Pillowcase Party!

Happy Friday, everyone!
American Patchwork & Quilting's 24-hour Sew-a-thon kicks off this afternoon! 
You can find more information on the sew-a-thon and an abundance of pillowcase patterns here. 

But we also thought we'd share a little eye candy here--the One Million Pillowcase Challenge's two most recent band patterns, stitched in our fabric. 

Pattern 50: Bull's Eye Band

 featuring Briarcliff fabrics

Photo from Allpeoplequilt.com; download the pattern here.

Pattern 51: Square-in-a-Square band

featuring Vera Cruz fabrics

Photo from Allpeoplequilt.com; download the pattern here.

Happy pillowcase sewing! Have a fantastic Sew-a-thon, AP&Q!!
Learn more about American Patchwork & Quilting's One Million Pillowcase Challenge here.

Pillowcase Time!

American Patchwork & Quilting has posted the two latest pillowcase patterns as part of the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge!

First up is the Bull's Eye Band, shown here in our Briarcliff fabrics.

And second is the Square-in-a-Square band, shown here in our Vera Cruz fabrics.

Find and download both patterns here.

A Pillowcase Party!

Sewing pillowcases is ALWAYS a party! 

And when those pillowcases benefit a charity as part of AllPeopleQuilt.com's 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge, it's even better. 

Last week the lovely ladies of the Miriam Circle at Trinity Lutheran Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan transformed some of our favorite prints into 15 pillowcases to donate. 

For some of the group, this was their first experience with rotary cutters and rulers; others already knew how to sew. Regardless, they were all hooked on the simple burrito method of pillowcase making by the end of the evening! 

First, a demonstration of cutting fabric using a rotary cutter and ruler

Getting right to work!

One of the fabric groupings--from the Briarcliff collection.

Pressing the flange

Pinning the "burritos."
(If you aren't familiar with the burrito (or "roll it up" method of making pillowcases, check it out here--it's so quick and easy--just 2 seams!)

Time to stitch!

One seam done--flange and cuff added (with no exposed seams!) All that's left is to press it and sew it into the pillowcase shape.

Pressing the cuff

A finished pillowcase! Ta da!

The pillowcases will be donated to the Gospel Mission, serving the homeless in the Kalamazoo area.

Thank you, ladies, for using our fabric and for helping the Pillowcase Challenge get 15 cases closer to 1 million!

Have you sewn a pillowcase for the Challenge? Let us know!

Find out more about how you can get involved in the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge here.

See the fabric lines used in these pillowcases:

A Walk in the Park

Bear Hugs

Briarcliff

Morriston

Vera Cruz

Matching up Classique

The other day we gave you a sneak peek at the new "A coordinate for every project" Classique collection--swatch after swatch of tonal coordinates to play with! Today we've matched up prints from Classique with some of the focal prints of our newer collections--you can subtly alter the palette of a collection based on what coordinates you choose. See what you think!

Paired with Briarcliff:

Paired with Vera Cruz:

Paired with Eggcellent Adventures:

Paired with Jungle Party:

Paired with Bear Hugs:

See our original Classique post here.
See the entire Classique collection here.

Briarcliff: Classic Romance

Briarcliff...the very name evokes thoughts of classic romance in an English Manor. Detailed paisleys and floral scrolled motifs pair with matching coordinates for a beautiful, traditionally-inspired fabric line. 

 Briarcliff in fresh spring-like colors:

Briarcliff in traditional home-dec inspired colors:

Take a closer look at a few of these prints:

Click here to see the entire Briarcliff collection and ask for it at your local quilt shop.