Three generations:Show and Tell; Stars and Stripes; Heartland; new pillowcases; Secret Sister flowers

Girl Power:  we love it when little ones come to the shop. Yesterday we were blessed with three generations of ladies from Kansas (Mr. Bear was along for the ride). 

After some serious shopping and a few hugs, these ladies headed home to Kansas.  

Thanks Becky, Miss Emma, Kathy (and Bear) for stopping by.  Please come back soon.  

Becky (holding Bear), Emma and Kathy 

Vickie brought in this adorable quilt she made for a family member's baby shower.  How cute is this? 

We love the colors Vickie chose and we think this is a very lucky baby!  

Vickie's latest baby quilt 

close up of Vickie's baby quilt 

Kindra brought in this stunning quilt for yesterday's "Show and Tell".  We love the red, white and blue she used for this very patriotic quilt. 

Thanks, Kindra for bringing this in.  We love love love this quilt. 

Kindra's patriotic quilt

close up of Kindra's quilt 

Kindra chose yellow stars on dark navy for the backing 

The big brown truck stopped by a couple of times this week!  I literally squealed like a little girl when we opened the boxes and boxes!  

"Stars and Stripes" is a new Stonehenge collection by Northcott.  

This collection includes the panel pictured below and several companion prints. 

Any of these would be great as a Quilt of Valor.  

"Stars and Stripes" panel by Northcott 

companion prints of the new "Stars and Stripes" collection 

"Heartland" by Studio E also arrived this week.  We now have every bolt of this adorable farm themed collection. 

The print below is NOT a panel.  There is a lot going on with this print so, I decided to cut off one yard and hang it up for the picture.   

How cute are these?  So many projects come to mind....

part of the "Heartland" collection by Studio E 

"Barns and Animals" print of  Heartland 

dark blue, light blue and cream companion prints of "Heartland" 

"Flowers" on red and dark blue 

"Stars" on red and dark blue colorways 

"Roosters" on dark red and light blue backgrounds 

"flowers" on red, dark blue and cream backgrounds 

"Heartland Animals" on dark blue and cream colorways  

Terri made two pillowcases using some of the new fabrics pouring into the shop.  

This pillowcase below features some of this year's "Row by Row" prints we have in the shop.  

"Row by Row" pillowcase 

Terri used three of the "Arabella" prints we have in the shop for the pillowcase below.  

If you love hexagons (either the English Paper Piecing kind or the Grandmother's Flower Garden kind), you'll love this collection by Maywood Studios. 

"Arabella" pillowcase...we love love love the hexies!  

Dorothy's 'secret sister' sent her a beautiful bouquet of flowers last Saturday for National Quilting Day. 

Great job, Secret Sister...she loved them.  

Dorothy's National Quilting Day gift from her s/s 

Kaylee Ann; Arabella; nifty new stuff; 'birthdays in February" party!

We love it when little ones come to the shop.  We were thrilled when Sandy and little Miss Kaylee Ann stopped by yesterday.  

Kaylee decided to play with one of the jelly rolls so....maybe this is the beginning of a future quilter!  

Sandy and Kaylee Ann stopped by yesterday 

we love Kaylee's outfit 

complete with a big pink flower...

Kaylee loved rolling this jelly roll on the floor 

stopping long enough to make sure we saw her!  

Most of this week's new stuff is purple.  We didn't plan it that way, it just happened!  

Prints, PODS and pre-cuts of "Arabella" by Maywood Studios came in this week.  

This collection smacks of "Grandmother's Flower Garden" normally accomplished by English Paper Piecing each itty bitty piece together then assembling together.  

More prints of this collection will be here very soon.   

prints of "Arabella" by Maywood Studios 

Until then, the layer cakes, charm packs, jelly rolls and PODS are here (the mini-charms will be here next week).  

What in the world is a POD?  PODS are pre-cut kits exclusively offered by Maywood Studios from their fabric collections.  

There are two kinds of PODS: table runners and quilts.  Table runner PODS include the backing and binding fabrics while quilt PODS include the binding fabric.  

PODS are great for beginners since all the work is already done: everything is already cut, the fabrics coordinate and the instructions are super simple.  

"Arabella" pre-cuts; quilt and table runner PODS

Another new POD is this "Sister's Choice" table runner using Pioneer Spirit prints ("Sister's Choice is the pattern, not the fabric).  

Sister's Choice table runner POD by Maywood Studios

We love anything that makes our quilting life easier. Anything! 

I squealed like a little girl when we opened the box with these little beauties inside:  collapsible totes by "Quilt Happy".  

How cute are these?  Each tote has a front pocket, inside pocket; top zip closure and completely collapses when not in use.  

I put something in the front pocket and zipped the top closed

Hopefully you can see the fat quarter in the inside pocket

completely collapses and has an elastic band to keep closed 

I have a bunch of little stuff I have to hunt for when I need it.  

That's no longer the case with the addition of this "Nesting Notions Totes" that came in this week (note:  they're also purple).  

These all have zipper closures and fit inside each other (if not stuffed beyond their capacity) when not in use.  

set of "Nesting Notions Totes" 

that fit inside each other for easy storage 

We found the next item quite by accident.  I was searching for something else and found these.....double sided fusible hexagon shapes.  

Each package contains 12 hexies and I can't wait to make something with these.  

double sided fusible hexagons by Bosal.  YIPPEE!!! 

The latest issue of "Quilting Quickly" has some purple on the cover....

Suzanne's birthday is Valentine's Day so, she was our special guest for the "Birthdays in February" party (birthday cake courtesy of Sweetness).  

Suzanne enjoys a piece of BD cake! 

Sharon, Dorothy and Kay also had a piece! 

Lee almost waited too long for a piece of cake!