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Just A Little Peek

We got a huge surprise from the UPS man a couple of days ago.  Well, not really a surprise, because we have been anxiously awaiting its arrival for a long time.  We know Elementary hasn't even hit stores yet, but as usual, we are off to the next thing.  And the next thing for us is called The Boat House.  Our next fabric collection.  Not that it will be available any time soon.  January is a looooooong way off, but just having this in my hands makes me smile.  Really, really big. 

If you follow us on Instagram, you saw just a little peek of The Boat House.  Here it is:

Not a great photo- but we will be photographing the entire collection next week.  Which is when we will show it here on our blog.  So until next week, this is all I have!

I do have another little something to share with you.  We are being featured in a great online magazine from Australia this month, Kindred Stitches.  If you haven't checked it out, you should definitely do so.  Just download their free app using this link:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/kindred-stitches-interactive/id665019498?mt=8

You can also see a promotional video of the issue here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbuJu-qgHGI

The e-magazine is beautiful- here is what the cover looks like:

Inside the issue, we contributed a cute table mat pattern that is quick and easy.  The entire issue is inspiring, and the photography is beautiful.

One last thing, the winner of our Elementary pattern company is:

Rachel S. who wrote:

How do you pick a favorite?  I love this line of fabric.  I think my favorite is a toss-up between Rugby and Picnic Plaid.

Congratulations, Rachel.  Just e-mail us at [email protected] with your address.

Have a great day- and we will see you next week with The Boat House!

Finally!

It seems as though we have been working on our Elementary quilts forever!  But the final binding was completed last night and we are ready to show them.  As many of you know, we couldn't make it to Quilt Market last week in Pittsburgh, so this is the first time for anyone to see them.

Here they are!

Music Class (We thought the half circles looked sort of like a record- so that's where it got it's name).

 

Math Class

Rugby.  We love this for either a baby, birthday or graduation quilt!

This one is my favorite.  Well, maybe Music Class is my favorite. But then again, this one might be.  I just can't decide!  It's called Picnic Plaid.

The last one isn't a completely new pattern.  We just tweaked one of our old favorites.  It's called Town Square. And we did it in two colorways.  First the blue:

I love the square quilting on this one.  

Then we decided to do in in the kraft color:

We also wanted to do one of our popular Jelly Roll quilts in Elementary.  But we don't have it done yet- so you will just have to imagine it looks like this.  With blue instead of green.

We will show you when we finish!

If you would like to win the entire set of patterns, just leave us a comment letting us know which is your favorite.  The patterns will be finished in a couple of weeks.  We will post them in our shop when they are done.

And, as usual, if you would like to have a kit of one of the quilts, we are offering them for pre-sale in our shop.  This is how it works:

• You can preorder any kit (it includes the pattern) for one week.
• You pay half the cost of the kit now, and half when we ship.  
• The expected ship date is late August/ early September.
• After one week (which will be Tuesday, May 27), we will take the kits out of the shop and we can't guarantee we will have extras.
• You can choose from any of the above 6 patterns, including the Jelly Roll quilt, which will come in Elementary fabric.

We will choose a winner of our pattern contest in a few days.  Good Luck!