Fabric Friday with something extra…

There have been some questions about what pattern could be made with the daily deals and coordinating fabric to go with them, so I have this idea that I hope you guys will love. My plan is that on every Tuesday, I will pick a few of the deals that week and match up a pattern and fabrics, both solids and prints, to each precut. What do you think a good idea? I also haven’t come up with a name for these posts either, any suggestions?

Here’s what it could be like…

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Cleo Layer Cake by Another Point of View for Windham Fabrics

If by chance you missed out on Phoebe, here’s her twin sister Cleo.

Polka dots, stripes and butterflies, how can you go wrong with that?

It perfect for that little girl in your life, or your inner princess!

And might I suggest a Phoebe’s Flower box pattern, it would be b-e-a-utiful!

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 Try these fabrics for the 3B: Border, Backing Binding

Cleo

 1. Bella Solids – Lilac 2. Cleo – Stripes 3. Bella Solids – Purple

4. Cleo – Large White Butterflies 5. Bella Solids – Black 6. Cleo – Medallions Lilac

 And now onto what Friday was always meant to be…

 Beach by David Walker for Free Spirit FabricsBeach-lg

Celebration Boy or Girl by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda

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Florence by Denyse Schmidt for Free Spirit Fabrics

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Russian Tradition for Moda

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Secret Garden by Nel Whatmore for Free Spirit Fabrics

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Xanadu Batiks for Moda

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Thanks ya’ll for your help and have a great day!

Kate

WOWIE WOWIE! 100,000 Subscribers on YouTube! Amazing!

So we had a cool moment this week – if you weren’t paying attention, you would probably have missed it.  We hit the 100,000 subscriber mark on YouTube!  Hold on, let me say that again, we have 100,000 subscribers on YouTube!  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!??  That means that there are 100,000 people who get notified every week about a new quilting idea or tutorial – a HUNDRED THOUSAND of them!  We can’t hardly imagine 100,000 of anything, but of passionate fans and customers, that is truly amazing!

How many of you were with us from the get go?  Leave us a comment if you’ve seen them all!  Did you know we launched in February of 2010 with our first video?  Mom had never done a tutorial, so we got together with a little point and shoot camera and decided to give it a shot – no mic, no lights, just Mom.  When we started working on it, Mom actually broke her leg when she tripped on the quilt machine (how’s that for blood sweat and tears)!  We were in a time crunch cause Alan was flying out and he had the camera, so with Mom hopped up on pain killers and sitting in a wheelchair (you can tell if you look close, as well as the crutches we didn’t realize were in frame in the back on some of the other videos shot that day) she took her first stab at doing a tutorial 🙂  –


We start trying different ideas and angles to figure out what was most helpful and interesting to customers and fans, and as we made more tutorials, Mom really came into her own.  People connected with her because she is … well she’s just Mom.  She explains stuff so even her non quilting sons can understand it, and that’s her rule.  If one of her boys watched her tutorial, would they know how to do the project.  And they do!  Jake, who does the filming now, made his wife a dresden plate quilt from what is now one of our top 5 most watched tutorials –


The filming continued, the equipment got better, and the filming improved (thanks to our brother Jake who has turned into the industry pro).  We now have multiple shots, filming in HD,  better lighting, and a proper mic so you can hear what mom says.  Also, I think Mom’s hair has gotten way better too 🙂

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It took us over 3 months to get to 1,000 subscribers.  In May 2010 we hit the big 1,000 mark.  Then in March of 2011 (9 months later) we hit 5,000, December of 2012 we reached 50,000, and now we’ve hit the big 100,000 mark!  Pretty cool stuff.

The coolest part is if none of you had taken the time to watch, subscribe, like, comment, shop, email, call, and give love, we would have had to stop early on at the four patch tutorial done on our goofy home camera.  But because of the continued support and love, think of all the other videos you have made possible!  So I guess what we’re trying to say here is THANK YOU!  Thank you so much!  Thank you for letting us do what we love and more importantly, for loving what we do!  We love you all!

I have this precut, what can it make?

So I’ve gotten a couple a questions about what size quilt each precut can make, and it is a very good question. Every time I start to make a quilt, it always takes me longer to figure out how much fabric I need to make a certain size than it does to actually sew it together!!

All of the sizes given below do not include borders, simply what each precut can make. By adding borders you can make your quilt bigger. Also depending on the pattern used, the end size can change, but that’s when borders come in handy, in my experience.

The standard charm pack has 42 pieces of 5 inch fabric.Jungle-Club-Charm-Pack-by-Blue-Sky-Studio-for-Benartex-Fabrics-SKU#-JC5X5PK

1 – Baby quilt

2 – Crib size quilt

3 – Lap quilt

5 – Twin quilt

8 – Queen quilt

 

 

 

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A standard layer cake has 42 pieces of 10 inch fabric.

1 – Twin quilt

2 – Queen quilt

 

Aster

 

 

 

 

A jelly roll has 40 pieces of 2.5 inch strips of fabric.

1 – Lap/Twin quilt

2 – Queen quilt

 

 

 

 

Pirouette-Fat-Quarter-Bundle-by-Verna-Mosquera-for-Free-Spirit-Fabrics-SKU#-FB1FQVMA quilt made from a fat quarter bundle all depends on the size of the bundle. One bundle can make anything from a full size quilt to a king size quilt. A fat quarter bundle is 18 x 22″ cut of fabric which equals a quarter yard.Oh-The-Places-You'll-Go---Rainbow-Girl-Colorstory-Fat-Quarter-Bundle-by-Robert-Kaufman-Fabrics-SKU#-FQ-624-10

I’m also including the finished sizes of quilts or bedspreads. Each size should be taken with grain of salt:

Baby = 36′” x 54″

Crib = 45″ x 60″

Twin = 63″ x 87″

Double = 78″ x 87″

Queen= 84″ x 92″

King = 100″ x 92″

I hope this helps in your next shopping adventure,

Kate

Fabric Friday!

Happy Friday!

Friday is such a magical day. I mean it even has it’s own song and restaurant! What other day can you say that about?!?

“I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday i don’t care about you
It’s Friday I’m in love”

Can you name the song these lyrics are from?

Boundary Waters Flannel by Holly Taylor for ModaBoundary-Waters

Christmas Peace by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics

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Cleo by Another Point of View for Windham Fabrics

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Collage by Carrie Bloomston for Windham Fabrics

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High Street by Lily Ashbury for Moda

High-Street

Have a great day!

Kate

Fabric Friday!

Happy Friday!

A few days ago I heard that John Singer, of Singer sewing machines, had invented the continuous stitch on that day; he also had 25 children. I guess sewing wasn’t the only thing he did continuously! 🙂

Briar Rose by Heather Ross for Windham Fabrics

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Lush Uptown by Erin Michael for Moda

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Nature’s Basket by Blackbird Designs for Moda

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Road 15 by Sweetwater for Moda

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S’more Love by Cosmo Cricket for Moda

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Have a great day!

Kate