Riley Blake - Sugar and Spice

Wonderful new fabric has arrived at Three Crafty Quilters - Riley Blake's Sugar and Spice!  The colors are wonderful!  I'll post a photo of the ruffle bag - Nellie's bag - that I made from this.  The following are a sampling of the beautiful fabrics that are brightening the shop.  In addition, we have shiny, colorful buttons also from Riley Blake.  They are so pretty you can embellish just about anything with them!

Infinite Variety - 300 Years of Red and White Quilts

I had the pleasure of visiting New York City this week, accompanied by my good friend and fellow quilt enthusiast Tammie, to have a whirlwind quilting extravaganza of sorts.

The Folk Art Museum presented a collection of 650 red and white quilts that spanned three centuries.   The exhibit was actually an 80th birthday present from the collector Joanna Rose to herself (and to the quilting world).  It was a remarkable show, the design of the hangers in the Park Avenue Armory was art in itself.

If you quilt at any level, or even enjoy looking at the textiles, you cannot help but be in awe of the handiwork that went into each and every one of them.

There were simple, contemporary patterns that let the quilting of the piece be the focus (look closely at the striped quilt) and traditional patterns.

The piecing and movement of the quilts blew us away.  And remember, these were constructed before the days of modern quilting gadgets such as rotary cutters and fancy rulers.  And the quilting on these were certainly not done on any long arm machine with computer design!

Just about every pattern was represented from tiny piecing, to applique and redwork.

I hope you enjoyed some of the photos that I snapped at the show.  It was very inspiring and makes me want to do a simple color combination quilt.  What do you think about the red and white quilts?  Does this collection inspire you to quilt in red and white?  Or to hand quilt?

Happy quilting!

Just One Star

Join Moda fabrics, their staff and designers, to reach their goal of creating 100 Quilts in 100 days to  comfort soldiers.  In addition to their involvement with the Quilts of Valor Foundation, Moda is challenging quilters to make a block to contribute to the quilts.  Are you up for the challenge?  We are!  Find more information and the block pattern here or come into the shop.  If you want to drop your finished and signed blocks off at Three Crafty Quilters we will send them in for you.  Are you up to the challenge to help those that serve your country?

Don't forget the Quilts of Valor - Under our Wings programs that we will be doing at the shop in April!  Sign up and join in the fun while you create a way to honor our veterans.

Delicious Batiks

New batiks have arrived!
More Tonga Treats from Timeless treasures (2 1/2" strips and 10" squares in wonderful assortments, including new 'Lollipop'.
Moda arrived today with amazing colors and prints, including some vibrant purples!  These photos don't do them justice.

Come in and see for yourself!

Don't forget Friday's Sit and Sew!  It's a great opportunity to get together with other quilters, see exchange ideas and work on your projects.  Come for the day, or for an hour.  We look forward to seeing you!

Broward Quilt Expo- Three Crafty Quilter's Booth

As usual, it's not a great photo (I need to remember to bring the good camera tomorrow).  It was great fun today, meeting up with lots of friends and making new ones.  The quilts are AMAZING and I am so proud of so many of the quilters I know who won ribbons!! Way to go ladies!!   Come check out the show Saturday and Sunday (and check out our new tshirts!!  You can't miss us!)

Broward Quilt Expo

March 18-20 you can find Three Crafty Quilters at the Broward Quilt Expo!

We are so excited to have a booth at this wonderful quilt show!  Find classes, lectures, demonstrations, exhibits, amazing quilts, and of course wonderful vendors at this well established show.  The show is at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Friday and Saturday from 9-5 and Sunday

 from 10-4.  For more information visit the show website here.    Gerri will be at the shop holding down the fort while Johanna and Shirley man the booth.  Please stop by and say Hi (and shop).

Hope to see you there!

New Fabric! Robert Kaufman, Michael Miller and More!

Before I visit the ikea website to order more shelves for the shop, I wanted to share with you what the UPS and Fedex men brought me yesterday.
Besides some new books, more Best Press (I am addicted!), binding tools, needles, etc.. we recieved a box from Robert Kaufman fabrics.  The fabric is so great looking and feels wonderful!

I recieved some Hannukah fabric from Michael Miller, along with some silver Fairy Frost to go with it.
Gypsy Bandana was a line that I fell in love with at Quilt Market.  The designers did such a great schoolhouse presentation - I will have some free patterns available.

There was more, but i didn't get all of the photos clipped for the blog yet, so if you want to see more then come visit the shop!!

Don't forget that the Cuddle/Minky fabric is this week's Quiltmakers Pick - it is on sale 20% off.