signature fabrics by Sharon Holland, Art Gallery Fabrics. sold by Color Girl quilts
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01 Oct
Fabric, Quilting Interest

Sew Colorful: October is for Quilters

Happy October! It's such a beautiful time of year, happens to be my birthday month (and it's a big one this year, eeps!), and quilting is STILL my favorite thing to do, so let's make it a super colorful month. First up: FREE U.S. shipping in the shop (discounted international). There are so many pretty new fabrics, let's go shopping! US customers Use code "October" for free shipping site wide. International customers use code "Autumn" for $10 off your order. Next up: Quilt Along! I am making a Super Simple Sampler to gift my friend. I will be posting here and...

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wonderful things fabrics by art gallery fabrics. choosing fabric for quilt
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07 Mar
Fabric

For the Love of Fabric: Wonderful Things

Goodness! Doesn't it just seem like there is always so much beautiful fabric available and we just can't create quickly enough to use it all? I have been feeling that way lately (maybe that's why I have suddenly started making small quilts). The new fabric collection, Wonderful Things, designed by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics, is truly a wonderful thing. The collection comes in two color ways...the prints on the left in the photo above are the soft pastel palette of Wonderful Things: light pink, mint green and periwinkle blue are whisper soft. These colors get me even more eager...

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Garden Dreamer fabric by Art Gallery fabrics
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21 Jan
Fabric, Quilting Interest

For the Love of Fabric: Garden Dreamer

Have you seen the new Garden Dreamer fabrics by Maureen Cracknell (Art Gallery Fabrics)? I am loving the jewel tone colors and basic prints in this one. Just plain beautiful. The collection is pretty well rounded with a set of darker prints in fuchsia, teal and indigo, plus a bit of mustard. Then there is a group of light prints that offer a nice contrast to the deeper colors...soft powder pink, cream and seafoam green. Mixed in with all is an unexpected touch of orange. The color mix makes for a versatile grouping that doesn't scream matchy-matchy. As I searched through...

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Here comes the fun fabric by Art Gallery fabrics
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27 Dec
Fabric, Quilting Interest, Work in progress

Here Comes the Fun!

A brand new collection has landed from Art Gallery Fabrics! Here Comes the Fun, designed by Caroline Hulse (@sewcaroline) is pretty much irresistible to a color lover like me. These are my kind of fabrics: basic prints, a few with text, lots of clear colors and geometric designs. The scale of the prints is ideal for quilting, with a good mix and lots of contrast. There are lots of options for these pretties...perfect just as they are, you could easily use a bundle of fat quarters and pair them up with a solid color, white or black (or all three!)...

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how to choose fabric for quilt, lagom fabric by Art Gallery fabrics
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21 Oct
Fabric, Favorites

For the Love of Fabric: Lagom

When I saw the Lagom fabric collection at Spring Quilt Market in May, I instantly loved the minimal prints and colors! Lagom is a Swedish word meaning, "just the right amount". That pretty much sums up the perfect fabrics! Lagom is the latest collection from the designers at Art Gallery Fabrics...a perfect combination of black and white with pale blue and pink. The colors might evoke nursery decor, but the black and white makes it totally hip and very versatile. The shades of blue in Lagom coordinate perfectly with several recent prints from other Art Gallery Fabrics collections, making the fabrics ideal to fit...

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Uppercase fabrics by Windham fabrics, basics quilting fabrics
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26 Aug
Fabric, Quilting Interest

For the Love of Fabric: Uppercase

Some fabrics just grab you. I subscribe to the Uppercase magazine, so I saw early last spring that Janine Vangool had designed a fabric collection for Windham. This news made me very excited! The colors and prints are so fresh and basic, I knew from the pictures that I would want this collection. It does not disappoint! You know I love colorful fabric, but my favorites are basic tone-on-tone prints...so easy to mix and match for scrappy looks and great for piecing because the the pattern doesn't interfere with the patchwork design. When I thought about my stash, I immediately knew...

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Lavish fabrics by Katarina Rocella for Art Gallery Fabrics
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05 Jun
Fabric

For the Love of Fabric: Lavish

Last week I told you about a quilt top I just finished using primarily the new Lavish collection fabrics (see it here). This week I want to tell you a little more about the fabric and look at some ideas for mixing them up with others in your stash. If you have been reading here for a while, you know I am a big fan of Katarina Roccella's fabric designs. Her use of color and artistic layering of images, painterly touches and unique prints make her fabrics a favorite of mine, and Lavish is her latest masterpiece fabric collection. What first...

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For You fabrics by Zen Chic for Moda fabrics
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06 Jan
Fabric, Favorites, Quilting Interest

For the Love of Fabric: “For You”

One of my all time favorite quilting fabric collections is "For You" by designer Brigitte Heitland (Zen Chic) for Moda. These fabrics came out last summer, and I was lucky enough to get a layer cake (10" square precuts) of them right away, which I made a quilt with...I can't wait to show you that later this year...but kind of wished I had some more. Last weekend I managed to snag some pieces on sale while traveling. You see, the colors and prints in this are so "me", I think, and so useful. They are bright without being crazy, just...

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Curiosities fabrics by Jeni Baker for Art Gallery Fabrics
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30 Aug
Fabric, Quilting Interest

For the Love of Fabric: “Curiosities”

When I first saw the sneak peeks of the Curiosities fabric collection from Art Gallery Fabrics last spring, I knew I would love it. Then, at quilt market in Minneapolis in May, I got to see it in person...Jeni Baker has arguably produced her best fabric collection yet (isn't she one of those that just gets better with each one?) with Curiosities, inspired the little things that make us stop and wonder. I was really lucky to win a giveaway that Art Gallery Fabrics did during Market and got a bundle of the Curiosities prints as my prize! This week I...

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Tula Pink True Colors fabrics
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03 Jul
Fabric, Quilting Interest

For the Love of Fabric: True Colors

It probably comes as no surprise that I have a new favorite fabric range about every other week, and it is also not a big surprise that I am totally in love with the new True Colors fabrics by Tula Pink. Just look at them.  Color Girl, indeed. There are more prints to the range, but I got a little bundle of 12 for the monthly modern fat quarter club at the Fat Quarter Shop. This range is intended as a selection of blenders, I believe all the prints have been released before as parts of Tula Pink's previous collections....

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