Seminole Sampler News

Four Big Boxes ...

.... full of new bolts of fabric came in yesterday and we _finally_ finished unpacking them today. (whew!)

From Andover Fabrics we got a lot of different kinds of goodies! First, new Lonni Rossi designed Asian-influenced prints:

Also from Andover came ONE bolt of the Hungry, Hungry Catapiller fabric (the others are on back-order until later this month):

Andover sent us some nice tone-on-tone prints called Dimples:

There was another set of tone-on-tone prints from Andover (the name of which I forget at this moment) -- I think these are gloriously gorgeous! :)

From Timeless Treasures came a variety of great fabrics. First, the 'novelty' prints (at which TT really excels:):

Last, but _certainly_ not least, we got a nice selection of batiks from Timeless Treasures:

Nature ....

.... in all Her glorious hues is represented in the newest prints we got in stock today. A new company, Batik Textiles, is selling some gorgeous new fabrics -- they are hand _painted_ with a 'solarizing' pigment and then exposed to sunlight with leaves of various indigenous plants on top; the pigments migrate toward the light and leave 'shadows' of the leaves behind when they are cured. The hand of these fabrics is quite nice -- soft and pliable. I hope you like them as much as I do!

Also from Batik Textiles comes a selection of more traditional 'batiks' that are hand _dyed_:

We usually get some re-ordered bolts into stock and I rarely put photos here of those (since you've seen them before:) but here is one that you all might be interested in seeing. When we re-ordered bolts of the current Wizard of Oz fabric, we also got a bolt of Toto prints:

Other things that got added to re-orders include the Paddington Bear 'all-over' print shown below and one of a two print set with lovely classic style fruits:

We got a number of re-ordered books in stock and some new magazines you might want to pick up:

Don't forget that we have a SALE running this week on all our GIFT TABLE items (of which we got a generous amount of re-orders, too) -- 20% off, in honor of Mother's Day.

Do drop by to see us when you are out-and-about!! until then, Keep On Stitching!

:) Linda

Lovely bits!

I've been away on vacation this past week (my son and I went to a resort in Masanutten VA to destress:). It was truly beautiful where we went (everything is blooming -- azalea, rhodies, Japanese and Chinese cherry trees, crab apples, redbuds, dogwoods, etc) ... and I came back to find more truly beautiful fabrics in the shop. :)

While I was gone, we got Alex Anderson's new line from P&B:

We got a new line of baby/juvenile prints called Baby's Second Steps:

From Kona Bay, one glorious floral print arrived:

For those of you who like to visit quilt shops when you travel (why else travel, eh?:), the new issue of Quilt Shops Sampler is out -- come in and get it while we have them!

I hope you are having a beautiful spring -- and remembering to keep sewing. I find sewing calms my nerves and soothes my stresses better than any other activity (mind you, I'm not a drinker:). I hope to see you soon at the store!

:) Linda

Hand Piecers ....

.... met this afternoon (first Sundays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm) at the shop. I thought you might enjoy seeing what one member has been doing. I am beta testing a quilt design with several members of the club and Linda Ovitt has gone farthest with making the blocks -- this is a Mariner's Compass sampler quilt of my own design.

Here are Linda's blocks, to date:

I put away the camera before it occurred to me to take photos of my own blocks -- I'll have to share them with you another time. :)

In case these blocks look hard and make you blanche, let me tell you that they are only intermediate level piecing chores, in my humble experience as a teacher of hand piecing. You can do them, too! :)

Linda

News and Goodies

What beautiful weather, eh? I saw wisteria in bloom this morning on my way in to the store (along Frederick Road, growing wild)! Spring is just bursting out all over, as the saying goes. :) We have some glorious yardage bursting out of boxes today, too!

First, I want to show you the new books we got in from C&T today (actually, I'd call the Piece O' Cake 'book' a pattern package:):

We also got the new issue of Belle Armoire magazine (wearable art) with a very eye-capturing cover:

Can you believe we've already started to get Christmas 2008 fabric? :) Here are four bolts designed by Debbie Mumm featuring 'antique' Santas:

We got two bolts of animal prints from South Seas, just because we like them:

The biggest boxes were from Moda -- full of a great southwestern line! Have patience, we bought the entire collection, we liked it so much:)

Besides being gardening season, this is quilt show season. Be sure to consult our 'things to do' page to see what shows are going on locally! While you are out and about, do stop in to see our new goodies -- we always love to see you (and what you are working on) -- if you aren't working on something fabric, we'll help you find something you LOVE to make. :) See you then and there!! :)