Friday Fabric Finds

Welcome to Friday Fabric Finds, a weekly post where I share what's new in my sponsors shops, and any sales or specials that are currently running. I have some goodies to share with you today!

Polka.Dot.Tea Fabrics have just listed a couple of gorgeous collections in the shop. Folk Song by Anna Maria Horner has just arrived, in all it's glory. I think Anna Maria has done an amazing job curating prints from Good Folks and Little Folks for this collection - it is so lovely to be able to get these prints again!

Polka.Dot.Tea have also just listed Lighthearted, the debut collection from Ayumi Takahashi for Kokka. There are so many fantastic prints in this collection, I can see myself coming back to these time and time again.

Sew Me a Song is holding a Spring cleaning shop sale and clearance at the moment. There are loads of gorgeous fabrics in the Clearance section, and at 50% off it is a great chance to grab a bargain. One of my favorites is Prisma from Art Gallery Fabrics, such a great low volume print!

The Sale section (25% off) has lots of great stuff as well - one fabric I've used time and time again is another Art Gallery print, Confetti in Noir.

Pink Castle Fabrics have got lots of gorgeous new fabric in stock, including Leah Duncan's latest collection, Morning Walk. 

Fat Quarter Shop have these fabulous Architextures bundles available - I picked one of these up at QuiltCon. Carolyn's cross hatch print is another one I keep coming back to time and time again, and it is great having it in so many colours!

I hope you all have a great weekend. I'll be teaching a student quilt workshop tomorrow alongside my work mates at Frangipani Fabrics. We'll have a group of about six 10 year olds (including my own 10 year old!), so I'm particularly excited (and a wee bit nervous) about what ideas they all come up with. It should be challenging, but a lot of fun!

xx Jess

Friday Fabric Finds

It's been a long while between Friday Fabric Finds posts, so I have quite a few lovely things from my sponsors to share with you today!

Polka.Dot.Tea have recently received a bunch of new Liberty prints, including these fabulous Alice in Wonderland prints. I've been reading an abridged version of Alice in Wonderland to my 4 year old daughter recently, and she is very keen on the idea of an Alice quilt. I may have ordered a bundle of these prints for that very purpose ;o)

Sew Me a Song is running a Spring Shipping Sale at the moment on all orders. Becca is offering flat rate shipping of $2.50 US/$9.00 Canada/$12.00 Everywhere Else. No coupon needed! As always there is a whole lot of gorgeous to choose from and it was really hard to choose something to share with you! I'm really drawn to these Irome Seasons bundles from Kokka - those soft greys are just beautiful.

Pink Castle Fabrics are offering a huge 40% off their entire range of apparel fabrics this weekend!  There is a tonne of gorgeous stuff in there, including Cotton & Steel lawns, Essex linen and much, much more.

One collection I've been awaiting is Tula Pink's latest and greatest - Elizabeth. It's very reminiscent of her Parisville collection from a couple of years ago I think, and the colours (as always) are incredible. The Fat Quarter Shop have the full collection of Elizabeth available now! It's hard to pick a favorite, but I really love the sky colourway.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

xx Jess

Therapeutic sewing

We're coming to the end of two weeks of school holidays. Two weeks in which my boys have been fighting (with each other and myself) a lot of the time. I hate admitting this, but I'm actually looking forward to them going back to school (and I feel like a really bad mum for saying it). I love my kids beyond compare, but their behavior can be a pain in the butt sometimes. On a less whingey note, I had an unexpected child free day yesterday thanks to Grandparents, and spent a good five hours quilting my Retro Flowers. Not surprisingly I felt a LOT better by the time they came home ;o)

                                   

I'm pretty sure my kids think it's a dance floor ;o)

And it's done! I couldn't be happier with how it's turned out. I've cut my binding (same colour as the background) and I'm hoping to get it sewn on tonight. I don't think I can wait another two weeks (till the Blogger's Quilt Festival starts) for the reveal, so I'm hoping to get the photos done over the weekend and do my ta-dah post next week :o) 

I had a wee bit of gorgeous post arrive today as well - my first month's fabric and pattern for the Amitie BOM. Even better than I was expecting - I will definitely be visiting Amitie in person next time I'm in Melbourne (which might be a while, considering it involves a plane trip...)

Lastly, Catilin at I Don't Do Dishes is having a sale for the entire month of May to celebrate her first year anniversary of opening her shop. Enter coupon code ONEYEAR at checkout and receive 15% off your order. 

She has lots of new goodies in stock - Simple Marks Summer by Malka Dubrawsky

She also has Angela Walter's Right Angle Panel in stock - just in case you wanted to take part in the Make It Right challenge Art Gallery Fabrics is running at the moment (there are some amazing prizes on offer!)

Hoping to be back in a few days with the big reveal :o)

xx Jess

Linking up with Leah at the Free Motion Project.

BIG NEWS for Sew Fresh Fabrics!

Some very exciting news! Sew Fresh Fabrics has gone from strength to strength of late, so much so that Peg is launching a stand alone website on Monday 1st April - www.SewFreshFabrics.com!

To celebrate the launch of the new website, Peg is offering a couple of brilliant incentives. 

* The first 50 customers will get a 25% off gift certificate, good at the new site.

* "A Hundred for a Hundred" - a $100 gift certificate will be awarded to one of the first 100 customers, winner drawn at random.

So please stop by and browse her awesome new store!

Welcome Fat Quarter Shop!

I'm super excited to welcome my newest sponsor on the blog, The Fat Quarter Shop! Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure you have experience the awesomeness that is the Fat Quarter Shop already ;o)

Run by Kimberley and her team, the Fat Quarter Shop stocks a massive range of fabric, patterns, notions, quilt kits and more. They are responsible for a large chunk of my stash - the website is really easy to navigate, they ship incredibly quickly and their service is superb.

Fat Quarter Shop run a large number of Block of the Month (BOM) programs. One of my favorites (and one I'm very tempted to join) is the Toes in the Sand BOM, designed by Julie Hermann of Jaybird Quilts. I'm in a triangle loving phase right now :o)

The range of fabric they carry is astounding. Some of their new bundles include Grunge Basics by BasicGrey for Moda. These would make such great background fabrics!

Grunge Basics Fat Quarter Bundle

Shelburne Falls by Denyse Schmidt. Droool.

Shelburne Falls by Denyse Schmidt Fat Quarter Bundle

Avalon by Fig Tree for Moda:

Fat Quarter Shop also have loads of free quilt patterns available on their website. And there is a great sale section (one of the first places I look for backing fabrics). 

You can find links to all the Fat Quarter Shop's social media on my sponsors page. It is definitely worth checking out their blog, too - there are constantly amazing giveaways on offer.

Happy shopping!

xx Jess

Welcome Sew Fresh Fabrics!

I'm so excited to have Sew Fresh Fabrics come on board as a new sponsor!

Sew Fresh Fabrics, run by Peg, have been feeding my fabric addiction almost since I started sewing. They offer a fabulous range of modern designer fabrics, a huge selection of basics and an amazing organics section. One of my favorite things that Sew Fresh Fabrics offers are their collection-inspired Kona bundles - such an easy way to get a bundle of solids that coordinate with a particular collection.

Just arrived are such lovelies as Ruby Star Sparkle from the queen of retro Melody Miller.

Sew Retro, part of the Henley Studio Collection:

and The Sweetest Thing by Riley Blake:

Peg also has a huge selection of Architextures, Art Gallery Fabrics, and Honey Honey by Kate Spain. Honestly, that is just the tip of the iceberg - there is an amazing range of basics in stock, and a massive range of organic cottons. Not to mention the fabulous sale section! You should totally head over and check out the awesomeness :o)

You can find links to all Peg's social media and her blog on my Sponsors page.

Happy shopping ;o)

xx Jess

Fabric enabling and some news

Firstly, thanks so much to all of you who have either made cash donations via the Red Cross, or donated quilts to the Tassie Bush Fire Quilt Appeal - I am constantly in awe of the generosity of the online quilting community. I've been in touch with someone who is organising a register of the kids affected by the fires, so the quilts will be matched to recipients according to age and gender which is just fantastic.

Secondly, after a few enquiries about entering completed quilt tops that haven't been quilted and bound into the QAL linkies, Jess and I have decided to create a fourth category, and will be supplying a prize from our stashes (not sure exactly what yet - it will be a surprise!!) I've added a fourth link up to the linky post. 

I also wanted to let you know about some fabulous new products my wonderful sponsors have recently added to their stores. Just because I've shot myself in the foot  banned myself from new fabric doesn't mean I can't enable all of you, right?

Sew Me A Song has just received and listed Architextures in the shop. Becca has bundles, as well as yardage.

Another one that has me excited is Lizzy House's Pearl Bracelet bundle - I think almost all of my quilts have at least one PB print in them somewhere :o)

Becca also has a load of other new stuff too including Type by Julia Rothman and a stack of Art Gallery solids.

Miss Matatabi has a heap of new Nani IRO in, including this amazing metallic dot fabric

and Nani IRO neon dots

Happy shopping ;o)

I'll be back tomorrow with a quilt top reveal, and a giveaway!

xx Jess

Welcome Miss Matatabi!

I am thrilled to announce my newest blog sponsor Miss Matatabi!

Miss Matatabi is an Etsy store owned and run by Frances. She is based in Japan, and stocks an awesome range of Japanese fabrics. Most of my Melody Miller stash has come from Frances, so I can personally attest to her fabulous service and extremely fast postage :o)

Frances is offering 20% off all fat quarters through Monday 17th December - so get in fast for some awesome bargains! This includes Nursery Versery by Heather Ross, Melody Miller, Echino and loads of others.

So what fabric loveliness can you find at Miss Matatabi?

How about a huge selection of nani IRO

Melody Miller's Ruby Star Spring and Ruby Star Shining:

Heather Ross' Nursery Versery:

And a great selection of other cotton and linen Japanese fabrics. She even has a free shipping section, with some seriously gorgeous sewing tapes and trims!

You can follow Frances on her Blog, Facebook, Flickr and Twitter.

I hope you'll hop over and check out some of her wares :o)

xx Jess

Welcome Sew Me A Song!

I am so thrilled to announce my first blog sponsor - Sew Me A Song!

Becca, owner of Sew Me A Song on Etsy, has been feeding my fabric addiction for a long while. She co-owned Sew Fresh Fabrics (another of my favorite Etsy shops) along side Peg until earlier this year when she went solo and opened Sew Me A Song (you can read all about it here).

Sew Me A Song specialises in Japanese and contemporary cloth. Becca stocks loads of great Japanese designers including Yuwa:

All images from Sew Me A Song.

Kokka and Dawaibo:

All images from Sew Me A Song.

Becca also stocks a great range of modern basics. Think Riley Blake chevrons, an ah-mazing collection of texty prints, Lecien colour basics and yarn dyed stripes.

And bundles galore! Becca has a great eye for putting together colour stacks from different collections.

And then there is the array of designer collections (Madrona Road, Mama Said Sew, Flea Market Fancy - just to name a few of my favorites!)

I've only shown you the tip of the iceberg - there is a whole lot more drool worthy fabric to be found (and a great sale section with bargains galore!). Tempted much?

I hope everyone has had a fabulous week - I'm extremely excited about this weekend (mostly because I have a WHOLE DAY all to myself on Sunday, and a huge list of things to get done. Wish me luck!).

xx Jess