 

we really love the bolt on the left! 

five dainty prints of  "Blue Barn" 

When Vicki and I went to market, we both fell in love with Stonehenge "Gradations Brights" by Northcott.  

The B.B.T. delivered all six layer cake colorways of this fabulous collection (we love the names of the colors:  Hibiscous, Lagoon, Rainforest, Amethyst, Sunglow and Indigo).   

The rub is this is an assortment pack which means they cannot be re-ordered.  When they're gone, they're gone.  

The charm packs and jelly rolls of this collection are coming soon but are also not re-orderable.  

six colorways of Stonehenge Gradations Brights layer cakes 

We love Holly Taylor stuff.  There's something about their color choices that speaks to me.  

We usually shy away from anything seasonal but, when I saw these prints, I immediately ordered it.  

This week's temperatures (and humidity) have made being outside unbearable but, looking at the winter wonderland scenes of this "Town Square" panel cools us down a degree or two (or five).  

We have three prints of this collection as well as all the pre-cuts (layer cakes, charm packs, jelly rolls and mini-charms).  The three prints are a smidge darker than my camera could capture.  

BEWARE:  If you stare at this panel long enough, you might get the shivers!  

"Town Square" panel by Holly Taylor 

three prints of "Town Square" on the bolt 

layer cakes, charm packs, jelly rolls and mini-charms of "Town Square" 

These "Southern Exposure" batik layer cakes have been back ordered since April.  I'm so glad they're finally here.  

This is another great collection by Laundry Basket Quilts for Moda.  YUMMY!  

"Southern Exposure" batik layer cakes by LBQ

I'm a sucker for a good book... a good quilting book that is!  

We received these books a couple of weeks ago but sold out of them shortly after posting them to the blog.  Never fear, the B.B.T. brought more this week. 

In my opinion, "Perfect Quilts for Precut Fabrics" is worth it's weight in gold.  It offers 64 patterns for fat quarters, layer cakes, charm packs and jelly rolls. Wow!  

This is a very heavy book so, please don't pull a muscle when picking it up.  You've been warned! 

this wonderful book is very heavy so beware when picking it up! 

The two books pictured below are by Moda's "All Stars" team.  

I'm not sure what the requirements are for being a Moda 'all star' but, I do know both of these books are fantastic.  

The "All in A Row" book is the basis for Sharon's upcoming classes.  YIPPEE!!!  I can't wait!