Tour our booth!

If your Facebook feed for the last few days has been filled with mentions of Quilt Market* and so-and-so's booth, and you're wishing that you could have attended the show, we can help! We've just returned from Houston and we're ready to share!

Your tour today: A look at our Fall Quilt Market booth in Houston, as well as the fabric lines and quilts/projects showcased in it.

A view of one side of the booth:

And the other:

And now the close-ups!

Left: "Indigo Stars" quilt designed by Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis using Bella Casa (download the free pattern here)

Right: "Bella Rosa" quilt designed by Terry Albers of Hedgehog Quilts using Bella by Ro Gregg (pattern available for purchase on Hedgehog Quilts website)

On the table in front, left: "Circles and Squares" quilt designed by Airborne Heirlooms using Cosmopolitan (download the free pattern here)

On the table in front, right: "Fabulous Frames" quilt designed by Airborne Heirlooms using the Elemental Lines collection (download the free pattern here)

"A Walk in the Park" quilt designed by Pine Tree Country Quilts using Ro Gregg's A Walk in the Park collection (download the free pattern here)

"Mesmerize" quilt embroidery design by Jayme Crow of Bella Nona using Fabri-Quilt batiks and Magnifico threads by Superior Threads (quilted by Marlene Oddie of KISSed Quilts) 

"Flags Forever" quilt designed by Airborne Heirlooms using the Bella Casa snack pack (download the free quilt pattern here). 

(Notice the jersey displayed by this quilt--displaying some hometown baseball pride as our Kansas City Royals played in the World Series during Quilt Market!)

"Bella Garden Stroll" quilt by Mara Quilt Designs using Ro Gregg's Bella collection (download the free quilt pattern here)

"Romance in Flight" designed by Larene Smith of the Quilted Button using the Who's Who collection by Ro Gregg (Check our website soon to download this free pattern!) 

"Windsor Woods Block of the Month" quilt designed by Pine Tree Country Quilts using Ro Gregg's Windsor Woods collection (ask for it at your local quilt shop)

"Monkey Wrenches" quilt designed by Airborne Heirlooms using the Shadows snack pack (download the free quilt pattern here)

"Asian Fans" quilt designed by Terry Albers of Hedgehog Quilts using Ro Gregg's Asian Fanfare collection (download the free quilt pattern here)

"Stonewall" designed by Donna Lynn Thomas using Marblehead by Ro Gregg (pattern available for purchase on Donna Lynn Thomas' website)

 A booth sample quilt made by our own Sue Linam using our Cuddle Prints Flannel, chenille style!

Birds in a nest! (Download the patterns here)

Meet our Magic Trees!
We wanted to create an organic, softly whimsical, magical garden feeling with these trees, so we had tiny birds and lights adorning the branches. We even had one nest with eggs in one of the trees. The idea continued through the booth with hanging birdhouses and stuffed birds in nests on the table (see below). The tree bases are wrapped with tubes covered in ruffles, and then we used ruffles on the thicker branches of the trees as well, and wrapped thinner branches with strips of fabric. 

And there's our booth! Thanks for coming along on the tour; keep an eye on the blog for more information about our new fabrics and patterns that debuted at Quilt Market!

*If you're wondering what Market is, twice a year Quilts Inc. holds industry-only shows for all things quilt related, and quilt shop owners see what's new and make purchases for their stores. The show floor is full of peeks at new fabric lines, quilting tools and machines, patterns, samples, and more...and don't forget a gallery section of show-stopping quilts on display!

12 Days of Christmas blog hop winners!

Christmas is only 57 days away! 

We hope you enjoyed our 12 Days of Christmas and found some great ideas and fabric lines to use as you sew for the upcoming holiday! We're done showing off Christmas fabrics and tutorials (for now, at least!), but it's time to announce the winners of the five giveaways!

Day 5 winner
(FQ bundle of Tis the Season prints)
Joan K.

Day 6 winner
(FQ bundle of Season's Greetings prints)
Karen A.

Day 7 winner
(FQ bundle of Christmas Basics prints)
EllenB

Day 9 winner
(3 yards of a favorite Christmas flannel print)
Crickett

Day 11 winner 
(FQ bundle of Season's Greetings prints)
Joyce C
Congratulations!

**Winners:**
If you haven't received an email asking for your mailing address, please email it to us at fabriquiltblog (at) gmail.com so that we can get your fabric prize shipped out.

Thanks to everyone for participating! Here's to some inspired holiday sewing!

And if you missed any of the 12 Days of Christmas, use the links below:

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10 Reasons Fabric is Better than Candy

We originally posted this last October, but with Halloween coming up on Friday, we wanted to share it again!

10 reasons fabric is better than candy:

12 Days of Christmas: Day 12

Christmas is only 63 days away!

We've reached the twelfth day of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration! We hope you've enjoyed all of the fabrics and tutorials that we've shared. Today we're featuring a round-up of additional holiday tutorials that have been featured here on our blog. Wherever your holiday sewing takes you, we hope you enjoy it!

On the 12th day of Christmas, we have:

Holiday garland, fabric gift bags, place mats, and stockings!

Find the tutorial for the Holiday Garland here.

Find the tutorial for the fabric gift bag and wine bag here.

Find the tutorial for the Christmas star place mats here.

Find the tutorial for all three Christmas stockings here.

The 12 Days of Christmas:

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 11

Christmas is only 64 days away!

It's the second-last day of our 12 Days of Christmas feature, providing you with plenty of holiday inspiration through our fabric collections and free patterns, as well as tutorials by some of our favorite blogging designers! Today Rebecca from Our Busy Little Bunch is sharing a quick and easy table topper design using our Season's Greetings collection. Make sure to check out all 12 days of fun and watch for opportunities to win a fat quarter bundle of some of our Christmas fabrics!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, we have:

A hexagon table topper made by Rebecca from Our Busy Little Bunch using the Season's Greetings collection (Did you know you can turn a rectangle into a hexagon with only one cut? Rebecca will show you how!)

For this project you will need:

• 1/4 yard cut of three prints: center, border, binding/sashing
• 3/4 yard cut for backing (or make it reversible for a year-round table topper)

Cut:

center print - 14" x 12.5" rectangle

sashing - three strips 1" x 8" and three strips 1" x 9" (save extra fabric for binding)

border - three strips 6" x 9" and three strips 6" x 22"

Making the table topper:

Start by taking your center print, press it half, and then in half again so it is now in quarters. Place the 60 degree line on your ruler along the long folded edge of the fabric (you may have to flip your ruler like I did if your degree marks are not on both ends), with the short folded edge towards the bottom. Cut across this line. 

Open up your piece of fabric and press - it should now be a hexagon.

Take your three 8" pieces of sashing, center and stitch on every second edge. Press. Now take your ruler and trim the edges so that they extend the straight edge of the remaining three edges. 

Take your remaining three pieces of sashing, center and stitch on remaining edges. Press and trim with ruler.

Now repeat these steps to attach the borders. But when trimming off the excess, make sure to line up your ruler with the center hexagon to ensure straight edges.

And there you have it - your hexagon table topper just needs quilting and binding and it's done! The shape of this topper would look great on a round table, or a side coffee table. And if you'd like to see how I made mine reversible, and enter to win a fat quarter bundle of the Season's Greetings prints from Fabri-Quilt, just hop over to my blog Our Busy Little Bunch.

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 10

Christmas is only 65 days away!

Welcome back! It's day 10 of our 12 Days of Christmas fun here on the blog, and we've got some show and tell featuring Judy Hansen's Nutcracker Christmas collection--a downloadable tutorial, plus two quilts made featuring the fabric! Be sure to check out the other holiday decor-themed tutorials and fabric lines we're featuring, and don't miss the giveaways--win some of our favorite holiday fabrics to get your own project started!

On the tenth day of Christmas, we have:

A tissue box featuring Nutcracker Christmas (+ two quilt designs!)

Download the tutorial for this easy project here!

Looking to make a quilt using the Nutcracker Christmas collection?

Judy designed the "Nutcracker Christmas Sampler," a 40" x 40" wall sampler.

 You can order it on her website (as well as sign up for her newsletter or find the link to follow her on Facebook).

Here's a close-up of the center appliqued blocks:

Or try this Nutcracker Christmas table runner, "Center Attraction," designed by Diane Tomlinson for the Nov-Dec 2014 issue of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting magazine.

Find the magazine and kit for this project here.

The 12 Days of Christmas:

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