Baby Buggies!

We just got in two shipments of new fabrics and this one, Baby Buggies, is adorable!
I know! I know!!! Black for babies? Well, yeah when it's this fun and whimsical..... we have kits ready to make using the Sidelights pattern and introducing other fabrics to complement the buggies.

Phoebe

is a new line from In the Beginning fabrics that shout SPRING!

And for those fans of Laurel Burch, here are her Celestial Dreams by Clothworks:

Metro Bag Class

Linda Kay had another bag class last week, this time it was the Metro Bag. Here are some completed....

One of the BEST things about Linda Kay's classes is you almost always go home with a finished product. These are so cute and fashionable.

Applique Samples

Mona brought in two new samples of applique I want to show you. First up is a new pattern for celtic applique:

The batik she uses is really beautiful; please click on the image to get a close-up.

Here is one block form the Rose of Sharon Block of the Month:
Again, it uses the celtic applique technique. These, too, are batiks. It positively glows.

By Popular Demand...

Since the first class filled up so quickly, Celeste is holding a second class to make the Mask A Raid quilt pattern. Thursday, Feb. 3.

Here is a fun new pattern similar to the Buckets Linda Kay taught last year. Knotty Baskets and we still have precut Timtex (see that roll under the pattern?) to make the making that much easier.

And here is the sample for a class that will begin in March, Six Halves Makes a Whole Starburst. This will be a multi- phased "beginners" class.
Any eagle-eyes out there spot the mistake?

It's been fixed.

Pssstttt Part Two

and here are 3 of the block elements......

It's gonna be pretty.......

X-Block, Mask-A-Raid! and Dr. Seuss

I have a few new things to show ya'll!

Pearl has just made this fun sample of "All About Me" with our Dr. Seuss fabrics..... It's wild and colorful and playful. AND BIG. We have kits cut and ready.

Next Friday, Jan. 28, Celeste is holding this class, Mask-A-Raid, which teaches not only piecing but fusible applique, and just in time to have finished for our annual party, Mardi Gras.

Next month, on February 18, Celeste will teach this class, using the X-Block tool. Here she has used gradient batiks.

(hmmmm, a little fuzzy.... still, you understand the idea and see the glow....... I'll take another shot soon)

Classes do fill up fast, but you may place yourself on the waiting list.

If you have signed up and are unable to attend any class, please give us a call as soon as possible in order to open that spot up to someone on the Wait List.

We are working on the class schedule for March April as I write this. Man, the months speed by!

Let's TWIST!!!!!!

Linda Kay has a new class coming up using the Twister cutting ruler, one of our newest tools at Bright Hopes Quilting.

You start with layer cakes and create this:

Then, after slicing and dicing with the Twister Ruler, you rearrange the pieces and end up with this!

It's a large scrappy quilt from a pattern in "Let's Twist" book, a great way to use your stashed Layer Cake collections ("now what am I going to do with this.....?")

And there is remarkably little waste of fabric, which is important to us thrifty stitchers. A little, true but not as much as I thought there might be. The class is February 8 with Linda Kay.