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 We have been able to find some great new colors of Minkee.  We have these 3 colors in both the solid and the dot Minkee.  We will get these up on our website shortly, but did want you to know they are available now. 

The blue is a denim blue which looks great with the chocolate brown and loden green.  These are great decorating colors right now and would look great with the  Bohemian Bedroom Quilt Kit which is featured under the kit section on our website www.creations-online.com 

Be sure and check out the Kit Section on our website as well as other colors of Minkee found under the Fabric Section on our website.

 Now that the Shop Hop is over and we have put away all of our Pirate theme, it is time for a little redo.  The display shows a quilt called County Lines which features Australian prints.  This pattern is a great way to show off a collection of prints.  

Also, the Crazy Curves is a fun quilt which uses a template and fat quarters.  Come by and take a close look at these as well as our new displays.

I just love being able to show you the VERY latest arrivals.  This new line of fabric by Moda is called Symphony.   The photo shows the rich dark colors on black.  There is such a nice mixture of prints that these fabrics would be great in Home Dec projects, quilting, or tote bags.

 We liked this collection so much that we bought the brown, red, teal colors as well as the black and red.  These fabrics retail for $8.98 per yard and would be worth a trip to the shop just to check out.

Need more light on the sewing bed of your machine?  We are excited to have in the Bendable LED light.  This little concentrated light will illuminate your stitching area. It has a life of about 11 years if you left it on constantly  …  that’s a lot of sewing hours.

The light  attaches to your sewing machine and then has a “goose neck” to allow you to get the light just where you need it.  The cord is held along the back of the machine with small brackets that come with the light. 

You will love this light so much you will want to use it on other machines.  There is an additional bracket set you can purchase to make your light moveable. 

This would be a great Mother’s Day gift for yourself.  The light sells for $49.95 and the additional bracket is $9.95.   Why not think about a new machine to go along with that great light  

 We just received our copies of the newest Quilt Sampler this morning.  This magazine features 10 Quilt Shops across the country and in Canada each year.  This is a great chance to read about some wonderful stores as well as get patterns for some of the newest lines of fabric.

The magazine is now issued twice a year.  When it was first published in 1995,  it was only an annual publication.  We were featured in the second edition of the  magazine in 1996 … YIKES that was a long time ago.  Hope you can drop by the shop and get your copy before they are all gone.

We are delighted to be able to offer this embroidery CD which features Texas Wildflowers.  We might not have seen too many this Spring, but you can have a room full with these designs.

This particular CD comes in the following formats: DST, EMD, EXP, HUS, JEF, PEC, PES, VIP, and XXX.  It retails for $79.95 and was digitized by Susa Glen in Fredericksburg. 

One of the best things about this CD is that it only takes a 5″ x 7″ hoop to complete all of the designs using her templates for placement. 

It’s never too early to get a jump on Christmas sewing.  Before you know it, there will only be 12 days left.  This collection is by Nancy Halverson for Benartex and features the 12 Days panel and lots of coordinates. 

We are beginning to get in more Christmas prints all the time and by the end of May we should have most of the fabric in, so now is the time to get started.

This new collection by Martha Negley for Westminister Fabrics features Mums.  We particularly love the Spider Mum and have it in 3 colorways.  These prints will give any quilt lots of “movement”.

All of the fabrics by Martha Negley will combine with the Kaffe Fasset fabrics as they both design for the same company.

Check these out the next time you are in the shop and look for them shortly on our website.

This picture shows you how many Bali Rayon bolts we have.  This is a wonderful fabric which you can toss into the washing machine and then into the dryer.  That’s right…rayon in the dryer.  It actually likes the dryer and comes out almost wrinkle free and very soft.  These bolts are approx. 43″ wide and retail for either $12.98 or $13.98 per yard depending on the company producing them.

 One of our favorite companies for cotton Batiks has always been Hoffman of California.  They have now entered into the world of Bali Rayons.  We are so thrilled with these prints.  We are already making garments from them. These particular prints sell for $12.98 per yd.

 We also have a new favorite pattern to use with the Bali Rayons.  This one is a Kwik Sew #3584 which can be worn as an overtop or shirt.  It is just great with the drape that these fabrics have. There is a slight gather off the front and back yoke which gives that soft look to this pattern.

 It’s also quick and very easy to sew….two great attributes.  You can either use two large buttons at the yoke to make this an unstructured jacket, or button it all the way down the front and have a great summer blouse.

This pattern sells for $9.98 and would make a great addition to your collection.

We love to make quilts using fabrics from Kaffee Fassett. When you get in our “Kaffee” room, you just can’t help wanting to make another quilt using his prints. Quilts using his fabrics are all about the color combinations.

We used one of our “old favorites” — Scrappy Crossing to make this throw sized quilt. We have kits available in case you don’t like picking the colors. The kit retails for $95.00 and is now available on the Quilt Kits page of our website.